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- Title
FIB/SEM tomography with TEM-like resolution for 3D imaging of high-pressure frozen cells.
- Authors
Villinger, Clarissa; Gregorius, Heiko; Kranz, Christine; Höhn, Katharina; Münzberg, Christin; Wichert, Götz; Mizaikoff, Boris; Wanner, Gerhard; Walther, Paul
- Abstract
Focused ion beam/scanning electron microscopy (FIB/SEM) tomography is a novel powerful approach for three-dimensional (3D) imaging of biological samples. Thereby, a sample is repeatedly milled with the focused ion beam (FIB) and each newly produced block face is imaged with the scanning electron microscope (SEM). This process can be repeated ad libitum in arbitrarily small increments allowing 3D analysis of relatively large volumes such as eukaryotic cells. High-pressure freezing and freeze substitution, on the other hand, are the gold standards for electron microscopic preparation of whole cells. In this work, we combined these methods and substantially improved resolution by using the secondary electron signal for image formation. With this imaging mode, contrast is formed in a very small, well-defined area close to the newly produced surface. By using this approach, small features, so far only visible in transmission electron microscope (TEM) (e.g., the two leaflets of the membrane bi-layer, clathrin coats and cytoskeletal elements), can be resolved directly in the FIB/SEM in the 3D context of whole cells.
- Subjects
CELL analysis; SCANNING electron microscopy; FOCUSED ion beams; THREE-dimensional imaging; TOMOGRAPHY; SECONDARY electron emission; EUKARYOTIC cells
- Publication
Histochemistry & Cell Biology, 2012, Vol 138, Issue 4, p549
- ISSN
0948-6143
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00418-012-1020-6