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Mandracchia B, Zheng C, Rajendran S, Liu W, Forghani P, Xu C, Jia S. High-speed optical imaging with sCMOS pixel reassignment. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4598. [PMID: 38816394 PMCID: PMC11139943 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48987-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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Fluorescence microscopy has undergone rapid advancements, offering unprecedented visualization of biological events and shedding light on the intricate mechanisms governing living organisms. However, the exploration of rapid biological dynamics still poses a significant challenge due to the limitations of current digital camera architectures and the inherent compromise between imaging speed and other capabilities. Here, we introduce sHAPR, a high-speed acquisition technique that leverages the operating principles of sCMOS cameras to capture fast cellular and subcellular processes. sHAPR harnesses custom fiber optics to convert microscopy images into one-dimensional recordings, enabling acquisition at the maximum camera readout rate, typically between 25 and 250 kHz. We have demonstrated the utility of sHAPR with a variety of phantom and dynamic systems, including high-throughput flow cytometry, cardiomyocyte contraction, and neuronal calcium waves, using a standard epi-fluorescence microscope. sHAPR is highly adaptable and can be integrated into existing microscopy systems without requiring extensive platform modifications. This method pushes the boundaries of current fluorescence imaging capabilities, opening up new avenues for investigating high-speed biological phenomena.
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- Biagio Mandracchia
- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- E.T.S.I. Telecomunicación, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
- Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Elleman AV, Du Bois J. Chemical and Biological Tools for the Study of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels in Electrogenesis and Nociception. Chembiochem 2022; 23:e202100625. [PMID: 35315190 PMCID: PMC9359671 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The malfunction and misregulation of voltage-gated sodium channels (NaV s) underlie in large part the electrical hyperexcitability characteristic of chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain. NaV s are responsible for the initiation and propagation of electrical impulses (action potentials) in cells. Tissue and nerve injury alter the expression and localization of multiple NaV isoforms, including NaV 1.1, 1.3, and 1.6-1.9, resulting in aberrant action potential firing patterns. To better understand the role of NaV regulation, localization, and trafficking in electrogenesis and pain pathogenesis, a number of chemical and biological reagents for interrogating NaV function have been advanced. The development and application of such tools for understanding NaV physiology are the focus of this review.
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- Anna V Elleman
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Héliot L, Leray A. Simple phasor-based deep neural network for fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. Sci Rep 2021; 11:23858. [PMID: 34903737 PMCID: PMC8668934 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03060-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) is a powerful technique to probe the molecular environment of fluorophores. The analysis of FLIM images is usually performed with time consuming fitting methods. For accelerating this analysis, sophisticated deep learning architectures based on convolutional neural networks have been developed for restrained lifetime ranges but they require long training time. In this work, we present a simple neural network formed only with fully connected layers able to analyze fluorescence lifetime images. It is based on the reduction of high dimensional fluorescence intensity temporal decays into four parameters which are the phasor coordinates, the mean and amplitude-weighted lifetimes. This network called Phasor-Net has been applied for a time domain FLIM system excited with an 80 MHz laser repetition frequency, with negligible jitter and afterpulsing. Due to the restricted time interval of 12.5 ns, the training range of the lifetimes was limited between 0.2 and 3.0 ns; and the total photon number was lower than 106, as encountered in live cell imaging. From simulated biexponential decays, we demonstrate that Phasor-Net is more precise and less biased than standard fitting methods. We demonstrate also that this simple architecture gives almost comparable performance than those obtained from more sophisticated networks but with a faster training process (15 min instead of 30 min). We finally apply successfully our method to determine biexponential decays parameters for FLIM experiments in living cells expressing EGFP linked to mCherry and fused to a plasma membrane protein.
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- Laurent Héliot
- PhLAM Laboratoire de Physique Des Lasers, Atomes Et Molécules, UMR 8523, CNRS, University of Lille, Lille, France.
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303, CNRS, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France.
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Zhu Z, Sun Y, Ma T, Tian D, Zhu J. Luminescence lifetime imaging of ultra-long room temperature phosphorescence on a smartphone. Anal Bioanal Chem 2021; 413:3291-3297. [PMID: 33772340 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-021-03266-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Luminescence lifetime imaging plays an important role in distinguishing the luminescence decay rates in time-resolved luminescence imaging. However, traditional imaging instruments used for detecting lifetimes within milliseconds would be time-consuming when imaging ultra-long luminescence lifetimes over subseconds. Herein, we present an accessible and simple optical system for detecting lifetimes of persistent luminescence. A smartphone integrated with a UV LED, a dichroic mirror, and a lens was used for recording the persistent luminescence. With only a few seconds of data acquisition, a luminescence lifetime image could be processed from the video by exponential fitting of the gray level of each pixel to the delay time. Since this approach only requires single excitation, no synchronous control is needed, greatly simplifying the apparatus and saving the cost. The apparatus was successfully used for ultra-long luminescence lifetime imaging of mouse tissue dyed with a persistent luminescence molecule. This miniaturized apparatus exhibits huge potentiality in time-resolved luminescence imaging for luminescence study and biological detection.
