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Sözer EB, Semenov I, Thomas Vernier P. Dihydroethidium-derived fluorescence in electrically stressed cells indicates intracellular microenvironment modifications independent of ROS. Bioelectrochemistry 2024; 160:108751. [PMID: 38851174 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2024.108751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 05/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/10/2024]
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Intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation is widely suggested as a trigger for biological consequences of electric field exposures, such as those in electroporation applications. ROS are linked with membrane barrier function degradation, genetic damage, and complex events like immunological cell death. Dihydroethidium (DHE) is commonly used to monitor ROS in cells. DHE is linked to intracellular ROS by a primary oxidation product, Ethidium (Eth+), that shows increased fluorescence upon binding to polynucleotides. We observed changes in DHE-derived fluorescence in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells post 300-ns electric pulse exposures, comparing them to tert-butyl-hydroperoxide (t-BHP) induced oxidative stress. Immediate intracellular fluorescence changes were noted in both cases, but with distinct localization patterns. After electrical stress, cytosolic DHE-derived fluorescence intensity decreases, and nucleolar intensity increases. Conversely, t-BHP exposure increases DHE-derived fluorescence uniformly across the cell. Surprisingly, fluorescence patterns after electrical stress in Eth+-loaded cells is identical to those in DHE-loaded cells, in kinetics and localization patterns. These findings indicate that DHE-derived fluorescence changes after pulsed electric field stress are not due to intracellular ROS generation leading to DHE oxidation, but rather indicate stress-induced intracellular microenvironment alterations affecting Eth+ fluorescence.
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- Esin B Sözer
- Old Dominion University, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Norfolk, VA, USA.
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- Old Dominion University, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Norfolk, VA, USA
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- Old Dominion University, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Norfolk, VA, USA.
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Robinson J, Stenspil SG, Maleckaite K, Bartlett M, Di Antonio M, Vilar R, Kuimova MK. Cellular Visualization of G-Quadruplex RNA via Fluorescence- Lifetime Imaging Microscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:1009-1018. [PMID: 38151240 PMCID: PMC10786036 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Over the past decade, appreciation of the roles of G-quadruplex (G4) structures in cellular regulation and maintenance has rapidly grown, making the establishment of robust methods to visualize G4s increasingly important. Fluorescent probes are commonly used for G4 detection in vitro; however, achieving sufficient selectivity to detect G4s in a dense and structurally diverse cellular environment is challenging. The use of fluorescent probes for G4 detection is further complicated by variations of probe uptake into cells, which may affect fluorescence intensity independently of G4 abundance. In this work, we report an alternative small-molecule approach to visualize G4s that does not rely on fluorescence intensity switch-on and, thus, does not require the use of molecules with exclusive G4 binding selectivity. Specifically, we have developed a novel thiazole orange derivative, TOR-G4, that exhibits a unique fluorescence lifetime when bound to G4s compared to other structures, allowing G4 binding to be sensitively distinguished from non-G4 binding, independent of the local probe concentration. Furthermore, TOR-G4 primarily colocalizes with RNA in the cytoplasm and nucleoli of cells, making it the first lifetime-based probe validated for exploring the emerging roles of RNA G4s in cellulo.
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- Jenna Robinson
- Department
of Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane, London W12
0BZ, U.K.
- Molecular
Science Research Hub, Institute of Chemical
Biology, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, U.K.
- The
Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane, London W12
0BZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane, London W12
0BZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane, London W12
0BZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane, London W12
0BZ, U.K.
- Molecular
Science Research Hub, Institute of Chemical
Biology, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, U.K.
- The
Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane, London W12
0BZ, U.K.
- Molecular
Science Research Hub, Institute of Chemical
Biology, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane, London W12
0BZ, U.K.
- Molecular
Science Research Hub, Institute of Chemical
Biology, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, U.K.
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Audugé N, Padilla-Parra S, Tramier M, Borghi N, Coppey-Moisan M. Chromatin condensation fluctuations rather than steady-state predict chromatin accessibility. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 47:6184-6194. [PMID: 31081027 PMCID: PMC6614833 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Chromatin accessibility to protein factors is critical for genome activities. However, the dynamic properties of chromatin higher-order structures that regulate its accessibility are poorly understood. Here, we took advantage of the microenvironment sensitivity of the fluorescence lifetime of EGFP-H4 histone incorporated in chromatin to map in the nucleus of live cells the dynamics of chromatin condensation and its direct interaction with a tail acetylation recognition domain (the double bromodomain module of human TAFII250, dBD). We reveal chromatin condensation fluctuations supported by mechanisms fundamentally distinct from that of condensation. Fluctuations are spontaneous, yet their amplitudes are affected by their sub-nuclear localization and by distinct and competing mechanisms dependent on histone acetylation, ATP and both. Moreover, we show that accessibility of acetylated histone H4 to dBD is not restricted by chromatin condensation nor predicted by acetylation, rather, it is predicted by chromatin condensation fluctuations.
