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- Developed a new method for analyzing membrane lipids using quick-freezing and freeze-fracture replica labeling (QF-FRL), focusing on improving observation of cytoplasmic organelles.
- Modified the technique by culturing cells on sandpaper-scratched gold foil and using high-pressure freezing to reduce ice crystal damage, allowing for better intracellular structure observation.
- Confirmed effective labeling of phosphoinositide 4,5-bisphosphate in freeze-fracture replicas, making the new QF-FRL method user-friendly and enhancing lipid distribution analysis.
Article Abstract
We previously developed a method of analyzing the two-dimensional distribution of membrane lipids by combining quick-freezing and freeze-fracture replica labeling (QF-FRL). In principle, this method can be applied to any membrane, but in practice it is not easy to observe cytoplasmic organelles efficiently without ice crystal damage. In this paper, we report a modification of our method that circumvents this problem. In the modified method, cells are cultured on a gold foil scratched with sandpaper and quick-frozen according to a high-pressure freezing method. This technique enables the efficient observation of intracellular structures such as the nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus and mitochondria. Specific labeling of phosphoinositide 4,5-bisphosphate was confirmed in the obtained freeze-fracture replica. The present QF-FRL method is easy to use and should expedite the analysis of intracellular lipid distribution.
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