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- Zece Zhu
- Wuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China
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- Wuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China
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- Wuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China
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- Wuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.
- Hubei Key Lab of Biomass Fibers and Eco-dyeing & Finishing, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430073, Hubei, China.
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- Wuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics and Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China.
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Deng Q, Zhu Z, Shu X. Auto-Phase-Locked Time-Resolved Luminescence Detection: Principles, Applications, and Prospects. Front Chem 2020; 8:562. [PMID: 32695750 PMCID: PMC7339960 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Time-resolved luminescence measurement is a useful technique which can eliminate the background signals from scattering and short-lived autofluorescence. However, the relative instruments always require pulsed excitation sources and high-speed detectors. Moreover, the excitation and detecting shutter should be precisely synchronized by electronic phase matching circuitry, leading to expensiveness and high-complexity. To make time-resolved luminescence instruments simple and cheap, the automatic synchronization method was developed by using a mechanical chopper acted as both of the pulse generator and detection shutter. Therefore, the excitation and detection can be synchronized and locked automatically as the optical paths fixed. In this paper, we first introduced the time-resolved luminescence measurements and review the progress and current state of this field. Then, we discussed low-cost time-resolved techniques, especially chopper-based time-resolved luminescence detections. After that, we focused on auto-phase-locked method and some of its meaningful applications, such as time-gated luminescence imaging, spectrometer, and luminescence lifetime detection. Finally, we concluded with a brief outlook for auto-phase-locked time-resolved luminescence detection systems.
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics & School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics & School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Wang Z, Xue X, Lu H, He Y, Lu Z, Chen Z, Yuan Y, Tang N, Dreyer CA, Quigley L, Curro N, Lam KS, Walton JH, Lin TY, Louie AY, Gilbert DA, Liu K, Ferrara KW, Li Y. Two-way magnetic resonance tuning and enhanced subtraction imaging for non-invasive and quantitative biological imaging. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 15:482-490. [PMID: 32451501 PMCID: PMC7307456 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-020-0678-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Distance-dependent magnetic resonance tuning (MRET) technology enables the sensing and quantitative imaging of biological targets in vivo, with the advantage of deep tissue penetration and fewer interactions with the surroundings as compared with those of fluorescence-based Förster resonance energy transfer. However, applications of MRET technology in vivo are currently limited by the moderate contrast enhancement and stability of T1-based MRET probes. Here we report a new two-way magnetic resonance tuning (TMRET) nanoprobe with dually activatable T1 and T2 magnetic resonance signals that is coupled with dual-contrast enhanced subtraction imaging. This integrated platform achieves a substantially improved contrast enhancement with minimal background signal and can be used to quantitatively image molecular targets in tumours and to sensitively detect very small intracranial brain tumours in patient-derived xenograft models. The high tumour-to-normal tissue ratio offered by TMRET in combination with dual-contrast enhanced subtraction imaging provides new opportunities for molecular diagnostics and image-guided biomedical applications.
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- Zhongling Wang
- Department of Radiology, Shanghai General Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
- Department of Physics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Shanghai General Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TS, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
- UC Davis NMR Facility, Davis, CA, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TS, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
- Department of Physics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
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Deng Q, Zhu Z, Shu X. Spectrally resolved luminescence lifetime detection for measuring the energy splitting of the long-lived excited states. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 224:117434. [PMID: 31394392 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Molecular motion plays an important role in the reverse intersystem crossing of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials, since the conformation varies as the molecule vibrates, leading to potential changes in the energies of excited states. Although many theoretical simulations have researched the relationship between the excited states and the molecular conformations, there are still few experimental results showing the energy level difference between different long-lived excited states. Herein, a novel method for measuring spectrally resolved luminescence lifetimes is proposed to detect the energy splitting of the long-lived excited states of a classical TADF molecule, BTZ-DMAC. A set of the time-gated luminescence spectra with different delay times were captured by a spectrograph equipped on an auto-phase-locked system, and then used for lifetime analysis at each wavelength. Unlike traditional measurement techniques, the proposed novel method does not require ultrafast laser, high-speed detector and any phase matching circuitry, thus significantly reducing the cost. This method revealed a definite energy gap between the two excited states of BTZ-DMAC with different lifetimes, indicating different conformations caused by molecular vibration. This low-cost method could be also used to detect many other luminescence materials for investigating the detail mechanisms of multiple excited states.