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- Nicolas Audugé
- Institut Jacques Monod UMR 7592, Université de Paris - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod UMR 7592, Université de Paris - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod UMR 7592, Université de Paris - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod UMR 7592, Université de Paris - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod UMR 7592, Université de Paris - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
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Vinegoni C, Feruglio PF, Gryczynski I, Mazitschek R, Weissleder R. Fluorescence anisotropy imaging in drug discovery. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2019; 151-152:262-288. [PMID: 29410158 PMCID: PMC6072632 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2018.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Non-invasive measurement of drug-target engagement can provide critical insights in the molecular pharmacology of small molecule drugs. Fluorescence polarization/fluorescence anisotropy measurements are commonly employed in protein/cell screening assays. However, the expansion of such measurements to the in vivo setting has proven difficult until recently. With the advent of high-resolution fluorescence anisotropy microscopy it is now possible to perform kinetic measurements of intracellular drug distribution and target engagement in commonly used mouse models. In this review we discuss the background, current advances and future perspectives in intravital fluorescence anisotropy measurements to derive pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic measurements in single cells and whole organs.
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- Claudio Vinegoni
- Center for System Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Center for System Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurological, Biomedical and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- University of North Texas Health Science Center, Institute for Molecular Medicine, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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- Center for System Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for System Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Ströhl F, Wong HHW, Holt CE, Kaminski CF. Total internal reflection fluorescence anisotropy imaging microscopy: setup, calibration, and data processing for protein polymerization measurements in living cells. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2017; 6:014004. [PMID: 28824013 PMCID: PMC5735343 DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/aa872e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Fluorescence anisotropy imaging microscopy (FAIM) measures the depolarization properties of fluorophores to deduce molecular changes in their environment. For successful FAIM, several design principles have to be considered and a thorough system-specific calibration protocol is paramount. One important calibration parameter is the G factor, which describes the system-induced errors for different polarization states of light. The determination and calibration of the G factor is discussed in detail in this article. We present a novel measurement strategy, which is particularly suitable for FAIM with high numerical aperture objectives operating in TIRF illumination mode. The method makes use of evanescent fields that excite the sample with a polarization direction perpendicular to the image plane. Furthermore, we have developed an ImageJ/Fiji plugin, AniCalc, for FAIM data processing. We demonstrate the capabilities of our TIRF-FAIM system by measuring [Formula: see text]-actin polymerization in human embryonic kidney cells and in retinal neurons.
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- Florian Ströhl
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, United Kingdom
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Fluorescence can be characterized by its intensity, position, wavelength, lifetime, and polarization. The more of these features are acquired in a single measurement, the more can be learned about the sample, i.e., the microenvironment of the fluorescence probe. Polarization-resolved fluorescence lifetime imaging-time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy imaging, TR-FAIM-allows mapping of viscosity or binding or of homo-FRET which can indicate dimerization or generally oligomerization.
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- Klaus Suhling
- Department of Physics, King's College London, London, UK
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Devauges V, Marquer C, Lécart S, Cossec JC, Potier MC, Fort E, Suhling K, Lévêque-Fort S. Homodimerization of amyloid precursor protein at the plasma membrane: a homoFRET study by time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy imaging. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44434. [PMID: 22973448 PMCID: PMC3433432 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2012] [Accepted: 08/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Classical FRET (Förster Resonance Energy Transfer) using two fluorescent labels (one for the donor and another one for the acceptor) is not efficient for studying the homodimerization of a protein as only half of the homodimers formed can be identified by this technique. We thus resorted to homoFRET detected by time-resolved Fluorescence Anisotropy IMaging (tr-FAIM). To specifically image the plasma membrane of living cells, an original combination of tr-FAIM and Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscope (TIRFLIM) was implemented. The correcting factor accounting for the depolarization due to the high numerical aperture (NA) objective, mandatory for TIRF microscopy, was quantified on fluorescein solutions and on HEK293 cells expressing enhanced Green Fluorescence Protein (eGFP). Homodimerization of Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP), a key mechanism in the etiology of Alzheimer’s disease, was measured on this original set-up. We showed, both in epifluorescence and under TIRF excitation, different energy transfer rates associated with the homodimerization of wild type APP-eGFP or of a mutated APP-eGFP, which forms constitutive dimers. This original set-up thus offers promising prospects for future studies of protein homodimerization in living cells in control and pathological conditions.
