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The making of frozen-hydrated, vitreous lamellas from cells for cryo-electron microscopy

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JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
卷 172, 期 2, 页码 180-190

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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.07.004

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FIB-SEM; Cryo-TEM; CEMOVIS; Cryo-fixation; Yeast; Cryo-section; Cryo-lamella

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  1. NWO Groot
  2. FEI Company
  3. Utrecht University
  4. European Network of Excellence
  5. Dutch Cyttron Consortium

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There has been a long standing desire to produce thick (up to 500 nm) cryo-sections of fully hydrated cells and tissue for high-resolution analysis in their natural state by cryo-transmission electron microscopy. Here, we present a method that can successfully produce sections (lamellas in FIB-SEM terminology) of fully hydrated, unstained cells from high-pressure frozen samples by focused ion beam (FIB) milling. The samples are therefore placed in thin copper tubes and vitrified by high-pressure freezing. For transfer, handling and subsequent milling, the tubes are placed in a novel connective device (ferrule) that protects the sample from devitrification and contamination and passes through all operation steps. A piezo driven sample positioning stage (cryo-nano-bench, CNB) with three degrees of freedom was additionally developed to enable accurate milling of frozen-hydrated lamellas. With the CNB, high-pressure frozen samples can be milled to produce either thin lamellas (<100 nm), for direct imaging by high-resolution cryo-TEM or thicker lamellas (300-500 nm) for cryo-electron tomography. The sample remains vitreous throughout the process by using the presented tools and methods. The results are an important step towards investigating larger cells and even tissue in there natural state which in the end will enable us to gain better insights into cellular processes. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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