AI-driven Large-scale Electron Microscopy enables Whole-tissue Subcellular Digitization

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Hauptverfasser: Xiao, Li, Liu, Liqing, Wu, Hongjun, Zhong, Jiayi, Li, Xixia, Zhang, Yan, Hu, Junjie, Fei, Sun, Yang, Ge, Xu, Tao
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author Xiao, Li
Liu, Liqing
Wu, Hongjun
Zhong, Jiayi
Li, Xixia
Zhang, Yan
Hu, Junjie
Fei, Sun
Yang, Ge
Xu, Tao
author_facet Xiao, Li
Liu, Liqing
Wu, Hongjun
Zhong, Jiayi
Li, Xixia
Zhang, Yan
Hu, Junjie
Fei, Sun
Yang, Ge
Xu, Tao
contents The distribution and interactions of cellular organelles play a critical role in mediating cellular physiology and pathology. Large-scale electron microscopy enables visualization of organelle distribution and interactions at the tissue level with nanometer resolution, but robust and efficient computational analysis tools are lacking. Here, we present a deep learning tool for universal large-scale 2D/3D electron microscopy analysis, DeepOrganelle. This new tool enables high-throughput, cell-resolved spatiotemporal mapping and digitization of organelle distribution and interactions. When applied to spermatogenesis across 12 stages and 22 differentiation status of the germ cells, DeepOrganelle uncovered previously unrecognized, stage-dependent dynamics of mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum contact sites within one subphase of prophase I during meiosis. It also revealed coordinated organelle redistribution in Sertoli cells towards the blood-testis barrier, digitizing the remodeling dynamics of the tissue. This study demonstrates that DeepOrganelle provides a powerful framework that captures subcellular dynamics at the whole-tissue level.
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spellingShingle AI-driven Large-scale Electron Microscopy enables Whole-tissue Subcellular Digitization
Xiao, Li
Liu, Liqing
Wu, Hongjun
Zhong, Jiayi
Li, Xixia
Zhang, Yan
Hu, Junjie
Fei, Sun
Yang, Ge
Xu, Tao
Biological Physics
Artificial Intelligence
The distribution and interactions of cellular organelles play a critical role in mediating cellular physiology and pathology. Large-scale electron microscopy enables visualization of organelle distribution and interactions at the tissue level with nanometer resolution, but robust and efficient computational analysis tools are lacking. Here, we present a deep learning tool for universal large-scale 2D/3D electron microscopy analysis, DeepOrganelle. This new tool enables high-throughput, cell-resolved spatiotemporal mapping and digitization of organelle distribution and interactions. When applied to spermatogenesis across 12 stages and 22 differentiation status of the germ cells, DeepOrganelle uncovered previously unrecognized, stage-dependent dynamics of mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum contact sites within one subphase of prophase I during meiosis. It also revealed coordinated organelle redistribution in Sertoli cells towards the blood-testis barrier, digitizing the remodeling dynamics of the tissue. This study demonstrates that DeepOrganelle provides a powerful framework that captures subcellular dynamics at the whole-tissue level.
title AI-driven Large-scale Electron Microscopy enables Whole-tissue Subcellular Digitization
topic Biological Physics
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02860