Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Correlative cryo-electron microscopy reveals the structure of TNTs in neuronal cells

  • Anna Sartori-Rupp,
  • Diégo Cordero Cervantes,
  • Anna Pepe,
  • Karine Gousset,
  • Elise Delage,
  • Simon Corroyer-Dulmont,
  • Christine Schmitt,
  • Jacomina Krijnse-Locker,
  • Chiara Zurzolo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08178-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The architecture of functional TNTs is still under debate. Here, the authors combine correlative FIB-SEM, light- and cryo-electron microscopy approaches to elucidate the structure of TNTs in neuronal cells, showing that they form structures that are distinct form other membrane protrusions.