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- Qisheng Deng
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics & School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics & School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics & School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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Becker W. Fluorescence lifetime imaging by multi-dimensional time correlated single photon counting. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medpho.2015.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Optical imaging assays, especially fluorescence molecular assays, are minimally invasive if not completely noninvasive, and thus an ideal technique to be applied to live specimens. These fluorescence imaging assays are a powerful tool in biomedical sciences as they allow the study of a wide range of molecular and physiological events occurring in biological systems. Furthermore, optical imaging assays bridge the gap between the in vitro cell-based analysis of subcellular processes and in vivo study of disease mechanisms in small animal models. In particular, the application of Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) and fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM), well-known techniques widely used in microscopy, to the optical imaging assay toolbox, will have a significant impact in the molecular study of protein-protein interactions during cancer progression. This review article describes the application of FLIM-FRET to the field of optical imaging and addresses their various applications, both current and potential, to anti-cancer drug delivery and cancer research.
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- Shilpi Rajoria
- Albany Medical College, The Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany, NY, 12208
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- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Biomedical imaging Center and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Troy, NY 12180
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- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Biomedical imaging Center and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Troy, NY 12180
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- Albany Medical College, The Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany, NY, 12208
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Sun Y, Periasamy A. Localizing protein-protein interactions in living cells using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1251:83-107. [PMID: 25391796 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2080-8_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In the past decade, advances in fluorescence lifetime imaging have extensively applied in the life sciences, from fundamental biological investigations to advanced clinical diagnosis. Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) is now routinely used in the biological sciences to monitor dynamic signaling events inside living cells, e.g., Protein-Protein interactions. In this chapter, we describe the calibration of both time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) and frequency domain (FD) FLIM systems and the acquisition and analysis of FLIM-FRET data for investigating Protein-Protein interactions in living cells.
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- Yuansheng Sun
- W.M. Keck Center for Cellular Imaging, Biology, University of Virginia, B005 Physical and Life Sciences Building, White Head Road, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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Habenicht SH, Schramm S, Zhu M, Freund RRA, Langenstück T, Strathausen R, Weiß D, Biskup C, Beckert R. π-Extension of a 4-ethoxy-1,3-thiazole via aryl alkyne cross coupling: synthesis and exploration of the electronic structure. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2015; 14:2097-107. [DOI: 10.1039/c5pp00219b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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π-Extension of 4-ethoxy-1,3-thiazolesviaaryl coupling resulted in a twofold increase of molar extinction coefficients and larger Stokes’ shifts.
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- Stefanie H. Habenicht
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
- Friedrich Schiller University
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
- Friedrich Schiller University
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
- Friedrich Schiller University
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
- Friedrich Schiller University
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Biomolecular Photonics Group
- Jena University Hospital
- Friedrich Schiller University
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
- Friedrich Schiller University
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
- Biomolecular Photonics Group
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
- Friedrich Schiller University
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Biomolecular Photonics Group
- Jena University Hospital
- Friedrich Schiller University
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
- Friedrich Schiller University
- 07743 Jena
- Germany
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Becker W, Shcheslavkiy V, Frere S, Slutsky I. Spatially resolved recording of transient fluorescence-lifetime effects by line-scanning TCSPC. Microsc Res Tech 2014; 77:216-24. [DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2013] [Revised: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Wolfgang Becker
- Becker & Hickl GmbH; Nahmitzer Damm 30; 12277 Berlin Germany
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Department Physiology and Pharmacology; Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv 69978 Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Department Physiology and Pharmacology; Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University; Tel Aviv 69978 Israel
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Sun Y, Rombola C, Jyothikumar V, Periasamy A. Förster resonance energy transfer microscopy and spectroscopy for localizing protein-protein interactions in living cells. Cytometry A 2013; 83:780-93. [PMID: 23813736 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Revised: 04/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The fundamental theory of Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) was established in the 1940s. Its great power was only realized in the past 20 years after different techniques were developed and applied to biological experiments. This success was made possible by the availability of suitable fluorescent probes, advanced optics, detectors, microscopy instrumentation, and analytical tools. Combined with state-of-the-art microscopy and spectroscopy, FRET imaging allows scientists to study a variety of phenomena that produce changes in molecular proximity, thereby leading to many significant findings in the life sciences. In this review, we outline various FRET imaging techniques and their strengths and limitations; we also provide a biological model to demonstrate how to investigate protein-protein interactions in living cells using both intensity- and fluorescence lifetime-based FRET microscopy methods.
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- Yuansheng Sun
- The W.M. Keck Center for Cellular Imaging (KCCI), Department of Biology, Physical and Life Sciences Building, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Tsikouras A, Ning J, Ng S, Berman R, Andrews DW, Fang Q. Streak camera crosstalk reduction using a multiple delay optical fiber bundle. OPTICS LETTERS 2012; 37:250-2. [PMID: 22854483 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.000250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The streak camera is one of the fastest photodetection systems, while its capability of multiplexing is particularly attractive to many applications requiring parallel data acquisition. The degree of multiplexing in a streak camera is limited by the crosstalk between input channels. We developed a technique that introducing a fixed time delay between adjacent fiber channels in a customized two-dimensional to one-dimensional fiber array to significantly reduce crosstalk both at the sample plane and at the input of a streak camera. A prototype system has been developed that supports 100 input channels, and its performance in fluorescence microscopy is demonstrated.
