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Zhao P, Deng M, Yang Y, Zhang J, Zhang Y. Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Thermoresponsive Biohybrid Graft Copolymers Based on a Combination of Passerini Multicomponent Reaction and Molecular Recognition. Macromol Rapid Commun 2021; 42:e2100424. [PMID: 34505724 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Amphiphilic graft copolymers exhibit fascinating self-assembly behaviors. Their molecular architectures significantly affect the morphology and functionality of the self-assemblies. Considering the potential application of amphiphilic graft copolymers in the fabrication of nanocarriers, it is essential to synthesize well-defined graft copolymers with desired functional groups. Herein, the Passerini reaction and molecular recognition are introduced to the synthesis of functional thermoresponsive graft copolymers. A bifunctional monomer 2-((adamantan-1-yl)amino)-1-(4-((2-bromo-2-methylpropanoyl)oxy)phenyl)-2-oxoethyl methacrylate (ABMA) with a bromo group for atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and an adamantyl group for molecular recognition is synthesized through the Passerini reaction. The graft copolymers are prepared by reversible addition-fragmentation transfer (RAFT) copolymerization of ABMA and oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (OEGMA) followed by RAFT end group removal and ATRP of di(ethylene glycol)methyl ether methacrylate (DEGMA) initiated by the ABMA units. The graft copolymer P(OEGMA-co-ABMA)-g-PDEGMA can be functionalized with β-cyclodextrin modified peptides, affording a thermoresponsive biohybrid graft copolymer. At a temperature above its lower critical solution temperature, the biohybrid graft copolymer self-assembles into peptide-modified polymersomes.
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- Peiqiong Zhao
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymers, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China
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Cheng X, Yin W. Probing Biosensing Interfaces With Single Molecule Localization Microscopy (SMLM). Front Chem 2021; 9:655324. [PMID: 33996750 PMCID: PMC8117217 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.655324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Far field single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) has been established as a powerful tool to study biological structures with resolution far below the diffraction limit of conventional light microscopy. In recent years, the applications of SMLM have reached beyond traditional cellular imaging. Nanostructured interfaces are enriched with information that determines their function, playing key roles in applications such as chemical catalysis and biological sensing. SMLM enables detailed study of interfaces at an individual molecular level, allowing measurements of reaction kinetics, and detection of rare events not accessible to ensemble measurements. This paper provides an update to the progress made to the use of SMLM in characterizing nanostructured biointerfaces, focusing on practical aspects, recent advances, and emerging opportunities from an analytical chemistry perspective.
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- Xiaoyu Cheng
- State Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentations, National Engineering Research Center of Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Core Facilities, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Mortensen KI, Tassone C, Ehrlich N, Andresen TL, Flyvbjerg H. How To Characterize Individual Nanosize Liposomes with Simple Self-Calibrating Fluorescence Microscopy. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:2844-2851. [PMID: 29614230 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b05312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Nanosize lipid vesicles are used extensively at the interface between nanotechnology and biology, e.g., as containers for chemical reactions at minute concentrations and vehicles for targeted delivery of pharmaceuticals. Typically, vesicle samples are heterogeneous as regards vesicle size and structural properties. Consequently, vesicles must be characterized individually to ensure correct interpretation of experimental results. Here we do that using dual-color fluorescence labeling of vesicles-of their lipid bilayers and lumens, separately. A vesicle then images as two spots, one in each color channel. A simple image analysis determines the total intensity and width of each spot. These four data all depend on the vesicle radius in a simple manner for vesicles that are spherical, unilamellar, and optimal encapsulators of molecular cargo. This permits identification of such ideal vesicles. They in turn enable calibration of the dual-color fluorescence microscopy images they appear in. Since this calibration is not a separate experiment but an analysis of images of vesicles to be characterized, it eliminates the potential source of error that a separate calibration experiment would have been. Nonideal vesicles in the same images were characterized by how their four data violate the calibrated relationship established for ideal vesicles. In this way, our method yields size, shape, lamellarity, and encapsulation efficiency of each imaged vesicle. Applying this procedure to extruded samples of vesicles, we found that, contrary to common assumptions, only a fraction of vesicles are ideal.
