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Fischer MC, Wilson JW, Robles FE, Warren WS. Invited Review Article: Pump-probe microscopy. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2016; 87:031101. [PMID: 27036751 PMCID: PMC4798998 DOI: 10.1063/1.4943211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 02/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Multiphoton microscopy has rapidly gained popularity in biomedical imaging and materials science because of its ability to provide three-dimensional images at high spatial and temporal resolution even in optically scattering environments. Currently the majority of commercial and home-built devices are based on two-photon fluorescence and harmonic generation contrast. These two contrast mechanisms are relatively easy to measure but can access only a limited range of endogenous targets. Recent developments in fast laser pulse generation, pulse shaping, and detection technology have made accessible a wide range of optical contrasts that utilize multiple pulses of different colors. Molecular excitation with multiple pulses offers a large number of adjustable parameters. For example, in two-pulse pump-probe microscopy, one can vary the wavelength of each excitation pulse, the detection wavelength, the timing between the excitation pulses, and the detection gating window after excitation. Such a large parameter space can provide much greater molecular specificity than existing single-color techniques and allow for structural and functional imaging without the need for exogenous dyes and labels, which might interfere with the system under study. In this review, we provide a tutorial overview, covering principles of pump-probe microscopy and experimental setup, challenges associated with signal detection and data processing, and an overview of applications.
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- Martin C Fischer
- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, and Radiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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Behne MJ, Sanchez S, Barry NP, Kirschner N, Meyer W, Mauro TM, Moll I, Gratton E. Major translocation of calcium upon epidermal barrier insult: imaging and quantification via FLIM/Fourier vector analysis. Arch Dermatol Res 2010; 303:103-15. [PMID: 21193994 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-010-1113-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2010] [Revised: 12/06/2010] [Accepted: 12/07/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Calcium controls an array of key events in keratinocytes and epidermis: localized changes in Ca(2+) concentrations and their regulation are therefore especially important to assess when observing epidermal barrier homeostasis and repair, neonatal barrier establishment, in differentiation, signaling, cell adhesion, and in various pathological states. Yet, tissue- and cellular Ca(2+) concentrations in physiologic and diseased states are only partially known, and difficult to measure. Prior observations on the Ca(2+) distribution in skin were based on Ca(2+) precipitation followed by electron microscopy, or proton-induced X-ray emission. Neither cellular and/or subcellular localization could be determined through these approaches. In cells in vitro, fluorescent dyes have been used extensively for ratiometric measurements of static and dynamic Ca(2+) concentrations, also assessing organelle Ca(2+) concentrations. For lack of better methods, these findings together build the basis for the current view of the role of Ca(2+) in epidermis, their limitations notwithstanding. Here we report a method using Calcium Green 5N as the calcium sensor and the phasor-plot approach to separate raw lifetime components. Thus, fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) enables us to quantitatively assess and visualize dynamic changes of Ca(2+) at light-microscopic resolution in ex vivo biopsies of unfixed epidermis, in close to in vivo conditions. Comparing undisturbed epidermis with epidermis following a barrier insult revealed major shifts, and more importantly, a mobilization of high amounts of Ca(2+) shortly following barrier disruption, from intracellular stores. These results partially contradict the conventional view, where barrier insults abrogate a Ca(2+) gradient towards the stratum granulosum. Ca(2+) FLIM overcomes prior limitations in the observation of epidermal Ca(2+) dynamics, and will allow further insights into basic epidermal physiology.
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- Martin J Behne
- Department of Dermatology and Venerology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, Hamburg, Germany.
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Belfield KD, Bondar MV, Frazer A, Morales AR, Kachkovsky OD, Mikhailov IA, Masunov AE, Przhonska OV. Fluorene-based metal-ion sensing probe with high sensitivity to Zn2+ and efficient two-photon absorption. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:9313-21. [PMID: 20590077 DOI: 10.1021/jp104450m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The photophysical, photochemical, two-photon absorption (2PA) and metal ion sensing properties of a new fluorene derivative (E)-1-(7-(4-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)styryl)-9,9-bis(2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)ethyl)-9H-fluoren-2-yl)-3-(2-(9,10,16,17,18,19,21,22,23,24-decahydro-6H dibenzo[h,s][1,4,7,11,14,17]trioxatriazacycloicosin-20(7H)-yl)ethyl)thiourea (1) were investigated in organic and aqueous media. High sensitivity and selectivity of 1 to Zn(2+) in tetrahydrofuran and a water/acetonitrile mixture were shown by both absorption and fluorescence titration. The observed complexation processes corresponded to 1:1 stoichiometry with the range of binding constants approximately (2-3) x 10(5) M(-1). The degenerate 2PA spectra of 1 and 1/Zn(2+) complex were obtained in the 640-900 nm spectral range with the maximum values of two-photon action cross section for ligand/metal complex approximately (90-130) GM, using a standard two-photon induced fluorescence methodology under femtosecond excitation. The nature of the 2PA bands was analyzed by quantum chemical methods and a specific dependence on metal ion binding processes was shown. Ratiometric fluorescence detection (420/650 nm) provided a good dynamic range (10(-4) to 10(-6) M) for detecting Zn(2+), which along with the good photostability and 2PA properties of probe 1 makes it a good candidate in two-photon fluorescence microscopy imaging and sensing of Zn ions.