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- Viviane Devauges
- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, CNRS UMR 8214, Univ. Paris Sud, Orsay, France
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry, CNRS UMR 8501, Institut d’Optique, Univ. Paris Sud, Palaiseau, France
- Centre de Photonique Biomédicale, Univ. Paris Sud, CLUPS/LUMAT FR2764, Orsay, France
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- Centre de Photonique Biomédicale, Univ. Paris Sud, CLUPS/LUMAT FR2764, Orsay, France
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- Institut Langevin, ESPCI ParisTech, Univ. Paris Diderot, UMR 7587, Paris, France
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- Department of Physics, King’s College London, Strand, London, United Kingdom
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, CNRS UMR 8214, Univ. Paris Sud, Orsay, France
- Centre de Photonique Biomédicale, Univ. Paris Sud, CLUPS/LUMAT FR2764, Orsay, France
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Villa AM, Fusi P, Pastori V, Amicarelli G, Pozzi C, Adlerstein D, Doglia SM. Ethidium bromide as a marker of mtDNA replication in living cells. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2012; 17:046001. [PMID: 22559680 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.17.4.046001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in tumor cells was found to play an important role in maintaining the malignant phenotype. Using laser scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy (LSCFM) in a recent work, we reported a variable fluorescence intensity of ethidium bromide (EB) in mitochondria nucleoids of living carcinoma cells. Since when EB is bound to nucleic acids its fluorescence is intensified; a higher EB fluorescence intensity could reflect a higher DNA accessibility to EB, suggesting a higher mtDNA replication activity. To prove this hypothesis, in the present work we studied, by LSCFM, the EB fluorescence in mitochondria nucleoids of living neuroblastoma cells, a model system in which differentiation affects the level of mtDNA replication. A drastic decrease of fluorescence was observed after differentiation. To correlate EB fluorescence intensity to the mtDNA replication state, we evaluated the mtDNA nascent strands content by ligation-mediated real-time PCR, and we found a halved amount of replicating mtDNA molecules in differentiating cells. A similar result was obtained by BrdU incorporation. These results indicate that the low EB fluorescence of nucleoids in differentiated cells is correlated to a low content of replicating mtDNA, suggesting that EB may be used as a marker of mtDNA replication in living cells.
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- Anna Maria Villa
- University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Biotechnology e Biosciences, P.za della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy.
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Jameson DM, Ross JA. Fluorescence polarization/anisotropy in diagnostics and imaging. Chem Rev 2010; 110:2685-708. [PMID: 20232898 DOI: 10.1021/cr900267p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 398] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- David M Jameson
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 651 Ilalo Street, BSB222, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA.
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Gradinaru CC, Marushchak DO, Samim M, Krull UJ. Fluorescence anisotropy: from single molecules to live cells. Analyst 2010; 135:452-9. [PMID: 20174695 DOI: 10.1039/b920242k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The polarization of light emitted by fluorescent probes is an easily accessible physical quantity that is related to a multitude of molecular parameters including conformation, orientation, size and the nanoscale environment conditions, such as dynamic viscosity and temperature. In analytical biochemistry and analytical chemistry applied to biological problems, fluorescence anisotropy is widely used for measuring the folding state of proteins and nucleic acids, and the affinity constant of ligands through titration experiments. The emphasis of this review is on new multi-parameter single-molecule detection schemes and their bioanalytical applications, and on the use of ensemble polarization assays to study binding and conformational dynamics of proteins and aptamers and for high-throughput discovery of small-molecule drugs.
