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Huang M, Chen Q, Liu Y, Zhang C, Zhang R, Yuan J, Zhang D. One-dimensional photonic crystal enhancing spin-to-orbital angular momentum conversion for single-particle tracking. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2024; 13:268. [PMID: 39327427 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-024-01623-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Revised: 09/02/2024] [Accepted: 09/04/2024] [Indexed: 09/28/2024]
Abstract
Single-particle tracking (SPT) is an immensely valuable technique for studying a variety of processes in the life sciences and physics. It can help researchers better understand the positions, paths, and interactions of single objects in systems that are highly dynamic or require imaging over an extended time. Here, we propose an all-dielectric one-dimensional photonic crystal (1D PC) that enhances spin-to-orbital angular momentum conversion for three-dimensional (3D) SPTs. This well-designed 1D PC can work as a substrate for optical microscopy. We introduce this effect into the interferometric scattering (iSCAT) technique, resulting in a double-helix point spread function (DH-PSF). DH-PSF provides more uniform Fisher information for 3D position estimation than the PSFs of conventional microscopy, such as encoding the axial position of a single particle in the angular orientation of DH-PSF lobes, thus providing a means for 3D SPT. This approach can address the challenge of iSCAT in 3D SPT because DH-PSF iSCAT will not experience multiple contrast inversions when a single particle travels along the axial direction. DH-PSF iSCAT microscopy was used to record the 3D trajectory of a single microbead attached to the flagellum, facilitating precise analysis of fluctuations in motor dynamics. Its ability to track single nanoparticles, such as 3D diffusion trajectories of 20 nm gold nanoparticles in glycerol solution, was also demonstrated. The DH-PSF iSCAT technique enabled by a 1D PC holds potential promise for future applications in physical, biological, and chemical science.
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- Mingchuan Huang
- Advanced Laser Technology Laboratory of Anhui Province, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Advanced Laser Technology Laboratory of Anhui Province, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Advanced Laser Technology Laboratory of Anhui Province, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.
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- Advanced Laser Technology Laboratory of Anhui Province, Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
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Gentner C, Rogez B, Robert HML, Aggoun A, Tessier G, Bon P, Berto P. Enhanced Quantitative Wavefront Imaging for Nano-Object Characterization. ACS NANO 2024; 18:19247-19256. [PMID: 38981602 PMCID: PMC11271181 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c05152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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Quantitative phase imaging enables precise and label-free characterizations of individual nano-objects within a large volume, without a priori knowledge of the sample or imaging system. While emerging common path implementations are simple enough to promise a broad dissemination, their phase sensitivity still falls short of precisely estimating the mass or polarizability of vesicles, viruses, or nanoparticles in single-shot acquisitions. In this paper, we revisit the Zernike filtering concept, originally crafted for intensity-only detectors, with the aim of adapting it to wavefront imaging. We demonstrate, through numerical simulation and experiments based on high-resolution wavefront sensing, that a simple Fourier-plane add-on can significantly enhance phase sensitivity for subdiffraction objects─achieving over an order of magnitude increase (×12)─while allowing the quantitative retrieval of both intensity and phase. This advancement allows for more precise nano-object detection and metrology.
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- Clémence Gentner
- Institut
de la Vision, Sorbonne Université, CNRS-UMR 7210, Inserm-UMR
S968, Paris 75012, France
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- Institut
de la Vision, Sorbonne Université, CNRS-UMR 7210, Inserm-UMR
S968, Paris 75012, France
- L2n,
Université de technologie de Troyes, CNRS-UMR 7076, Troyes 10004, France
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- Institut
de la Vision, Sorbonne Université, CNRS-UMR 7210, Inserm-UMR
S968, Paris 75012, France
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- Institut
de la Vision, Sorbonne Université, CNRS-UMR 7210, Inserm-UMR
S968, Paris 75012, France
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- Institut
de la Vision, Sorbonne Université, CNRS-UMR 7210, Inserm-UMR
S968, Paris 75012, France
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- Université
de Limoges, CNRS, XLIM, UMR 7252, Limoges 87000, France
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- Institut
de la Vision, Sorbonne Université, CNRS-UMR 7210, Inserm-UMR
S968, Paris 75012, France
- Université
Paris Cité, Paris 75006, France
- Institut
Universitaire de France (IUF), Paris 75231, France
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Hitzelhammer F, Dostálová A, Zykov I, Platzer B, Conrad-Billroth C, Juffmann T, Hohenester U. Unified Simulation Platform for Interference Microscopy. ACS PHOTONICS 2024; 11:2745-2756. [PMID: 39036062 PMCID: PMC11258784 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.4c00621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2024] [Revised: 06/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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Interferometric scattering microscopy is a powerful technique that enables various applications, such as mass photometry and particle tracking. Here, we present a numerical toolbox to simulate images obtained in interferometric scattering, coherent bright-field, and dark-field microscopies. The scattered fields are calculated using a boundary element method, facilitating the simulation of arbitrary sample geometries and substrate layer structures. A fully vectorial model is used for simulating the imaging setup. We demonstrate excellent agreement between our simulations and experiments for different shapes of scatterers and excitation angles. Notably, for angles near the Brewster angle, we observe a contrast enhancement which may be beneficial for nanosensing applications. The software is available as a matlab toolbox.
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- Felix Hitzelhammer
- Institute
of Physics, University of Graz Universitätsplatz
5, 8010 Graz, Austria
- University
of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, VCQ, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- University
of Vienna, Max Perutz Laboratories, Department of Structural and Computational
Biology, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- University
of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, VCQ, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- University
of Vienna, Max Perutz Laboratories, Department of Structural and Computational
Biology, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Department
of Optics Faculty of Science, Palacký
University, 17. Listopadu
12, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- University
of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, VCQ, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- University
of Vienna, Max Perutz Laboratories, Department of Structural and Computational
Biology, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- University
of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, VCQ, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- University
of Vienna, Max Perutz Laboratories, Department of Structural and Computational
Biology, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- University
of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, VCQ, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- University
of Vienna, Max Perutz Laboratories, Department of Structural and Computational
Biology, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- University
of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, VCQ, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- University
of Vienna, Max Perutz Laboratories, Department of Structural and Computational
Biology, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute
of Physics, University of Graz Universitätsplatz
5, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Hsiao YT, Liao IH, Wu BK, Chu HPC, Hsieh CL. Probing chromatin condensation dynamics in live cells using interferometric scattering correlation spectroscopy. Commun Biol 2024; 7:763. [PMID: 38914653 PMCID: PMC11196589 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06457-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024] Open
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Chromatin organization and dynamics play important roles in governing the regulation of nuclear processes of biological cells. However, due to the constant diffusive motion of chromatin, examining chromatin nanostructures in living cells has been challenging. In this study, we introduce interferometric scattering correlation spectroscopy (iSCORS) to spatially map nanoscopic chromatin configurations within unlabeled live cell nuclei. This label-free technique captures time-varying linear scattering signals generated by the motion of native chromatin on a millisecond timescale, allowing us to deduce chromatin condensation states. Using iSCORS imaging, we quantitatively examine chromatin dynamics over extended periods, revealing spontaneous fluctuations in chromatin condensation and heterogeneous compaction levels in interphase cells, independent of cell phases. Moreover, we observe changes in iSCORS signals of chromatin upon transcription inhibition, indicating that iSCORS can probe nanoscopic chromatin structures and dynamics associated with transcriptional activities. Our scattering-based optical microscopy, which does not require labeling, serves as a powerful tool for visualizing dynamic chromatin nano-arrangements in live cells. This advancement holds promise for studying chromatin remodeling in various crucial cellular processes, such as stem cell differentiation, mechanotransduction, and DNA repair.
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- Yi-Teng Hsiao
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Park JS, Lee IB, Hong SC, Cho M. Label-Free Interference Imaging of Intracellular Trafficking. Acc Chem Res 2024; 57:1565-1576. [PMID: 38781567 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.4c00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Intracellular cargo trafficking is a highly regulated process responsible for transporting vital cellular components to their designated destinations. This intricate journey has been a central focus of cellular biology for many years. Early investigations leaned heavily on biochemical and genetic approaches, offering valuable insight into molecular mechanisms of cellular trafficking. However, while informative, these methods lack the capacity to capture the dynamic nature of intracellular trafficking. The advent of fluorescent protein tagging techniques transformed our ability to monitor the complete lifecycle of intracellular cargos, advancing our understanding. Yet, a central question remains: How do these cargos manage to navigate through traffic challenges, such as congestion, within the crowded cellular environment? Fluorescence-based imaging, though valuable, has inherent limitations when it comes to addressing the aforementioned question. It is prone to photobleaching, making long-term live-cell imaging challenging. Furthermore, they render unlabeled cellular constituents invisible, thereby missing critical environmental information. Notably, the unlabeled majority likely exerts a significant influence on the observed behavior of labeled molecules. These considerations underscore the necessity of developing complementary label-free imaging methods to overcome the limitations of fluorescence imaging or to integrate them synergistically.In this Account, we outline how label-free interference-based imaging has the potential to revolutionize the study of intracellular traffic by offering unprecedented levels of detail. We begin with a brief introduction to our previous findings in live-cell research enabled by interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy, showcasing its aptitude and adeptness in elucidating intricate nanoscale intracellular structures. As we delved deeper into our exploration, we succeeded in the label-free visualization of the entire lifespan of nanoscale protein complexes known as nascent adhesions (NAs) and the dynamic events associated with adhesions within living cells. Our continuous efforts have led to the development of Dynamic Scattering-particle Localization Interference Microscopy (DySLIM), a generalized concept of cargo-localization iSCAT (CL-iSCAT). This label-free, high-speed imaging method, armed with iSCAT detection sensitivity, empowers us to capture quantitative and biophysical insights into cargo transport, providing a realistic view of the intricate nanoscale logistics occurring within living cells. Our in vivo studies demonstrate that intracellular cargos regularly contend with substantial traffic within the crowded cellular environment. Simultaneously, they employ inherent strategies for efficient cargo transport, such as collective migration and hitchhiking, to enhance overall transport rates─intriguingly paralleling the principle and practice of urban traffic management. We also highlight the synergistic benefits of combining DySLIM with chemical-selective fluorescent methods. This Account concludes with a "Conclusions and Outlook" section, outlining promising directions for future research and developments, with a particular emphasis on the functional application of iSCAT live-cell imaging. We aim to inspire further investigation into the efficient transport strategies employed by cells to surmount transportation challenges, shedding light on their significance in cellular phenomena.