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- Kim I Mortensen
- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology , Technical University of Denmark , Kongens Lyngby , DK-2800 , Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology , Technical University of Denmark , Kongens Lyngby , DK-2800 , Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology , Technical University of Denmark , Kongens Lyngby , DK-2800 , Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology , Technical University of Denmark , Kongens Lyngby , DK-2800 , Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology , Technical University of Denmark , Kongens Lyngby , DK-2800 , Denmark
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Cai H, Depoil D, Muller J, Sheetz MP, Dustin ML, Wind SJ. Spatial Control of Biological Ligands on Surfaces Applied to T Cell Activation. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1584:307-331. [PMID: 28255709 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6881-7_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In this chapter, we present techniques, based on molecular-scale nanofabrication and selective self-assembly, for the presentation of biomolecules of interest (ligands, receptors, etc.) on a surface with precise spatial control and arbitrary geometry at the single-molecule level. Metallic nanodot arrays are created on glass coverslips and are then used as anchors for the immobilization of biological ligands via thiol linking chemistry. The nanodot size is controlled by both lithography and metallization. The reagent concentration in self-assembly can be adjusted to ensure single-molecule occupancy for a given dot size. The surrounding glass is backfilled by a protein-repellent layer to prevent nonspecific adsorption. Moreover, bifunctional surfaces are created, whereby a second ligand is presented on the background, which is frequently a requirement for simulating complex cellular functions involving more than one key ligand. This platform serves as a novel and powerful tool for molecular and cellular biology, e.g., to study the fundamental mechanisms of receptor-mediated signaling.
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- Haogang Cai
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, USA
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMS, The University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, USA.,National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, NDORMS, The University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Department of Pathology, Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 500 W 120th St, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
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Cai H, Wind SJ. Improved Glass Surface Passivation for Single-Molecule Nanoarrays. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:10034-10041. [PMID: 27622455 PMCID: PMC5050166 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Single-molecule fluorescence techniques provide a critical tool for probing biomolecular and cellular interactions with unprecedented resolution and precision. Unfortunately, many of these techniques are hindered by a common problem, namely, the nonspecific adsorption of target biomolecules. This issue is mostly addressed by passivating the glass surfaces with a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) brush. This is effective only at low concentrations of the probe molecule because there are defects inherent to polymer brushes formed on glass coverslips due to the presence of surface impurities. Tween-20, a detergent, is a promising alternative that can improve surface passivation, but it is incompatible with living cells, and it also possesses limited selectivity for glass background over metallic nanoparticles, which are frequently used as anchors for the probe molecules. To address these issues, we have developed a more versatile method to improve the PEG passivation. A thin film of hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ) is spin-coated and thermally cured on glass coverslips in order to cover the surface impurities. This minimizes the formation of PEG defects and reduces nonspecific adsorption, resulting in an improvement comparable to Tween-20 treatment. This approach was applied to single-molecule nanoarrays of streptavidin bound to AuPd nanodots patterned by e-beam lithography (EBL). The fluorescence signal to background ratio (SBR) on HSQ-coated glass was improved by ∼4-fold as compared to PEG directly on glass. This improvement enables direct imaging of ordered arrays of single molecules anchored to lithographically patterned arrays of metallic nanodots.
