High-Resolution Imaging and Analysis of Individual Nuclear Pore Complexes

Boris Fichtman, Saroj G. Regmi, Mary Dasso, Amnon Harel

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Abstract

Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) is a well-established technique for acquiring three-dimensional surface images of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). We present an optimized protocol for the exposure of mammalian cell nuclei and direct surface imaging of nuclear envelopes by FESEM, allowing for a detailed morphological comparison of individual NPCs, without the need for averaging techniques. This provides a unique high resolution tool for studying the effects of cellular stress, specific genetic manipulations and inherited diseases on the ultrastructure of human NPCs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages461-471
Number of pages11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2502
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Funding

This work was supported by research grants from the Israel Science Foundation (958/15) and the Christians for Israel Chair in Medical Research to A.H.

FundersFunder number
Christians for Israel Chair in Medical Research
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentZIAHD008954
Israel Science Foundation958/15

    Keywords

    • Auxin-inducible degron
    • Central channel particles
    • Mammalian cell culture
    • Nuclear envelope
    • Nuclear pore complex
    • Scanning electron microscopy

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