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- Jin-Sung Park
- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 02841, Korea
- Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 02841, Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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Stollmann A, Garcia-Guirado J, Hong JS, Rüedi P, Im H, Lee H, Ortega Arroyo J, Quidant R. Molecular fingerprinting of biological nanoparticles with a label-free optofluidic platform. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4109. [PMID: 38750038 PMCID: PMC11096335 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48132-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
Abstract
Label-free detection of multiple analytes in a high-throughput fashion has been one of the long-sought goals in biosensing applications. Yet, for all-optical approaches, interfacing state-of-the-art label-free techniques with microfluidics tools that can process small volumes of sample with high throughput, and with surface chemistry that grants analyte specificity, poses a critical challenge to date. Here, we introduce an optofluidic platform that brings together state-of-the-art digital holography with PDMS microfluidics by using supported lipid bilayers as a surface chemistry building block to integrate both technologies. Specifically, this platform fingerprints heterogeneous biological nanoparticle populations via a multiplexed label-free immunoaffinity assay with single particle sensitivity. First, we characterise the robustness and performance of the platform, and then apply it to profile four distinct ovarian cell-derived extracellular vesicle populations over a panel of surface protein biomarkers, thus developing a unique biomarker fingerprint for each cell line. We foresee that our approach will find many applications where routine and multiplexed characterisation of biological nanoparticles are required.
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- Alexia Stollmann
- Nanophotonic Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Nanophotonic Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Nanophotonic Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Nanophotonic Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Nanophotonic Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Astratov VN, Sahel YB, Eldar YC, Huang L, Ozcan A, Zheludev N, Zhao J, Burns Z, Liu Z, Narimanov E, Goswami N, Popescu G, Pfitzner E, Kukura P, Hsiao YT, Hsieh CL, Abbey B, Diaspro A, LeGratiet A, Bianchini P, Shaked NT, Simon B, Verrier N, Debailleul M, Haeberlé O, Wang S, Liu M, Bai Y, Cheng JX, Kariman BS, Fujita K, Sinvani M, Zalevsky Z, Li X, Huang GJ, Chu SW, Tzang O, Hershkovitz D, Cheshnovsky O, Huttunen MJ, Stanciu SG, Smolyaninova VN, Smolyaninov II, Leonhardt U, Sahebdivan S, Wang Z, Luk’yanchuk B, Wu L, Maslov AV, Jin B, Simovski CR, Perrin S, Montgomery P, Lecler S. Roadmap on Label-Free Super-Resolution Imaging. LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS 2023; 17:2200029. [PMID: 38883699 PMCID: PMC11178318 DOI: 10.1002/lpor.202200029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
Abstract
Label-free super-resolution (LFSR) imaging relies on light-scattering processes in nanoscale objects without a need for fluorescent (FL) staining required in super-resolved FL microscopy. The objectives of this Roadmap are to present a comprehensive vision of the developments, the state-of-the-art in this field, and to discuss the resolution boundaries and hurdles which need to be overcome to break the classical diffraction limit of the LFSR imaging. The scope of this Roadmap spans from the advanced interference detection techniques, where the diffraction-limited lateral resolution is combined with unsurpassed axial and temporal resolution, to techniques with true lateral super-resolution capability which are based on understanding resolution as an information science problem, on using novel structured illumination, near-field scanning, and nonlinear optics approaches, and on designing superlenses based on nanoplasmonics, metamaterials, transformation optics, and microsphere-assisted approaches. To this end, this Roadmap brings under the same umbrella researchers from the physics and biomedical optics communities in which such studies have often been developing separately. The ultimate intent of this paper is to create a vision for the current and future developments of LFSR imaging based on its physical mechanisms and to create a great opening for the series of articles in this field.
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- Vasily N. Astratov
- Department of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223-0001, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
- Bioengineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
- California Nano Systems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
- Bioengineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
- California Nano Systems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
- David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
- Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies, The Photonics Institute, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 637371, Singapore
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
- Material Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- School of Electrical Engineering, and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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- Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Beckman Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Quantitative Light Imaging Laboratory, Beckman Institute of Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica 1, Roosevelt Rd. Sec. 4, Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica 1, Roosevelt Rd. Sec. 4, Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Advanced Molecular Imaging, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS), La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Optical Nanoscopy and NIC@IIT, CHT, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83B, 16152 Genoa, Italy
- DIFILAB, Department of Physics, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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- Optical Nanoscopy and NIC@IIT, CHT, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83B, 16152 Genoa, Italy
- Université de Rennes, CNRS, Institut FOTON - UMR 6082, F-22305 Lannion, France
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- Optical Nanoscopy and NIC@IIT, CHT, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83B, 16152 Genoa, Italy
- DIFILAB, Department of Physics, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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- Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- LP2N, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS UMR 5298, Université de Bordeaux, Talence France
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- IRIMAS UR UHA 7499, Université de Haute-Alsace, Mulhouse, France
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- IRIMAS UR UHA 7499, Université de Haute-Alsace, Mulhouse, France
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- School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, China
- Wuhan Institute of Quantum Technology, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, USA
- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
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- Boston University Photonics Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Boston University Photonics Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Optical Nanoscopy and NIC@IIT, CHT, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Enrico Melen 83B, 16152 Genoa, Italy
- DIFILAB, Department of Physics, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Applied Physics and the Advanced Photonics and Biosensing Open Innovation Laboratory (AIST); and the Transdimensional Life Imaging Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering and the Nano-Technology Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900 Israel
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- Faculty of Engineering and the Nano-Technology Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900 Israel
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Department of Physics and Molecular Imaging Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics and Molecular Imaging Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- School of Chemistry, The Sackler faculty of Exact Sciences, and the Center for Light matter Interactions, and the Tel Aviv University Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- School of Chemistry, The Sackler faculty of Exact Sciences, and the Center for Light matter Interactions, and the Tel Aviv University Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- School of Chemistry, The Sackler faculty of Exact Sciences, and the Center for Light matter Interactions, and the Tel Aviv University Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Laboratory of Photonics, Physics Unit, Tampere University, FI-33014, Tampere, Finland
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- Center for Microscopy – Microanalysis and Information Processing, Politehnica University of Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independentei, 060042, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Physics Astronomy and Geosciences, Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- EMTensor GmbH, TechGate, Donau-City-Strasse 1, 1220 Wien, Austria
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- School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Bangor University, Bangor, LL57 1UT, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Materials Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Radiophysics, University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, 603022, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Optical Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223-0001, USA
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- Department of Electronics and Nano-Engineering, Aalto University, FI-00076, Espoo, Finland
- Faculty of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, 199034, St-Petersburg, Russia
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- ICube Research Institute, University of Strasbourg - CNRS - INSA de Strasbourg, 300 Bd. Sébastien Brant, 67412 Illkirch, France
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- ICube Research Institute, University of Strasbourg - CNRS - INSA de Strasbourg, 300 Bd. Sébastien Brant, 67412 Illkirch, France
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- ICube Research Institute, University of Strasbourg - CNRS - INSA de Strasbourg, 300 Bd. Sébastien Brant, 67412 Illkirch, France
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Park JS, Lee IB, Moon HM, Hong SC, Cho M. Long-term cargo tracking reveals intricate trafficking through active cytoskeletal networks in the crowded cellular environment. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7160. [PMID: 37963891 PMCID: PMC10645962 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42347-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
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A eukaryotic cell is a microscopic world within which efficient material transport is essential. Yet, how a cell manages to deliver cellular cargos efficiently in a crowded environment remains poorly understood. Here, we used interferometric scattering microscopy to track unlabeled cargos in directional motion in a massively parallel fashion. Our label-free, cargo-tracing method revealed not only the dynamics of cargo transportation but also the fine architecture of the actively used cytoskeletal highways and the long-term evolution of the associated traffic at sub-diffraction resolution. Cargos frequently run into a blocked road or experience a traffic jam. Still, they have effective strategies to circumvent those problems: opting for an alternative mode of transport and moving together in tandem or migrating collectively. All taken together, a cell is an incredibly complex and busy space where the principle and practice of transportation intriguingly parallel those of our macroscopic world.
