title: Superresolution live imaging of plant cells using structured illumination microscopy.
abstract: Although superresolution (SR) approaches have been routinely used for fixed or living material from other organisms, the use of time-lapse structured illumination microscopy (SIM) imaging in plant cells still remains under-developed. Here we describe a validated method for time-lapse SIM that focuses on cortical microtubules of different plant cell types. By using one of the existing commercially available SIM platforms, we provide a user-friendly and easy-to-follow protocol that may be widely applied to the imaging of plant cells. This protocol includes steps describing calibration of the microscope and channel alignment, generation of an experimental point spread function (PSF), preparation of appropriate observation chambers with available plant material, image acquisition, reconstruction and validation. This protocol can be carried out within two to three working days.
authors.affiliation: Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Komis
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mistrik
authors.affiliation: Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Šamajová
authors.affiliation: Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ovečka
authors.affiliation: 1] Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. [2] Genome Integrity Unit, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jiri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bartek
authors.affiliation: Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jozef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Šamaj
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis; D000069416:Intravital Microscopy / Q000379:methods*; D059828:Plant Cells