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- Anthony Tsikouras
- Department of Engineering Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLI) has been used widely for measuring biomedical samples. Practical guidelines on taking successful FLI data are provided to avoid common errors that arise during the measurement. Several methods for analyzing and interpreting FLI results are also introduced; e.g., a model-free data analysis method called the polar plot allows visualization and analysis of FLI data without iterative fitting, and an image denoising algorithm called variance-stabilizing-transform TI Haar helps to elucidate the information of a complex biomedical sample. The instrument considerations and data analysis of Spectral-FLI are also discussed.
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Sun Y, Day RN, Periasamy A. Investigating protein-protein interactions in living cells using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. Nat Protoc 2011; 6:1324-40. [PMID: 21886099 PMCID: PMC3169422 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) is now routinely used for dynamic measurements of signaling events inside living cells, including detection of protein-protein interactions. An understanding of the basic physics of fluorescence lifetime measurements is required to use this technique. In this protocol, we describe both the time-correlated single photon counting and the frequency-domain methods for FLIM data acquisition and analysis. We describe calibration of both FLIM systems, and demonstrate how they are used to measure the quenched donor fluorescence lifetime that results from Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET). We then show how the FLIM-FRET methods are used to detect the dimerization of the transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-α in live mouse pituitary cell nuclei. Notably, the factors required for accurate determination and reproducibility of lifetime measurements are described. With either method, the entire protocol including specimen preparation, imaging and data analysis takes ∼2 d.
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- Yuansheng Sun
- W.M. Keck Center for Cellular Imaging, Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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Chen YC, Clegg RM. Spectral resolution in conjunction with polar plots improves the accuracy and reliability of FLIM measurements and estimates of FRET efficiency. J Microsc 2011; 244:21-37. [PMID: 21801176 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2011.03488.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A spectrograph with continuous wavelength resolution has been integrated into a frequency-domain fluorescence lifetime-resolved imaging microscope (FLIM). The spectral information assists in the separation of multiple lifetime components, and helps resolve signal cross-talking that can interfere with an accurate analysis of multiple lifetime processes. This extends the number of different dyes that can be measured simultaneously in a FLIM measurement. Spectrally resolved FLIM (spectral-FLIM) also provides a means to measure more accurately the lifetime of a dim fluorescence component (as low as 2% of the total intensity) in the presence of another fluorescence component with a much higher intensity. A more reliable separation of the donor and acceptor fluorescence signals are possible for Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) measurements; this allows more accurate determinations of both donor and acceptor lifetimes. By combining the polar plot analysis with spectral-FLIM data, the spectral dispersion of the acceptor signal can be used to derive the donor lifetime - and thereby the FRET efficiency - without iterative fitting. The lifetime relation between the donor and acceptor, in conjunction with spectral dispersion, is also used to separate the FRET pair signals from the donor alone signal. This method can be applied further to quantify the signals from separate FRET pairs, and provide information on the dynamics of the FRET pair between different states.
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- Y-C Chen
- Bioengineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A
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Wang Y, Mao H, Wong LB. Na+₋sensing quantum dots for cell-based screening of intracellular Na+ concentrations ([Na+]i). Talanta 2011; 85:694-700. [PMID: 21645760 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.04.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2010] [Revised: 04/15/2011] [Accepted: 04/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We have developed a Na-quantum dot (QD) nanosensor for [Na(+)]i measurements. Using this Na-QD, we determined the dynamic physiological responses of [Na(+)]i in nonexcitable human HEK-293F cells and excitable primary rat cardiac myocytes by pharmacologically manipulating the membrane permeability to Na(+), the Na-K-2Cl cotransporter, and the Na(+)/H(+) antiporter. These data suggest that the mechanisms of [Na(+)]i homeostasis can now be elucidated with this novel Na-QD nanosensor. This could have a broad impact on Na(+) channel drug discovery.
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- Yuchi Wang
- Cytoptics Corporation, 9030 Kenamar Dr., Ste 308, San Diego, CA 92121, United States.
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Kwaaitaal M, Keinath NF, Pajonk S, Biskup C, Panstruga R. Combined bimolecular fluorescence complementation and Forster resonance energy transfer reveals ternary SNARE complex formation in living plant cells. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 152:1135-47. [PMID: 20071602 PMCID: PMC2832253 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.151142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2009] [Accepted: 01/08/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Various fluorophore-based microscopic methods, comprising Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) and bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC), are suitable to study pairwise interactions of proteins in living cells. The analysis of interactions between more than two protein partners using these methods, however, remains difficult. In this study, we report the successful application of combined BiFC-FRET-fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy and BiFC-FRET-acceptor photobleaching measurements to visualize the formation of ternary soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment receptor complexes in leaf epidermal cells. This method expands the repertoire of techniques to study protein-protein interactions in living plant cells by a procedure capable of visualizing simultaneously interactions between three fluorophore-tagged polypeptide partners.
