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Martinez LP, Mina Villarreal MC, Zaza C, Barella M, Acuna GP, Stefani FD, Violi IL, Gargiulo J. Thermometries for Single Nanoparticles Heated with Light. ACS Sens 2024; 9:1049-1064. [PMID: 38482790 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.4c00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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The development of efficient nanoscale photon absorbers, such as plasmonic or high-index dielectric nanostructures, allows the remotely controlled release of heat on the nanoscale using light. These photothermal nanomaterials have found applications in various research and technological fields, ranging from materials science to biology. However, measuring the nanoscale thermal fields remains an open challenge, hindering full comprehension and control of nanoscale photothermal phenomena. Here, we review and discuss existent thermometries suitable for single nanoparticles heated under illumination. These methods are classified in four categories according to the region where they assess temperature: (1) the average temperature within a diffraction-limited volume, (2) the average temperature at the immediate vicinity of the nanoparticle surface, (3) the temperature of the nanoparticle itself, and (4) a map of the temperature around the nanoparticle with nanoscale spatial resolution. In the latter, because it is the most challenging and informative type of method, we also envisage new combinations of technologies that could be helpful in retrieving nanoscale temperature maps. Finally, we analyze and provide examples of strategies to validate the results obtained using different thermometry methods.
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- Luciana P Martinez
- Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias (CIBION), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Nanosistemas, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Av. 25 de mayo 1069, B1650HML San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, 17-19 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 3, Fribourg CH-1700, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 3, Fribourg CH-1700, Switzerland
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias (CIBION), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Güiraldes 2620, C1428EHA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Nanosistemas, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Av. 25 de mayo 1069, B1650HML San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Nanosistemas, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Av. 25 de mayo 1069, B1650HML San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Blasi D, Gonzalez-Pato N, Rodriguez Rodriguez X, Diez-Zabala I, Srinivasan SY, Camarero N, Esquivias O, Roldán M, Guasch J, Laromaine A, Gorostiza P, Veciana J, Ratera I. Ratiometric Nanothermometer Based on a Radical Excimer for In Vivo Sensing. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207806. [PMID: 37060223 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Ratiometric fluorescent nanothermometers with near-infrared emission play an important role in in vivo sensing since they can be used as intracellular thermal sensing probes with high spatial resolution and high sensitivity, to investigate cellular functions of interest in diagnosis and therapy, where current approaches are not effective. Herein, the temperature-dependent fluorescence of organic nanoparticles is designed, synthesized, and studied based on the dual emission, generated by monomer and excimer species, of the tris(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)methyl radical (TTM) doping organic nanoparticles (TTMd-ONPs), made of optically neutral tris(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)methane (TTM-αH), acting as a matrix. The excimer emission intensity of TTMd-ONPs decreases with increasing temperatures whereas the monomer emission is almost independent and can be used as an internal reference. TTMd-ONPs show a great temperature sensitivity (3.4% K-1 at 328 K) and a wide temperature response at ambient conditions with excellent reversibility and high colloidal stability. In addition, TTMd-ONPs are not cytotoxic and their ratiometric outputs are unaffected by changes in the environment. Individual TTMd-ONPs are able to sense temperature changes at the nano-microscale. In vivo thermometry experiments in Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) worms show that TTMd-ONPs can locally monitor internal body temperature changes with spatio-temporal resolution and high sensitivity, offering multiple applications in the biological nanothermometry field.
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- Davide Blasi
- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, 70125, Italy
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
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- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Clúster, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
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- Unitat de Microscòpia Confocal i Imatge Cellular, Servei de Medicina Genètica i Molecular, Institut Pediàtric de Malaties Rares (IPER), Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
- Dynamic Biomimetics for Cancer Immunotherapy, Max Planck Partner Group, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
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- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
- Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Clúster, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, 08010, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
- Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
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Cui X, Ruan Q, Zhuo X, Xia X, Hu J, Fu R, Li Y, Wang J, Xu H. Photothermal Nanomaterials: A Powerful Light-to-Heat Converter. Chem Rev 2023. [PMID: 37133878 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 127.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving means of converting light into thermal energy has been of enduring appeal to researchers and the public. With the continuous development of advanced nanotechnologies, a variety of photothermal nanomaterials have been endowed with excellent light harvesting and photothermal conversion capabilities for exploring fascinating and prospective applications. Herein we review the latest progresses on photothermal nanomaterials, with a focus on their underlying mechanisms as powerful light-to-heat converters. We present an extensive catalogue of nanostructured photothermal materials, including metallic/semiconductor structures, carbon materials, organic polymers, and two-dimensional materials. The proper material selection and rational structural design for improving the photothermal performance are then discussed. We also provide a representative overview of the latest techniques for probing photothermally generated heat at the nanoscale. We finally review the recent significant developments of photothermal applications and give a brief outlook on the current challenges and future directions of photothermal nanomaterials.
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- Ximin Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Materials and Intelligent Photonic Systems, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Optoelectronic Materials and Chips, School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518172, China
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- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- School of Physics and Technology and School of Microelectronics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
- Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan, China
- Wuhan Institute of Quantum Technology, Wuhan 430205, Hubei, China
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Inada N. A Guide to Plant Intracellular Temperature Imaging using Fluorescent Thermometers. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 64:7-18. [PMID: 36039974 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcac123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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All aspects of plant physiology are influenced by temperature. Changes in environmental temperature alter the temperatures of plant tissues and cells, which then affect various cellular activities, such as gene expression, protein stability and enzyme activities. In turn, changes in cellular activities, which are associated with either exothermic or endothermic reactions, can change the local temperature in cells and tissues. In the past 10 years, a number of fluorescent probes that detect temperature and enable intracellular temperature imaging have been reported. Intracellular temperature imaging has revealed that there is a temperature difference >1°C inside cells and that the treatment of cells with mitochondrial uncoupler or ionomycin can cause more than a 1°C intracellular temperature increase in mammalian cultured cells. Thermogenesis mechanisms in brown adipocytes have been revealed with the aid of intracellular temperature imaging. While there have been no reports on plant intracellular temperature imaging thus far, intracellular temperature imaging is expected to provide a new way to analyze the mechanisms underlying the various activities of plant cells. In this review, I will first summarize the recent progress in the development of fluorescent thermometers and their biological applications. I will then discuss the selection of fluorescent thermometers and experimental setup for the adaptation of intracellular temperature imaging to plant cells. Finally, possible applications of intracellular temperature imaging to investigate plant cell functions will be discussed.
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- Noriko Inada
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka, 599-8531 Japan
- School of Agriculture, Osaka Metropolitan University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka, 599-8531 Japan
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Lim B, Kim J, Desai MS, Wu W, Chae I, Lee SW. Elastic Fluorescent Protein-Based Down-Converting Optical Films for Flexible Display. Biomacromolecules 2023; 24:118-131. [PMID: 36507771 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Protein-based material design provides great advantages to developing smart biomaterials with tunable structures and desired functions. They have been widely used in many biomedical applications including tissue engineering and drug delivery. However, protein-based materials are not yet widely used in optoelectronic materials despite their excellent optical and tunable mechanical properties. Here, we synthesized engineered fluorescent proteins (FPs) fused with elastic protein for the development of optoelectrical down-converting optical filters for flexible display materials. We synthesized sequence-specific FPs to tune blue, green, yellow, and red colors and fused them with elastic protein to tune mechanical properties. We fabricated flexible self-supporting film materials and characterized mechanical properties and down-converting optical properties. We also fabricated a hybrid light-emitting diode (LED) to down convert blue to desired green, red, and white colors. Furthermore, we constructed a flexible white LED using organic LED as a flexible substrate. Our modular synthesis approach of tunable bio-optoelectrical material approaches will be useful to design future biocompatible and flexible display materials and technologies.
