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Volume 52 (1): 1-12, 2004
Copyright ©The Histochemical Society, Inc.
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Preservation of Immunoreactivity and Fine Structure of Adult C. elegans Tissues Using High-pressure Freezing
Biologie Cellulaire de la Synapse, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France (PR,RMW,AT,J-LB); and Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (EMJ)
Correspondence to: Jean-Louis Bessereau, Biologie Cellulaire de la Synapse, École Normale Supérieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, Paris 75005 France. E-mail: jlbesse{at}wotan.ens.fr
The location of a protein labeled by immunogold techniques can be resolved under an electron beam to within nanometers of its epitope, a resolution that makes immunoelectron microscopy a valuable tool for studies of cell biology. However, tissues in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans are difficult to preserve for immunoelectron microscopic studies. The animal's cuticle slows the diffusion of solutions into the animal and thus makes it difficult to preserve both immunoreactivity and cell morphology. Here we describe a protocol that circumvents these problems. Specifically, we instantly immobilized tissue in vitreous ice by freezing living adult animals under high pressure. Frozen specimens were then chemically fixed, dehydrated, and embedded at low temperatures. As a result, chemical diffusion across the cuticle could occur over an extended period without morphological deterioration. We show that this method is capable of preserving both cell morphology, including fine structures, and immunoreactivity. Therefore, it provides a means to characterize the localization of endogenous proteins and exogenous proteins, such as the green fluorescent protein (GFP), with respect to subcellular compartments in C. elegans tissues by using postembedding immunogold labeling. (J Histochem Cytochem 52:1–12, 2004)
Key Words: C. elegans • immunoelectron microscopy • high-pressure freezing • immunogold
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