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abstract:
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text: Mapping the complex and dense arrangement of cells and their connectivity
in brain tissue demands nanoscale spatial resolution imaging. Super-resolution
optical microscopy excels at visualizing specific molecules and individual cells
but fails to provide tissue context. Here we developed Comprehensive Analysis
of Tissues across Scales (CATS), a technology to densely map brain tissue architecture
from millimeter regional to nanometer synaptic scales in diverse chemically fixed
brain preparations, including rodent and human. CATS uses fixation-compatible
extracellular labeling and optical imaging, including stimulated emission depletion
or expansion microscopy, to comprehensively delineate cellular structures. It
enables three-dimensional reconstruction of single synapses and mapping of synaptic
connectivity by identification and analysis of putative synaptic cleft regions.
Applying CATS to the mouse hippocampal mossy fiber circuitry, we reconstructed
and quantified the synaptic input and output structure of identified neurons.
We furthermore demonstrate applicability to clinically derived human tissue samples,
including formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded routine diagnostic specimens, for visualizing
the cellular architecture of brain tissue in health and disease.
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acknowledgement: 'We thank J. Vorlaufer, N. Agudelo-Dueñas, W. Jahr and A. Wartak
for microscope maintenance and troubleshooting; C. Kreuzinger, A. Freeman and I.
Erber for technical assistance; and M. Tomschik for support with obtaining human
samples. We gratefully acknowledge E. Miguel for setting up webKnossos and M. Šuplata
for computational support and hardware control. We are grateful to R. Shigemoto
and B. Bickel for generous support and M. Sixt and S. Boyd (Stanford University)
for discussions and critical reading of the paper. PSD95-HaloTag mice were kindly
provided by S. Grant (University of Edinburgh). We acknowledge expert support by
Institute of Science and Technology Austria’s scientific computing, imaging and
optics, preclinical and lab support facilities and by the Miba machine shop and
library. We gratefully acknowledge funding by the following sources: Austrian Science
Fund (FWF) grant I3600-B27 (J.G.D.); Austrian Science Fund (FWF) grant DK W1232
(J.G.D. and J.M.M.); Austrian Science Fund (FWF) grant Z 312-B27, Wittgenstein award
(P.J.); Austrian Science Fund (FWF) projects I4685-B, I6565-B (SYNABS) and DOC 33-B27
(R.H.); Gesellschaft für Forschungsförderung NÖ (NFB) grant LSC18-022 (J.G.D.);
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, European Research
Council (ERC) grant 715508 – REVERSEAUTISM (G.N.); European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme, European Research Council (ERC) grant 692692
– GIANTSYN (P.J.); Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship GA no. 665385 under
the EU Horizon 2020 program (J.M.M. and J.L.); and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Individual Fellowship no. 101026635 under the EU Horizon 2020 program (J.F.W.).'
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last_name: Lyudchik
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last_name: Sommer
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last_name: Amberg
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- first_name: Karl
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- first_name: Thomas
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citation:
ama: Michalska JM, Lyudchik J, Velicky P, et al. Imaging brain tissue architecture
across millimeter to nanometer scales. Nature Biotechnology. 2023. doi:10.1038/s41587-023-01911-8
apa: Michalska, J. M., Lyudchik, J., Velicky, P., Korinkova, H., Watson, J., Cenameri,
A., … Danzl, J. G. (2023). Imaging brain tissue architecture across millimeter
to nanometer scales. Nature Biotechnology. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-023-01911-8
chicago: Michalska, Julia M, Julia Lyudchik, Philipp Velicky, Hana Korinkova, Jake
Watson, Alban Cenameri, Christoph M Sommer, et al. “Imaging Brain Tissue Architecture
across Millimeter to Nanometer Scales.” Nature Biotechnology. Springer
Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-023-01911-8.
ieee: J. M. Michalska et al., “Imaging brain tissue architecture across millimeter
to nanometer scales,” Nature Biotechnology. Springer Nature, 2023.
ista: Michalska JM, Lyudchik J, Velicky P, Korinkova H, Watson J, Cenameri A, Sommer
CM, Amberg N, Venturino A, Roessler K, Czech T, Höftberger R, Siegert S, Novarino
G, Jonas PM, Danzl JG. 2023. Imaging brain tissue architecture across millimeter
to nanometer scales. Nature Biotechnology.
mla: Michalska, Julia M., et al. “Imaging Brain Tissue Architecture across Millimeter
to Nanometer Scales.” Nature Biotechnology, Springer Nature, 2023, doi:10.1038/s41587-023-01911-8.
short: J.M. Michalska, J. Lyudchik, P. Velicky, H. Korinkova, J. Watson, A. Cenameri,
C.M. Sommer, N. Amberg, A. Venturino, K. Roessler, T. Czech, R. Höftberger, S.
Siegert, G. Novarino, P.M. Jonas, J.G. Danzl, Nature Biotechnology (2023).
date_created: 2023-09-03T22:01:15Z
date_published: 2023-08-31T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-02-21T12:18:18Z
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abstract:
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text: Mapping the complex and dense arrangement of cells and their connectivity
in brain tissue demands nanoscale spatial resolution imaging. Super-resolution
optical microscopy excels at visualizing specific molecules and individual cells
but fails to provide tissue context. Here we developed Comprehensive Analysis
of Tissues across Scales (CATS), a technology to densely map brain tissue architecture
from millimeter regional to nanoscopic synaptic scales in diverse chemically fixed
brain preparations, including rodent and human. CATS leverages fixation-compatible
extracellular labeling and advanced optical readout, in particular stimulated-emission
depletion and expansion microscopy, to comprehensively delineate cellular structures.
It enables 3D-reconstructing single synapses and mapping synaptic connectivity
by identification and tailored analysis of putative synaptic cleft regions. Applying
CATS to the hippocampal mossy fiber circuitry, we demonstrate its power to reveal
the system’s molecularly informed ultrastructure across spatial scales and assess
local connectivity by reconstructing and quantifying the synaptic input and output
structure of identified neurons.
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across scales with super-resolution light microscopy. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2022.08.17.504272
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https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.17.504272
chicago: Michalska, Julia M, Julia Lyudchik, Philipp Velicky, Hana Korinkova, Jake
Watson, Alban Cenameri, Christoph M Sommer, et al. “Uncovering Brain Tissue Architecture
across Scales with Super-Resolution Light Microscopy.” BioRxiv. Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory, n.d. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.17.504272.
ieee: J. M. Michalska et al., “Uncovering brain tissue architecture across
scales with super-resolution light microscopy,” bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory.
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CM, Venturino A, Roessler K, Czech T, Siegert S, Novarino G, Jonas PM, Danzl JG.
Uncovering brain tissue architecture across scales with super-resolution light
microscopy. bioRxiv, 10.1101/2022.08.17.504272.
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with Super-Resolution Light Microscopy.” BioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
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C.M. Sommer, A. Venturino, K. Roessler, T. Czech, S. Siegert, G. Novarino, P.M.
Jonas, J.G. Danzl, BioRxiv (n.d.).
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