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- Butaek Lim
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California94720, United States.,Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Samsung Display Co Ltd, 1 Samsung-ro, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si17113, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California94720, United States.,Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California94720, United States.,Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California94720, United States.,Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California94720, United States
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Kim WG, Devaraj V, Yang Y, Lee JM, Kim JT, Oh JW, Rho J. Three-dimensional plasmonic nanoclusters driven by co-assembly of thermo-plasmonic nanoparticles and colloidal quantum dots. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:16450-16457. [PMID: 36214195 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr03737h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Metallic nanoparticles that support localized surface plasmons have emerged as fundamental iconic building blocks for nanoscale photonics. Self-assembled clustering of plasmonic nanoparticles with controlled near-field interactions offers an interesting novel route to manipulate the electromagnetic fields at a subwavelength scale. Various bottom-up, self-assembly manners have been successfully devised to build plasmonic nanoparticle clusters displaying attractive optical properties. However, the incapability to configure on-demand architectures limits its practical reliability uses for scalable nanophotonic devices. Furthermore, a critical challenge has been addressing the accurate positioning of functional nanoparticles, including catalytic nanoparticles, dielectric nanoparticles, and quantum dots (QDs) in the clustered plasmonic hotspots. This work proposes a micropipette-based self-assembly method to fabricate three-dimensional architectures composed of colloidal clusters. The heterogeneous colloidal clusters comprising metallic nanoparticles and QDs are fabricated in one step by the micropipette-based self-assembly method. A plasmonic clustered pillar embedding QDs exhibited excellent photoluminescence characteristics compared to a collapsed pillar. The experimental and theoretical demonstration of the localized surface plasmon resonance and thermo-plasmonic properties of the colloidal clusters was performed.
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- Won-Geun Kim
- BIT Fusion Technology Center, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea.
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- BIT Fusion Technology Center, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea.
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- Center of Nano Convergence Technology and School of Nanoconvergence Technology, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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- BIT Fusion Technology Center, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Nano Fusion Technology, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nanoenergy Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
- POSCO-POSTECH-RIST Convergence Research Center for Flat Optics and Metaphotonics, Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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Lu K, Wazawa T, Sakamoto J, Vu CQ, Nakano M, Kamei Y, Nagai T. Intracellular Heat Transfer and Thermal Property Revealed by Kilohertz Temperature Imaging with a Genetically Encoded Nanothermometer. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:5698-5707. [PMID: 35792763 PMCID: PMC9335883 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Despite improved sensitivity of nanothermometers, direct observation of heat transport inside single cells has remained challenging for the lack of high-speed temperature imaging techniques. Here, we identified insufficient temperature resolution under short signal integration time and slow sensor kinetics as two major bottlenecks. To overcome the limitations, we developed B-gTEMP, a nanothermometer based on the tandem fusion of mNeonGreen and tdTomato fluorescent proteins. We visualized the propagation of heat inside intracellular space by tracking the temporal variation of local temperature at a time resolution of 155 μs and a temperature resolution 0.042 °C. By comparing the fast in situ temperature dynamics with computer-simulated heat diffusion, we estimated the thermal diffusivity of live HeLa cells. The present thermal diffusivity in cells was about 1/5.3 of that of water and much smaller than the values reported for bulk tissues, which may account for observations of heterogeneous intracellular temperature distributions.
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- Kai Lu
- SANKEN
(The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research), Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- SANKEN
(The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research), Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- National
Institute for Basic Biology, Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- SANKEN
(The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research), Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
- Graduate
School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- SANKEN
(The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research), Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- National
Institute for Basic Biology, Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- SANKEN
(The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research), Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
- Graduate
School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Quintanilla M, Henriksen-Lacey M, Renero-Lecuna C, Liz-Marzán LM. Challenges for optical nanothermometry in biological environments. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:4223-4242. [PMID: 35587578 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00069e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Temperature monitoring is useful in medical diagnosis, and essential during hyperthermia treatments to avoid undesired cytotoxic effects. Aiming to control heating doses, different temperature monitoring strategies have been developed, largely based on luminescent materials, a.k.a. nanothermometers. However, for such nanothermometers to work, both excitation and emission light beams must travel through tissue, making its optical properties a relevant aspect to be considered during the measurements. In complex tissues, heterogeneity, and real-time alterations as a result of therapeutic treatment may have an effect on light-tissue interaction, hindering accuracy in the thermal reading. In this Tutorial Review we discuss various methods in which nanothermometers can be used for temperature sensing within heterogeneous environments. We discuss recent developments in optical (nano)thermometry, focusing on the incorporation of luminescent nanoparticles into complex in vitro and in vivo models. Methods formulated to avoid thermal misreading are also discussed, considering their respective advantages and drawbacks.
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- Marta Quintanilla
- Materials Physics Department, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Avda. Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 7. 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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- CIC biomaGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Paseo de Miramón 194, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. .,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Paseo de Miramón 194, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- CIC biomaGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Paseo de Miramón 194, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. .,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Paseo de Miramón 194, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- CIC biomaGUNE, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Paseo de Miramón 194, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. .,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Paseo de Miramón 194, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.,Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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Wang Q, Zhu Y, Song B, Fu R, Zhou Y. The In Vivo Toxicity Assessments of Water-Dispersed Fluorescent Silicon Nanoparticles in Caenorhabditis elegans. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19074101. [PMID: 35409783 PMCID: PMC8998271 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19074101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Fluorescent silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs), resembling a typical zero-dimensional silicon nanomaterial, have shown great potential in a wide range of biological and biomedical applications. However, information regarding the toxicity of this material in live organisms is still very scarce. In this study, we utilized Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), a simple but biologically and anatomically well-described model, as a platform to systematically investigate the in vivo toxicity of SiNPs in live organisms at the whole-animal, cellular, subcellular, and molecular levels. We calculated the effect of SiNPs on C. elegans body length (N ≥ 75), lifespan (N ≥ 30), reproductive capacity (N ≥ 10), endocytic sorting (N ≥ 20), endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress (N ≥ 20), mitochondrial stress (N ≥ 20), oxidative stress (N ≥ 20), immune response (N ≥ 20), apoptosis (N ≥ 200), hypoxia response (N ≥ 200), metal detoxification (N ≥ 200), and aging (N ≥ 200). The studies showed that SiNPs had no significant effect on development, lifespan, or reproductive ability (p > 0.05), even when the worms were treated with a high concentration (e.g., 50 mg/mL) of SiNPs at all growth and development stages. Subcellular analysis of the SiNP-treated worms revealed that the intracellular processes of the C. elegans intestine were not disturbed by the presence of SiNPs (p > 0.05). Toxicity analyses at the molecular level also demonstrated that the SiNPs did not induce harmful or defensive cellular events, such as ER stress, mitochondria stress, or oxidative stress (p > 0.05). Together, these findings confirmed that the SiNPs are low in toxicity and biocompatible, supporting the suggestion that the material is an ideal fluorescent nanoprobe for wide-ranging biological and biomedical applications.
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- Qin Wang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences (IBMS), Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China; (Q.W.); (Y.Z.); (R.F.)
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences (IBMS), Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China; (Q.W.); (Y.Z.); (R.F.)
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China;
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences (IBMS), Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China; (Q.W.); (Y.Z.); (R.F.)
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China;
- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
- Correspondence:
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Rodríguez-Sevilla P, Thompson SA, Jaque D. Multichannel Fluorescence Microscopy: Advantages of Going beyond a Single Emission. ADVANCED NANOBIOMED RESEARCH 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/anbr.202100084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Paloma Rodríguez-Sevilla
- Nanomaterials for Bioimaging Group (NanoBIG) Departamento de Física de Materiales Universidad Autónoma de Madrid C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7 Madrid 28049 Spain
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- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Nanoscience (IMDEA Nanociencia) C/Faraday 9 Madrid 28049 Spain
- Nanobiotechnology Unit Associated to the National Center for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC-IMDEA) Madrid 28049 Spain
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- Nanomaterials for Bioimaging Group (NanoBIG) Departamento de Física de Materiales Universidad Autónoma de Madrid C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7 Madrid 28049 Spain
- Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Ramón y Cajal Ctra. Colmenar km. 9,100 Madrid 28034 Spain
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Feng G, Zhang H, Zhu X, Zhang J, Fang J. Fluorescence Thermometer: Intermediation of the Fontal Temperature and Light. Biomater Sci 2022; 10:1855-1882. [DOI: 10.1039/d1bm01912k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The rapid advance of thermal materials and fluorescence spectroscopy has extensively promoted micro-scale fluorescence thermometry development in recent years. Based on the advantages of fast response, high sensitivity, simple operation,...
