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Correlative three-dimensional super-resolution and block-face electron microscopy of whole vitreously frozen cells
Hoffman DP, Shtengel G, Xu CS, Campbell KR, Freeman M, Wang L, Milkie DE, Pasolli HA, Iyer N, Bogovic JA, Stabley DR, Shirinifard A, Pang S, Peale D, Schaefer K, Pomp W, Chang CL, Lippincott-Schwartz J, Kirchhausen T, Solecki DJ, Betzig E, Hess HF. Correlative three-dimensional super-resolution and block-face electron microscopy of whole vitreously frozen cells. Science 2020, 367 PMID: 31949053, PMCID: PMC7339343, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz5357.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCorrelative super-resolution fluorescenceEndoplasmic reticulum-associated proteinSuper-resolution fluorescenceChromatin domainsMammalian cellsBlock-face electron microscopyDistinct proteinsTranscriptional activityBiochemical needsSpatial compartmentalizationIntranuclear vesiclesUltrastructural variabilityFrozen cellsWhole cellsFluorescence retentionCultured neuronsProteinCellsElectron microscopyCompartmentalizationVesiclesUltrastructureAdhesionDomainFluorescenceWhole-cell organelle segmentation in volume electron microscopy
Heinrich L, Bennett D, Ackerman D, Park W, Bogovic J, Eckstein N, Petruncio A, Clements J, Pang S, Xu CS, Funke J, Korff W, Hess HF, Lippincott-Schwartz J, Saalfeld S, Weigel AV. Whole-cell organelle segmentation in volume electron microscopy. Nature 2021, 599: 141-146. PMID: 34616042, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03977-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutomatic reconstructionDeep learning architectureLearning architectureWeb repositoriesOpen dataAutomatic methodThree-dimensional reconstructionSuch methodsVolume electron microscopyQueriesSegmentationRepositoryArchitectureComputer codeSpatial interactionsDatasetReconstructionImagesMetricsCodeSuch reconstructionsER-to-Golgi protein delivery through an interwoven, tubular network extending from ER
Weigel AV, Chang CL, Shtengel G, Xu CS, Hoffman DP, Freeman M, Iyer N, Aaron J, Khuon S, Bogovic J, Qiu W, Hess HF, Lippincott-Schwartz J. ER-to-Golgi protein delivery through an interwoven, tubular network extending from ER. Cell 2021, 184: 2412-2429.e16. PMID: 33852913, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.03.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTubular networkEarly secretory compartmentsAccurate traffickingProtein exportDiverse proteinsProtein localizationSecretory pathwayMammalian cellsSecretory compartmentsCargo entryGolgi apparatusLipid bilayersIllumination microscopyBeam scanning electron microscopyIon beam scanning electron microscopyProtein deliveryCOPIIERDynamic 3D viewsTraffickingMicrotubulesProteinVesiclesPathwayCompartments
2019
Spastin tethers lipid droplets to peroxisomes and directs fatty acid trafficking through ESCRT-III
Chang C, Weigel A, Ioannou M, Pasolli H, Xu C, Peale D, Shtengel G, Freeman M, Hess H, Blackstone C, Lippincott-Schwartz J. Spastin tethers lipid droplets to peroxisomes and directs fatty acid trafficking through ESCRT-III. Journal Of Cell Biology 2019, 218: 2583-2599. PMID: 31227594, PMCID: PMC6683741, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201902061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosine TriphosphatasesAmino Acid MotifsATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily D, Member 1Biological TransportEndosomal Sorting Complexes Required for TransportFatty AcidsHeLa CellsHumansHydrolysisLauric AcidsLipid DropletsModels, BiologicalMutant ProteinsOncogene ProteinsPeroxisomesSpastinConceptsFA traffickingLipid dropletsESCRT-III componentsNeutral lipid storage organellesLipid storage organellesFatty acid traffickingAAA-ATPaseESCRT-IIIDual roleMIT domainFatty acidsStorage organellesContact sitesPathogenesis of diseaseFA metabolismTraffickingPeroxisomesSpastinIST1OrganellesCHMP1BInterrelated mechanismsLipid peroxidationContact formationATPase
2016
Increased spatiotemporal resolution reveals highly dynamic dense tubular matrices in the peripheral ER
Nixon-Abell J, Obara CJ, Weigel AV, Li D, Legant WR, Xu CS, Pasolli HA, Harvey K, Hess HF, Betzig E, Blackstone C, Lippincott-Schwartz J. Increased spatiotemporal resolution reveals highly dynamic dense tubular matrices in the peripheral ER. Science 2016, 354: aaf3928-aaf3928. PMID: 27789813, PMCID: PMC6528812, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf3928.Peer-Reviewed Original Research