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- Jin-Sung Park
- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Korea.
- Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul, Korea.
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
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Xia Q, Guo Z, Zong H, Seitz S, Yurdakul C, Ünlü MS, Wang L, Connor JH, Cheng JX. Single virus fingerprinting by widefield interferometric defocus-enhanced mid-infrared photothermal microscopy. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6655. [PMID: 37863905 PMCID: PMC10589364 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42439-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023] Open
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Clinical identification and fundamental study of viruses rely on the detection of viral proteins or viral nucleic acids. Yet, amplification-based and antigen-based methods are not able to provide precise compositional information of individual virions due to small particle size and low-abundance chemical contents (e.g., ~ 5000 proteins in a vesicular stomatitis virus). Here, we report a widefield interferometric defocus-enhanced mid-infrared photothermal (WIDE-MIP) microscope for high-throughput fingerprinting of single viruses. With the identification of feature absorption peaks, WIDE-MIP reveals the contents of viral proteins and nucleic acids in single DNA vaccinia viruses and RNA vesicular stomatitis viruses. Different nucleic acid signatures of thymine and uracil residue vibrations are obtained to differentiate DNA and RNA viruses. WIDE-MIP imaging further reveals an enriched β sheet components in DNA varicella-zoster virus proteins. Together, these advances open a new avenue for compositional analysis of viral vectors and elucidating protein function in an assembled virion.
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- Qing Xia
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and National Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and National Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
- Photonics Center, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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de Wit XM, Paine AW, Martin C, Goldfain AM, Garmann RF, Manoharan VN. Precise characterization of nanometer-scale systems using interferometric scattering microscopy and Bayesian analysis. APPLIED OPTICS 2023; 62:7205-7215. [PMID: 37855576 DOI: 10.1364/ao.499389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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Interferometric scattering microscopy can image the dynamics of nanometer-scale systems. The typical approach to analyzing interferometric images involves intensive processing, which discards data and limits the precision of measurements. We demonstrate an alternative approach: modeling the interferometric point spread function and fitting this model to data within a Bayesian framework. This approach yields best-fit parameters, including the particle's three-dimensional position and polarizability, as well as uncertainties and correlations between these parameters. Building on recent work, we develop a model that is parameterized for rapid fitting. The model is designed to work with Hamiltonian Monte Carlo techniques that leverage automatic differentiation. We validate this approach by fitting the model to interferometric images of colloidal nanoparticles. We apply the method to track a diffusing particle in three dimensions, to directly infer the diffusion coefficient of a nanoparticle without calculating a mean-square displacement, and to quantify the ejection of DNA from an individual lambda phage virus, demonstrating that the approach can be used to infer both static and dynamic properties of nanoscale systems.
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Ghosh B, Agarwal K. Viewing life without labels under optical microscopes. Commun Biol 2023; 6:559. [PMID: 37231084 PMCID: PMC10212946 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04934-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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Optical microscopes today have pushed the limits of speed, quality, and observable space in biological specimens revolutionizing how we view life today. Further, specific labeling of samples for imaging has provided insight into how life functions. This enabled label-based microscopy to percolate and integrate into mainstream life science research. However, the use of labelfree microscopy has been mostly limited, resulting in testing for bio-application but not bio-integration. To enable bio-integration, such microscopes need to be evaluated for their timeliness to answer biological questions uniquely and establish a long-term growth prospect. The article presents key label-free optical microscopes and discusses their integrative potential in life science research for the unperturbed analysis of biological samples.
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Velasco L, Ouyang T, Reinhard BM. Two-Color iSCAT Imaging of Ag Nanoparticles Resolves Size and Ambient Refractive Index Changes. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:4642-4647. [PMID: 37159328 PMCID: PMC10752631 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The ability to discern noble metal nanoparticles (NPs) with different sizes and in ambient media with different refractive indices has important applications in imaging and sensing. Here a two-color (405 nm, 445 nm) interferometric scattering (iSCAT) detection scheme is applied to characterize the wavelength-dependent iSCAT contrast of Ag NPs with nominal diameters of 10, 20, 40, and 60 nm and to distinguish between NPs of different sizes. The iSCAT contrast also depends on the ambient refractive index and the relative iSCAT contrast on both channels revealed a spectral red-shift for 40 and 60 nm Ag NPs when the ambient refractive index was increased from n = 1.3892 to n = 1.4328. With the selected wavelength channels, the spectral resolution of the two-color imaging strategy was, however, insufficient to resolve spectral shifts induced by refractive index changes for 10 and 20 nm Ag NPs.
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- Leslie Velasco
- Department of Chemistry and The Photonics Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and The Photonics Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and The Photonics Center, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, United States
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Liu L, Tibbs J, Li N, Bacon A, Shepherd S, Lee H, Chauhan N, Demirci U, Wang X, Cunningham BT. A photonic resonator interferometric scattering microscope for label-free detection of nanometer-scale objects with digital precision in point-of-use environments. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 228:115197. [PMID: 36905862 PMCID: PMC10072782 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Label-free detection and digital counting of nanometer-scaled objects such as nanoparticles, viruses, extracellular vesicles, and protein molecules enable a wide range of applications in cancer diagnostics, pathogen detection, and life science research. Here, we report the design, implementation, and characterization of a compact Photonic Resonator Interferometric Scattering Microscope (PRISM) designed for point-of-use environments and applications. The contrast of interferometric scattering microscopy is amplified through a photonic crystal surface, upon which scattered light from an object combines with illumination from a monochromatic source. The use of a photonic crystal substrate for interferemetric scattering microscopy results in reduced requirements for high-intensity lasers or oil-immersion objectives, thus opening a pathway toward instruments that are more suitable for environments outside the optics laboratory. The instrument incorporates two innovative elements that facilitate operation on a desktop in ordinary laboratory environments by users that do not have optics expertise. First, because scattering microscopes are extremely sensitive to vibration, we incorporated an inexpensive but effective solution of suspending the instrument's main components from a rigid metal framework using elastic bands, resulting in an average of 28.7 dBV reduction in vibration amplitude compared to an office desk. Second, an automated focusing module based on the principle of total internal reflection maintains the stability of image contrast over time and spatial position. In this work, we characterize the system's performance by measuring the contrast from gold nanoparticles with diameters in the 10-40 nm range and by observing various biological analytes, including HIV virus, SARS-CoV-2 virus, exosome, and ferritin protein.
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- Leyang Liu
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Cancer Center at Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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Küppers M, Albrecht D, Kashkanova AD, Lühr J, Sandoghdar V. Confocal interferometric scattering microscopy reveals 3D nanoscopic structure and dynamics in live cells. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1962. [PMID: 37029107 PMCID: PMC10081331 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37497-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2023] Open
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Bright-field light microscopy and related phase-sensitive techniques play an important role in life sciences because they provide facile and label-free insights into biological specimens. However, lack of three-dimensional imaging and low sensitivity to nanoscopic features hamper their application in many high-end quantitative studies. Here, we demonstrate that interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy operated in the confocal mode provides unique label-free solutions for live-cell studies. We reveal the nanometric topography of the nuclear envelope, quantify the dynamics of the endoplasmic reticulum, detect single microtubules, and map nanoscopic diffusion of clathrin-coated pits undergoing endocytosis. Furthermore, we introduce the combination of confocal and wide-field iSCAT modalities for simultaneous imaging of cellular structures and high-speed tracking of nanoscopic entities such as single SARS-CoV-2 virions. We benchmark our findings against simultaneously acquired fluorescence images. Confocal iSCAT can be readily implemented as an additional contrast mechanism in existing laser scanning microscopes. The method is ideally suited for live studies on primary cells that face labeling challenges and for very long measurements beyond photobleaching times.
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- Michelle Küppers
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
- Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
- Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
- Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
- Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
- Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, 91058, Erlangen, Germany.
- Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, 91058, Erlangen, Germany.
- Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058, Erlangen, Germany.
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Žambochová K, Lee IB, Park JS, Hong SC, Cho M. Axial profiling of interferometric scattering enables an accurate determination of nanoparticle size. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:10101-10113. [PMID: 37157566 DOI: 10.1364/oe.480337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
Interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy has undergone significant development in recent years. It is a promising technique for imaging and tracking nanoscopic label-free objects with nanometer localization precision. The current iSCAT-based photometry technique allows quantitative estimation for the size of a nanoparticle by measuring iSCAT contrast and has been successfully applied to nano-objects smaller than the Rayleigh scattering limit. Here we provide an alternative method that overcomes such size limitations. We take into account the axial variation of iSCAT contrast and utilize a vectorial point spread function model to uncover the position of a scattering dipole and, consequently, the size of the scatterer, which is not limited to the Rayleigh limit. We found that our technique accurately measures the size of spherical dielectric nanoparticles in a purely optical and non-contact way. We also tested fluorescent nanodiamonds (fND) and obtained a reasonable estimate for the size of fND particles. Together with fluorescence measurement from fND, we observed a correlation between the fluorescent signal and the size of fND. Our results showed that the axial pattern of iSCAT contrast provides sufficient information for the size of spherical particles. Our method enables us to measure the size of nanoparticles from tens of nanometers and beyond the Rayleigh limit with nanometer precision, making a versatile all-optical nanometric technique.