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Ovejero JG, Armenia I, Serantes D, Veintemillas-Verdaguer S, Zeballos N, López-Gallego F, Grüttner C, de la Fuente JM, Puerto Morales MD, Grazu V. Selective Magnetic Nanoheating: Combining Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Multi-Hot-Spot Induction and Sequential Regulation. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:7213-7220. [PMID: 34410726 PMCID: PMC8431726 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The contactless heating capacity of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) has been exploited in fields such as hyperthermia cancer therapy, catalysis, and enzymatic thermal regulation. Herein, we propose an advanced technology to generate multiple local temperatures in a single-pot reactor by exploiting the unique nanoheating features of iron oxide MNPs exposed to alternating magnetic fields (AMFs). The heating power of the MNPs depends on their magnetic features but also on the intensity and frequency conditions of the AMF. Using a mixture of diluted colloids of MNPs we were able to generate a multi-hot-spot reactor in which each population of MNPs can be selectively activated by adjusting the AMF conditions. The maximum temperature reached at the surface of each MNP was registered using independent fluorescent thermometers that mimic the molecular link between enzymes and MNPs. This technology paves the path for the implementation of a selective regulation of multienzymatic reactions.
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- Jesus G. Ovejero
- Institute
of Materials Science of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC), Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- BioNanoSurf
Group, Aragon Nanoscience and Materials Institute (INMA-CSIC-UNIZAR),
Edificio I+D, Mariano
Esquillor Gómez, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Applied
Physics Department and Instituto de Investigacións Tecnolóxicas, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago
de Compostela, Spain
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- Heterogeneous
Biocatalysis Laboratory, Center for Cooperative
Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), Basque Research and Technology
Alliance, Paseo de Miramón
194, 20014 Donostia-San
Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE,
Basque Foundation for Science, María Díaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Heterogeneous
Biocatalysis Laboratory, Center for Cooperative
Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), Basque Research and Technology
Alliance, Paseo de Miramón
194, 20014 Donostia-San
Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE,
Basque Foundation for Science, María Díaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Micromod,
Partikeltechnologie GmbH, Friedrich-Barnewitz-Straße 4, 18119 Rostock, Germany
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- BioNanoSurf
Group, Aragon Nanoscience and Materials Institute (INMA-CSIC-UNIZAR),
Edificio I+D, Mariano
Esquillor Gómez, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Centro
de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería,
Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Avenida Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute
of Materials Science of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC), Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- BioNanoSurf
Group, Aragon Nanoscience and Materials Institute (INMA-CSIC-UNIZAR),
Edificio I+D, Mariano
Esquillor Gómez, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Centro
de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería,
Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Avenida Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Luminescent Yb 3+,Er 3+-Doped α-La(IO 3) 3 Nanocrystals for Neuronal Network Bio-Imaging and Nanothermometry. NANOMATERIALS 2021; 11:nano11020479. [PMID: 33668600 PMCID: PMC7918153 DOI: 10.3390/nano11020479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Dual-light emitting Yb3+,Er3+-codoped α-La(IO3)3 nanocrystals, known to exhibit both second harmonic signal and photoluminescence (PL), are evaluated as optical nanoprobes and thermal sensors using both conventional microscopes and a more sophisticated micro-PL setup. When loaded in cortical and hippocampal neurons for a few hours at a concentration of 0.01 mg/mL, a visible PL signal arising from the nanocrystals can be clearly detected using an epifluorescent conventional microscope, enabling to localize the nanocrystals along the stained neurons and to record PL variation with temperature of 0.5% K−1. No signal of cytotoxicity, associated with the presence of nanocrystals, is observed during the few hours of the experiment. Alternatively, a micro-PL setup can be used to discriminate the different PL lines. From ratiometric PL measurements, a relative thermal sensitivity of 1.2% K−1 was measured.
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Spicer G, Gutierrez-Erlandsson S, Matesanz R, Bernard H, Adam A, Efeyan A, Thompson S. Harnessing DNA for nanothermometry. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2021; 14:e202000341. [PMID: 33128802 PMCID: PMC8009499 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202000341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Temperature measurement at the nanoscale has brought insight to a wide array of research interests in modern chemistry, physics, and biology. These measurements have been enabled by the advent of nanothermometers, which relay nanoscale temperature information through the analysis of their intrinsic photophysical behavior. In the past decade, several nanothermometers have been developed including dyes, nanodiamonds, fluorescent proteins, nucleotides, and nanoparticles. However, temperature measurement using intact DNA has not yet been achieved. Here, we present a method to study the temperature sensitivity of the DNA molecule within a physiologic temperature range when complexed with fluorescent dye. We theoretically and experimentally report the temperature sensitivity of the DNA-Hoechst 33342 complex in different sizes of double-stranded oligonucleotides and plasmids, showing its potential use as a nanothermometer. These findings allow for extending the thermal study of DNA to several research fields including DNA nanotechnology, optical tweezers, and DNA nanoparticles.
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- Graham Spicer
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 02114 Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, 02115 Boston, MA, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO), 28029 Madrid Spain
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and Department of Ophthalmology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, 12208 NY, USA
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- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO), 28029 Madrid Spain
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- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Nanoscience (IMDEA Nanociencia), C/Faraday 9, Madrid 28049, Spain
- Nanobiotechnology Unit Associated to the National Center for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC-IMDEA), Madrid 28049, Spain
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Silva PL, Savchuk OA, Gallo J, García-Hevia L, Bañobre-López M, Nieder JB. Mapping intracellular thermal response of cancer cells to magnetic hyperthermia treatment. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:21647-21656. [PMID: 32766635 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr10370h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Temperature is a key parameter for optimal cellular function and growth. Temperature perturbation may directly lead to cell death. This can be used in cancer therapies to kill cells in tumors, a therapeutic approach called hyperthermia. To avoid overheating of tumors that may damage healthy tissues, a knowledge of the intracellular temperature reached during the hyperthermia treatment of cancer cells is relevant. Recently, several luminescent intracellular nanothermometers have been proposed; however an application to sense temperature during a hyperthermia treatment is lacking. Here we present a technique to measure intracellular temperature changes in in vitro cancer cell models. For this purpose, we study for the first time the temperature dependence of the green fluorescent protein (GFP)'s fluorescence lifetime parameter. We find the fluorescence lifetime of GFP can be used for nanothermosensing. We use GFP in a bound form to actin filaments as an intracellular thermal reporter. Furthermore, we assess intracellular temperature during in vitro magnetothermal therapy on live HeLa cells incubated with polyacrylic acid-coated iron oxide nanoparticles. Compared to other thermosensitive materials and formulations reported so far, the GFP nanothermosensor is easily expressed via transfection and various GFP variants are commercially available. We foresee that the nanothermometer developed might find widespread applications in cancer therapy research and development.
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- Pedro L Silva
- Ultrafast Bio- and Nanophotonics Group, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal.
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Zhou J, Del Rosal B, Jaque D, Uchiyama S, Jin D. Advances and challenges for fluorescence nanothermometry. Nat Methods 2020; 17:967-980. [PMID: 32989319 DOI: 10.1038/s41592-020-0957-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Fluorescent nanothermometers can probe changes in local temperature in living cells and in vivo and reveal fundamental insights into biological properties. This field has attracted global efforts in developing both temperature-responsive materials and detection procedures to achieve sub-degree temperature resolution in biosystems. Recent generations of nanothermometers show superior performance to earlier ones and also offer multifunctionality, enabling state-of-the-art functional imaging with improved spatial, temporal and temperature resolutions for monitoring the metabolism of intracellular organelles and internal organs. Although progress in this field has been rapid, it has not been without controversy, as recent studies have shown possible biased sensing during fluorescence-based detection. Here, we introduce the design principles and advances in fluorescence nanothermometry, highlight application achievements, discuss scenarios that may lead to biased sensing, analyze the challenges ahead in terms of both fundamental issues and practical implementations, and point to new directions for improving this interdisciplinary field.