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- Haogang Cai
- Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York 10027, USA
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- Dept. of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York 10027, USA
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Cai H, Wolfenson H, Depoil D, Dustin ML, Sheetz MP, Wind SJ. Molecular Occupancy of Nanodot Arrays. ACS NANO 2016; 10:4173-83. [PMID: 26966946 PMCID: PMC5337305 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b07425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Single-molecule nanodot arrays, in which a biomolecule of choice (protein, nucleic acid, etc.) is bound to a metallic nanoparticle on a solid substrate, are becoming an increasingly important tool in the study of biomolecular and cellular interactions. We have developed an on-chip measurement protocol to monitor and control the molecular occupancy of nanodots. Arrays of widely spaced nanodots and nanodot clusters were fabricated on glass surfaces by nanolithography and functionalized with fluorescently labeled proteins. The molecular occupancy was determined by monitoring individual fluorophore bleaching events, while accounting for fluorescence quenching effects. We found that the occupancy can be interpreted as a packing problem, and depends on nanodot size and binding ligand concentration, where the latter is easily adjusted to compensate the flexibility of dimension control in nanofabrication. The results are scalable with nanodot cluster size, extending to large area close packed arrays. As an example, the nanoarray platform was used to probe the geometric requirement of T-cell activation at the single-molecule level.
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- Haogang Cai
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7FY, United Kingdom
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- The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7FY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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Peterson EM, Harris JM. Single-molecule fluorescence imaging of DNA at a potential-controlled interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:8292-8301. [PMID: 23741971 DOI: 10.1021/la400884t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Many interfacial chemical phenomena are governed in part by electrostatic interactions between polyelectrolytes and charged surfaces; these phenomena can influence the performance of biosensors, adsorption of natural polyelectrolytes (humic substances) on soils, and production of polyelectrolyte multilayer films. In order to understand electrostatic interactions that govern these phenomena, we have investigated the behavior of a model polyelectrolyte, 15 kbp fluorescently labeled plasmid DNA, near a polarized indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode surface. The interfacial population of DNA was monitored in situ by imaging individual molecules through the transparent electrode using total-internal-reflection fluorescence microscopy. At applied potentials of +0.8 V versus Ag/AgCl, the DNA interfacial population near the ITO surface can be increased by 2 orders of magnitude relative to bulk solution. The DNA molecules attracted to the interface do not adsorb to ITO, but rather they remain mobile with a diffusion coefficient comparable to free solution. Ionic strength strongly influences the sensitivity of the interfacial population to applied potential, where the increase in the interfacial population over a +300 mV change in potential varies from 20% in 30 mM ionic strength to over 25-fold in 300 μM electrolyte. The DNA accumulation with applied potential was interpreted using a simple Boltzmann model to predict average ion concentrations in the electrical double layer and the fraction of interfacial detection volume that is influenced by applied potential. A Gouy-Chapman model was also applied to the data to account for the dependence of the ion population on distance from the electrode surface, which indicates that the net charge on DNA responsible for interactions with the polarized surface is low, on the order of one excess electron. The results are consistent with a small fraction of the DNA plasmid being resident in the double-layer and with counterions screening much of the DNA excess charge.
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- Eric M Peterson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, United States
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Sanguigno L, Cosenza C, Causa F, Netti PA. Accounting for misalignments and thermal fluctuations in fluorescence correlation spectroscopy experiments on membranes. Analyst 2013; 138:1674-81. [DOI: 10.1039/c2an36681a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pinato G, Cojoc D, Lien LT, Ansuini A, Ban J, D'Este E, Torre V. Less than 5 Netrin-1 molecules initiate attraction but 200 Sema3A molecules are necessary for repulsion. Sci Rep 2012; 2:675. [PMID: 22997549 PMCID: PMC3447186 DOI: 10.1038/srep00675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 09/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Guidance molecules, such as Sema3A or Netrin-1, induce growth cone (GC) repulsion or attraction. In order to determine the speed of action and efficiency of these guidance cues we developed an experimental procedure to deliver controlled amounts of these molecules. Lipid vesicles encapsulating 10-10(4) molecules of Sema3A or Netrin-1 were manipulated with high spatial and temporal resolution by optical tweezers and their photolysis triggered by laser pulses. Guidance molecules released from the vesicles diffused and reached the GC membrane in a few seconds. Following their arrival, GCs retracted or grew in 20-120 s. By determining the number of guidance molecules trapped inside vesicles and estimating the fraction of guidance molecules reaching the GC, we show that the arrival of less than 5 Netrin-1 molecules on the GC membrane is sufficient to induce growth. In contrast, the arrival of about 200 Sema3A molecules is necessary to induce filopodia repulsion.
