High-resolution live imaging of tardigrade response to anoxia

Anna Mari Haapanen-Saaristo; Sara Calhim; Ilkka Paatero

doi:10.1016/j.micron.2025.103847

High-resolution live imaging of tardigrade response to anoxia

Anna Mari Haapanen-Saaristo
, Sara Calhim
, Ilkka Paatero^*

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Åbo biovetenskapscentrum

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Tardigrades are well-known for their ability to tolerate extreme environmental conditions such as heat, drought and lack of oxygen by undergoing cryptobiosis. The molecular responses to stress have been studied in detail, but the physiological and morphogenetic changes during cryptobiosis are less understood. We developed new live high-resolution fluorescence microscopy protocols to visualize the tardigrade response to lack of oxygen – anoxybiosis. High-resolution time-lapse imaging enabled analysis of cellular morphology and tracking of cell movements during anoxybiosis. These analyses revealed considerable changes in morphology, composition and movement of storage cells. Our observations and new imaging protocols can be used to study morphological and cellular response to stress in tardigrades.

Originalspråk	Engelska
Artikelnummer	103847
Tidskrift	Micron
Volym	196-197
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2025.103847
Status	Publicerad - sep. 2025
MoE-publikationstyp	A1 Tidskriftsartikel-refererad

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The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Ilkka Paatero reports financial support was provided by Business Finland. Ilkka Paatero reports financial support was provided by Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research. University of Turku has registered trademark 3DFLUOHISTO®, and I.P. is involved in the commercialization of 3DFLUOHISTO-technology. Other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. If there are other authors, they declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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