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Liu L, Tibbs J, Li N, Bacon A, Shepherd S, Lee H, Chauhan N, Demirci U, Wang X, Cunningham BT. A Photonic Resonator Interferometric Scattering Microscope for Label-free Detection of Nanometer-Scale Objects with Digital Precision in Point-of-Use Environments. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2022:2022.12.13.520266. [PMID: 36561182 PMCID: PMC9774210 DOI: 10.1101/2022.12.13.520266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Label-free detection and digital counting of nanometer-scaled objects such as nanoparticles, viruses, extracellular vesicles, and protein molecules enable a wide range of applications in cancer diagnostics, pathogen detection, and life science research. The contrast of interferometric scattering microscopy is amplified through a photonic crystal surface, upon which scattered light from an object combines with illumination from a monochromatic plane wave source. The use of a photonic crystal substrate for interference scattering microscopy results in reduced requirements for high-intensity lasers or oil-immersion objectives, thus opening a pathway toward instruments that are more suitable for environments outside the optics laboratory. Here, we report the design, implementation, and characterization of a compact Photonic Resonator Interferometric Scattering Microscope (PRISM) designed for point-of-use environments and applications. The instrument incorporates two innovative elements that facilitate operation on a desktop in ordinary laboratory environments by users that do not have optics expertise. First, because scattering microscopes are extremely sensitive to vibration, we incorporated an inexpensive but effective solution of suspending the instrument's main components from a rigid metal framework using elastic bands, resulting in an average of 28.7 dBV reduction in vibration amplitude compared to an office desk. Second, an automated focusing module based on the principle of total internal reflection maintains the stability of image contrast over time and spatial position, facilitating automated data collection. In this work, we characterize the system's performance by measuring the contrast from gold nanoparticles with diameters in the 10-40 nm range and by observing various biological analytes, including HIV virus, SARS-CoV-2 virus, exosomes, and ferritin protein.
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- Leyang Liu
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Cancer Center at Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Hsiao YT, Wu TY, Wu BK, Chu SW, Hsieh CL. Spinning disk interferometric scattering confocal microscopy captures millisecond timescale dynamics of living cells. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:45233-45245. [PMID: 36522930 DOI: 10.1364/oe.471935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy is a highly sensitive imaging technique that uses common-path interferometry to detect the linear scattering fields associated with samples. However, when measuring a complex sample, such as a biological cell, the superposition of the scattering signals from various sources, particularly those along the optical axis of the microscope objective, considerably complicates the data interpretation. Herein, we demonstrate high-speed, wide-field iSCAT microscopy in conjunction with confocal optical sectioning. Utilizing the multibeam scanning strategy of spinning disk confocal microscopy, our iSCAT confocal microscope acquires images at a rate of 1,000 frames per second (fps). The configurations of the spinning disk and the background correction procedures are described. The iSCAT confocal microscope is highly sensitive-individual 10 nm gold nanoparticles are successfully detected. Using high-speed iSCAT confocal imaging, we captured the rapid movements of single nanoparticles on the model membrane and single native vesicles in the living cells. Label-free iSCAT confocal imaging enables the detailed visualization of nanoscopic cell dynamics in their most native forms. This holds promise to unveil cell activities that are previously undescribed by fluorescence-based microscopy.
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Ding L, Shan X, Wang D, Liu B, Du Z, Di X, Chen C, Maddahfar M, Zhang L, Shi Y, Reece P, Halkon B, Aharonovich I, Xu X, Wang F. Lanthanide Ion Resonance-Driven Rayleigh Scattering of Nanoparticles for Dual-Modality Interferometric Scattering Microscopy. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2203354. [PMID: 35975425 PMCID: PMC9661846 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202203354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Light scattering from nanoparticles is significant in nanoscale imaging, photon confinement. and biosensing. However, engineering the scattering spectrum, traditionally by modifying the geometric feature of particles, requires synthesis and fabrication with nanometre accuracy. Here it is reported that doping lanthanide ions can engineer the scattering properties of low-refractive-index nanoparticles. When the excitation wavelength matches the ion resonance frequency of lanthanide ions, the polarizability and the resulted scattering cross-section of nanoparticles are dramatically enhanced. It is demonstrated that these purposely engineered nanoparticles can be used for interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy. Conceptually, a dual-modality iSCAT microscopy is further developed to identify different nanoparticle types in living HeLa cells. The work provides insight into engineering the scattering features by doping elements in nanomaterials, further inspiring exploration of the geometry-independent scattering modulation strategy.
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- Lei Ding
- School of Mathematical and Physical SciencesFaculty of ScienceUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
- School of Electrical and Data EngineeringFaculty of Engineering and Information TechnologyUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
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- School of Mathematical and Physical SciencesFaculty of ScienceUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
- School of Electrical and Data EngineeringFaculty of Engineering and Information TechnologyUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
- School of PhysicsBeihang UniversityBeijing100191China
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- School of Mathematical and Physical SciencesFaculty of ScienceUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
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- School of PhysicsBeihang UniversityBeijing100191China
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- School of Mathematical and Physical SciencesFaculty of ScienceUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
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- School of Mathematical and Physical SciencesFaculty of ScienceUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
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- School of Electrical and Data EngineeringFaculty of Engineering and Information TechnologyUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
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- School of Mathematical and Physical SciencesFaculty of ScienceUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
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- School of Electrical and Data EngineeringFaculty of Engineering and Information TechnologyUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Micro/Nano FabricationDepartment of Micro/Nano ElectronicsShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200240P. R. China
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- School of PhysicsThe University of New South WalesKensingtonNew South Wales2033Australia
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- Centre for Audio, Acoustics & VibrationFaculty of Engineering & ITUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
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- School of Mathematical and Physical SciencesFaculty of ScienceUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta‐Optical Systems (TMOS)Faculty of ScienceUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information TechnologyUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
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- School of Electrical and Data EngineeringFaculty of Engineering and Information TechnologyUniversity of Technology SydneyUltimoNew South Wales2007Australia
- School of PhysicsBeihang UniversityBeijing100191China
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Yang W, Wei Z, Nie Y, Tian Y. Optical Detection and Imaging of Nonfluorescent Matter at the Single-Molecule/Particle Level. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:9618-9631. [PMID: 36214484 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Since the first optical detection of single molecules in 1989, single-molecule spectroscopy has developed rapidly and been widely applied in many areas. However, the vast majority of matter is extremely inefficient at emitting photons in our physical world, which seriously limits the applications of optical methods based on photoluminescence. In addition to indirect detection by fluorescence labeling, many efforts have been made to directly image nonfluorescent matter at the single-particle or single-molecule level in different ways based on the absorption or scattering interaction between light and matter. Herein, we review five popular methods for imaging nonfluorescent particles/molecules, including dark-field microscopy (DFM), surface plasmon resonance microscopy (SPRM), surface enhanced Raman microscopy (SERM), interferometric scattering microscopy (iSCAT), and photothermal microscopy (PTM). After summarizing the principles and applications of these methods, we compare the advantages and disadvantages of each method and describe further potential development and applications.
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- Weiqing Yang
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, China
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Chai YJ, Cheng CY, Liao YH, Lin CH, Hsieh CL. Heterogeneous nanoscopic lipid diffusion in the live cell membrane and its dependency on cholesterol. Biophys J 2022; 121:3146-3161. [PMID: 35841144 PMCID: PMC9463655 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Revised: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Cholesterol plays a unique role in the regulation of membrane organization and dynamics by modulating the membrane phase transition at the nanoscale. Unfortunately, due to their small sizes and dynamic nature, the effects of cholesterol-mediated membrane nanodomains on membrane dynamics remain elusive. Here, using ultrahigh-speed single-molecule tracking with advanced optical microscope techniques, we investigate the diffusive motion of single phospholipids in the live cell plasma membrane at the nanoscale and its dependency on the cholesterol concentration. We find that both saturated and unsaturated phospholipids undergo anomalous subdiffusion on the length scale of 10-100 nm. The diffusion characteristics exhibit considerable variations in space and in time, indicating that the nanoscopic lipid diffusion is highly heterogeneous. Importantly, through the statistical analysis, apparent dual-mobility subdiffusion is observed from the mixed diffusion behaviors. The measured subdiffusion agrees well with the hop diffusion model that represents a diffuser moving in a compartmentalized membrane created by the cytoskeleton meshwork. Cholesterol depletion diminishes the lipid mobility with an apparently smaller compartment size and a stronger confinement strength. Similar results are measured with temperature reduction, suggesting that the more heterogeneous and restricted diffusion is connected to the nanoscopic membrane phase transition. Our conclusion supports the model that cholesterol depletion induces the formation of gel-phase, solid-like membrane nanodomains. These nanodomains undergo restricted diffusion and act as diffusion obstacles to the membrane molecules that are excluded from the nanodomains. This work provides the experimental evidence that the nanoscopic lipid diffusion in the cell plasma membrane is heterogeneous and sensitive to the cholesterol concentration and temperature, shedding new light on the regulation mechanisms of nanoscopic membrane dynamics.