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- Kevin D Belfield
- Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA
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Zhang Y, Wang J, Jia P, Yu X, Liu H, Liu X, Zhao N, Huang B. Two-photon fluorescence imaging of DNA in living plant turbid tissue with carbazole dicationic salt. Org Biomol Chem 2010; 8:4582-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c0ob00030b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Losavio BE, Iyer V, Saggau P. Two-photon microscope for multisite microphotolysis of caged neurotransmitters in acute brain slices. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2009; 14:064033. [PMID: 20059271 PMCID: PMC2809696 DOI: 10.1117/1.3275468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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We developed a two-photon microscope optimized for physiologically manipulating single neurons through their postsynaptic receptors. The optical layout fulfills the stringent design criteria required for high-speed, high-resolution imaging in scattering brain tissue with minimal photodamage. We detail the practical compensation of spectral and temporal dispersion inherent in fast laser beam scanning with acousto-optic deflectors, as well as a set of biological protocols for visualizing nearly diffraction-limited structures and delivering physiological synaptic stimuli. The microscope clearly resolves dendritic spines and evokes electrophysiological transients in single neurons that are similar to endogenous responses. This system enables the study of multisynaptic integration and will assist our understanding of single neuron function and dendritic computation.
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- Bradley E Losavio
- Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Kim HM, Kim BR, Hong JH, Park JS, Lee KJ, Cho BR. A Two-Photon Fluorescent Probe for Calcium Waves in Living Tissue. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007; 46:7445-8. [PMID: 17680568 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200701720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Hwan Myung Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Electro- and Photoresponsive Molecules, Korea University, 1-Anamdong, Seoul, 136-701, Korea
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Kim H, Kim B, Hong J, Park JS, Lee K, Cho B. A Two-Photon Fluorescent Probe for Calcium Waves in Living Tissue. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200701720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Rózsa B, Katona G, Vizi ES, Várallyay Z, Sághy A, Valenta L, Maák P, Fekete J, Bányász A, Szipocs R. Random access three-dimensional two-photon microscopy. APPLIED OPTICS 2007; 46:1860-5. [PMID: 17356631 DOI: 10.1364/ao.46.001860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We propose a two-photon microscope scheme capable of real-time, three-dimensional investigation of the electric activity pattern of neural networks or signal summation rules of individual neurons in a 0.6 mm x 0.6 mm x 0.2 mm volume of the sample. The points of measurement are chosen according to a conventional scanning two-photon image, and they are addressed by separately adjustable optical fibers. This allows scanning at kilohertz repetition rates of as many as 100 data points. Submicrometer spatial resolution is maintained during the measurement similarly to conventional two-photon microscopy.
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- Balázs Rózsa
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungary
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Wilms CD, Schmidt H, Eilers J. Quantitative two-photon Ca2+ imaging via fluorescence lifetime analysis. Cell Calcium 2006; 40:73-9. [PMID: 16690123 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2006.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2006] [Revised: 03/10/2006] [Accepted: 03/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Two-photon microscopy (TPM) revolutionized Ca2+ imaging by allowing recordings in the depth of intact tissue and live organisms. A serious limitation in TPM, however, is the lack of an accurate and straightforward approach for the quantification of Ca2+ signals, an ability that became an invaluable tool in fluorescence microscopy. Here, we present time-correlated fluorescence lifetime imaging (tcFLIM) as a ratiometric method for the quantification of Ca2+ signals in TPM. The fluorescence lifetime of the Ca2+-indicator dye Oregon Green BAPTA-1 (OGB-1) can be recorded using the approximately 80 MHz excitation pulses utilized in TPM. It shows a Ca2+ dependence that can be explained by the Ca2+-affinity, spectral properties and purity of the dye. Pixel-wise lifetime recordings, controlled by a laser-scanning microscope, allowed quantitative Ca2+ imaging in full-frame and linescan mode. Although we focused on the high-affinity Ca2+ indicator OGB-1, our tcFLIM-based quantification is applicable to other Ca2+ dyes and to fluorescence indicators in general.
