{"department":[{"_id":"FlSc"}],"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"A precise quantitative description of the ultrastructural characteristics underlying biological mechanisms is often key to their understanding. This is particularly true for dynamic extra- and intracellular filamentous assemblies, playing a role in cell motility, cell integrity, cytokinesis, tissue formation and maintenance. For example, genetic manipulation or modulation of actin regulatory proteins frequently manifests in changes of the morphology, dynamics, and ultrastructural architecture of actin filament-rich cell peripheral structures, such as lamellipodia or filopodia. However, the observed ultrastructural effects often remain subtle and require sufficiently large datasets for appropriate quantitative analysis. The acquisition of such large datasets has been enabled by recent advances in high-throughput cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) methods. This also necessitates the development of complementary approaches to maximize the extraction of relevant biological information. We have developed a computational toolbox for the semi-automatic quantification of segmented and vectorized filamentous networks from pre-processed cryo-electron tomograms, facilitating the analysis and cross-comparison of multiple experimental conditions. GUI-based components simplify the processing of data and allow users to obtain a large number of ultrastructural parameters describing filamentous assemblies. We demonstrate the feasibility of this workflow by analyzing cryo-ET data of untreated and chemically perturbed branched actin filament networks and that of parallel actin filament arrays. In principle, the computational toolbox presented here is applicable for data analysis comprising any type of filaments in regular (i.e. parallel) or random arrangement. We show that it can ease the identification of key differences between experimental groups and facilitate the in-depth analysis of ultrastructural data in a time-efficient manner."}],"date_published":"2021-11-03T00:00:00Z","publication_status":"published","issue":"4","month":"11","article_processing_charge":"Yes (via OA deal)","tmp":{"image":"/images/cc_by.png","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","short":"CC BY (4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"date_updated":"2023-11-21T08:36:02Z","file":[{"checksum":"6b209e4d44775d4e02b50f78982c15fa","relation":"main_file","access_level":"open_access","creator":"cchlebak","file_name":"2021_JournalStructBiol_Dimchev.pdf","content_type":"application/pdf","date_updated":"2021-11-15T13:11:27Z","date_created":"2021-11-15T13:11:27Z","file_size":16818304,"success":1,"file_id":"10291"}],"type":"journal_article","day":"03","quality_controlled":"1","title":"Computational toolbox for ultrastructural quantitative analysis of filament networks in cryo-ET data","related_material":{"record":[{"status":"public","id":"14502","relation":"software"}]},"status":"public","publisher":"Elsevier ","scopus_import":"1","oa":1,"oa_version":"Published Version","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","date_created":"2021-11-15T12:21:42Z","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"article_number":"107808","_id":"10290","article_type":"original","citation":{"short":"G.A. Dimchev, B. Amiri, F. Fäßler, M. Falcke, F.K. Schur, Journal of Structural Biology 213 (2021).","ama":"Dimchev GA, Amiri B, Fäßler F, Falcke M, Schur FK. Computational toolbox for ultrastructural quantitative analysis of filament networks in cryo-ET data. <i>Journal of Structural Biology</i>. 2021;213(4). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808\">10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808</a>","ista":"Dimchev GA, Amiri B, Fäßler F, Falcke M, Schur FK. 2021. Computational toolbox for ultrastructural quantitative analysis of filament networks in cryo-ET data. Journal of Structural Biology. 213(4), 107808.","apa":"Dimchev, G. A., Amiri, B., Fäßler, F., Falcke, M., &#38; Schur, F. K. (2021). Computational toolbox for ultrastructural quantitative analysis of filament networks in cryo-ET data. <i>Journal of Structural Biology</i>. Elsevier . <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808</a>","chicago":"Dimchev, Georgi A, Behnam Amiri, Florian Fäßler, Martin Falcke, and Florian KM Schur. “Computational Toolbox for Ultrastructural Quantitative Analysis of Filament Networks in Cryo-ET Data.” <i>Journal of Structural Biology</i>. Elsevier , 2021. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808</a>.","ieee":"G. A. Dimchev, B. Amiri, F. Fäßler, M. Falcke, and F. K. Schur, “Computational toolbox for ultrastructural quantitative analysis of filament networks in cryo-ET data,” <i>Journal of Structural Biology</i>, vol. 213, no. 4. Elsevier , 2021.","mla":"Dimchev, Georgi A., et al. “Computational Toolbox for Ultrastructural Quantitative Analysis of Filament Networks in Cryo-ET Data.” <i>Journal of Structural Biology</i>, vol. 213, no. 4, 107808, Elsevier , 2021, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808\">10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808</a>."},"external_id":{"isi":["000720259500002"]},"publication_identifier":{"issn":["1047-8477"]},"doi":"10.1016/j.jsb.2021.107808","has_accepted_license":"1","author":[{"orcid":"0000-0001-8370-6161","last_name":"Dimchev","first_name":"Georgi A","full_name":"Dimchev, Georgi A","id":"38C393BE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"last_name":"Amiri","first_name":"Behnam","full_name":"Amiri, Behnam"},{"first_name":"Florian","last_name":"Fäßler","id":"404F5528-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Fäßler, Florian","orcid":"0000-0001-7149-769X"},{"first_name":"Martin","last_name":"Falcke","full_name":"Falcke, Martin"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-4790-8078","first_name":"Florian KM","last_name":"Schur","full_name":"Schur, Florian KM","id":"48AD8942-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"}],"publication":"Journal of Structural Biology","ddc":["572"],"project":[{"grant_number":"P33367","_id":"9B954C5C-BA93-11EA-9121-9846C619BF3A","name":"Structure and isoform diversity of the Arp2/3 complex"},{"_id":"2674F658-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425","name":"Protein structure and function in filopodia across scales","grant_number":"M02495","call_identifier":"FWF"}],"isi":1,"keyword":["Structural Biology"],"file_date_updated":"2021-11-15T13:11:27Z","acknowledgement":"This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSUs) of IST Austria through resources provided by Scientific Computing (SciComp), the Life Science Facility (LSF), the BioImaging Facility (BIF), and the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF). We also thank Victor-Valentin Hodirnau for help with cryo-ET data acquisition. The authors acknowledge support from IST Austria and from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): M02495 to G.D. and Austrian Science Fund (FWF): P33367 to F.K.M.S.","year":"2021","acknowledged_ssus":[{"_id":"ScienComp"},{"_id":"LifeSc"},{"_id":"Bio"},{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"intvolume":"       213","volume":213}