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- Yu-Jo Chai
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Evanescent scattering imaging of single protein binding kinetics and DNA conformation changes. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2298. [PMID: 35484120 PMCID: PMC9051210 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30046-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Evanescent illumination has been widely used to detect single biological macromolecules because it can notably enhance light-analyte interaction. However, the current evanescent single-molecule detection system usually requires specially designed microspheres or nanomaterials. Here we show that single protein detection and imaging can be realized on a plain glass surface by imaging the interference between the evanescent lights scattered by the single proteins and by the natural roughness of the cover glass. This allows us to quantify the sizes of single proteins, characterize the protein-antibody interactions at the single-molecule level, and analyze the heterogeneity of single protein binding behaviors. In addition, owing to the exponential distribution of evanescent field intensity, the evanescent imaging system can track the analyte axial movement with high resolution, which can be used to analyze the DNA conformation changes, providing one solution for detecting small molecules, such as microRNA. This work demonstrates a label-free single protein imaging method with ordinary consumables and may pave a road for detecting small biological molecules.
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Hsiao YT, Tsai CN, Chen TH, Hsieh CL. Label-Free Dynamic Imaging of Chromatin in Live Cell Nuclei by High-Speed Scattering-Based Interference Microscopy. ACS NANO 2022; 16:2774-2788. [PMID: 34967599 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c09748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Chromatin is a DNA-protein complex that is densely packed in the cell nucleus. The nanoscale chromatin compaction plays critical roles in the modulation of cell nuclear processes. However, little is known about the spatiotemporal dynamics of chromatin compaction states because it remains difficult to quantitatively measure the chromatin compaction level in live cells. Here, we demonstrate a strategy, referenced as DYNAMICS imaging, for mapping chromatin organization in live cell nuclei by analyzing the dynamic scattering signal of molecular fluctuations. Highly sensitive optical interference microscopy, coherent brightfield (COBRI) microscopy, is implemented to detect the linear scattering of unlabeled chromatin at a high speed. A theoretical model is established to determine the local chromatin density from the statistical fluctuation of the measured scattering signal. DYNAMICS imaging allows us to reconstruct a speckle-free nucleus map that is highly correlated to the fluorescence chromatin image. Moreover, together with calibration based on nanoparticle colloids, we show that the DYNAMICS signal is sensitive to the chromatin compaction level at the nanoscale. We confirm the effectiveness of DYNAMICS imaging in detecting the condensation and decondensation of chromatin induced by chemical drug treatments. Importantly, the stable scattering signal supports a continuous observation of the chromatin condensation and decondensation processes for more than 1 h. Using this technique, we detect transient and nanoscopic chromatin condensation events occurring on a time scale of a few seconds. Label-free DYNAMICS imaging offers the opportunity to investigate chromatin conformational dynamics and to explore their significance in various gene activities.
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- Yi-Teng Hsiao
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, 1 Roosevelt Road Section 4, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, 1 Roosevelt Road Section 4, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, 1 Roosevelt Road Section 4, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, 1 Roosevelt Road Section 4, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Li N, Wang X, Tibbs J, Che C, Peinetti AS, Zhao B, Liu L, Barya P, Cooper L, Rong L, Wang X, Lu Y, Cunningham BT. Label-Free Digital Detection of Intact Virions by Enhanced Scattering Microscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:1498-1502. [PMID: 34928591 PMCID: PMC9762554 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Several applications in health diagnostics, food, safety, and environmental monitoring require rapid, simple, selective, and quantitatively accurate viral load monitoring. Here, we introduce the first label-free biosensing method that rapidly detects and quantifies intact virus in human saliva with single-virion resolution. Using pseudotype SARS-CoV-2 as a representative target, we immobilize aptamers with the ability to differentiate active from inactive virions on a photonic crystal, where the virions are captured through affinity with the spike protein displayed on the outer surface. Once captured, the intrinsic scattering of the virions is amplified and detected through interferometric imaging. Our approach analyzes the motion trajectory of each captured virion, enabling highly selective recognition against nontarget virions, while providing a limit of detection of 1 × 103 copies/mL at room temperature. The approach offers an alternative to enzymatic amplification assays for point-of-collection diagnostics.
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- Nantao Li
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Nick Holonyak Jr. Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Cancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Jiang S, Förster R, Lorenz A, Schmidt MA. Three-dimensional tracking of nanoparticles by dual-color position retrieval in a double-core microstructured optical fiber. LAB ON A CHIP 2021; 21:4437-4444. [PMID: 34617084 DOI: 10.1039/d1lc00709b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Elastic light scattering-based three-dimensional (3D) tracking of objects at the nanoscale level is essential for unlocking the dynamics of individual species or interactions in fields such as biology or surface chemistry. In this work, we introduce the concept of dual-color 3D tracking in a double-core microstructured optical fiber that for the first time allows for full 3D reconstruction of the trajectory of a diffusing nanoparticle in a water-filled fiber-integrated microchannel. The use of two single-mode cores provides two opposite decaying evanescent fields of different wavelengths within the microchannel, bypassing spatial domains of ambiguous correlation between the scattered intensity and position. The novelty of the fiber design is the use of two slightly different single-mode cores, preventing modal crosstalk and thus allowing for longitudinally invariant dual-color illumination across the entire field of view. To demonstrate the capabilities of the scheme, a single gold nanosphere (80 nm) diffusing in the water-filled microchannel was tracked for a large number of images (about 32 000) at a high frame rate (1.389 kHz) over a long time (23 s), with the determined hydrodynamic diameters matching expectations. The presented 3D tracking approach yields unique opportunities to unlock processes at the nanoscale level and is highly relevant for a multitude of fields, particularly within the context of understanding sophisticated interaction of diffusing species with functionalized surfaces within the context of bioanalytics, nanoscale materials science, surface chemistry or life science.
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- Shiqi Jiang
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, 07745, Jena, Germany.
- Abbe Center of Photonics and Faculty of Physics, FSU Jena, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, 07745, Jena, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, 07745, Jena, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, 07745, Jena, Germany.
- Abbe Center of Photonics and Faculty of Physics, FSU Jena, 07745 Jena, Germany
- Otto Schott Institute of Material Research, FSU Jena, 07745 Jena, Germany
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Priest L, Peters JS, Kukura P. Scattering-based Light Microscopy: From Metal Nanoparticles to Single Proteins. Chem Rev 2021; 121:11937-11970. [PMID: 34587448 PMCID: PMC8517954 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Our ability to detect, image, and quantify nanoscopic objects and molecules with visible light has undergone dramatic improvements over the past few decades. While fluorescence has historically been the go-to contrast mechanism for ultrasensitive light microscopy due to its superior background suppression and specificity, recent developments based on light scattering have reached single-molecule sensitivity. They also have the advantages of universal applicability and the ability to obtain information about the species of interest beyond its presence and location. Many of the recent advances are driven by novel approaches to illumination, detection, and background suppression, all aimed at isolating and maximizing the signal of interest. Here, we review these developments grouped according to the basic principles used, namely darkfield imaging, interferometric detection, and surface plasmon resonance microscopy.
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- Physical and Theoretical
Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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Maddali H, Miles CE, Kohn J, O'Carroll DM. Optical Biosensors for Virus Detection: Prospects for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19. Chembiochem 2021; 22:1176-1189. [PMID: 33119960 PMCID: PMC8048644 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202000744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The recent pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused huge worldwide disruption due to the lack of available testing locations and equipment. The use of optical techniques for viral detection has flourished in the past 15 years, providing more reliable, inexpensive, and accurate detection methods. In the current minireview, optical phenomena including fluorescence, surface plasmons, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), and colorimetry are discussed in the context of detecting virus pathogens. The sensitivity of a viral detection method can be dramatically improved by using materials that exhibit surface plasmons or SERS, but often this requires advanced instrumentation for detection. Although fluorescence and colorimetry lack high sensitivity, they show promise as point-of-care diagnostics because of their relatively less complicated instrumentation, ease of use, lower costs, and the fact that they do not require nucleic acid amplification. The advantages and disadvantages of each optical detection method are presented, and prospects for applying optical biosensors in COVID-19 detection are discussed.
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- Hemanth Maddali
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University, 607 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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Shi Y, Li Z, Liu PY, Nguyen BTT, Wu W, Zhao Q, Chin LK, Wei M, Yap PH, Zhou X, Zhao H, Yu D, Tsai DP, Liu AQ. On-Chip Optical Detection of Viruses: A Review. ADVANCED PHOTONICS RESEARCH 2021; 2:2000150. [PMID: 33786535 PMCID: PMC7994989 DOI: 10.1002/adpr.202000150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The current outbreak of the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic worldwide has caused millions of fatalities and imposed a severe impact on our daily lives. Thus, the global healthcare system urgently calls for rapid, affordable, and reliable detection toolkits. Although the gold-standard nucleic acid amplification tests have been widely accepted and utilized, they are time-consuming and labor-intensive, which exceedingly hinder the mass detection in low-income populations, especially in developing countries. Recently, due to the blooming development of photonics, various optical chips have been developed to detect single viruses with the advantages of fast, label-free, affordable, and point of care deployment. Herein, optical approaches especially in three perspectives, e.g., flow-free optical methods, optofluidics, and surface-modification-assisted approaches, are summarized. The future development of on-chip optical-detection methods in the wave of emerging new ideas in nanophotonics is also briefly discussed.