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- Jiajia Zhou
- Institute for Biomedical Materials & Devices (IBMD), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Nanobiology Group, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria, IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain. .,Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales-Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute for Biomedical Materials & Devices (IBMD), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Guangdong, China
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Zhu M, Lu D, Lian Q, Wu S, Wang W, Lyon LA, Wang W, Bártolo P, Dickinson M, Saunders BR. Highly swelling pH-responsive microgels for dual mode near infra-red fluorescence reporting and imaging. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2020; 2:4261-4271. [PMID: 36132786 PMCID: PMC9419105 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00581a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Near infra-red (NIR) fluorescence is a desirable property for probe particles because such deeply penetrating light enables remote reporting of the local environment in complex surroundings and imaging. Here, two NIR non-radiative energy transfer (NRET) fluorophores (Cy5 and Cy5.5) are coupled to preformed pH-responsive poly(ethylacrylate-methacrylic acid-divinylbenzene) microgel particles (PEA-MAA-5/5.5 MGs) to obtain new NIR fluorescent probes that are cytocompatible and swell strongly. NIR ratiometric photoluminescence (PL) intensity analysis enables reporting of pH-triggered PEA-MAA-5/5.5 MG particle swelling ratios over a very wide range (from 1-90). The dispersions have greatly improved colloidal stability compared to a reference temperature-responsive NIR MG based on poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNP-5/5.5). We also show that the wavelength of maximum PL intensity (λ max) is a second PL parameter that enables remote reporting of swelling for both PEA-MAA-5/5.5 and PNP-5/5.5 MGs. After internalization the PEA-MAA-5/5.5 MGs are successfully imaged in stem cells using NIR light. They are also imaged after subcutaneous injection into model tissue using NIR light. The new NIR PEA-MAA-5/5.5 MGs have excellent potential for reporting their swelling states (and any changes) within physiological settings as well as very high ionic strength environments (e.g., waste water).
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- Mingning Zhu
- Department of Materials, University of Manchester, MSS Tower Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Manchester, MSS Tower Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Manchester, MSS Tower Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Manchester, MSS Tower Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Manchester, MSS Tower Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University Orange CA 92866 USA
- Fowler School of Engineering, Chapman University Orange CA 92866 USA
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- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Materials, University of Manchester, MSS Tower Manchester M13 9PL UK
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Yukawa H, Fujiwara M, Kobayashi K, Kumon Y, Miyaji K, Nishimura Y, Oshimi K, Umehara Y, Teki Y, Iwasaki T, Hatano M, Hashimoto H, Baba Y. A quantum thermometric sensing and analysis system using fluorescent nanodiamonds for the evaluation of living stem cell functions according to intracellular temperature. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2020; 2:1859-1868. [PMID: 36132503 PMCID: PMC9419001 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00146e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Intracellular thermometry techniques play an important role in elucidating the relationship between the intracellular temperature and stem cell functions. However, there have been few reports on thermometry techniques that can detect the intracellular temperature of cells during several days of incubation. In this study, we developed a novel quantum thermometric sensing and analysis system (QTAS) using fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs). FNDs could label adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ASCs) at high efficiency with 24 h of incubation, and no cytotoxicity was observed in ASCs labeled with less than 500 μg mL-1 of FNDs. The peak of FNDs was confirmed at approximately 2.87 GHz with the characteristic fluorescence spectra of NV centers that could be optically detected (optically detected magnetic resonance [ODMR]). The ODMR peak clearly shifted to the high-frequency side as the temperature decreased and gave a mean temperature dependence of -(77.6 ± 11.0) kHz °C-1, thus the intracellular temperature of living ASCs during several days of culturing could be precisely measured using the QTAS. Moreover, the intracellular temperature was found to influence the production of growth factors and the degree of differentiation into adipocytes and osteocytes. These data suggest that the QTAS can be used to investigate the relationship between intracellular temperature and cellular functions.
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- Hiroshi Yukawa
- Institute of Nano-Life-Systems, Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
- Institute of Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology Chiba Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University Osaka Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
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- Institute of Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology Chiba Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University Osaka Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University Osaka Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University Osaka Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University Osaka Japan
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo Japan
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- School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University Hyogo Japan
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- Institute of Nano-Life-Systems, Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
- Institute of Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology Chiba Japan
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Espasa A, Lang M, Aguiño CF, Sanchez-deAlcazar D, Fernández-Blázquez JP, Sonnewald U, Cortajarena AL, Coto PB, Costa RD. Long-living and highly efficient bio-hybrid light-emitting diodes with zero-thermal-quenching biophosphors. Nat Commun 2020; 11:879. [PMID: 32054851 PMCID: PMC7018753 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14559-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Bio-hybrid light-emitting diodes (Bio-HLEDs) based on color down-converting filters with fluorescent proteins (FPs) have achieved moderate efficiencies (50 lm/W) and stabilities (300 h) due to both thermal- and photo-degradation. Here, we present a significant enhancement in efficiency (~130 lm/W) and stability (>150 days) using a zero-thermal-quenching bio-phosphor design. This is achieved shielding the FP surface with a hydrophilic polymer allowing their homogenous integration into the network of a light-guiding and hydrophobic host polymer. We rationalize how the control of the mechanical and optical features of this bio-phosphor is paramount towards highly stable and efficient Bio-HLEDs, regardless of the operation conditions. This is validated by the relationships between the stiffness of the FP-polymer phosphor and the maximum temperature reached under device operation as well as the transmittance of the filters and device efficiency.
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- Anna Espasa
- IMDEA Materials Institute, Calle Eric Kandel 2, 28906, Getafe, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Staudtstraße 5, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- IMDEA Materials Institute, Calle Eric Kandel 2, 28906, Getafe, Spain
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Paseo de Miramon 182, 20014, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Staudtstraße 5, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Paseo de Miramon 182, 20014, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, María Diaz de Haro 3, 48013, Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, University of Oviedo, Avenida Julián Clavería 8, 33006, Oviedo, Spain
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- IMDEA Materials Institute, Calle Eric Kandel 2, 28906, Getafe, Spain.
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Staller CM, Gibbs SL, Saez Cabezas CA, Milliron DJ. Quantitative Analysis of Extinction Coefficients of Tin-Doped Indium Oxide Nanocrystal Ensembles. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:8149-8154. [PMID: 31657940 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b03424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The optical extinction coefficients of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in doped semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) have intensities determined by the density and damping mechanisms of free charge carriers. We investigate the dependence of the extinction coefficient of tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) NCs on size and dopant concentration and find extinction coefficients as high as 56.6 μm-1 in the near-infrared for 20 nm diameter ITO NCs with 7.5 atomic% Sn. We find ITO NCs to be more efficient infrared light absorbers than metal nanoparticles or molecular dyes. We also find the intensive, volume-normalized extinction coefficient increases significantly with NC doping and NC diameter, but only up to the point of saturation in both cases. We qualitatively analyze trends in LSPR peak position and width to explain the effect of doping and size on extinction.
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- Corey M Staller
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712-1589 , United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712-1589 , United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712-1589 , United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712-1589 , United States
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Spicer G, Efeyan A, Adam A, Thompson S. Universal guidelines for the conversion of proteins and dyes into functional nanothermometers. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2019; 12:e201900044. [PMID: 31034763 PMCID: PMC7238859 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201900044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In the last decade, technological advances in chemistry and photonics have enabled real-time measurement of temperature at the nanoscale. Nanothermometers, probes specifically designed to relay these nanoscale temperature changes, provide a high degree of temperature, temporal, and spatial resolution and precision. Several different approaches have been proposed, including microthermocouples, luminescence and fluorescence polarization anisotropy-based nanothermometers. Anisotropy-based nanothermometers excel in terms of biocompatibility because they can be built from endogenous proteins conjugated to dyes, minimizing any system perturbation. Moreover, the resulting fluorescent proteins can retain their native structure and activity while performing the temperature measurement, allowing precise temperature recordings from the native environment or during an enzymatic reaction in any given experimental system. To facilitate the future use of these nanothermometers in research, here we present a theoretical model that predicts the optimal sensitivity for anisotropy-based thermometers starting with any protein or dye, based on protein size and dye fluorescence lifetime. Using this model, most proteins and dyes can be converted to nanothermometers. The utilization of these nanothermometers by a broad spectrum of disciplines within the scientific community will bring new knowledge and understanding that today remains unavailable with current techniques.