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- Claudiu C Gradinaru
- Department of Physics, Institute for Optical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Ethidium bromide as a vital probe of mitochondrial DNA in carcinoma cells. Eur J Cancer 2009; 45:2588-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2009] [Revised: 06/17/2009] [Accepted: 06/24/2009] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We report the development of a system combining the capabilities of fluorescence imaging spectroscopy (x, lambda, I), fluorescence lifetime (tau) and static and dynamic fluorescence anisotropy (r), enabling the wide-field measurement of the spectroscopic parameters of fluorophores: (x, lambda, I, tau, r). The system employs a frequency domain data collection strategy with a modulated light emitting diode as the light source. A polarization rotator placed in the excitation path after a polarizer allows alternating parallel and perpendicular images to be collected without moving parts. A second polarizer on the emission side serves as the analyzer, leading to estimations of the wavelength-dependent dynamic anisotropies. The spectrograph has a nominal range of 365-920 nm; however, the light-emitting diodes and filter sets used in this study restricted the usable range from about 510 to 700 nm. The system was tested on rhodamine 6G (R6G) solutions containing 0, 15, 37, 45, 59, 74 and 91 glycerol. These experiments gave rotational diffusion results comparing favourably with literature values while also demonstrating a trend towards shorter measured lifetimes at high refractive index. The ability of the system to resolve mixtures was tested on mixtures of anti-human IgG-FITC (gamma-chain-specific) and R6G. These fluorophores have similar lifetimes but could be separated using anisotropy parameters. The imaging capabilities of the system were tested on mixtures of fluorescent beads with glycerol solutions of R6G.
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- Y Zhou
- School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Spitz JA, Yasukuni R, Sandeau N, Takano M, Vachon JJ, Meallet-Renault R, Pansu RB. Scanning-less wide-field single-photon counting device for fluorescence intensity, lifetime and time-resolved anisotropy imaging microscopy. J Microsc 2008; 229:104-14. [PMID: 18173649 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01873.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A scanning-less single-photon counting system for FLIM and fluorescence anisotropy wide-field imaging is described and characterized in this paper. The two polarizations of the fluorescence are divided by a Glan prism and acquired at the same time by the Q(A) detector. Fluorescence decay profiles can be reconstructed for any desired area up to each pixel and used to calculate time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy decays.
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- J-A Spitz
- PPSM, Institut d'Alembert, ENS Cachan, CNRS, UniverSud, 61 av President Wilson, F-94230, Cachan, France
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Tramier M, Coppey-Moisan M. Fluorescence anisotropy imaging microscopy for homo-FRET in living cells. Methods Cell Biol 2008; 85:395-414. [PMID: 18155472 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(08)85017-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In this chapter, we present the basic physical principles of the fluorescence anisotropy imaging microscopy (FAIM) and its application to study FP-tagged protein dynamics and interaction in live cells. The Förster mechanism of electronic energy transfer can occur between like chromophores (homo-fluorescence resonance energy transfer, homo-FRET) inducing fluorescence depolarization and can be monitored by fluorescence anisotropy. The energy transfer rate is fast compared to the rotational time of proteins, and therefore its detection as a fast depolarization process in the fluorescence anisotropy can be easily discriminated from rotational motion. Quantitative analysis of fluorescence anisotropy decays provides information on structural parameters: distance between the two interacting chromophores and spatial orientation between the chromophores within dimeric proteins. Fluorescence anisotropy decay is not easy to measure in living cells under the microscope and the instrumentations are necessarily sophisticated. In contrast, any type of microscope can be used to measure the steady-state anisotropy. Interestingly, two-photon excitation steady-state FAIM is a powerful tool for qualitative analysis of macromolecule interactions in living cells and can be used easily for time-lapse homo-FRET.
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- Marc Tramier
- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS, University Paris 6/University Paris 7, 2 Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Li W, Wang Y, Shao H, He Y, Ma H. Probing rotation dynamics of biomolecules using polarization based fluorescence microscopy. Microsc Res Tech 2007; 70:390-5. [PMID: 17262785 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fluorescence polarization, particularly fluorescence anisotropy (FA) can be used to characterize the rotation dynamics and interactions of biomolecules. We report here fluorescence polarization microscopy based on a two-photon fluorescence microscope. Two-photon fluorescence excited by a linearly polarized fs laser beam was separated into components of parallel and perpendicular polarization and then recorded simultaneously by two detectors. From the images corresponding to different combinations of the polarization for the excitation and fluorescence photons, images of FA, or polarization difference, can be derived. It is demonstrated that FA microscopy is capable of probing rotational mobility of the fluorescent molecules and their interaction with the surroundings, but displays lower axial resolution than fluorescence intensity images. It is proved that the degraded axial resolution of FA imaging is intrinsic to the current experimental set-up. Artifacts in FA imaging of aligned molecules are also discussed.