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- Yuzhi Shi
- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore639798Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore639798Singapore
- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Micro/Nano FabricationInstitute of MicroelectronicsPeking UniversityBeijing100871China
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore639798Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore639798Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore639798Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore639798Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore639798Singapore
- Center for Systems BiologyMassachusetts General HospitalBostonMA02141USA
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore639798Singapore
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- Lee Kong Chian School of MedicineNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore308232Singapore
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of ESPCSchool of EnvironmentTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization of South China SeaHainan UniversityHaikou570228China
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- Beijing Pediatric Research InstituteBeijing Children's HospitalCapital Medical UniversityNational Center for Children's HealthBeijing100045China
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- Department of Electronic and Information EngineeringThe Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHung HomKowloonHong KongChina
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- School of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological UniversitySingapore639798Singapore
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Kashkanova AD, Shkarin AB, Mahmoodabadi RG, Blessing M, Tuna Y, Gemeinhardt A, Sandoghdar V. Precision single-particle localization using radial variance transform. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:11070-11083. [PMID: 33820226 DOI: 10.1364/oe.420670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We introduce an image transform designed to highlight features with high degree of radial symmetry for identification and subpixel localization of particles in microscopy images. The transform is based on analyzing pixel value variations in radial and angular directions. We compare the subpixel localization performance of this algorithm to other common methods based on radial or mirror symmetry (such as fast radial symmetry transform, orientation alignment transform, XCorr, and quadrant interpolation), using both synthetic and experimentally obtained data. We find that in all cases it achieves the same or lower localization error, frequently reaching the theoretical limit.
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Ortiz-Orruño U, Jo A, Lee H, van Hulst NF, Liebel M. Precise Nanosizing with High Dynamic Range Holography. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:317-322. [PMID: 33346670 PMCID: PMC8326875 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Optical sensing is one of the key enablers of modern diagnostics. Especially label-free imaging modalities hold great promise as they eliminate labeling procedures prior to analysis. However, scattering signals of nanometric particles scale with their volume square. This unfavorable scaling makes it extremely difficult to quantitatively characterize intrinsically heterogeneous clinical samples, such as extracellular vesicles, as their signal variation easily exceeds the dynamic range of currently available cameras. Here, we introduce off-axis k-space holography that circumvents this limitation. By imaging the back-focal plane of our microscope, we project the scattering signal of all particles onto all camera pixels, thus dramatically boosting the achievable dynamic range to up to 110 dB. We validate our platform by detecting and quantitatively sizing metallic and dielectric particles over a 200 × 200 μm field of view and demonstrate that independently performed signal calibrations allow correctly sizing particles made from different materials. Finally, we present quantitative size distributions of extracellular vesicle samples.
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- Unai Ortiz-Orruño
- ICFO -Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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- ICFO -Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA -Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO -Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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Park JS, Lee IB, Moon HM, Ryu JS, Kong SY, Hong SC, Cho M. Fluorescence-Combined Interferometric Scattering Imaging Reveals Nanoscale Dynamic Events of Single Nascent Adhesions in Living Cells. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:10233-10241. [PMID: 33206530 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Focal adhesions (FAs) are dynamic protein nanostructures that form mechanical links between cytoskeletal actin fibers and the extracellular matrix. Here, we demonstrate that interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy, a high-speed and time-unlimited imaging technique, can uncover the real-time dynamics of nanoscopic nascent adhesions (NAs). The high sensitivity and stability of the iSCAT signal enabled us to trace the whole life span of each NA spontaneously nucleated under a lamellipodium. Such high-throughput and long-term image data provide a unique opportunity for statistical analysis of adhesion dynamics. Moreover, we directly revealed that FAs play critical roles in both the extrusion of filopodia as nucleation sites on the leading edge and the one-dimensional transport of cargos along cytoskeletal fibers as fiber docking sites. These experimental results show that iSCAT is a sensitive tool for tracking real-time dynamics of nanoscopic objects involved in endogenous and exogenous biological processes in living cells.
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- Jin-Sung Park
- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Center for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang 10408, Korea
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- Division of Translational Science, National Cancer Center, Goyang 10408, Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 02841, Korea
- Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 02841, Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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Taylor RW, Holler C, Mahmoodabadi RG, Küppers M, Dastjerdi HM, Zaburdaev V, Schambony A, Sandoghdar V. High-Precision Protein-Tracking With Interferometric Scattering Microscopy. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:590158. [PMID: 33224953 PMCID: PMC7669747 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.590158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The mobility of proteins and lipids within the cell, sculpted oftentimes by the organization of the membrane, reveals a great wealth of information on the function and interaction of these molecules as well as the membrane itself. Single particle tracking has proven to be a vital tool to study the mobility of individual molecules and unravel details of their behavior. Interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy is an emerging technique well-suited for visualizing the diffusion of gold nanoparticle-labeled membrane proteins to a spatial and temporal resolution beyond the means of traditional fluorescent labels. We discuss the applicability of interferometric single particle tracking (iSPT) microscopy to investigate the minutia in the motion of a protein through measurements visualizing the mobility of the epidermal growth factor receptor in various biological scenarios on the live cell.
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- Richard W Taylor
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany.,Department of Physics, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany.,Department of Computer Science, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany.,Department of Biology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany.,Department of Biology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany.,Department of Physics, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Baaske M, Neu PS, Orrit M. Label-Free Plasmonic Detection of Untethered Nanometer-Sized Brownian Particles. ACS NANO 2020; 14:14212-14218. [PMID: 33054166 PMCID: PMC7596787 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c07335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Optical detection of individual nanometer-sized analytes, virus particles, and protein molecules holds great promise for understanding and control of biological samples and healthcare applications. As fluorescent labels impose restrictions on detection bandwidth and require lengthy and invasive processes, label-free optical techniques are highly desirable. Here, we introduce an optical technique capable of transforming gold nanorods commonly used as photostable labels into highly localized high-speed probes. Our method detects single untethered 5 nm diameter gold particles as they traverse subattoliter volumes in Brownian motion with a time resolution below microseconds.
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Plasmonic scattering imaging of single proteins and binding kinetics. Nat Methods 2020; 17:1010-1017. [PMID: 32958922 PMCID: PMC7541716 DOI: 10.1038/s41592-020-0947-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Measuring the binding kinetics of single proteins represents one of the most important and challenging tasks in protein analysis. Here we show that this is possible using a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) scattering technique. SPR is a popular label-free detection technology because of its extraordinary sensitivity, but it has never been used for imaging single proteins. We overcome this limitation by imaging scattering of surface plasmonic waves by proteins. This allows us to image single proteins, measure their sizes and identify them based on their specific binding to antibodies. We further show that it is possible to quantify protein binding kinetics by counting the binding of individual molecules, providing a digital method to measure binding kinetics and analyze heterogeneity of protein behavior. We anticipate that this imaging method will become an important tool for single protein analysis, especially for low volume samples, such as single cells.
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Gholami Mahmoodabadi R, Taylor RW, Kaller M, Spindler S, Mazaheri M, Kasaian K, Sandoghdar V. Point spread function in interferometric scattering microscopy (iSCAT). Part I: aberrations in defocusing and axial localization. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:25969-25988. [PMID: 32906875 DOI: 10.1364/oe.401374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy is an emerging label-free technique optimized for the sensitive detection of nano-matter. Previous iSCAT studies have approximated the point spread function in iSCAT by a Gaussian intensity distribution. However, recent efforts to track the mobility of nanoparticles in challenging speckle environments and over extended axial ranges has necessitated a quantitative description of the interferometric point spread function (iPSF). We present a robust vectorial diffraction model for the iPSF in tandem with experimental measurements and rigorous FDTD simulations. We examine the iPSF under various imaging scenarios to understand how aberrations due to the experimental configuration encode information about the nanoparticle. We show that the lateral shape of the iPSF can be used to achieve nanometric three-dimensional localization over an extended axial range on the order of 10 µm either by means of a fit to an analytical model or calibration-free unsupervised machine learning. Our results have immediate implications for three-dimensional single particle tracking in complex scattering media.
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Lee IB, Moon HM, Park JS, Zambochova K, Hong SC, Cho M. Three-dimensional interferometric scattering microscopy via remote focusing technique. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:2628-2631. [PMID: 32356833 DOI: 10.1364/ol.386172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy enables us to track nm-sized objects with high spatial and temporal resolutions and permits label-free imaging of biomolecules. Its superb sensitivity, however, comes at a cost by several downsides, such as slow three-dimensional imaging and limited vertical tracking. Here, we propose a new method, Remote Focusing-iSCAT (RF-iSCAT) microscopy, to visualize a volume specimen by imaging sections at different depths without translation of either the objective lens or sample stage. We demonstrate the principle of RF-iSCAT by determining the z-position of submicrometer beads by translating the reference mirror instead. RF-iSCAT features an unprecedentedly long range of vertical tracking and permits fast but vibration-free vertical scanning. We anticipate that RF-iSCAT would enhance the utility of iSCAT for dynamics study.