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- Graham Spicer
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
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- Metabolism and cell signaling group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO) Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and Department of Ophthalmology, Albany Medical Center, Albany NY 12208, USA
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- Molecular Imaging, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO) Madrid 28029, Spain
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Jauffred L, Samadi A, Klingberg H, Bendix PM, Oddershede LB. Plasmonic Heating of Nanostructures. Chem Rev 2019; 119:8087-8130. [PMID: 31125213 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The absorption of light by plasmonic nanostructures and their associated temperature increase are exquisitely sensitive to the shape and composition of the structure and to the wavelength of light. Therefore, much effort is put into synthesizing novel nanostructures for optimized interaction with the incident light. The successful synthesis and characterization of high quality and biocompatible plasmonic colloidal nanoparticles has fostered numerous and expanding applications, especially in biomedical contexts, where such particles are highly promising for general drug delivery and for tomorrow's cancer treatment. We review the thermoplasmonic properties of the most commonly used plasmonic nanoparticles, including solid or composite metallic nanoparticles of various dimensions and geometries. Common methods for synthesizing plasmonic particles are presented with the overall goal of providing the reader with a guide for designing or choosing nanostructures with optimal thermoplasmonic properties for a given application. Finally, the biocompatibility and biological tolerance of structures are critically discussed along with novel applications of plasmonic nanoparticles in the life sciences.
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- Niels Bohr Institute , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- Niels Bohr Institute , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- Niels Bohr Institute , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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Savchuk OA, Silvestre OF, Adão RMR, Nieder JB. GFP fluorescence peak fraction analysis based nanothermometer for the assessment of exothermal mitochondria activity in live cells. Sci Rep 2019; 9:7535. [PMID: 31101860 PMCID: PMC6525231 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44023-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Nanothermometry methods with intracellular sensitivities have the potential to make important contributions to fundamental cell biology and medical fields, as temperature is a relevant physical parameter for molecular reactions to occur inside the cells and changes of local temperature are well identified therapeutic strategies. Here we show how the GFP can be used to assess temperature-based on a novel fluorescence peak fraction method. Further, we use standard GFP transfection reagents to assess temperature intracellularly in HeLa cells expressing GFP in the mitochondria. High thermal resolution and sensitivity of around 0.26% °C-1 and 2.5% °C-1, were achieved for wt-GFP in solution and emGFP-Mito within the cell, respectively. We demonstrate that the GFP-based nanothermometer is suited to directly follow the temperature changes induced by a chemical uncoupler reagent that acts on the mitochondria. The spatial resolution allows distinguishing local heating variations within the different cellular compartments. Our discovery may lead to establishing intracellular nanothermometry as a standard method applicable to the wide range of live cells able to express GFP.
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- Oleksandr A Savchuk
- Department of Nanophotonics, Ultrafast Bio- and Nanophotonics group, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Av. Mestre José Veiga s/n, 4715-330, Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Nanophotonics, Ultrafast Bio- and Nanophotonics group, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Av. Mestre José Veiga s/n, 4715-330, Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Nanophotonics, Ultrafast Bio- and Nanophotonics group, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Av. Mestre José Veiga s/n, 4715-330, Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Nanophotonics, Ultrafast Bio- and Nanophotonics group, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Av. Mestre José Veiga s/n, 4715-330, Braga, Portugal.
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Temperature imaging using a cationic linear fluorescent polymeric thermometer and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. Nat Protoc 2019; 14:1293-1321. [DOI: 10.1038/s41596-019-0145-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Kostyuk AI, Panova AS, Bilan DS, Belousov VV. Redox biosensors in a context of multiparameter imaging. Free Radic Biol Med 2018; 128:23-39. [PMID: 29630928 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Revised: 03/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A wide variety of genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors are available to date. Some of them have already contributed significantly to our understanding of biological processes occurring at cellular and organismal levels. Using such an approach, outstanding success has been achieved in the field of redox biology. The probes allowed researchers to observe, for the first time, the dynamics of important redox parameters in vivo during embryogenesis, aging, the inflammatory response, the pathogenesis of various diseases, and many other processes. Given the differences in the readout and spectra of the probes, they can be used in multiparameter imaging in which several processes are monitored simultaneously in the cell. Intracellular processes form an extensive network of interactions. For example, redox changes are often accompanied by changes in many other biochemical reactions related to cellular metabolism and signaling. Therefore, multiparameter imaging can provide important information concerning the temporal and spatial relationship of various signaling and metabolic processes. In this review, we will describe the main types of genetically encoded biosensors, the most frequently used readout, and their use in multiplexed imaging mode.
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- Alexander I Kostyuk
- Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117997, Russia
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- Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117997, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117997, Russia; Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow 117997, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow 117997, Russia; Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow 117997, Russia; Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Georg August University Göttingen, Göttingen D-37073, Germany.
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Sekiyama S, Umezawa M, Kuraoka S, Ube T, Kamimura M, Soga K. Temperature Sensing of Deep Abdominal Region in Mice by Using Over-1000 nm Near-Infrared Luminescence of Rare-Earth-Doped NaYF 4 Nanothermometer. Sci Rep 2018; 8:16979. [PMID: 30451921 PMCID: PMC6242879 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-35354-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Luminescence nanothermometry has attracted much attention as a non-contact thermal sensing technique. However, it is not widely explored for in vivo applications owing to the low transparency of tissues for the light to be used. In this study, we performed biological temperature sensing in deep tissues using β-NaYF4 nanoparticles co-doped with Yb3+, Ho3+, and Er3+ (NaYF4: Yb3+, Ho3+, Er3+ NPs), which displayed two emission peaks at 1150 nm (Ho3+) and 1550 nm (Er3+) in the >1000 nm near-infrared wavelength region, where the scattering and absorption of light by biological tissues are at the minimum. The change in the luminescence intensity ratio of the emission peaks of Ho3+ and Er3+ (IHo/IEr) in the NaYF4: Yb3+, Ho3+, Er3+ nanothermometer differs corresponding to the thickness of the tissue. Therefore, the relationship between IHo/IEr ratio and temperature needs to be calibrated by the depth of the nanothermometer. The temperature-dependent change in the IHo/IEr was evident at the peritoneal cavity level, which is deeper than the subcutaneous tissue level. The designed experimental system for temperature imaging will open the window to novel luminescent nanothermometers for in vivo deep tissue temperature sensing.
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- Shota Sekiyama
- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, 125-8585, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, 125-8585, Japan.
- Imaging Frontier Center (IFC), Research Institute for Science and Technology (RIST), Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, 125-8585, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, 125-8585, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, 125-8585, Japan
- Imaging Frontier Center (IFC), Research Institute for Science and Technology (RIST), Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, 125-8585, Japan.
- Imaging Frontier Center (IFC), Research Institute for Science and Technology (RIST), Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan.
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Okabe K, Sakaguchi R, Shi B, Kiyonaka S. Intracellular thermometry with fluorescent sensors for thermal biology. Pflugers Arch 2018; 470:717-731. [PMID: 29397424 PMCID: PMC5942359 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-018-2113-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Revised: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Temperature influences the activities of living organisms at various levels. Cells not only detect environmental temperature changes through their unique temperature-sensitive molecular machineries but also muster an appropriate response to the temperature change to maintain their inherent functions. Despite the fundamental involvement of temperature in physiological phenomena, the mechanism by which cells produce and use heat is largely unknown. Recently, fluorescent thermosensors that function as thermometers in live cells have attracted much attention in biology. These new tools, made of various temperature-sensitive molecules, have allowed for intracellular thermometry at the single-cell level. Intriguing spatiotemporal temperature variations, including organelle-specific thermogenesis, have been revealed with these fluorescent thermosensors, which suggest an intrinsic connection between temperature and cell functions. Moreover, fluorescent thermosensors have shown that intracellular temperature changes at the microscopic level are largely different from those assumed for a water environment at the macroscopic level. Thus, the employment of fluorescent thermosensors will uncover novel mechanisms of intracellular temperature-assisted physiological functions.
