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21 August 2019 Super-resolution imaging and estimation of protein copy numbers at single synapses with DNA-point accumulation for imaging in nanoscale topography
Carolin Böger, Anne-Sophie Hafner, Thomas Schlichthärle, Maximilian T. Strauss, Sebastian Malkusch, Ulrike Endesfelder, Ralf Jungmann, Erin M. Schuman, Mike Heilemann
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Abstract

In the brain, the strength of each individual synapse is defined by the complement of proteins present or the “local proteome.” Activity-dependent changes in synaptic strength are the result of changes in this local proteome and posttranslational protein modifications. Although most synaptic proteins have been identified, we still know little about protein copy numbers in individual synapses and variations between synapses. We use DNA-point accumulation for imaging in nanoscale topography as a single-molecule super-resolution imaging technique to visualize and quantify protein copy numbers in single synapses. The imaging technique provides near-molecular spatial resolution, is unaffected by photobleaching, enables imaging of large field of views, and provides quantitative molecular information. We demonstrate these benefits by accessing copy numbers of surface AMPA-type receptors at single synapses of rat hippocampal neurons along dendritic segments.

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Carolin Böger, Anne-Sophie Hafner, Thomas Schlichthärle, Maximilian T. Strauss, Sebastian Malkusch, Ulrike Endesfelder, Ralf Jungmann, Erin M. Schuman, and Mike Heilemann "Super-resolution imaging and estimation of protein copy numbers at single synapses with DNA-point accumulation for imaging in nanoscale topography," Neurophotonics 6(3), 035008 (21 August 2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.NPh.6.3.035008
Received: 29 March 2019; Accepted: 31 July 2019; Published: 21 August 2019
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KEYWORDS
Proteins

Neurons

Super resolution

Dendrites

Imaging systems

Calibration

Receptors

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