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ArticleThe Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology2025

ExPOSE: a comprehensive toolkit to perform expansion microscopy in plant protoplast systems.

Kevin L Cox, Sarah A Pardi, Lily O'Connor, Anastasiya Klebanovych, David Huss, Dmitri A Nusinow, Blake C Meyers, Kirk J Czymmek

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Kevin L Cox *Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, 63132, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2524-8988
Sarah A Pardi *Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, 63132, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6881-7012
Lily O'ConnorDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, 63132, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4337-3582
Anastasiya KlebanovychDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, 63132, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0151-050X
David HussDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, 63132, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-9887-3013
Dmitri A NusinowDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, 63132, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0497-1723
Blake C MeyersDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, 63132, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3436-6097
Kirk J CzymmekDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, 63132, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5471-7395

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Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNational Science Foundation 1337680National Science Foundation 1945854National Science Foundation 2018962National Science Foundation 2130365
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Abstract

Expansion microscopy (ExM) achieves nanoscale imaging by physical expansion of fixed biological tissues embedded in a swellable hydrogel, enhancing the resolution of any optical microscope several-fold. While ExM is commonly used in animal cells and tissues, there are few plant-specific protocols. Protoplasts are a widely used cell system across plant species, especially in studying biomolecule localization. Here, we present an approach to achieve robust expansion of plant protoplasts, termed Expansion microscopy in plant PrOtoplast SystEms (ExPOSE). We demonstrate that coupling ExPOSE with other imaging techniques, immunofluorescence and in situ hybridization chain reaction to visualize proteins and mRNAs, respectively, greatly enhances the spatial resolution of endogenous biomolecules. Additionally, in this study, we tested the effectiveness and versatility of this technique to observe biomolecular condensates in Arabidopsis protoplasts and transcription factors in maize protoplasts at increased resolution. ExPOSE can be relatively inexpensive, fast, and simple to implement.

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MicroscopyProtoplastsArabidopsisZea maysexpansion microscopyimmunofluorescencein situ HCRplant imagingprotoplast

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PMID40051203
PMCPMC11885898

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