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- Kohki Okabe
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
- JST, PRESTO, 4-8-1 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
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- World Premier International Research Initiative-Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan.
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Carattino A, Caldarola M, Orrit M. Gold Nanoparticles as Absolute Nanothermometers. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:874-880. [PMID: 29272135 PMCID: PMC5817619 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Nanothermometry is a challenging field that can open the door to intriguing questions ranging from biology and medicine to material sciences. Gold nanorods are excellent candidates to act as nanoprobes because they are reasonably bright emitters upon excitation with a monochromatic source. Gold nanoparticles are commonly used in photothermal therapy as efficient transducers of electromagnetic radiation into heat. In this work we use the spectrum of the anti-Stokes emission from gold nanorods irradiated in resonance to measure the absolute temperature of the nanoparticles and their surrounding medium without the need for a previous calibration. We show a 4 K accuracy in the determination of the temperature of the medium with spectral measurements of 180 s integration time. This procedure can be easily implemented in any microscope capable of acquiring emission spectra, and it is not limited to any specific shape of nanoparticles.
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Chen X, Xia Q, Cao Y, Min Q, Zhang J, Chen Z, Chen HY, Zhu JJ. Imaging the transient heat generation of individual nanostructures with a mechanoresponsive polymer. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1498. [PMID: 29138401 PMCID: PMC5686141 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01614-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Measuring the localized transient heat generation is critical for developing applications of nanomaterials in areas of photothermal therapy (PTT), drug delivery, optomechanics and biological processes engineering. However, accurate thermometry with high spatiotemporal resolution is still a challenge. Here we develop a thermosensitive polymer-capped gold nanorod (AuNRs@pNIPAAm), which has temperature-dependent local surface plasmon resonance spectra due to the submolecular conformational change of pNIPAAm molecules. We measure the conformational dynamics on individual gold nanorods at the milliseconds level by the developed spatiotemporal resolution plasmonic spectroscopy (SRPS) and find that it has a fast (<4 ms), linear and reversible mechanoresponse to temperature changes as small as 80 mK. The rapid and highly sensitive thermosensitive AuNRs@pNIPAAm opens a new way to achieve spatiotemporal thermometry for potential applications in PTT and other biological research. Remote thermometers with a high spatiotemporal resolution are very desirable for applications in the life sciences, including photothermal therapy. Here, Chen et al. develop polymer coated gold nanorods with a temperature sensitivity of 80 mK and a 4 ms response time for thermometry in the life sciences.
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- Xueqin Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Ave, 210023, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Ave, 210023, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Ave, 210023, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Ave, 210023, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Ave, 210023, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Ave, 210023, Nanjing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Ave, 210023, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Ave, 210023, Nanjing, China.
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Gonzalez-Moragas L, Berto P, Vilches C, Quidant R, Kolovou A, Santarella-Mellwig R, Schwab Y, Stürzenbaum S, Roig A, Laromaine A. In vivo testing of gold nanoparticles using the Caenorhabditis elegans model organism. Acta Biomater 2017; 53:598-609. [PMID: 28161575 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.01.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Revised: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are present in many man-made products and cosmetics and are also used by the food and medical industries. Tight regulations regarding the use of mammalian animals for product testing can hamper the study of the specific interactions between engineered nanoparticles and biological systems. Invertebrate models, such as the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), can offer alternative approaches during the early phases of nanoparticle discovery. Here, we thoroughly evaluated the biodistribution of 11-nm and 150-nm citrate-capped AuNPs in the model organism C. elegans at multiple scales, moving from micrometric to nanometric resolution and from the organismal to cellular level. We confirmed that the nanoparticles were not able to cross the intestinal and dermal barriers. We investigated the effect of AuNPs on the survival and reproductive performance of C. elegans, and correlated these effects with the uptake of AuNPs in terms of their number, surface area, and metal mass. In general, exposure to 11-nm AuNPs resulted in a higher toxicity than the larger 150-nm AuNPs. NP aggregation inside C. elegans was determined using absorbance microspectroscopy, which allowed the plasmonic properties of AuNPs to be correlated with their confinement inside the intestinal lumen, where anatomical traits, acidic pH and the presence of biomolecules play an essential role on NP aggregation. Finally, quantitative PCR of selected molecular markers indicated that exposure to AuNPs did not significantly affect endocytosis and intestinal barrier integrity. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE This work highlights how the simple, yet information-rich, animal model C. elegans is ideally suited for preliminary screening of nanoparticles or chemicals mitigating most of the difficulties associated with mammalian animal models, namely the ethical issues, the high cost, and time constraints. This is of particular relevance to the cosmetic, food, and pharmaceutical industries, which all have to justify the use of animals, especially during the discovery, development and initial screening phases. This work provides a detailed and thorough analysis of 11-nm and 150-nm AuNPs at multiple levels of organization (the whole organism, organs, tissues, cells and molecules).
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Thompson SA, Paterson S, Azab MMM, Wark AW, de la Rica R. Light-Triggered Inactivation of Enzymes with Photothermal Nanoheaters. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2017; 13:1603195. [PMID: 28151578 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201603195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Revised: 12/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A universal method for inactivating enzymes on demand is introduced, which involves irradiating nanorod-bound enzymes with near-infrared light. The subsequent generation of plasmonic heat denatures the enzymes selectively without damaging other proteins or cell membranes present in the same solution.
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- Sebastian A Thompson
- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD, Scotland, UK
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Hunter College-City University of New York, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD, Scotland, UK
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD, Scotland, UK
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD, Scotland, UK
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- WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Technology and Innovation Centre, 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD, Scotland, UK
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Nakano M, Nagai T. Thermometers for monitoring cellular temperature. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2016.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Santos HDA, Ruiz D, Lifante G, Jacinto C, Juarez BH, Jaque D. Time resolved spectroscopy of infrared emitting Ag 2S nanocrystals for subcutaneous thermometry. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:2505-2513. [PMID: 28150830 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr08534b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We report a systematic investigation on the temperature dependence of fluorescence decay dynamics of infrared emitting colloidal Ag2S nanocrystals (NCs) with different surface coatings. The drastic lifetime reduction in the biological temperature range (20-50 °C) makes Ag2S NCs outstanding candidates for high sensitivity subcutaneous lifetime-based thermal sensing in the second biological window (1000-1400 nm). Indeed, the lifetime thermal sensitivity of Ag2S NCs has been found to be as large as 3-4% °C-1 at an operating wavelength of 1250 nm. Their application for lifetime-based luminescence nanothermometry has been demonstrated through simple ex vivo experiments specially designed to elucidate the magnitude of subcutaneous thermal gradients. Experimental data were found to be in excellent agreement with numerical simulations.
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- H D A Santos
- Grupo de Fotônica e Fluidos Complexos, Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 57072-970 Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, Faraday 9, Campus Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Fisica de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain.
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- Grupo de Fotônica e Fluidos Complexos, Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 57072-970 Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.
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- IMDEA Nanoscience, Faraday 9, Campus Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain and Applied Physical-Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Fisica de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain.
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Wei L, Ma Y, Shi X, Wang Y, Su X, Yu C, Xiang S, Xiao L, Chen B. Living cell intracellular temperature imaging with biocompatible dye-conjugated carbon dots. J Mater Chem B 2017; 5:3383-3390. [DOI: 10.1039/c7tb00309a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Within living cells, the biological functions of subcellular organelles are highly dependent on the distribution of local temperature.
