PMID- 32896319 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210706 LR - 20210706 IS - 0091-679X (Print) IS - 0091-679X (Linking) VI - 160 DP - 2020 TI - Super-resolution imaging of microtubules in Medicago sativa. PG - 237-251 LID - S0091-679X(20)30032-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/bs.mcb.2020.03.004 [doi] AB - Study of microtubules on cellular and subcellular levels is compromised by limited resolution of conventional fluorescence microscopy. However, it is possible to improve Abbe's diffraction-limited resolution by employment of super-resolution microscopy methods. Two of them, described herein, are structured-illumination microscopy (SIM) and Airyscan laser scanning microscopy (AM). Both methods allow high-resolution imaging of cortical microtubules in plant cells, thus contributing to the current knowledge on plant morphogenesis, growth and development. Both SIM and AM provide certain advantages and characteristic features, which are described here. We present immunofluorescence localization methods for microtubules in fixed plant cells achieving high signal efficiency, superb sample stability and sub-diffraction resolution. These protocols were developed for whole-mount immunolabeling of root samples of legume crop species Medicago sativa. They also contain tips for optimal sample preparation of plants germinated from seeds as well as plantlets regenerated from somatic embryos in vitro. We describe in detail all steps of optimized protocols for sample preparation, microtubule immunolabeling and super-resolution imaging. CI - (c) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Ticha, Michaela AU - Ticha M AD - Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic. FAU - Hlavackova, Katerina AU - Hlavackova K AD - Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic. FAU - Hrbackova, Miroslava AU - Hrbackova M AD - Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic. FAU - Ovecka, Miroslav AU - Ovecka M AD - Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic. FAU - Samajova, Olga AU - Samajova O AD - Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic. FAU - Samaj, Jozef AU - Samaj J AD - Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Electronic address: jozef.samaj@upol.cz. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200429 PL - United States TA - Methods Cell Biol JT - Methods in cell biology JID - 0373334 SB - IM MH - Imaging, Three-Dimensional/*methods MH - Medicago sativa/cytology/*metabolism MH - Microscopy, Confocal MH - Microtubules/*metabolism MH - Plant Epidermis/cytology MH - Plant Roots/cytology MH - Seedlings/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Airyscan microscopy OT - CLSM OT - Immunofluorescence labeling OT - Medicago sativa OT - Microtubules OT - Structured-illumination microscopy EDAT- 2020/09/09 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/07 06:00 CRDT- 2020/09/08 08:46 PHST- 2020/09/08 08:46 [entrez] PHST- 2020/09/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/07 06:00 [medline] AID - S0091-679X(20)30032-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/bs.mcb.2020.03.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Methods Cell Biol. 2020;160:237-251. doi: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2020.03.004. Epub 2020 Apr 29.