Subdiffraction-resolution live-cell imaging for visualizing thylakoid membranes
Abstract
© 2018 The Authors The Plant Journal © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd The chloroplast is the chlorophyll-containing organelle that produces energy through photosynthesis. Within the chloroplast is an intricate network of thylakoid membranes containing photosynthetic membrane proteins that mediate electron transport and generate chemical energy. Historically, electron microscopy (EM) has been a powerful tool for visualizing the macromolecular structure and organization of thylakoid membranes. However, an understanding of thylakoid membrane dynamics remains elusive because EM requires fixation and sectioning. To improve our knowledge of thylakoid membrane dynamics we need to consider at least two issues: (i) the live-cell imaging conditions needed to visualize active processes in vivo; and (ii) the spatial resolution required to differentiate the characteristics of thylakoid membranes. Here, we utilize three-dimensional structured illumination microscopy (3D-SIM) to explore the optimal imaging conditions for investigating the dynamics of thylakoid membranes in living plant and algal cells. We show that 3D-SIM is capable of examining broad characteristics of thylakoid structures in chloroplasts of the vascular plant Arabidopsis thaliana and distinguishing the structural differences between wild-type and mutant strains. Using 3D-SIM, we also visualize thylakoid organization in whole cells of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. These data reveal that highmore »
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Div.; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Plant and Microbial Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Plant and Microbial Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1560876
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1462279; OSTI ID: 1559159
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0018301; AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- The Plant Journal
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 96; Journal Issue: 1; Related Information: Figure S1. Optical sections of reconstructed three‐dimensional structured illumination microscopy images of the side view of the chloroplast isolated from wild‐type Arabidopsis thaliana leaves.Figure S2. Optical sections of reconstructed three‐dimensional structured illumination microscopy images of the side view of the chloroplast isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana stn7 stn8 mutant leaves.Figure S3. Optical sections of reconstructed three‐dimensional structured illumination microscopy images of the side view of the chloroplast isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana tap38 mutant leaves.Figure S4. Optical sections of reconstructed three‐dimensional structured illumination microscopy images of a wild‐type Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cell.Figure S5. Additional reconstructed three‐dimensional structured illumination microscopy images showing shrinkage of thylakoid membranes at the lobe region of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplasts under high‐light conditions for 1 day.; Journal ID: ISSN 0960-7412
- Publisher:
- Society for Experimental Biology
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Iwai, Masakazu, Roth, Melissa S., and Niyogi, Krishna K. Subdiffraction-resolution live-cell imaging for visualizing thylakoid membranes. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1111/tpj.14021.
Iwai, Masakazu, Roth, Melissa S., & Niyogi, Krishna K. Subdiffraction-resolution live-cell imaging for visualizing thylakoid membranes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14021
Iwai, Masakazu, Roth, Melissa S., and Niyogi, Krishna K. Mon .
"Subdiffraction-resolution live-cell imaging for visualizing thylakoid membranes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14021. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1560876.
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title = {Subdiffraction-resolution live-cell imaging for visualizing thylakoid membranes},
author = {Iwai, Masakazu and Roth, Melissa S. and Niyogi, Krishna K.},
abstractNote = {© 2018 The Authors The Plant Journal © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd The chloroplast is the chlorophyll-containing organelle that produces energy through photosynthesis. Within the chloroplast is an intricate network of thylakoid membranes containing photosynthetic membrane proteins that mediate electron transport and generate chemical energy. Historically, electron microscopy (EM) has been a powerful tool for visualizing the macromolecular structure and organization of thylakoid membranes. However, an understanding of thylakoid membrane dynamics remains elusive because EM requires fixation and sectioning. To improve our knowledge of thylakoid membrane dynamics we need to consider at least two issues: (i) the live-cell imaging conditions needed to visualize active processes in vivo; and (ii) the spatial resolution required to differentiate the characteristics of thylakoid membranes. Here, we utilize three-dimensional structured illumination microscopy (3D-SIM) to explore the optimal imaging conditions for investigating the dynamics of thylakoid membranes in living plant and algal cells. We show that 3D-SIM is capable of examining broad characteristics of thylakoid structures in chloroplasts of the vascular plant Arabidopsis thaliana and distinguishing the structural differences between wild-type and mutant strains. Using 3D-SIM, we also visualize thylakoid organization in whole cells of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. These data reveal that high light intensity changes thylakoid membrane structure in C. reinhardtii. Moreover, we observed the green alga Chromochloris zofingiensis and the moss Physcomitrella patens to show the applicability of 3D-SIM. This study demonstrates that 3D-SIM is a promising approach for studying the dynamics of thylakoid membranes in photoautotrophic organisms during photoacclimation processes.},
doi = {10.1111/tpj.14021},
journal = {The Plant Journal},
number = 1,
volume = 96,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {7}
}
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