Expanded vacuum-stable gels for multiplexed high-resolution spatial histopathology

Abstract Cellular organization and functions encompass multiple scales in vivo. Emerging high-plex imaging technologies are limited in resolving subcellular biomolecular features. Expansion Microscopy (ExM) and related techniques physically expand samples for enhanced spatial resolution, but are cha...

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Main Authors: Yunhao Bai, Bokai Zhu, John-Paul Oliveria, Bryan J. Cannon, Dorien Feyaerts, Marc Bosse, Kausalia Vijayaragavan, Noah F. Greenwald, Darci Phillips, Christian M. Schürch, Samuel M. Naik, Edward A. Ganio, Brice Gaudilliere, Scott J. Rodig, Michael B. Miller, Michael Angelo, Sean C. Bendall, Xavier Rovira-Clavé, Garry P. Nolan, Sizun Jiang
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39616-w
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author Yunhao Bai
Bokai Zhu
John-Paul Oliveria
Bryan J. Cannon
Dorien Feyaerts
Marc Bosse
Kausalia Vijayaragavan
Noah F. Greenwald
Darci Phillips
Christian M. Schürch
Samuel M. Naik
Edward A. Ganio
Brice Gaudilliere
Scott J. Rodig
Michael B. Miller
Michael Angelo
Sean C. Bendall
Xavier Rovira-Clavé
Garry P. Nolan
Sizun Jiang
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Bokai Zhu
John-Paul Oliveria
Bryan J. Cannon
Dorien Feyaerts
Marc Bosse
Kausalia Vijayaragavan
Noah F. Greenwald
Darci Phillips
Christian M. Schürch
Samuel M. Naik
Edward A. Ganio
Brice Gaudilliere
Scott J. Rodig
Michael B. Miller
Michael Angelo
Sean C. Bendall
Xavier Rovira-Clavé
Garry P. Nolan
Sizun Jiang
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description Abstract Cellular organization and functions encompass multiple scales in vivo. Emerging high-plex imaging technologies are limited in resolving subcellular biomolecular features. Expansion Microscopy (ExM) and related techniques physically expand samples for enhanced spatial resolution, but are challenging to be combined with high-plex imaging technologies to enable integrative multiscaled tissue biology insights. Here, we introduce Expand and comPRESS hydrOgels (ExPRESSO), an ExM framework that allows high-plex protein staining, physical expansion, and removal of water, while retaining the lateral tissue expansion. We demonstrate ExPRESSO imaging of archival clinical tissue samples on Multiplexed Ion Beam Imaging and Imaging Mass Cytometry platforms, with detection capabilities of > 40 markers. Application of ExPRESSO on archival human lymphoid and brain tissues resolved tissue architecture at the subcellular level, particularly that of the blood-brain barrier. ExPRESSO hence provides a platform for extending the analysis compatibility of hydrogel-expanded biospecimens to mass spectrometry, with minimal modifications to protocols and instrumentation.
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spelling doaj.art-1aaa853ff55a4176b7b32d00970f18f62023-07-09T11:17:40ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232023-07-0114111810.1038/s41467-023-39616-wExpanded vacuum-stable gels for multiplexed high-resolution spatial histopathologyYunhao Bai0Bokai Zhu1John-Paul Oliveria2Bryan J. Cannon3Dorien Feyaerts4Marc Bosse5Kausalia Vijayaragavan6Noah F. Greenwald7Darci Phillips8Christian M. Schürch9Samuel M. Naik10Edward A. Ganio11Brice Gaudilliere12Scott J. Rodig13Michael B. Miller14Michael Angelo15Sean C. Bendall16Xavier Rovira-Clavé17Garry P. Nolan18Sizun Jiang19Department of Pathology, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Translational Medicine, Genentech, Inc.Department of Pathology, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolDepartment of Pathology, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Stanford UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Stanford UniversityAbstract Cellular organization and functions encompass multiple scales in vivo. Emerging high-plex imaging technologies are limited in resolving subcellular biomolecular features. Expansion Microscopy (ExM) and related techniques physically expand samples for enhanced spatial resolution, but are challenging to be combined with high-plex imaging technologies to enable integrative multiscaled tissue biology insights. Here, we introduce Expand and comPRESS hydrOgels (ExPRESSO), an ExM framework that allows high-plex protein staining, physical expansion, and removal of water, while retaining the lateral tissue expansion. We demonstrate ExPRESSO imaging of archival clinical tissue samples on Multiplexed Ion Beam Imaging and Imaging Mass Cytometry platforms, with detection capabilities of > 40 markers. Application of ExPRESSO on archival human lymphoid and brain tissues resolved tissue architecture at the subcellular level, particularly that of the blood-brain barrier. ExPRESSO hence provides a platform for extending the analysis compatibility of hydrogel-expanded biospecimens to mass spectrometry, with minimal modifications to protocols and instrumentation.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39616-w
spellingShingle Yunhao Bai
Bokai Zhu
John-Paul Oliveria
Bryan J. Cannon
Dorien Feyaerts
Marc Bosse
Kausalia Vijayaragavan
Noah F. Greenwald
Darci Phillips
Christian M. Schürch
Samuel M. Naik
Edward A. Ganio
Brice Gaudilliere
Scott J. Rodig
Michael B. Miller
Michael Angelo
Sean C. Bendall
Xavier Rovira-Clavé
Garry P. Nolan
Sizun Jiang
Expanded vacuum-stable gels for multiplexed high-resolution spatial histopathology
Nature Communications
title Expanded vacuum-stable gels for multiplexed high-resolution spatial histopathology
title_full Expanded vacuum-stable gels for multiplexed high-resolution spatial histopathology
title_fullStr Expanded vacuum-stable gels for multiplexed high-resolution spatial histopathology
title_full_unstemmed Expanded vacuum-stable gels for multiplexed high-resolution spatial histopathology
title_short Expanded vacuum-stable gels for multiplexed high-resolution spatial histopathology
title_sort expanded vacuum stable gels for multiplexed high resolution spatial histopathology
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39616-w
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