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- Lin Wei
- Key Laboratory of Phytochemical R&D of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hunan Normal University
- Changsha
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Phytochemical R&D of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hunan Normal University
- Changsha
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Phytochemical R&D of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hunan Normal University
- Changsha
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin
- China
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- College of Life Science and Technology
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing
- China
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- College of Life Science and Technology
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Phytochemical R&D of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hunan Normal University
- Changsha
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Phytochemical R&D of Hunan Province
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hunan Normal University
- Changsha
- China
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Miyagawa T, Fujie T, Vo Doan TT, Sato H, Takeoka S. Glue-Free Stacked Luminescent Nanosheets Enable High-Resolution Ratiometric Temperature Mapping in Living Small Animals. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:33377-33385. [PMID: 27571245 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In this paper, a microthermograph, temperature mapping with high spatial resolution, was established using luminescent molecules embedded ultrathin polymeric films (nanosheets), and demonstrated in a living small animal to map out and visualize temperature shift due to animal's muscular activity. Herein, we report super flexible and self-adhesive (no need of glue) nanothermosensor consisting of stacked two different polymeric nanosheets with thermosensitive (Eu-tris (dinaphthoylmethane)-bis-trioctylphosphine oxide: EuDT) and insensitive (Rhodamine 800) dyes being embedded. Such stacked nanosheets allow for the ratiometric thermometry, with which the undesired luminescence intensity shift due to focal drift or animal's z-axis displacement is eliminated and the desired intensity shift solely due to the temperature shift of the sample (living muscle) can be acquired. With the stacked luminescent nanosheets, we achieved the first-ever demonstration of video filming of chronologically changing temperature-shift distribution from the rest state to the active state of the muscles in the living animal. The polymer nanosheet engineering and in vivo microthermography presented in the paper are promising technologies to microscopically explore the heat production and heat transfer in living cells, tissues, and organisms with high spatial resolution beyond what existing thermometric technologies such as infrared thermography have ever achieved.
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- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency , 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012 Japan
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- Division of Engineering Mechanics, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University , 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798 Singapore
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- Division of Engineering Mechanics, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University , 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798 Singapore
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Ferdinandus, Arai S, Takeoka S, Ishiwata S, Suzuki M, Sato H. Facilely Fabricated Luminescent Nanoparticle Thermosensor for Real-Time Microthermography in Living Animals. ACS Sens 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Ferdinandus
- School
of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Waseda Bioscience Research Institute in Singapore (WABIOS), Singapore 138667, Singapore
- Comprehensive
Research Organization, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-0041, Japan
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- Waseda Bioscience Research Institute in Singapore (WABIOS), Singapore 138667, Singapore
- Comprehensive
Research Organization, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-0041, Japan
- Department
of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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- Department
of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Waseda Bioscience Research Institute in Singapore (WABIOS), Singapore 138667, Singapore
- Comprehensive
Research Organization, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-0041, Japan
- PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency,
Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- School
of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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Bai T, Gu N. Micro/Nanoscale Thermometry for Cellular Thermal Sensing. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2016; 12:4590-610. [PMID: 27172908 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201600665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2016] [Revised: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Temperature is a key parameter to regulate cell function, and biochemical reactions inside a cell in turn affect the intracellular temperature. It's vitally necessary to measure cellular temperature to provide sufficient information to fully understand life science, while the conventional methods are incompetent. Over the last decade, many ingenious thermometers have been developed with the help of nanotechnology, and real-time intracellular temperature measurement at the micro/nanoscale has been realized with high temporal-spatial resolution. With the help of these techniques, several mechanisms of thermogenesis inside cells have been investigated, even in subcellular organelles. Here, current developments in cellular thermometers are highlighted, and a picture of their applications in cell biology is presented. In particular, temperature measurement principle, thermometer design and latest achievements are also introduced. Finally, the existing opportunities and challenges in this ongoing field are discussed.
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- Tingting Bai
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Devices, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Devices, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, P. R. China.
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Wang Q, Zhou Y, Song B, Zhong Y, Wu S, Cui R, Cong H, Su Y, Zhang H, He Y. Linking Subcellular Disturbance to Physiological Behavior and Toxicity Induced by Quantum Dots in Caenorhabditis elegans. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2016; 12:3143-3154. [PMID: 27121203 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201600766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The wide-ranging applications of fluorescent semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have triggered increasing concerns about their biosafety. Most QD-related toxicity studies focus on the subcellular processes in cultured cells or global physiological effects on whole animals. However, it is unclear how QDs affect subcellular processes in living organisms, or how the subcellular disturbance contributes to the overall toxicity. Here the behavior and toxicity of QDs of three different sizes in Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) are systematically investigated at both the systemic and the subcellular level. Specifically, clear size-dependent distribution and toxicity of the QDs in the digestive tract are observed. Short-term exposure of QDs leads to acute toxicity on C. elegans, yet incurring no lasting, irreversible damage. In contrast, chronic exposure of QDs severely inhibits development and shortens lifespan. Subcellular analysis reveals that endocytosis and nutrition storage are disrupted by QDs, which likely accounts for the severe deterioration in growth and longevity. This work reveals that QDs invasion disrupts key subcellular processes in living organisms, and may cause permanent damage to the tissues and organs over long-term retention. The findings provide invaluable information for safety evaluations of QD-based applications and offer new opportunities for design of novel nontoxic nanoprobes.
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- Qin Wang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Physical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China
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- Laboratory of Physical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences (IBMS), Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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Design and development of genetically encoded fluorescent sensors to monitor intracellular chemical and physical parameters. Biophys Rev 2016; 8:121-138. [PMID: 28510054 PMCID: PMC4884202 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-016-0195-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Over the past decades many researchers have made major contributions towards the development of genetically encoded (GE) fluorescent sensors derived from fluorescent proteins. GE sensors are now used to study biological phenomena by facilitating the measurement of biochemical behaviors at various scales, ranging from single molecules to single cells or even whole animals. Here, we review the historical development of GE fluorescent sensors and report on their current status. We specifically focus on the development strategies of the GE sensors used for measuring pH, ion concentrations (e.g., chloride and calcium), redox indicators, membrane potential, temperature, pressure, and molecular crowding. We demonstrate that these fluroescent protein-based sensors have a shared history of concepts and development strategies, and we highlight the most original concepts used to date. We believe that the understanding and application of these various concepts will pave the road for the development of future GE sensors and lead to new breakthroughs in bioimaging.
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Rodríguez-Sevilla P, Zhang Y, Haro-González P, Sanz-Rodríguez F, Jaque F, Solé JG, Liu X, Jaque D. Thermal Scanning at the Cellular Level by an Optically Trapped Upconverting Fluorescent Particle. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2016; 28:2421-2426. [PMID: 26821941 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201505020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Revised: 11/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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3D optical manipulation of a thermal-sensing upconverting particle allows for the determination of the extension of the thermal gradient created in the surroundings of a plasmonic-mediated photothermal-treated HeLa cancer cell.
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- Paloma Rodríguez-Sevilla
- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- Instituto Nicolás Cabrera, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- Instituto Nicolás Cabrera, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigaciones Sanitarias, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, 28034, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Instituto Nicolás Cabrera, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- Instituto Nicolás Cabrera, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, 28049, Spain
- Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigaciones Sanitarias, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, 28034, Spain
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Cerón EN, Ortgies DH, Del Rosal B, Ren F, Benayas A, Vetrone F, Ma D, Sanz-Rodríguez F, Solé JG, Jaque D, Rodríguez EM. Hybrid nanostructures for high-sensitivity luminescence nanothermometry in the second biological window. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2015; 27:4781-4787. [PMID: 26174612 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201501014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2015] [Revised: 05/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Hybrid nanostructures containing neodymium-doped nanoparticles and infrared-emitting quantum dots constitute highly sensitive luminescent thermometers operating in the second biological window. They demonstrate that accurate subtissue fluorescence thermal sensing is possible.
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- Elizabeth Navarro Cerón
- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria IRYCIS, Ctra. Colmenar km. 9.100, Madrid, 28034, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique - Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Université du Québec, 1650 Boulevard Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, Québec, J3X 1S2, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique - Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Université du Québec, 1650 Boulevard Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, Québec, J3X 1S2, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique - Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Université du Québec, 1650 Boulevard Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, Québec, J3X 1S2, Canada
- Centre for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique - Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Université du Québec, 1650 Boulevard Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, Québec, J3X 1S2, Canada
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- Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria IRYCIS, Ctra. Colmenar km. 9.100, Madrid, 28034, Spain
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria IRYCIS, Ctra. Colmenar km. 9.100, Madrid, 28034, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7, 28049, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria IRYCIS, Ctra. Colmenar km. 9.100, Madrid, 28034, Spain
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Temperature sensing using red fluorescent protein. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2015; 20:67-72. [PMID: 32218680 PMCID: PMC7090752 DOI: 10.1007/s12257-014-0456-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Revised: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Genetically encoded fluorescent proteins are extensively utilized for labeling and imaging proteins, organelles, cell tissues, and whole organisms. In this study, we explored the feasibility of mRFP1 and its variants for measuring intracellular temperature. A linear relationship was observed between the temperature and fluorescence intensity of mRFP1 and its variants. Temperature sensitivities of E. coli expressing mRFP1, mRFP-P63A and mRFP-P63A[(4R)-FP] were -1.27%, -1.26% and -0.77%/°C, respectively. Finally, we demonstrated the potentiality of mRFP1 and its variants as an in vivo temperature sensor.
