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Tracking down the molecular architecture of the synaptonemal complex by expansion microscopy

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  • Fabian U. Zwettler

    (University of Würzburg)

  • Marie-Christin Spindler

    (University of Würzburg)

  • Sebastian Reinhard

    (University of Würzburg)

  • Teresa Klein

    (University of Würzburg)

  • Andreas Kurz

    (University of Würzburg)

  • Ricardo Benavente

    (University of Würzburg)

  • Markus Sauer

    (University of Würzburg)

Abstract

The synaptonemal complex (SC) is a meiosis-specific nuclear multiprotein complex that is essential for proper synapsis, recombination and segregation of homologous chromosomes. We combined structured illumination microscopy (SIM) with different expansion microscopy (ExM) protocols including U-ExM, proExM, and magnified analysis of the proteome (MAP) to investigate the molecular organization of the SC. Comparison with structural data obtained by single-molecule localization microscopy of unexpanded SCs allowed us to investigate ultrastructure preservation of expanded SCs. For image analysis, we developed an automatic image processing software that enabled unbiased comparison of structural properties pre- and post-expansion. Here, MAP-SIM provided the best results and enabled reliable three-color super-resolution microscopy of the SCs of a whole set of chromosomes in a spermatocyte with 20–30 nm spatial resolution. Our data demonstrate that post-expansion labeling by MAP-SIM improves immunolabeling efficiency and allowed us thus to unravel previously hidden details of the molecular organization of SCs.

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  • Fabian U. Zwettler & Marie-Christin Spindler & Sebastian Reinhard & Teresa Klein & Andreas Kurz & Ricardo Benavente & Markus Sauer, 2020. "Tracking down the molecular architecture of the synaptonemal complex by expansion microscopy," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-17017-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17017-7
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