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Storr HL, Kind B, Parfitt DA, Chapple JP, Lorenz M, Koehler K, Huebner A, Clark AJL. Deficiency of ferritin heavy-chain nuclear import in triple a syndrome implies nuclear oxidative damage as the primary disease mechanism. Mol Endocrinol 2009; 23:2086-94. [PMID: 19855093 PMCID: PMC5419132 DOI: 10.1210/me.2009-0056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2009] [Accepted: 09/04/2009] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Triple A syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by ACTH-resistant adrenal failure, alacrima, achalasia, and progressive neurological manifestations. The majority of cases are associated with mutations in the AAAS gene, which encodes a novel, 60-kDa WD-repeat nuclear pore protein, alacrima-achalasia-adrenal insufficiency neurological disorder (ALADIN) of unknown function. Our aim was to elucidate the functional role of ALADIN by determining its interacting protein partners using the bacterial two-hybrid (B2-H) technique. Nonidentical cDNA fragments were identified from both a HeLa S-3 cell and human cerebellar cDNA library that encoded the full-length ferritin heavy chain protein (FTH1). This interaction was confirmed by both co-immunoprecipitation and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy-fluorescence resonance energy transfer studies. Immunoblotting showed that fibroblasts from triple A patients (with known AAAS mutations) lack nuclear FTH1, suggesting that the nuclear translocation of FTH1 is defective. Cells transfected with FTH1 and visualized by confocal microscopy had very little nuclear FTH1, but when cotransfected with AAAS, FTH1 is readily visible in the nuclei. Therefore, FTH1 nuclear translocation is enhanced when ALADIN is coexpressed in these cells. In addition to its well known iron storage role, FTH1 has been shown to protect the nucleus from oxidative damage. Apoptosis of neuronal cells induced by hydrogen peroxide was significantly reduced by transfection of AAAS or by FTH1 or maximally by both genes together. Taken together, this work offers a plausible mechanism for the progressive clinical features of triple A syndrome.
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- Helen L Storr
- Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
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Weidtkamp-Peters S, Felekyan S, Bleckmann A, Simon R, Becker W, Kühnemuth R, Seidel CAM. Multiparameter fluorescence image spectroscopy to study molecular interactions. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2009; 8:470-80. [PMID: 19337660 DOI: 10.1039/b903245m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Multiparameter Fluorescence Image Spectroscopy (MFIS) is used to monitor simultaneously a variety of fluorescence parameters in confocal fluorescence microscopy. As the photons are registered one by one, MFIS allows for fully parallel recording of Fluorescence Correlation/Cross Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS/FCCS), fluorescence lifetime and pixel/image information over time periods of hours with picosecond accuracy. The analysis of the pixel fluorescence information in higher-dimensional histograms maximizes the selectivity of fluorescence microscopic methods. Moreover it facilitates a statistically-relevant data analysis of the pixel information which makes an efficient detection of heterogeneities possible. The reliability of MFIS has been demonstrated for molecular interaction studies in different complex environments: (I) detecting the heterogeneity of diffusion properties of the dye Rhodamine 110 in a sepharose bead, (II) Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) studies in mammalian HEK293 cells, and (III) FRET study of the homodimerisation of the transcription factor BIM1 in plant cells. The multidimensional analysis of correlated changes of several parameters measured by FRET, FCS, fluorescence lifetime and anisotropy increases the robustness of the analysis significantly. The economic use of photon information allows one to keep the expression levels of fluorescent protein-fusion proteins as low as possible (down to the single-molecule level).
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- Stefanie Weidtkamp-Peters
- Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Physikalische Chemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Manning HB, Kennedy GT, Owen DM, Grant DM, Magee AI, Neil MAA, Itoh Y, Dunsby C, French PMW. A compact, multidimensional spectrofluorometer exploiting supercontinuum generation. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2008; 1:494-505. [PMID: 19343675 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200810051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We report a novel, compact and automated multidimensional spectrofluorometer that exploits a fibre-laser-pumped ultrafast supercontinuum source to provide resolution with respect to intensity, excitation and emission wavelength, decay time and polarisation. This instrument has been applied to study the photophysics of the phase-sensitive membrane probe di-4-ANEPPDHQ and to characterise protein-protein interactions via Förster resonance energy transfer. It can be applied to in situ measurements via a fibre-optic probe in medical and other contexts and is demonstrated here to provide a comprehensive characterisation of tissue autofluorescence.