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Yu Y, Li M, Yu Y. Tracking Single Molecules in Biomembranes: Is Seeing Always Believing? ACS NANO 2019; 13:10860-10868. [PMID: 31589406 PMCID: PMC7179047 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The spatial organization of molecules in cell membranes and their dynamic interactions play a central role in regulating cell functions. Single-particle tracking (SPT), a technique in which single molecules are imaged and tracked in real time, has led to breakthrough discoveries regarding these spatiotemporal complexities of cell membranes. There are, however, emerging concerns about factors that might produce misleading interpretations of SPT results. Here, we briefly review the application of SPT to understanding the nanoscale heterogeneities of plasma membranes, with a focus on the unique challenges, pitfalls, and limitations that confront the use of nanoparticles as imaging probes for tracking the dynamics of single molecules in cell membranes.
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Taylor R, Sandoghdar V. Interferometric Scattering Microscopy: Seeing Single Nanoparticles and Molecules via Rayleigh Scattering. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:4827-4835. [PMID: 31314539 PMCID: PMC6750867 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Revised: 07/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Fluorescence microscopy has been the workhorse for investigating optical phenomena at the nanometer scale but this approach confronts several fundamental limits. As a result, there have been a growing number of activities toward the development of fluorescent-free imaging methods. In this Mini Review, we demonstrate that elastic scattering, the most ubiquitous and oldest optical contrast mechanism, offers excellent opportunities for sensitive detection and imaging of nanoparticles and molecules at very high spatiotemporal resolution. We present interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy as the method of choice, explain its theoretical foundation, discuss its experimental nuances, elaborate on its deep connection to bright-field imaging and other established microscopies, and discuss its promise as well as challenges. A showcase of numerous applications and avenues made possible by iSCAT demonstrates its rapidly growing impact on various disciplines concerned with nanoscopic phenomena.
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- Max Planck Institute
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Medizin, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute
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Symeonidis M, Suryadharma RNS, Grillo R, Vetter A, Rockstuhl C, Bürgi T, Scharf T. High-resolution interference microscopy with spectral resolution for the characterization of individual particles and self-assembled meta-atoms. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:20990-21003. [PMID: 31510185 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.020990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We apply a high-resolution interference microscope with spectral resolution to investigate the scattering response of isolated meta-atoms in real space. The final meta-atoms consist of core-shell clusters that are fabricated using a bottom-up approach. The meta-atoms are investigated with an increasing complexity. We start by studying silica and gold spheres and conclude with the investigation of the meta-atom, which consists of a silica core sphere onto which gold nanospheres are attached. Numerical simulations entirely verify the measured data. The measuring process involves recording the intensity and phase of the total field emerging from the scattering process of an incident light at the particle in the transmitted half-space with spectral and high spatial resolution. We show that spectrally resolved high-resolution interference microscopy can be used to differentiate between nanoparticles and characterize single meta-atoms, something that is rarely accomplished.
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Visualizing Biological Membrane Organization and Dynamics. J Mol Biol 2019; 431:1889-1919. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 02/02/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Interferometric scattering microscopy (iSCAT) is an extremely sensitive imaging method based on the efficient detection of light scattered by nanoscopic objects. The ability to, at least in principle, maintain high imaging contrast independent of the exposure time or the scattering cross section of the object allows for unique applications in single-particle tracking, label-free imaging of nanoscopic (dis)assembly, and quantitative single-molecule characterization. We illustrate these capabilities in areas as diverse as mechanistic studies of motor protein function, viral capsid assembly, and single-molecule mass measurement in solution. We anticipate that iSCAT will become a widely used approach to unravel previously hidden details of biomolecular dynamics and interactions.
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- Gavin Young
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom; ,
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom; ,
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Cheng CY, Liao YH, Hsieh CL. High-speed imaging and tracking of very small single nanoparticles by contrast enhanced microscopy. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:568-577. [PMID: 30548049 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr06789a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Nanoparticles have been used extensively in biology-related research and many applications require direct visualization of individual nanoparticles by optical microscopy. For long-term and high-speed measurements, scattering-based microscopy is a unique technique because of the stable and indefinite scattering signals. In scattering-based single-particle measurements, large nanoparticles are usually needed in order to generate sufficient signals for detection. However, larger nanoparticles introduce greater mass loading, experience stronger steric hindrance, and are more prone to crosslinking. In this work, we demonstrate coherent brightfield (COBRI) microscopy with enhanced contrast and show its capability of direct visualization of very small nanoparticles in scattering at a high speed. COBRI microscopy allows us to visualize and track single metallic and dielectric nanoparticles, as small as 10 nm, at 1000 frames per second. A quantitative relationship between the linear scattering cross section of the nanoparticle and its COBRI contrast is reported. Using COBRI microscopy, we further demonstrate the tracking of 10 nm gold nanoparticles labeled to lipid molecules in supported bilayer membranes, showing that the small nanoparticles may facilitate single-molecule measurements with reduced perturbation. Furthermore, the identical imaging sensitivities of COBRI and interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy, the reflection counterpart of COBRI, is demonstrated at an equal illumination intensity. Finally, future improvements in the speed and sensitivity of scattering-based interference microscopy are discussed.
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- Ching-Ya Cheng
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, 10617 Taipei, Taiwan.
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Yu Y, Gao Y, Yu Y. "Waltz" of Cell Membrane-Coated Nanoparticles on Lipid Bilayers: Tracking Single Particle Rotation in Ligand-Receptor Binding. ACS NANO 2018; 12:11871-11880. [PMID: 30421608 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b04880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Understanding the binding of nanoparticles to receptors on biomembranes is critical to the development and screening of therapeutic materials. A prevailing understanding is that multivalent ligand-receptor binding leads to slower and confined translational motion of nanoparticles. In contrast, we report in this study distinct types of rotational dynamics of nanoparticles during their seemingly similar translational confinements in ligand-receptor binding. Our nanoparticles are fluorescently anisotropic and camouflaged with T cell membranes. As they bind to ligands on planar lipid bilayers, the particles transition from back-and-forth rocking motion to circling and eventually confined circling motion, while "hopping" between translational confinements. Both rotational and translational motions of the nanoparticles become more confined at higher ligand density. The time-dependent changes in particle rotation reveal different stages in the progression of multivalent binding between the cell-membrane coated nanoparticles and their ligands. Our work also demonstrates the promise of using combined rotational and translational single particle tracking to resolve biological interactions that could be "hidden" in translational measurements alone.
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- Yanqi Yu
- Department of Chemistry , Indiana University , Bloomington , Indiana 47405 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Indiana University , Bloomington , Indiana 47405 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Indiana University , Bloomington , Indiana 47405 , United States
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Zhong Y, Wang G. Three-Dimensional Heterogeneous Structure Formation on a Supported Lipid Bilayer Disclosed by Single-Particle Tracking. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:11857-11865. [PMID: 30170491 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Three-dimensional (3D) single-particle tracking was employed to study the lipid membrane morphology change at different pHs on glass supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) [1,2-dioleoyl- sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine/1,2-dioleoyl- sn-glycero-3-phospho-l-serine (sodium salt)/1,2-dioleoyl- sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine = 5:3:2]. Fluorescently tagged, carboxylated polystyrene nanoparticles (of 100 nm) were used as the probes. At neutral pHs, the particles' diffusion was close to two-dimensional Brownian motion, indicating a mainly planar structure of the SLBs. When the environmental pH was tuned to be basic at 10.0, transiently confined diffusions within small areas were frequently observed. These confinements had a lateral dimension of 100-200 nm. Most interestingly, they showed 3D bulged structures protruding from the planar lipid bilayer. The particles were trapped by these 3D structures for a short period of time (∼0.75 s), with an estimated escape activation energy of ∼4.2 kB T. Nonuniform distribution of pH-sensitive lipids in the membrane was proposed to explain the formation of these 3D heterogeneous structures. This work suggests that the geometry of the 3D lipid structures can play a role in tuning the particle-lipid surface interactions. It sheds new light on the origin of lateral heterogeneity on the lipid membrane.
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- Yaning Zhong
- Department of Chemistry , North Carolina State University , Raleigh , North Carolina 27695-8204 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , North Carolina State University , Raleigh , North Carolina 27695-8204 , United States
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Lyman E, Hsieh CL, Eggeling C. From Dynamics to Membrane Organization: Experimental Breakthroughs Occasion a "Modeling Manifesto". Biophys J 2018; 115:595-604. [PMID: 30075850 PMCID: PMC6103736 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Revised: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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New experimental techniques, especially in the context of observing molecular dynamics, reveal the plasma membrane to be heterogeneous and "scale rich," from nanometers to microns and from microseconds to seconds. This is critical information, which shows that scale-dependent transport governs the molecular encounters that underlie cellular signaling. The data are rich and reaffirm the importance of the cortical cytoskeleton, protein aggregates, and lipidomic complexity on the statistics of molecular encounters. Moreover, the data demand simulation approaches with a particular set of features, hence the "manifesto." Together with the experimental data, simulations that satisfy these requirements hold the promise of a deeper understanding of membrane spatiotemporal organization. Several experimental breakthroughs in measuring molecular membrane dynamics are reviewed, the constraints that they place on simulations are discussed, and the status of simulation approaches that aim to meet them are detailed.
