Correlative multiscale microCT-SBF-SEM imaging of resin-embedded tissue
Correlative multiscale microCT-SBF-SEM imaging of resin-embedded tissue
Three-dimensional biological microscopy presents a trade-off between spatial resolution and field of view. Correlative approaches applying multiple imaging techniques to the same sample can therefore mitigate against these trade-offs. Here, we present a workflow for correlative microscopic X-ray microfocus computed tomography (microCT) and serial block face scanning electron microscopy (SBF-SEM) imaging of resin-embedded tissue, using mammalian placental tissue samples as an example. This correlative X-ray and electron microscopy (CXEM) workflow allows users to image the same sample at multiple resolutions, and target the region of interest (ROI) for SBF-SEM based on microCT. We detail the protocols associated with this workflow and demonstrate its application in multiscale imaging of horse placental villi and ROI selection in the labyrinthine zone of a mouse placenta. These examples demonstrate how the protocol may need to be adapted for tissues with different densities.
Correlative microscopy, CXEM, microCT, Multiscale, Placenta, SBF-SEM
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Laundon, Davis
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Thompson, James
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Goggin, Patricia
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Chatelet, David S.
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Chavatte-Palmer, Pascale
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Lewis, Rohan M.
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12 July 2023
Laundon, Davis
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Katsamenis, Orestis L.
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Thompson, James
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Goggin, Patricia
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Chatelet, David S.
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Chavatte-Palmer, Pascale
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Gostling, Neil J.
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Lewis, Rohan M.
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Laundon, Davis, Katsamenis, Orestis L., Thompson, James, Goggin, Patricia, Chatelet, David S., Chavatte-Palmer, Pascale, Gostling, Neil J. and Lewis, Rohan M.
(2023)
Correlative multiscale microCT-SBF-SEM imaging of resin-embedded tissue.
In,
Narayan, Kedar, Collinson, Lucy and Verkade, Paul
(eds.)
Methods in Cell Biology: Volume Electron Microscopy.
(Methods in Cell Biology, 177)
Academic Press, .
(doi:10.1016/bs.mcb.2023.01.014).
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Abstract
Three-dimensional biological microscopy presents a trade-off between spatial resolution and field of view. Correlative approaches applying multiple imaging techniques to the same sample can therefore mitigate against these trade-offs. Here, we present a workflow for correlative microscopic X-ray microfocus computed tomography (microCT) and serial block face scanning electron microscopy (SBF-SEM) imaging of resin-embedded tissue, using mammalian placental tissue samples as an example. This correlative X-ray and electron microscopy (CXEM) workflow allows users to image the same sample at multiple resolutions, and target the region of interest (ROI) for SBF-SEM based on microCT. We detail the protocols associated with this workflow and demonstrate its application in multiscale imaging of horse placental villi and ROI selection in the labyrinthine zone of a mouse placenta. These examples demonstrate how the protocol may need to be adapted for tissues with different densities.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 10 April 2023
Published date: 12 July 2023
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This project was funded by Leverhulme grant number RPG-2019-208. Equipment in the Biomedical Imaging Unit was supported by MR/L012626/1 Southampton Imaging under MRC UKRMP Funding. Beamtime allocation at the μ-VIS X-ray Imaging Centre/3D X-ray Histology facility ( www.muvis.org/www.xrayhistology.org ) was supported by the National Research Facility for Lab-based X-ray CT (nxct.ac.uk) through EPSRC grant EP/T02593X/1.
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Correlative microscopy, CXEM, microCT, Multiscale, Placenta, SBF-SEM
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/484213
ISSN: 0091-679X
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Davis Laundon
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James Thompson
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Patricia Goggin
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David S. Chatelet
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Pascale Chavatte-Palmer
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Kedar Narayan
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Lucy Collinson
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Paul Verkade
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