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- Wei Li
- Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
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Bigelow CE, Foster TH. Confocal fluorescence polarization microscopy in turbid media: effects of scattering-induced depolarization. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2006; 23:2932-43. [PMID: 17047721 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.23.002932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We present an experimental and theoretical study of confocal fluorescence polarization microscopy in turbid media. We have performed an experimental study using a fluorophore-embedded polymer rod immersed in aqueous suspensions of 0.1 and 0.5 microm diameter polystyrene microspheres. A Monte Carlo approach to simulate confocal fluorescence polarization imaging in scattering media is also presented. It incorporates a detailed model of polarized fluorescence generation that includes sampling of elliptical polarization, excited-state molecular rotational Brownian motion, and dipole fluorescence emission. Using both approaches, we determine the effects of the number of scattering events, target depth, photon scattering statistics, objective numerical aperture, and pinhole size on confocal anisotropy imaging. From this detailed analysis and comparison of experiment with simulation, we determine that fluorescence polarization is maintained to depths at which meaningful intensity images can be acquired.
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- Chad E Bigelow
- Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
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Banerjee B, Bhattacharya D, Shivashankar GV. Chromatin structure exhibits spatio-temporal heterogeneity within the cell nucleus. Biophys J 2006; 91:2297-303. [PMID: 16815897 PMCID: PMC1557579 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.079525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Local chromatin compaction undergoes dynamic perturbations to regulate genetic processes. To address this, the direct measurement of the fluidity of chromatin structure is carried out in single live cells using steady-state anisotropy imaging and polarization modulation microscopy. Fluorescently tagged core and linker histones are used to probe different structural aspects of chromatin compaction. A graded spatial heterogeneity in compaction is observed for the chromatin besides the distinct positional ordering of core and linker histones. These spatio-temporal features are maintained by active processes and perturbed during death. With cell cycle, the distribution in compaction heterogeneity continually changes maximizing during M-G1 transition where it displays bimodal behavior. Such measurements of spatio-temporal chromatin fluidity could have broader implications in understanding chromatin remodeling within living cells.
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- Bidisha Banerjee
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore-560065, India
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Erve A, Saoudi Y, Thirot S, Guetta-Landras C, Florent JC, Nguyen CH, Grierson DS, Popov AV. BENA435, a new cell-permeant photoactivated green fluorescent DNA probe. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:e43. [PMID: 16547198 PMCID: PMC1409678 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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N′-(2,8-Dimethoxy-12-methyl-dibenzo [c,h] [1,5] naphthyridin-6-yl)-N,N-dimethyl-propane-1,3-diamine (BENA435) is a new cell-membrane permeant DNA dye with absorption/emission maxima in complex with DNA at 435 and 484 nm. This new reagent is unrelated to known DNA dyes, and shows a distinct preference to bind double-stranded DNA over RNA. Hydrodynamic studies suggest that BENA435 intercalates between the opposite DNA strands. BENA435 fluoresces much stronger when bound to dA/dT rather than dG/dC homopolymers. We evaluated 14 related dibenzonaphthyridine derivatives and found BENA435 to be superior in its in vivo DNA-binding properties. Molecular modelling was used to develop a model of BENA435 intercalation between base pairs of a DNA helix. BENA435 fluorescence in the nuclei of cells increases upon illumination, suggesting photoactivation. BENA435 represents thus the first known cell-permeant photoactivated DNA-binding dye.
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacochimie, UMR176 CNRS-Institut Curie, Institut Curie Section de RechercheBatiment 110, Centre Universitaire, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacochimie, UMR176 CNRS-Institut Curie, Institut Curie Section de RechercheBatiment 110, Centre Universitaire, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacochimie, UMR176 CNRS-Institut Curie, Institut Curie Section de RechercheBatiment 110, Centre Universitaire, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacochimie, UMR176 CNRS-Institut Curie, Institut Curie Section de RechercheBatiment 110, Centre Universitaire, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacochimie, UMR176 CNRS-Institut Curie, Institut Curie Section de RechercheBatiment 110, Centre Universitaire, 91405 Orsay, France
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +33 4 38 78 54 82; Fax: +33 4 38 78 50 57;
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Benninger R, Hofmann O, McGinty J, Requejo-Isidro J, Munro I, Neil M, Demello A, French P. Time-resolved fluorescence imaging of solvent interactions in microfluidic devices. OPTICS EXPRESS 2005; 13:6275-85. [PMID: 19498640 DOI: 10.1364/opex.13.006275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We present the application of wide-field time-resolved fluorescence imaging methods for the study of solvent interactions and mixing in microfluidic devices. Time-resolved imaging of fluorescence polarization anisotropy allows us to image the local viscosity of fluorescence in three dimensions in order to directly monitor solvent mixing within a microfluidic channel. This provides a viscosity image acquisition time of the order of minutes, and has been applied to a steady-state laminar flow configuration. To image dynamic fluid mixing in real-time, we demonstrate high-speed fluorescence lifetime imaging at 12.3 Hz applied to DASPI, which directly exhibits a solvent viscosity-dependant fluorescence lifetime. These two methods facilitate a high degree of quantification of microfluidic flow in 3-D and/or at high speed, providing a tool for studying fluid dynamics and for developing enhanced microfluidic assays.