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- Edward Lyman
- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
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- MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Institute of Applied Optics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany; Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, Germany
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Peerboom N, Schmidt E, Trybala E, Block S, Bergström T, Pace HP, Bally M. Cell Membrane Derived Platform To Study Virus Binding Kinetics and Diffusion with Single Particle Sensitivity. ACS Infect Dis 2018; 4:944-953. [PMID: 29688001 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.7b00270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Discovery and development of new antiviral therapies essentially rely on two key factors: an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms involved in viral infection and the development of fast and versatile drug screening platforms. To meet those demands, we present a biosensing platform to probe virus-cell membrane interactions on a single particle level. Our method is based on the formation of supported lipid bilayers from cell membrane material. Using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy, we report the contribution of viral and cellular components to the interaction kinetics of herpes simplex virus type 1 with the cell membrane. Deletion of glycoprotein C (gC), the main viral attachment glycoprotein, or deletion of heparan sulfate, an attachment factor on the cell membrane, leads to an overall decrease in association of virions to the membrane and faster dissociation from the membrane. In addition to this, we perform binding inhibition studies using the antiviral compound heparin to estimate its IC50 value. Finally, single particle tracking is used to characterize the diffusive behavior of the virus particles on the supported lipid bilayers. Altogether, our results promote this platform as a complement to existing bioanalytical assays, being at the interface between simplified artificial membrane models and live cell experiments.
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- Nadia Peerboom
- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Fysikgränd 3, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Fysikgränd 3, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Section for Clinical Virology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Guldhedsgatan 10B, 413 46 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustraße 3, 141 95 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Section for Clinical Virology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Guldhedsgatan 10B, 413 46 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Fysikgränd 3, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Fysikgränd 3, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University, NUS Målpunkt R, 901 85 Umeå, Sweden
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Huang G, Tian W, Qi M, Gong X, Zhang G. Improving axial resolution for holographic tracking of colloids and bacteria over a wide depth of field by optimizing different factors. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:9920-9930. [PMID: 29715938 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.009920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Improving the axial resolution for multiparticle three-dimensional (3D) holographic tracking is crucial but challenging. Here we study the impacts of incident light power, uniformity of the illumination as well as image pixel size on the axial tracking resolution for digital holographic microscopy (DHM). We demonstrate that the resolution highly depends on the image pixel size and the uniformity of the illumination. A 3D localization algorithm based on local-intensity-maxima searching and a Gaussian fit to the integrated intensity of the reconstructed lateral images along the axial direction proves a robust strategy to enhance the axial resolution for colloids and bacteria within a wide depth of field over several tens of micrometers.
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Imaging, Tracking and Computational Analyses of Virus Entry and Egress with the Cytoskeleton. Viruses 2018; 10:v10040166. [PMID: 29614729 PMCID: PMC5923460 DOI: 10.3390/v10040166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Viruses have a dual nature: particles are “passive substances” lacking chemical energy transformation, whereas infected cells are “active substances” turning-over energy. How passive viral substances convert to active substances, comprising viral replication and assembly compartments has been of intense interest to virologists, cell and molecular biologists and immunologists. Infection starts with virus entry into a susceptible cell and delivers the viral genome to the replication site. This is a multi-step process, and involves the cytoskeleton and associated motor proteins. Likewise, the egress of progeny virus particles from the replication site to the extracellular space is enhanced by the cytoskeleton and associated motor proteins. This overcomes the limitation of thermal diffusion, and transports virions and virion components, often in association with cellular organelles. This review explores how the analysis of viral trajectories informs about mechanisms of infection. We discuss the methodology enabling researchers to visualize single virions in cells by fluorescence imaging and tracking. Virus visualization and tracking are increasingly enhanced by computational analyses of virus trajectories as well as in silico modeling. Combined approaches reveal previously unrecognized features of virus-infected cells. Using select examples of complementary methodology, we highlight the role of actin filaments and microtubules, and their associated motors in virus infections. In-depth studies of single virion dynamics at high temporal and spatial resolutions thereby provide deep insight into virus infection processes, and are a basis for uncovering underlying mechanisms of how cells function.
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Park JS, Lee IB, Moon HM, Joo JH, Kim KH, Hong SC, Cho M. Label-free and live cell imaging by interferometric scattering microscopy. Chem Sci 2018; 9:2690-2697. [PMID: 29732052 PMCID: PMC5914294 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc04733a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Despite recent remarkable advances in microscopic techniques, it still remains very challenging to directly observe the complex structure of cytoplasmic organelles in live cells without a fluorescent label.
Despite recent remarkable advances in microscopic techniques, it still remains very challenging to directly observe the complex structure of cytoplasmic organelles in live cells without a fluorescent label. Here we report label-free and live-cell imaging of mammalian cell, Escherischia coli, and yeast, using interferometric scattering microscopy, which reveals the underlying structures of a variety of cytoplasmic organelles as well as the underside structure of the cells. The contact areas of the cells attached onto a glass substrate, e.g., focal adhesions and filopodia, are clearly discernible. We also found a variety of fringe-like features in the cytoplasmic area, which may reflect the folded structures of cytoplasmic organelles. We thus anticipate that the label-free interferometric scattering microscopy can be used as a powerful tool to shed interferometric light on in vivo structures and dynamics of various intracellular phenomena.
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- Jin-Sung Park
- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics , Institute for Basic Science , Seoul 02841 , Korea
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics , Institute for Basic Science , Seoul 02841 , Korea.,Department of Physics , Korea University , Seoul 02841 , Korea .
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics , Institute for Basic Science , Seoul 02841 , Korea.,Department of Physics , Korea University , Seoul 02841 , Korea .
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics , Institute for Basic Science , Seoul 02841 , Korea.,Department of Chemistry , Korea University , Seoul 02841 , Korea .
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics , Institute for Basic Science , Seoul 02841 , Korea.,Department of Physics , Korea University , Seoul 02841 , Korea .
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics , Institute for Basic Science , Seoul 02841 , Korea.,Department of Physics , Korea University , Seoul 02841 , Korea .
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- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics , Institute for Basic Science , Seoul 02841 , Korea.,Department of Chemistry , Korea University , Seoul 02841 , Korea .
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Peerboom N, Block S, Altgärde N, Wahlsten O, Möller S, Schnabelrauch M, Trybala E, Bergström T, Bally M. Binding Kinetics and Lateral Mobility of HSV-1 on End-Grafted Sulfated Glycosaminoglycans. Biophys J 2017; 113:1223-1234. [PMID: 28697896 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Revised: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 06/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Many viruses, including herpes simplex (HSV), are recruited to their host cells via interaction between their envelope glycoproteins and cell-surface glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). This initial attachment is of a multivalent nature, i.e., it requires the establishment of multiple bonds between amino acids of viral glycoproteins and sulfated saccharides on the GAG chain. To gain understanding of how this binding process is modulated, we performed binding kinetics and mobility studies using end-grafted GAG chains that mimic the end attachment of these chains to proteoglycans. Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy was used to probe binding and release, as well as the diffusion of single HSV-1 particles. To verify the hypothesis that the degree of sulfation, but also the arrangement of sulfate groups along the GAG chain, plays a key role in HSV binding, we tested two native GAGs (chondroitin sulfate and heparan sulfate) and compared our results to chemically sulfated hyaluronan. HSV-1 recognized all sulfated GAGs, but not the nonsulfated hyaluronan, indicating that binding is specific to the presence of sulfate groups. Furthermore we observed that a notable fraction of GAG-bound virions exhibit lateral mobility, although the multivalent binding to the immobilized GAG brushes ensures firm virus attachment to the interface. Diffusion was faster on the two native GAGs, one of which, chondroitin sulfate, was also characterized by the highest association rate per GAG chain. This highlights the complexity of multivalent virus-GAG interactions and suggests that the spatial arrangement of sulfates along native GAG chains may play a role in modulating the characteristics of the HSV-GAG interaction. Altogether, these results, obtained with a minimal and well-controlled model of the cell membrane, provide, to our knowledge, new insights into the dynamics of the HSV-GAG interaction.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nadia Peerboom
- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Huang YF, Zhuo GY, Chou CY, Lin CH, Hsieh CL. Label-free, ultrahigh-speed, 3D observation of bidirectional and correlated intracellular cargo transport by coherent brightfield microscopy. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:6567-6574. [PMID: 28470293 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr00604g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
The investigation of intracellular transport at the molecular scale requires measurements at high spatial and temporal resolutions. We demonstrate the label-free, direct imaging and tracking of native cell vesicles in live cells at an ultrahigh spatiotemporal resolution. Using coherent brightfield (COBRI) microscopy, we monitor individual cell vesicles traveling inside the cell with nanometer spatial precision in 3D at 30 000 frames per second. The stepwise directional motion of the vesicle on the cytoskeletal track is clearly resolved. We also observe the repeated switching of the transport direction of the vesicle in a continuous trajectory. Our high-resolution measurement unveils the transient pausing and subtle bidirectional motion of the vesicle, taking place over tens of nanometers in tens of milliseconds. By tracking multiple particles simultaneously, we found strong correlations between the motions of two neighboring vesicles. Our label-free ultrahigh-speed optical imaging provides the opportunity to visualize intracellular cargo transport at the nanoscale in the microsecond timescale with minimal perturbation.
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- Yi-Fan Huang
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, 10617 Taipei, Taiwan.
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