PMID- 28370211 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190627 LR - 20190627 IS - 1365-2818 (Electronic) IS - 0022-2720 (Linking) VI - 267 IP - 2 DP - 2017 Aug TI - A protocol for registration and correction of multicolour STED superresolution images. PG - 160-175 LID - 10.1111/jmi.12556 [doi] AB - Multicolour fluorescence imaging by STimulated Emission Depletion (STED) superresolution microscopy with doughnut-shaped STED laser beams based on different wavelengths for each colour channel requires precise image registration. This is especially important when STED imaging is used for co-localisation studies of two or more native proteins in biological specimens to analyse nanometric subcellular spatial arrangements. We developed a robust postprocessing image registration protocol, with the aim to verify and ultimately optimise multicolour STED image quality. Importantly, this protocol will support any subsequent quantitative localisation analysis at nanometric scales. Henceforth, using an approach that registers each colour channel present during STED imaging individually, this protocol reliably corrects for optical aberrations and inadvertent sample drift. To achieve the latter goal, the protocol combines the experimental sample information, from corresponding STED and confocal images using the same optical beam path and setup, with that of an independent calibration sample. As a result, image registration is based on a strategy that maximises the cross-correlation between sequentially acquired images of the experimental sample, which are strategically combined by the protocol. We demonstrate the general applicability of the image registration protocol by co-staining of the ryanodine receptor calcium release channel in primary mouse cardiomyocytes. To validate this new approach, we identify user-friendly criteria, which - if fulfilled - support optimal image registration. In summary, we introduce a new method for image registration and rationally based postprocessing steps through a highly standardised protocol for multicolour STED imaging, which directly supports the reproducibility of protein co-localisation analyses. Although the reference protocol is discussed exemplarily for two-colour STED imaging, it can be readily expanded to three or more colours and STED channels. CI - (c) 2017 The Authors. Journal of Microscopy published by JohnWiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Microscopical Society. FAU - Hebisch, E AU - Hebisch E AD - Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Gottingen, Germany. FAU - Wagner, E AU - Wagner E AD - Heart Research Center Gottingen, Department of Cardiology & Pulmonology, University Medical Center Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany. AD - German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) site Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany. FAU - Westphal, V AU - Westphal V AD - Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Gottingen, Germany. FAU - Sieber, J J AU - Sieber JJ AD - Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH, Mannheim, Germany. FAU - Lehnart, S E AU - Lehnart SE AD - Heart Research Center Gottingen, Department of Cardiology & Pulmonology, University Medical Center Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany. AD - German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) site Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20170403 PL - England TA - J Microsc JT - Journal of microscopy JID - 0204522 RN - 0 (Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/*methods MH - Mice MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/*enzymology MH - Optical Imaging/*methods MH - Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/*analysis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Image registration OT - STED microscopy OT - multicolour imaging OT - ryanodine receptor OT - targeted superresolution microscopy EDAT- 2017/04/04 06:00 MHDA- 2019/06/30 06:00 CRDT- 2017/04/04 06:00 PHST- 2016/08/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/02/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/02/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/04/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/06/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/04/04 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/jmi.12556 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Microsc. 2017 Aug;267(2):160-175. doi: 10.1111/jmi.12556. Epub 2017 Apr 3.