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- Hugh B Manning
- Chemical Biology Centre, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Beutler M, Makrogianneli K, Vermeij RJ, Keppler M, Ng T, Jovin TM, Heintzmann R. satFRET: estimation of Förster resonance energy transfer by acceptor saturation. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2008; 38:69-82. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-008-0361-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2008] [Revised: 07/11/2008] [Accepted: 07/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hoffmann B, Zimmer T, Klöcker N, Kelbauskas L, König K, Benndorf K, Biskup C. Prolonged irradiation of enhanced cyan fluorescent protein or Cerulean can invalidate Forster resonance energy transfer measurements. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2008; 13:031205. [PMID: 18601529 DOI: 10.1117/1.2937829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Since its discovery, green fluorescent protein (GFP) and its variants have proven to be a good and convenient fluorescent label for proteins: GFP and other visible fluorescent proteins (VFPs) can be fused selectively to the protein of interest by simple cloning techniques and develop fluorescence without additional cofactors. Among the steadily growing collection of VFPs, several pairs can be chosen that can serve as donor and acceptor fluorophores in Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET) experiments. Among them, the cyan fluorescent proteins (ECFP/Cerulean) and the enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP) are most commonly used. We show that ECFP and Cerulean have some disadvantages despite their common use: Upon irradiation with light intensities that are commonly used for intensity- and lifetime-based FRET measurements, both the fluorescence intensity and the fluorescence lifetime of ECFP and Cerulean decrease. This can hamper both intensity- and lifetime-based FRET measurements and emphasizes the need for control measurements to exclude these artifacts.
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- Birgit Hoffmann
- Universitatsklinikum Jena, Institut fur Physiologie II, Kollegiengasse 9 07740 Jena, Germany
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Orthaus S, Biskup C, Hoffmann B, Hoischen C, Ohndorf S, Benndorf K, Diekmann S. Assembly of the Inner Kinetochore Proteins CENP-A and CENP-B in Living Human Cells. Chembiochem 2008; 9:77-92. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200700358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Maue RA. Understanding ion channel biology using epitope tags: progress, pitfalls, and promise. J Cell Physiol 2007; 213:618-25. [PMID: 17849449 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Epitope tags have been increasingly used to understand ion channel subunit assembly and interaction, trafficking, subcellular localization, and function in living cells. In particular, epitope tags have proven extremely useful for analyses of closely related, highly homologous channel subunits in endogenous cell contexts in vitro and in vivo, where multiple channel isoforms may be expressed. However, as the variety of epitope tags that have been used has expanded, and the use of tagged channel subunits has become increasingly sophisticated and widespread, there has also been an increase in the number of examples highlighting the potential problems associated with the use of epitope tags for ion channel studies. Described here are some of the epitope tags that have been used to study ion channel subunits, including the HA, FLAG, myc, His6, and green fluorescent protein (GFP) epitopes, as well as some of the applications and avenues of research in which they have proven advantageous. Potential pitfalls and caveats associated with the use of these epitope tags are also discussed, with an emphasis on the need to include careful characterization of epitope-tagged channel subunits as part of their construction. Finally, potential avenues for future investigation and the development of this approach are considered.
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- Robert A Maue
- Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.
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Modulatory proteins can rescue a trafficking defective epileptogenic Nav1.1 Na+ channel mutant. J Neurosci 2007; 27:11037-46. [PMID: 17928445 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3515-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Familial epilepsies are often caused by mutations of voltage-gated Na+ channels, but correlation genotype-phenotype is not yet clear. In particular, the cause of phenotypic variability observed in some epileptic families is unclear. We studied Na(v)1.1 (SCN1A) Na+ channel alpha subunit M1841T mutation, identified in a family characterized by a particularly large phenotypic spectrum. The mutant is a loss of function because when expressed alone, the current was no greater than background. Function was restored by incubation at temperature <30 degrees C, showing that the mutant is trafficking defective, thus far the first case among neuronal Na+ channels. Importantly, also molecular interactions with modulatory proteins or drugs were able to rescue the mutant. Protein-protein interactions may modulate the effect of the mutation in vivo and thus phenotype; variability in their strength may be one of the causes of phenotypic variability in familial epilepsy. Interacting drugs may be used to rescue the mutant in vivo.
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Biskup C, Zimmer T, Kelbauskas L, Hoffmann B, Klöcker N, Becker W, Bergmann A, Benndorf K. Multi-dimensional fluorescence lifetime and FRET measurements. Microsc Res Tech 2007; 70:442-51. [PMID: 17393489 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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When and where proteins associate with each other in living cells are key questions in many biological research projects. One way to address these questions is to measure the extent of Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) between proteins that have been labeled with appropriate donor and acceptor fluorophores. When both proteins interact, donor and acceptor fluorophores are brought into close vicinity so that the donor can transmit a part of its excitation energy to the acceptor. As a result, both the intensity and the lifetime of the donor fluorescence decrease, whereas the intensity of the acceptor emission increases. This offers different approaches to determine FRET efficiency: One is to detect changes in the intensity of donor and acceptor emission, the other is to measure changes in the lifetime of the donor molecule. One important advantage of the fluorescence lifetime approach is that it allows to distinguish between free and associated donor molecules. However, like intensity measurements it lacks an intrinsic control ensuring that changes in the measured parameters are only due to FRET and not other quenching processes. Here, we show how this limitation can be overcome by spectrally resolved fluorescence lifetime measurements in the time domain. One technique is based on a streak camera system, the other technique is based on a time-correlated-single-photon-counting approach. Both approaches allow biologists to record both donor and acceptor fluorescence emitted by the sample in a single measurement.