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Squire A, Verveer PJ, Rocks O, Bastiaens PIH. Red-edge anisotropy microscopy enables dynamic imaging of homo-FRET between green fluorescent proteins in cells. J Struct Biol 2005; 147:62-9. [PMID: 15109606 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2003.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2003] [Revised: 10/07/2003] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Steady-state fluorescence anisotropy measurements can be used to detect fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between identical fluorophores (homo-FRET). However, the contribution of homo-FRET to the steady-state anisotropy must be discerned from those due to the orientational distribution and rotational diffusion, which so far has required photobleaching controls, largely precluding dynamic measurements in live cells. We describe a variation of steady-state anisotropy microscopy in which the contribution of homo-FRET is dynamically isolated from the total anisotropy by exploiting the loss of energy transfer that occurs at red-edge excitation. Excitation of enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) at the red-edge of its absorption band shows the shift in the emission spectrum compared to main-band excitation that is characteristic for photo-selection of static low energy S(0)-S(1) transitions that fail to exhibit FRET. An experimental setup for steady-state fluorescent anisotropy microscopy is described that can be used to acquire anisotropy images in live cells at main-band and red-edge excitation of EGFP. We demonstrate in live cells homo-FRET suppression of protein fusion constructs that consist of two and three EGFP molecules connected by short linkers. This methodology represents a novel approach for the dynamic measurement of homo-FRET in live cells that will be of utility in the biological sciences to detect oligomerization and concentration dependent interactions between identically labeled molecules.
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- Anthony Squire
- Cell Biology and Cell Biophysics Program, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Lévêque-Fort S, Papadopoulos DN, Forget S, Balembois F, Georges P. Fluorescence lifetime imaging with a low-repetition-rate passively mode-locked diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 oscillator. OPTICS LETTERS 2005; 30:168-170. [PMID: 15675702 DOI: 10.1364/ol.30.000168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report a wide-field fluorescence lifetime imaging microscope based on a low-repetition-rate (3.7-MHz) passively mode-locked diode-pumped laser source. This inexpensive and compact laser source operating in the visible and UV range can excite a wide range of fluorophores of biological interest. We demonstrate that the power of this laser source is highly sufficient for studying biological systems with low quantum yields (autofluorescence of tissues and stained living cells). The maximum measurable lifetime is also strongly increased with this laser source, as fluorescence intensity measurement can occur 250 ns after the excitation pulse.
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- S Lévêque-Fort
- Laboratoire de Photophysique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Propre de Recherche 3361, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 210, Orsay 91405, France.
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Benninger RKP, Önfelt B, Neil MAA, Davis DM, French PMW. Fluorescence imaging of two-photon linear dichroism: cholesterol depletion disrupts molecular orientation in cell membranes. Biophys J 2004; 88:609-22. [PMID: 15520272 PMCID: PMC1305038 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.050096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The plasma membrane of cells is an ordered environment, giving rise to anisotropic orientation and restricted motion of molecules and proteins residing in the membrane. At the same time as being an organized matrix of defined structure, the cell membrane is heterogeneous and dynamic. Here we present a method where we use fluorescence imaging of linear dichroism to measure the orientation of molecules relative to the cell membrane. By detecting linear dichroism as well as fluorescence anisotropy, the orientation parameters are separated from dynamic properties such as rotational diffusion and homo energy transfer (energy migration). The sensitivity of the technique is enhanced by using two-photon excitation for higher photo-selection compared to single photon excitation. We show here that we can accurately image lipid organization in whole cell membranes and in delicate structures such as membrane nanotubes connecting two cells. The speed of our wide-field imaging system makes it possible to image changes in orientation and anisotropy occurring on a subsecond timescale. This is demonstrated by time-lapse studies showing that cholesterol depletion rapidly disrupts the orientation of a fluorophore located within the hydrophobic region of the cell membrane but not of a surface bound probe. This is consistent with cholesterol having an important role in stabilizing and ordering the lipid tails within the plasma membrane.