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Hayashi T, Fukuda N, Uchiyama S, Inada N. A cell-permeable fluorescent polymeric thermometer for intracellular temperature mapping in mammalian cell lines. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0117677. [PMID: 25692871 PMCID: PMC4333297 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Changes in intracellular temperatures reflect the activity of the cell. Thus, the tool to measure intracellular temperatures could provide valuable information about cellular status. We previously reported a method to analyze the intracellular temperature distribution using a fluorescent polymeric thermometer (FPT) in combination with fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM). Intracellular delivery of the FPT used in the previous study required microinjection. We now report a novel FPT that is cell permeable and highly photostable, and we describe the application of this FPT to the imaging of intracellular temperature distributions in various types of mammalian cell lines. This cell-permeable FPT displayed a temperature resolution of 0.05°C to 0.54°C within the range from 28°C to 38°C in HeLa cell extracts. Using our optimized protocol, this cell-permeable FPT spontaneously diffused into HeLa cells within 10 min of incubation and exhibited minimal toxicity over several hours of observation. FLIM analysis confirmed a temperature difference between the nucleus and the cytoplasm and heat production near the mitochondria, which were also detected previously using the microinjected FPT. We also showed that this cell-permeable FPT protocol can be applied to other mammalian cell lines, COS7 and NIH/3T3 cells. Thus, this cell-permeable FPT represents a promising tool to study cellular states and functions with respect to temperature.
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- Teruyuki Hayashi
- The Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma-shi, Nara, Japan
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- The Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma-shi, Nara, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- The Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma-shi, Nara, Japan
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Sakaguchi R, Kiyonaka S, Mori Y. Fluorescent sensors reveal subcellular thermal changes. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2015; 31:57-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Uchiyama S, Tsuji T, Ikado K, Yoshida A, Kawamoto K, Hayashi T, Inada N. A cationic fluorescent polymeric thermometer for the ratiometric sensing of intracellular temperature. Analyst 2015; 140:4498-506. [DOI: 10.1039/c5an00420a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The temperature-dependent fluorescence spectra of a new polymeric thermometer enabled highly sensitive and practical ratiometric temperature sensing inside mammalian cells.
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- Seiichi Uchiyama
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- The University of Tokyo
- Tokyo 113-0033
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- The University of Tokyo
- Tokyo 113-0033
- Japan
- Central Laboratories for Key Technologies
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- Central Laboratories for Key Technologies
- KIRIN Company Limited
- Kanagawa 236-0004
- Japan
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- Central Laboratories for Key Technologies
- KIRIN Company Limited
- Kanagawa 236-0004
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- The University of Tokyo
- Tokyo 113-0033
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences
- Nara Institute of Science and Technology
- Nara 630-0192
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences
- Nara Institute of Science and Technology
- Nara 630-0192
- Japan
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Arai S, Ferdinandus F, Takeoka S, Ishiwata S, Sato H, Suzuki M. Micro-thermography in millimeter-scale animals by using orally-dosed fluorescent nanoparticle thermosensors. Analyst 2015; 140:7534-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c5an01287b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Temperature mapping inside a fruit fly larva that was orally dosed with fluorescent nanoparticle thermosensors.
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- Satoshi Arai
- Waseda Bioscience Research Institute in Singapore (WABIOS)
- Singapore
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- Waseda Bioscience Research Institute in Singapore (WABIOS)
- Singapore
- Department of Life Science & Medical Bioscience
- Faculty of Science & Engineering
- Waseda University
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- Waseda Bioscience Research Institute in Singapore (WABIOS)
- Singapore
- Organization for University Research Initiatives
- Waseda University
- Japan
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- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Nanyang Technological University
- Singapore
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- Waseda Bioscience Research Institute in Singapore (WABIOS)
- Singapore
- Organization for University Research Initiatives
- Waseda University
- Japan
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Qiao J, Chen C, Qi L, Liu M, Dong P, Jiang Q, Yang X, Mu X, Mao L. Intracellular temperature sensing by a ratiometric fluorescent polymer thermometer. J Mater Chem B 2014; 2:7544-7550. [DOI: 10.1039/c4tb01154f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Jaque D, Rosal BD, Rodríguez EM, Maestro LM, Haro-González P, Solé JG. Fluorescent nanothermometers for intracellular thermal sensing. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2014; 9:1047-62. [DOI: 10.2217/nnm.14.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The importance of high-resolution intracellular thermal sensing and imaging in the field of modern biomedicine has boosted the development of novel nanosized fluorescent systems (fluorescent nanothermometers) as the next generation of probes for intracellular thermal sensing and imaging. This thermal mapping requires fluorescent nanothermometers with good biocompatibility and high thermal sensitivity in order to obtain submicrometric and subdegree spatial and thermal resolutions, respectively. This review describes the different nanosized systems used up to now for intracellular thermal sensing and imaging. We also include the later advances in molecular systems based on fluorescent proteins for thermal mapping. A critical overview of the state of the art and the future perspective is also included.
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- Daniel Jaque
- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Herzog JB, Knight MW, Natelson D. Thermoplasmonics: quantifying plasmonic heating in single nanowires. NANO LETTERS 2014; 14:499-503. [PMID: 24382140 DOI: 10.1021/nl403510u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Plasmonic absorption of light can lead to significant local heating in metallic nanostructures, an effect that defines the subfield of thermoplasmonics and has been leveraged in diverse applications from biomedical technology to optoelectronics. Quantitatively characterizing the resulting local temperature increase can be very challenging in isolated nanostructures. By measuring the optically induced change in resistance of metal nanowires with a transverse plasmon mode, we quantitatively determine the temperature increase in single nanostructures with the dependence on incident polarization clearly revealing the plasmonic heating mechanism. Computational modeling explains the resonant and nonresonant contributions to the optical heating and the dominant pathways for thermal transport. These results, obtained by combining electronic and optical measurements, place a bound on the role of optical heating in prior experiments and suggest design guidelines for engineered structures meant to leverage such effects.
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- Joseph B Herzog
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University , Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Desiatov B, Goykhman I, Levy U. Direct temperature mapping of nanoscale plasmonic devices. NANO LETTERS 2014; 14:648-652. [PMID: 24422562 DOI: 10.1021/nl403872d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Side by side with the great advantages of plasmonics in nanoscale light confinement, the inevitable ohmic loss results in significant joule heating in plasmonic devices. Therefore, understanding optical-induced heat generation and heat transport in integrated on-chip plasmonic devices is of major importance. Specifically, there is a need for in situ visualization of electromagnetic induced thermal energy distribution with high spatial resolution. This paper studies the heat distribution in silicon plasmonic nanotips. Light is coupled to the plasmonic nanotips from a silicon nanowaveguide that is integrated with the tip on chip. Heat is generated by light absorption in the metal surrounding the silicon nanotip. The steady-state thermal distribution is studied numerically and measured experimentally using the approach of scanning thermal microscopy. It is shown that following the nanoscale heat generation by a 10 mW light source within a silicon photonic waveguide the temperature in the region of the nanotip is increased by ∼ 15 °C compared with the ambient temperature. Furthermore, we also perform a numerical study of the dynamics of the heat transport. Given the nanoscale dimensions of the structure, significant heating is expected to occur within the time frame of picoseconds. The capability of measuring temperature distribution of plasmonic structures at the nanoscale is shown to be a powerful tool and may be used in future applications related to thermal plasmonic applications such as control heating of liquids, thermal photovoltaic, nanochemistry, medicine, heat-assisted magnetic memories, and nanolithography.
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- Boris Desiatov
- Department of Applied Physics, The Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science, The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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