Strategies and results of field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) in the study of parasitic protozoa

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-87

  de Souza, Wanderley ^a   Campanati, Loraine ^a   Attias, Marcia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell cytoskeleton; Cell surface; Field emission scanning electron microscopy; Parasite host cell interaction

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DETERGENTS; FIELD EMISSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL SURFACE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PARASITE HOST CELL INTERACTION; PARASITIC PROTOZOA;

PROTOZOA;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; ENTAMOEBA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KIDNEY; LEISHMANIA; METHODOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXOPLASMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETON; ENTAMOEBA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LEISHMANIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEUTROPHILS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 39449099130     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2006.11.003     Document Type: Review

References (42)

1. Benchimol M. The nuclei of Giardia lamblia-new ultrastructural observations. Arch. Microbiol. 183 (2005) 160-168
2. Benchimol M. New ultrastructural observations on the skeletal matrix of Tritrichomonas foetus. Parasitol. Res. 97 (2005) 408-416
3. Benchimol M., Piva B., Campanati L., and De Souza W. Visualization of the funis of Giardia lamblia by high-resolution field emission scanning electron microscopy: new insights. J. Struct. Biol. 147 (2004) 102-115
4. Campanati L., Holloschi A., Troster H., Spring H., De Souza W., and Monteiro-Leal L.H. Video-microscopy observations of fast dynamic processes in the protozoon Giardia lamblia. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 51 (2002) 213-224
5. Campanati L., Troester H., Monteiro-Leal L.H., Trendelemburg M.F., and De Souza W. Tubulin diversity in trophozoites of Giardia lamblia. Histochem. Cell Biol. 119 (2003) 323-331
6. Carvalho K.P., and Monteiro-Leal L.H. The caudal complex of Giardia lamblia and its relation to motility. Exp. Parasitol. 108 (2004) 154-162
7. Crewe A.V., Eggenberger D.N., Wall J., and Welter L.M. Electron gun using field emission sources. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 39 (1968) 576-583
8. Crossley R., Marshall J., Clark J.T., and Holberton D.V. Immunocytochemical differentiation of microtubules in the cytoskeleton of Giardia lamblia using monoclonal antibodies to alpha-tubulin and polyclonal antibodies to associated low molecular weight proteins. J. Cell Sci. 80 (1986) 33-252
9. Elmendorf H.G., Dawson S.C., and McCaffery J.M. The cytoskeleton of Giardia lamblia. Int. J. Parasitol. 33 (2003) 3-28
10. Erlandsen S.L., and Feely D.E. Giardia and Giardiasis, Trophozoite motility and the mechanism of attachment. In: Erlandsen S.L., and Meyer E.A. (Eds). Giardia and Giardiasis: Pathogenesis and Epidemiology (1984), Plenum Press, New York 33-63
11. Erlandsen S.L., Macechko P.T., van Keulen H., and Jarroll E.L. Formation of the Giardia cyst wall: studies on extracellular assembly using immunogold labeling and high resolution field emission SEM. J. Euk. Microbiol. 43 (1996) 416-429
12. Erlandsen S.L., Ming L., Martin-Lacave I., Dunny G., and Wells C. High resolution CryoFE-SEM of microbial surfaces. Microsci. Microanal. 9 (2003) 273-278
13. Erlandsen S.L., Russo A.P., and Turner J.N. Evidence for adhesive activity of the ventrolateral flange in Giardia lamblia. J. Euk. Microbiol. 51 (2004) 73-80
14. Feely D.E., Schollmeyer J.V., and Erlandsen S.L. Giardia spp: distribution of contractile proteins in the attachment organelle. Exp. Parasitol. 53 (1982) 145-154
15. Ghosh S., Frisardi M., Rogers R., and Samuelson J. How Giardia swim and divide. Infect. Immun. 69 (2001) 7866-7872
16. Goldberg M.W., and Allen T.D. High resolution scanning electron microscopy of the nuclear envelope: demonstration of a new regular, fibrous lattice attached to the baskets of the nucleoplasmic face of the nuclear pores. J. Cell Biol. 119 (1992) 1429-1440
17. Holberton D.V. Fine structure of the ventral disk apparatus and the mechanism of attachment in the flagellate Giardia muris. J Cell Sci. 13 (1973) 11-41
18. Holberton D.V. Attachment of Giardia a hydrodynamic model based on flagellar activity. J. Exp. Biol. 60 (1974) 207-222
19. Holberton D.V. Arrangement of subunits in microribbons from Giardia. J. Cell Sci. 47 (1981) 167-185