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- Richard K. P. Benninger
- Department of Physics and Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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Tramier M, Kemnitz K, Durieux C, Coppey-Moisan M. Picosecond time-resolved microspectrofluorometry in live cells exemplified by complex fluorescence dynamics of popular probes ethidium and cyan fluorescent protein. J Microsc 2004; 213:110-8. [PMID: 14731292 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2004.01271.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Time-resolved microspectrofluorometry in live cells, based on time- and space-correlated single-photon counting, is a novel method to acquire spectrally resolved fluorescence decays, simultaneously in 256 wavelength channels. The system is calibrated with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 90 ps for the temporal resolution, a signal-to-noise ratio of 10(6), and a spectral resolution of 30 (Deltalambda/Lambda). As an example, complex fluorescence dynamics of ethidium and cyan fluorescent protein (CFP) in live cells are presented. Free and DNA intercalated forms of ethidium are simultaneously distinguishable by their relative lifetime (1.7 ns and 21.6 ns) and intensity spectra (shift of 7 nm). By analysing the complicated spectrally resolved fluorescence decay of CFP, we propose a fluorescence kinetics model for its excitation/desexcitation process. Such detailed studies under the microscope and in live cells are very promising for fluorescence signal quantification.
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- M Tramier
- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592, CNRS, Universités P6/P7, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Tramier M, Piolot T, Gautier I, Mignotte V, Coppey J, Kemnitz K, Durieux C, Coppey-Moisan M. Homo-FRET versus hetero-FRET to probe homodimers in living cells. Methods Enzymol 2003; 360:580-97. [PMID: 12622169 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(03)60129-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Marc Tramier
- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592, CNRS, Universités P6/P7, Paris, France
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Song YM, Ochi R. Hyperpolarization and lysophosphatidylcholine induce inward currents and ethidium fluorescence in rabbit ventricular myocytes. J Physiol 2002; 545:463-73. [PMID: 12456826 PMCID: PMC2290706 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.031039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2002] [Accepted: 09/23/2002] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Strong electric pulses produce reversible or irreversible membrane breakdown (electroporation). We analysed the permeation properties of minute pores caused by hyperpolarization or lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) by comparing the amount of charge carried by irregular inward currents (I(hi)) with changes in ethidium bromide (EB) fluorescence in isolated rabbit ventricular myocytes. Forty-second negative pulses from a holding potential of -20 mV induced I(hi) whose conductance increased with hyperpolarization; the mean conductance (G(hi)) was 63.6 +/- 9.9 pS pF(-1) (mean +/- S.E.M., n = 9) at -160 mV. EB fluorescence increased during voltage pulses in parallel with the time integral of I(hi) (Q(hi)), with the magnitude of the increases in nuclear EB fluorescence being 5.3 times greater than in the cytoplasm at -160 mV. Similar hyperpolarization-induced parallel increases in I(hi) and EB fluorescence were also obtained in Na(+)-free, N-methyl-D-glucamine (NMDG) solution. LPC (10 microM) induced large (101.2 +/- 21.2 pS pF(-1), n = 16), rapid (rise times, 1-10 ms) I(hi) with slow relaxation rates at -80 mV that reflected increases in G(hi) to 94.3 +/- 24.8 pS pF(-1) (n = 8) at 6 min. Plots of EB fluorescence vs. Q(hi) were well fitted by a common Hill's equation with a Hill coefficient of 0.97. Taken together, our findings indicate that hyperpolarization and LPC produced pores having the same filter properties for the permeation of small ions, including ethidium(+), and that I(hi) (carried in part by Ca(2+)) generated by membrane breakdown are capable of supplying sufficient ions to evoke abnormal excitation and contraction in cardiac myocytes.
