Probing Molecular Diversity and Ultrastructure of Brain Cells with Fluorescent Aptamers

bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Sep 18:2023.09.18.558240. doi: 10.1101/2023.09.18.558240.

Abstract

Detergent-free immunolabeling has been proven feasible for correlated light and electron microscopy, but its application is restricted by the availability of suitable affinity reagents. Here we introduce CAptVE, a method using slow off-rate modified aptamers for cell fluorescence labeling on ultrastructurally reconstructable electron micrographs. CAptVE provides labeling for a wide range of biomarkers, offering a pathway to integrate molecular analysis into recent approaches to delineate neural circuits via connectomics.

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