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- Christoph Biskup
- Institut für Physiologie II, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Teichgraben 8, 07740 Jena, Germany.
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We present a fluorescence lifetime imaging technique with simultaneous spectral and temporal resolution. The technique is fully compatible with the commonly used multiphoton microscopes and nondescanned (direct) detection. An image of the back-aperture of the microscope lens is projected on the input of a fiber bundle. The input of the fiber bundle is circular, and the output is flattened to match the input slit of a spectrograph. The spectrum at the output of the spectrograph is projected on a 16-anode PMT module. For each detected photon, the encoding logics of the PMT module deliver a timing pulse and the number of the PMT channel in which the photon was detected. The photons are accumulated by a multidimensional time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) process. The recording process builds up a four-dimensional photon distribution over the times of the photons in the excitation pulse period, the wavelengths of the photons, and the coordinates of the scan area. The method delivers a near-ideal counting efficiency and is capable of resolving double-exponential decay functions. We demonstrate the performance of the technique for autofluorescence imaging of tissue.
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Pelet S, Previte MJR, Kim D, Kim KH, Su TTJ, So PTC. Frequency domain lifetime and spectral imaging microscopy. Microsc Res Tech 2006; 69:861-74. [PMID: 16924635 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In the femtoliter observation volume of a two-photon microscope, multiple fluorophores can be present and complex photophysics can take place. Combined detection of the fluorescence emission spectra and lifetimes can provide deeper insight into specimen properties than these two imaging modalities taken separately. Therefore, we have developed a detection scheme based on a frequency-modulated multichannel photomultiplier, which measures simultaneously the spectrum and the lifetime of the emitted fluorescence. Experimentally, the efficiency of the frequency domain lifetime measurement was compared to a time domain set-up. The performance of this spectrally and lifetime-resolved microscope was evaluated on reference specimens and living cells labeled with three different stains targeting the membrane, the mitochondria, and the nucleus.
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- Serge Pelet
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
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Poelzing S, Forleo C, Samodell M, Dudash L, Sorrentino S, Anaclerio M, Troccoli R, Iacoviello M, Romito R, Guida P, Chahine M, Pitzalis M, Deschênes I. SCN5A
Polymorphism Restores Trafficking of a Brugada Syndrome Mutation on a Separate Gene. Circulation 2006; 114:368-76. [PMID: 16864729 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.105.601294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Brugada syndrome is associated with a high risk of sudden cardiac death and is caused by mutations in the cardiac voltage-gated sodium channel gene. Previously, the R282H-SCN5A mutation in the sodium channel gene was identified in patients with Brugada syndrome. In a family carrying the R282H-SCN5A mutation, an asymptomatic individual had a common H558R-SCN5A polymorphism and the mutation on separate chromosomes. Therefore, we hypothesized that the polymorphism could rescue the mutation. METHODS AND RESULTS In heterologous cells, expression of the mutation alone did not produce sodium current. However, coexpressing the mutation with the polymorphism produced significantly greater current than coexpressing the mutant with the wild-type gene, demonstrating that the polymorphism rescues the mutation. Using immunocytochemistry, we demonstrated that the R282H-SCN5A construct can traffic to the cell membrane only in the presence of the H558R-SCN5A polymorphism. Using fluorescence resonance energy transfer and protein fragments centered on H558R-SCN5A, we demonstrated that cardiac sodium channels preferentially interact when the polymorphism is expressed on one protein but not the other. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests a mechanism whereby the Brugada syndrome has incomplete penetrance. More importantly, this study suggests that genetic polymorphisms may be a potential target for future therapies aimed at rescuing specific dysfunctional protein channels.
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- Steven Poelzing
- Heart and Vascular Research Center, MetroHealth Campus, Case Western Reserve University, 2500 MetroHealth Dr, Rammelkamp 658, Cleveland, OH 44109-1998, USA
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Becker W, Bergmann A, Haustein E, Petrasek Z, Schwille P, Biskup C, Kelbauskas L, Benndorf K, Klöcker N, Anhut T, Riemann I, König K. Fluorescence lifetime images and correlation spectra obtained by multidimensional time-correlated single photon counting. Microsc Res Tech 2006; 69:186-95. [PMID: 16538624 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Multidimensional time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) is based on the excitation of the sample by a high-repetition rate laser and the detection of single photons of the fluorescence signal in several detection channels. Each photon is characterized by its arrival time in the laser period, its detection channel number, and several additional variables such as the coordinates of an image area, or the time from the start of the experiment. Combined with a confocal or two-photon laser scanning microscope and a pulsed laser, multidimensional TCSPC makes a fluorescence lifetime technique with multiwavelength capability, near-ideal counting efficiency, and the capability to resolve multiexponential decay functions. We show that the same technique and the same hardware can be used for precision fluorescence decay analysis and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) in selected spots of a sample.
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- W Becker
- Becker & Hickl GmbH, 12277 Berlin, Germany.