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- Y-M Song
- Department of Physiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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Tramier M, Gautier I, Piolot T, Ravalet S, Kemnitz K, Coppey J, Durieux C, Mignotte V, Coppey-Moisan M. Picosecond-hetero-FRET microscopy to probe protein-protein interactions in live cells. Biophys J 2002; 83:3570-7. [PMID: 12496124 PMCID: PMC1302432 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75357-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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By using a novel time- and space-correlated single-photon counting detector, we show that fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between cyan fluorescent protein (CFP) and yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) fused to herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (TK) monomers can be used to reveal homodimerization of TK in the nucleus and cytoplasm of live cells. However, the quantification of energy transfer was limited by the intrinsic biexponential fluorescence decay of the donor CFP (lifetimes of 1.3 +/- 0.2 ns and 3.8 +/- 0.4 ns) and by the possibility of homodimer formation between two TK-CFP. In contrast, the heterodimerization of the transcriptional factor NF-E2 in the nucleus of live cells was quantified from the analysis of the fluorescence decays of GFP in terms of 1) FRET efficiency between GFP and DsRed chromophores fused to p45 and MafG, respectively, the two subunits of NF-E2 (which corresponds to an interchromophoric distance of 39 +/- 1 A); and 2) fractions of GFP-p45 bound to DsRed-MafG (constant in the nucleus, varying in the range of 20% to 70% from cell to cell). The picosecond resolution of the fluorescence kinetics allowed us to discriminate between very short lifetimes of immature green species of DsRed-MafG and that of GFP-p45 involved in FRET with DsRed-MafG.
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- Marc Tramier
- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592, CNRS, Universités P6/P7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Clayton AHA, Hanley QS, Arndt-Jovin DJ, Subramaniam V, Jovin TM. Dynamic fluorescence anisotropy imaging microscopy in the frequency domain (rFLIM). Biophys J 2002; 83:1631-49. [PMID: 12202387 PMCID: PMC1302260 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)73932-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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We describe a novel variant of fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), denoted anisotropy-FLIM or rFLIM, which enables the wide-field measurement of the anisotropy decay of fluorophores on a pixel-by-pixel basis. We adapted existing frequency-domain FLIM technology for rFLIM by introducing linear polarizers in the excitation and emission paths. The phase delay and intensity ratios (AC and DC) between the polarized components of the fluorescence signal are recorded, leading to estimations of rotational correlation times and limiting anisotropies. Theory is developed that allows all the parameters of the hindered rotator model to be extracted from measurements carried out at a single modulation frequency. Two-dimensional image detection with a sensitive CCD camera provides wide-field imaging of dynamic depolarization with parallel interrogation of different compartments of a complex biological structure such as a cell. The concepts and technique of rFLIM are illustrated with a fluorophore-solvent (fluorescein-glycerol) system as a model for isotropic rotational dynamics and with bacteria expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) exhibiting depolarization due to homotransfer of electronic excitation energy (emFRET). The frequency-domain formalism was extended to cover the phenomenon of emFRET and yielded data consistent with a concentration depolarization mechanism resulting from the high intracellular concentration of EGFP. These investigations establish rFLIM as a powerful tool for cellular imaging based on rotational dynamics and molecular proximity.
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- Andrew H A Clayton
- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Gautier I, Tramier M, Durieux C, Coppey J, Pansu RB, Nicolas JC, Kemnitz K, Coppey-Moisan M. Homo-FRET microscopy in living cells to measure monomer-dimer transition of GFP-tagged proteins. Biophys J 2001; 80:3000-8. [PMID: 11371472 PMCID: PMC1301483 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)76265-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Fluorescence anisotropy decay microscopy was used to determine, in individual living cells, the spatial monomer-dimer distribution of proteins, as exemplified by herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (TK) fused to green fluorescent protein (GFP). Accordingly, the fluorescence anisotropy dynamics of two fusion proteins (TK27GFP and TK366GFP) was recorded in the confocal mode by ultra-sensitive time-correlated single-photon counting. This provided a measurement of the rotational time of these proteins, which, by comparing with GFP, allowed the determination of their oligomeric state in both the cytoplasm and the nucleus. It also revealed energy homo-transfer within aggregates that TK366GFP progressively formed. Using a symmetric dimer model, structural parameters were estimated; the mutual orientation of the transition dipoles of the two GFP chromophores, calculated from the residual anisotropy, was 44.6 +/- 1.6 degrees, and the upper intermolecular limit between the two fluorescent tags, calculated from the energy transfer rate, was 70 A. Acquisition of the fluorescence steady-state intensity, lifetime, and anisotropy decay in the same cells, at different times after transfection, indicated that TK366GFP was initially in a monomeric state and then formed dimers that grew into aggregates. Picosecond time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy microscopy opens a promising avenue for obtaining structural information on proteins in individual living cells, even when expression levels are very low.
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- I Gautier
- Institut Jacques Monod, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université P6/P7, 75251 Paris, France
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Kemnitz K. Picosecond Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Spectroscopy as a New Tool for 3D Structure Determination of Macromolecules in Living Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56853-4_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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