20. Jongebloed W.L., Stokroos I., Kalicharan D., and van der Want J.J.L. Is cryopreservation superior over tannic/acid/arginine/osmium tetroxide non coating preparation in field emission scanning electron microscopy?. Scanning Microsc. 13 (1999) 93-109
21. Jongebloed W.L., Stokroos I., van der Want J.J.L., and Kalicharan D. Non-coating fixation techniques or redundancy of conductive coating, low kV FE-SEM operation and combined SEM/TEM of biological tissues. J. Microsc. 193 (1999) 158-170
22. Kiseleva H., Rutherford S., Cotter L.M., Allen T.D., and Goldberg M.W. Steps of nuclear pore complex disassembly and reassembly during mitosis in early Drosophila Embryos. J. Cell Sci. 114 (2001) 3607-3618
23. Knoll M. Charging potential and secondary emission of bodies under electron irradiation. Z. Tech. Phys. 16 (1935) 467-475
24. Koga D., and Ushiki T. Three dimensional ultrastructure of the golgi apparatus in different cells: high resolution scanning electron microscopy of osmium-macerated tissue. 16th International Microscopy Congress Proceedings (2006) 71
25. MacLaren A., Attias M., and De Souza W. Aspects of the early moments of interaction between tachyzoites of Toxoplasma gondii with neutrophils. Vet. Parasitol. 125 (2004) 301-312
26. Magno R.C., Lemgruber L., Vommaro R.C., De Souza W., and Attias M. Intravacuolar network may act as a mechanical support for Toxoplasma gondii inside the parasitophorous vacuole. Microsc. Res. Tech. 67 (2005) 45-52
27. Meyer H., and Porter K. A study of Trypanosoma cruzi with the electron microscope. Parasitology 44 (1954) 16-24
28. Muller W.H., van Aelst A.C., Humbel B.M., van der Krift T.P., and Boekhout T. Field emission scanning electron microscopy of the internal cellular organization of fungi. Scanning 22 (2000) 295-303
29. Nakamura C., Ueda-Nakamura T., and De Souza W. Visualization of the cytostome in Trypanosoma cruzi by high resolution field emission scanning electron microscopy using secondary and backscattered electron imaging. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 242 (2005) 227-230
30. Osumi M., Konomi M., Sugawara T., Takagi T., and Baba M. High-pressure freezing is a powerful tool for visualization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe cells: ultra-low temperature and low-voltage scanning electron microscopy and immunoelectron microscopy. J. Electron Microsc. (Tokyo) 55 (2006) 75-88
31. Pawley J. The development of field-emission scanning electron microscopy for imaging biological surfaces. Scanning 19 (1997) 324-336
32. Pimenta P.F.P., and De Souza W. Leishmania mexicana: distribution of intramembranous particles and filipin sterol complexes in amastigotes and promastigotes. Exp. Parasitol. 63 (1987) 117-135
33. Pimenta P.F., da Silva R.P., Sacks D.L., and da Silva P.P. Cell surface nanoanatomy of Leishmania major as revealed by fracture-flip. A surface meshwork of 44 nm fusiform filaments identifies infective developmental stage promastigotes. Eur. J. Cell Biol. 48 (1989) 180-190
34. Piva B., and Benchimol M. The median body of Giardia lamblia: an ultrastructural study. Biol. Cell 96 (2004) 735-746
35. 4 maceration method for the visualization of internal structures and surfaces in human biotipic specimens by high resolution scanning electron microscopy. Scanning Microsc. 13 (1999) 111-122
36. Sant'anna C., Campanati L., Gadelha C., Lourenço D., Labati-Terra L., Bittencourt-Silvestre J., Benchimol M., Cunha-E-Silva N.L., and De Souza W. Improvement on the visualization of cytoskeletal structures of protozoan parasites using high-resolution field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). Histochem. Cell Biol. 124 (2005) 87-95
37. Schatten H., and Ris H. Three-dimensional imaging of Toxoplasma gondii-host cell interactions within the parasitophorous vacuole. Microsci. Microanal. 10 (2004) 1-6
38. Schatten H., Sibley L.D., and Ris H. Structural evidence for actin-like filaments in Toxoplasma gondii using high-resolution low-voltage field emission scanning electron microscopy. Microsci. Microanal. 9 (2003) 330-335
39. Sinai A.P., and Joiner K.A. Safe haven: the cell biology of nonfusogenic pathogen vacuoles. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 51 (1997) 415-462
40. Sinai A.P., and Joiner K.A. The Toxoplasma gondii protein ROP2 mediates host organelle association with the parasitophorous vacuole membrane. J. Cell Biol. 154 (2001) 95-108
41. Tanaka K. Scanning electron microscopy of intracellular structures. Int. Rev. Cytol. 68 (1980) 97-125
42. Tanaka K., and Mitsushima A. A preparing method for observing intracellular structures by scanning electron microscopy. J. Microsc. 133 (1984) 213-222