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Gandhi CS, Isacoff EY. Shedding light on membrane proteins. Trends Neurosci 2005; 28:472-9. [PMID: 16043238 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2005.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2005] [Revised: 06/08/2005] [Accepted: 07/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Membrane proteins are a cell's first line of communication with the world that exists just beyond the plasma membrane. These proteins afford the cell a peek at its external environment, signal the cell to adjust its internal chemistry in response to its surroundings, and ensure that the cell's metabolic state is faithfully coupled to the outside world. Because of their importance in cellular communication, membrane proteins have been the focus of intense study at the functional and structural levels. Here, we describe optical techniques that can either passively monitor or actively control the structural rearrangements that take place as these proteins peek at the outside world. Our focus is on ion channels, but the techniques described can be applied to a host of other proteins.
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- Chris S Gandhi
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
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Duclohier H. Neuronal sodium channels in ventricular heart cells are localized near T-tubules openings. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 334:1135-40. [PMID: 16038878 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.06.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2005] [Accepted: 06/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cardiac voltage-dependent sodium channels (VDSC) are known to be tetrodotoxin (TTX)-resistant. However, recent immunochemical studies suggest the presence of TTX-sensitive neuronal-type VDSC in the heart. Scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) coupled to electrophysiology was used to obtain more direct functional evidence. TTX sensitivities of whole-cell sodium currents (I(Na)) in control and detubulated cells were compared. Addition of 200 nM TTX decreased I(Na) of control cells by 20%, whereas detubulated cells were hardly effected. The remaining current peaked slightly earlier and inactivation decay was faster (as in neuronal VDSC) than in detubulated cells. Single-channel activity was first assayed at random on the plasmalemma, and after topography had been revealed by SICM, at patched T-tubules openings. In the latter case, a single-channel conductance of 11-12pS was observed with a higher rate of success. This study provides independent evidence for neuronal VDSC in cardiomyocytes where they could rapidly and synchronously couple T-tubule and cell surface depolarizations.
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- Hervé Duclohier
- Institut de Physiologie et Biologie Cellulaires (PBS), UMR 6187 CNRS-Université de Poitiers, France.
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Borg TK, Stewart JA, Sutton MA. Imaging the cardiovascular system: seeing is believing. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2005; 11:189-99. [PMID: 16060971 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927605050439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2004] [Accepted: 12/20/2004] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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From the basic light microscope through high-end imaging systems such as multiphoton confocal microscopy and electron microscopes, microscopy has been and will continue to be an essential tool in developing an understanding of cardiovascular development, function, and disease. In this review we briefly touch on a number of studies that illustrate the importance of these forms of microscopy in studying cardiovascular biology. We also briefly review a number of imaging modalities such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, and positron emission tomography (PET) that, although they do not fall under the realm of microscopy, are imaging modalities that greatly complement microscopy. Finally we examine the role of proper imaging system calibration and the potential importance of calibration in understanding biological tissues, such as the cardiovascular system, that continually undergo deformation in response to strain.
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- Thomas K Borg
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Anatomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
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Biskup C, Böhmer A, Pusch R, Kelbauskas L, Gorshokov A, Majoul I, Lindenau J, Benndorf K, Böhmer FD. Visualization of SHP-1-target interaction. J Cell Sci 2005; 117:5165-78. [PMID: 15456853 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Signaling of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) is regulated by protein-tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs). We previously discovered the efficient downregulation of Ros RTK signaling by the SH2 domain PTP SHP-1, which involves a direct interaction of both molecules. Here, we studied the mechanism of this interaction in detail. Phosphopeptides representing the SHP-1 candidate binding sites in the Ros cytoplasmic domain, pY2267 and pY2327, display high affinity binding to the SHP-1 N-terminal SH2 domain (Kd=217 nM and 171 nM, respectively). Y2327 is, however, a poor substrate of Ros kinase and, therefore, contributes little to SHP-1 binding in vitro. To explore the mechanism of association in intact cells, functional fluorescent fusion proteins of Ros and SHP-1 were generated. Complexes of both molecules could be detected by Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) in intact HEK293 and COS7 cells. As expected, the association required the functional SHP-1 N-terminal SH2 domain. Unexpectedly, pY2267 and pY2327 both contributed to the association. Mutation of Y2327 reduced constitutive association in COS7 cells. Ligand-dependent association was abrogated upon mutation of Y2267 but remained intact when Y2327 was mutated. A phosphopeptide representing the binding site pY2267 was a poor substrate for SHP-1, whereas Ros activation loop phosphotyrosines were effectively dephosphorylated. We propose a model for SHP-1-Ros interaction in which ligand-stimulated phosphorylation of Ros Y2267 by Ros, phosphorylation of Y2327 by a heterologous kinase, and inactivation of Ros by SHP-1-mediated dephosphorylation play a role in the regulation of complex stability.
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Affiliation(s)
- Christoph Biskup
- Institute of Physiology II, Medical Faculty, Friedrich Schiller University, Drackendorfer Str. 1, 07747 Jena, Germany
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