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- Christian D Wilms
- Leipzig University, Carl-Ludwig-Institute for Physiology, Liebigstr. 27, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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Wokosin DL, Loughrey CM, Smith GL. Characterization of a range of fura dyes with two-photon excitation. Biophys J 2004; 86:1726-38. [PMID: 14990500 PMCID: PMC1304008 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(04)74241-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two-photon excitation (TPE) spectra of Fura-2, -4F, -6F, -FF, and Furaptra were characterized using a tunable (750-850 nM) ultra-short pulse laser. Two-photon fluorescence of these dyes was studied in free solution and in the cytosol of isolated rabbit ventricular cardiomyocytes. The TPE spectra of the Ca(2+)-free and Ca(2+)-bound forms of the dyes were measured in free solution and expressed in terms of the two-photon fluorescence cross section (Goppert-Meyer units). The Fura dyes displayed the same Ca(2+)-free TPE spectrum in the intracellular volume of permeabilized and intact cardiomyocytes. Fluorescence measurements over a range of laser powers confirmed the TPE of both Ca(2+)-free and Ca(2+)-bound forms of the dyes. Single-wavelength excitation at 810 nM was used to determine the effective dissociation constants (K(eff)) and dynamic ranges (R(f)) of Fura-2, -4F, -6F, -FF, and Furaptra dyes (K(eff) = 181 +/- 52 nM, 1.16 +/- 0.016 micro M, 5.18 +/- 0.3 micro M, 19.2 +/- 1 micro M, and 58.5 +/- 2 micro M; and R(f) = 22.4 +/- 3.8, 12.2 +/- 0.34, 6.3 +/- 0.17, 16.1 +/- 2.8, and 25.4 +/- 4, respectively). Single-wavelength excitation of intracellular Fura-4F resolved diastolic and peak [Ca(2+)] in isolated stimulated cardiomyocytes after calibration of the intracellular signal using reversible exposure to low (100 micro M) extracellular [Ca(2+)]. Furthermore, TPE of Fura-4F allowed continuous, long-term (5-10 min) Ca(2+) imaging in ventricular cardiomyocytes using laser-scanning microscopy without significant cellular photodamage or photobleaching of the dye.
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- D L Wokosin
- Centre for Biophotonics, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Pond SJK, Tsutsumi O, Rumi M, Kwon O, Zojer E, Brédas JL, Marder SR, Perry JW. Metal-Ion Sensing Fluorophores with Large Two-Photon Absorption Cross Sections: Aza-Crown Ether Substituted Donor−Acceptor−Donor Distyrylbenzenes. J Am Chem Soc 2004; 126:9291-306. [PMID: 15281820 DOI: 10.1021/ja049013t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chromophores based on a donor-acceptor-donor structure possessing a large two-photon absorption cross section and one or two mono-aza-15-crown-5 ether moieties, which can bind metal cations, have been synthesized. The influence of Mg(2+) binding on their one- and two-photon spectroscopic properties has been investigated. Upon binding, the two-photon action cross sections at 810 nm decrease by a factor of up to 50 at high Mg(2+) concentrations and this results in a large contrast in the two-photon excited fluorescence signal between the bound and unbound forms, for excitation in the range of 730 to 860 nm. Experimental and computational results indicate that there is a significant reduction of the electron donating strength of the aza-crown nitrogen atom(s) upon metal ion binding and that this leads to a blue shift in the position as well as a reduction in the strength of the lowest-energy two-photon absorption band. The molecules reported here can serve as models for the design of improved two-photon excitable metal-ion sensing fluorophores.
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- Stephanie J K Pond
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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- Nicolas Demaurex
- Department of Physiology, University of Geneva Medical Center, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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This review examines polarized calcium and calmodulin signaling in exocrine epithelial cells. The calcium ion is a simple, evolutionarily ancient, and universal second messenger. In exocrine epithelial cells, it regulates essential functions such as exocytosis, fluid secretion, and gene expression. Exocrine cells are structurally polarized, with the apical region usually dedicated to secretion. Recent advances in technology, in particular the development of videoimaging and confocal microscopy, have led to the discovery of polarized, subcellular calcium signals in these cell types. The properties of a rich variety of local and global calcium signals have now been described in secretory epithelial cells. Secretagogues stimulate apical-to-basal waves of calcium in many exocrine cell types, but there are some interesting exceptions to this rule. The shapes of intracellular calcium signals are determined by the distribution of calcium-releasing channels and mechanisms that limit calcium elevation. Polarized distribution of calcium-handling mechanisms also leads to transcellular calcium transport in exocrine epithelial cells. This transport can deliver considerable amounts of calcium into secreted fluids. Multicellular polarized calcium signals can coordinate the activity of many individual cells in epithelial secretory tissue. Certain particularly sensitive cells serve as pacemakers for initiation of intercellular calcium waves. Many calcium signaling pathways involve activation of calmodulin. This ubiquitous protein regulates secretion in exocrine cells and also activates interesting feedback interactions with calcium channels and transporters. Very recently it became possible to directly study polarized calcium-calmodulin reactions and to visualize the process of hormone-induced redistribution of calmodulin in live cells. The structural and functional polarity of secretory epithelia alongside the polarity of its calcium and calmodulin signaling present an interesting lesson in tissue organization.
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- Michael C Ashby
- Medical Research Council Secretory Control Research Group, The Physiological Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Ruthazer ES, Cline HT. Multiphoton Imaging of Neurons in Living Tissue: Acquisition and Analysis of Time-Lapse Morphological Data. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1006/rtim.2002.0284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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