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- Giulietta Pinato
- Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM-CNR), Area Science Park, Trieste, Italy.
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Zhao J, Branagan SP, Bohn PW. Single-molecule enzyme dynamics of monomeric sarcosine oxidase in a gold-based zero-mode waveguide. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2012; 66:163-169. [PMID: 22449279 DOI: 10.1366/11-06464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The localization of optical fields is a powerful method of reducing spectroscopic background signals, enabling studies of single fluorescent molecules. Zero-mode waveguides (ZMWs) strongly confine optical fields to zeptoliter (zL, 10(-21) L) volumes and can be coupled with fluorescence microscopy to study the dynamics of single enzyme molecules due to their excellent optical confinement, precise positioning, and massive parallelism. The experiments described here exploit arrays of gold-based (Au-based) nanopores derivatized with single copies of the redox enzyme monomeric sarcosine oxidase (MSOX). MSOX contains a covalently bound flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) cofactor, which is highly fluorescent in the oxidized state and dark in the reduced state, thus producing a characteristic on-off fluorescence signal synchronous with transitions between oxidation states. Although aluminum (Al) is the common choice for the metallic overlayer in ZMW construction, Au is used here to access its unique surface-binding chemistry. In particular, the signal-to-noise ratio is improved for Au-based ZMWs by selective Au passivation. For MSOX reactions involving both the nominal substrate (sarcosine) and an analogous substrate (proline), statistical analysis of single-molecule temporal trajectories reveals the static heterogeneity of single-enzyme reaction rates, but no dynamic disorder. In addition, the single-molecule data confirm the independence of reduction and oxidation reactions. These structures open the way for systematic studies of the effect of molecular crowding on enzyme dynamics.
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- Jing Zhao
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Ehrlich N, Christensen AL, Stamou D. Fluorescence Anisotropy Based Single Liposome Assay to Measure Molecule–Membrane Interactions. Anal Chem 2011; 83:8169-76. [DOI: 10.1021/ac2017234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Nicky Ehrlich
- Bio-Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, ‡Nano-Science Center, and §Lundbeck Foundation Center for Biomembranes in Nanomedicine, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Bio-Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, ‡Nano-Science Center, and §Lundbeck Foundation Center for Biomembranes in Nanomedicine, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Bio-Nanotechnology Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, ‡Nano-Science Center, and §Lundbeck Foundation Center for Biomembranes in Nanomedicine, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Heider EC, Myers GA, Harris JM. Spectroscopic microscopy analysis of the interior pH of individual phospholipid vesicles. Anal Chem 2011; 83:8230-8. [PMID: 21962221 DOI: 10.1021/ac2019987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The use of phospholipid vesicles as reaction containers, as vehicles for pharmaceutical drug delivery, and as model systems for cells has prompted the development of new methods for analyzing the structure of vesicles and their contents. The pH of the interior of vesicles is of particular interest when analytes are encapsulated and concentrated with the use of a pH gradient. While the interior pH is generally measured for large populations of vesicles, we report the measurement of the interior pH of individual vesicles as their buffer contents are titrated by transfer of N-methylbutylamine (NMBA) into the vesicle by a pH gradient. The initially acidic buffer within the vesicles is titrated along with a small concentration of an encapsulated pH sensitive dye, 5,6-carboxy SNARF-1-dextran. Images of the indicator fluorescence from each vesicle and its dispersed fluorescence spectrum are recorded using epi-illumination spectral fluorescence microscopy. From a fit of the spectra to the respective acid and base forms of the fluorescent indicator, the interior pH of individual vesicles as a function of the concentration of the NMBA titrant in the external solution could be determined.
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- Emily C Heider
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, United States
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