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Yang E, Shen XE, West‐Foyle H, Hahm T, Siegler MA, Brown DR, Johnson CC, Kim JH, Roker LA, Tressler CM, Barman I, Kuo SC, Glunde K. FluoMALDI Microscopy: Matrix Co-Crystallization Simultaneously Enhances Fluorescence and MALDI Imaging. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2304343. [PMID: 37908150 PMCID: PMC10724403 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
Abstract
Here, the authors report that co-crystallization of fluorophores with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) imaging matrices significantly enhances fluorophore brightness up to 79-fold, enabling the amplification of innate tissue autofluorescence. This discovery facilitates FluoMALDI, the imaging of the same biological sample by both fluorescence microscopy and MALDI imaging. The approach combines the high spatial resolution and specific labeling capabilities of fluorescence microscopy with the inherently multiplexed, versatile imaging capabilities of MALDI imaging. This new paradigm simplifies registration by avoiding physical changes between fluorescence and MALDI imaging, allowing to image the exact same cells in tissues with both modalities. Matrix-fluorophore co-crystallization also facilitates applications with insufficient fluorescence brightness. The authors demonstrate feasibility of FluoMALDI imaging with endogenous and exogenous fluorophores and autofluorescence-based FluoMALDI of brain and kidney tissue sections. FluoMALDI will advance structural-functional microscopic imaging in cell biology, biomedicine, and pathology.
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- Ethan Yang
- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological ScienceJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
- Applied Imaging Mass Spectrometry CoreJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological ScienceJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
- Applied Imaging Mass Spectrometry CoreJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
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- Microscope FacilityJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21205USA
- Department of Cell BiologyJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21205USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological ScienceJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
- Applied Imaging Mass Spectrometry CoreJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological ScienceJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
- Applied Imaging Mass Spectrometry CoreJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological ScienceJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
- Applied Imaging Mass Spectrometry CoreJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
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- Department of Mechanical EngineeringJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD21218USA
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- Microscope FacilityJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21205USA
- Department of Cell BiologyJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21205USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological ScienceJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
- Applied Imaging Mass Spectrometry CoreJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological ScienceJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
- Department of Mechanical EngineeringJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMD21218USA
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer CancerJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21231USA
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- Microscope FacilityJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21205USA
- Department of Cell BiologyJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21205USA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21218USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological ScienceJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
- Applied Imaging Mass Spectrometry CoreJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21287USA
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer CancerJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21231USA
- Department of Biological ChemistryJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMD21205USA
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Prasetyanto EA, Wasisto HS, Septiadi D. Cellular lasers for cell imaging and biosensing. Acta Biomater 2022; 143:39-51. [PMID: 35314365 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The possibility to produce laser action involving biomaterials, in particular (single) biological cells, has fostered the development of cellular lasers as a novel approach in biophotonics. In this respect, cells that are engineered to carry gain medium (e.g., fluorescent dyes or proteins) are placed inside an optical cavity (i.e., typically a sandwich of highly reflective mirrors), allowing the generation of stimulated emission upon sufficient optical pumping. In another scenario, micron-sized optical resonators supporting whispering-gallery mode (WGM) or semiconductor-based laser probes can be internalized by the cells and support light amplification. This review summarizes the recent advances in the fields of biolasers and cellular lasers, and most importantly, highlights their potential applications in the fields of in vitro and in vivo cell imaging and analysis. They include biosensing (e.g., in vitro detection of sodium chloride (NaCl) concentration), cancer cell imaging, laser-emission-based microscope, cell tracking, cell distinction study, and tissue contraction monitoring in zebrafish. Lastly, several fundamental issues in developing cellular lasers including laser probe fabrication, biocompatibility of the system, and alteration of local refractive index of optical cavities due to protein absorption or probe aggregation are described. Cellular lasers are foreseen as a promising tool to study numerous biological and biophysical phenomena. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Biolasers are generation of laser involving biological materials. Biomaterials, including single cells, can be engineered to incorporate laser probes or fluorescent proteins or fluorophores, and the resulting light emission can be coupled to optical resonator, allowing generation of cellular laser emission upon optical pumping. Unlike fluorescence, this stimulated emission is very sensitive and is capable of detecting small alterations in the optical property of the cells and their environment. In this review, recent development and applications of cellular lasers in the fields of in vitro and in vivo cell imaging, cell tracking, biosensing, and cell/tissue analysis are highlighted. Several challenges in developing cellular lasers including probe fabrication and biocompatibility as well as alteration of cellular environment are explained.
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- Eko Adi Prasetyanto
- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Atma Jaya Catholic University, Jl. Pluit Raya 2, Jakarta 14440, Indonesia
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- Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, Fribourg 1700, Switzerland.
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Hanczyc P, Słota P, Radzewicz C, Fita P. Two-photon excited lasing for detection of amyloids in brain tissue. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 2022; 228:112392. [PMID: 35086026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2022.112392] [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: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Two-photon excitation of emissive markers with near-infrared (NIR) light is of a particular interest for imaging in biology and medicine because NIR light is relatively weakly absorbed and scattered by tissues. At the same time the mechanism of two-photon absorption allows excitation of molecules located deep inside a scattering medium. In this work we demonstrate that the two-photon excitation combined with the effect of light amplification in the stimulated emission process provides a sensitive method for detecting amyloids of different forms. We investigate the two-photon excited amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) of a fluorescent dye, coumarin 307, in the brain tissue infiltrated with various amyloid phantoms i.e. oligomers, protofibrils and mature fibrils. All these forms of amyloids can be detected by observation of ASE and determination of thresholds for light amplification. On this basis we suggest that a relatively simple extension of currently used emission-based optical spectroscopy techniques can provide key information on pathogenic amyloid structures in tissue.
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- Piotr Hanczyc
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
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Hui Chong LS, Zhang J, Bhat KS, Yong D, Song J. Bioinspired cell-in-shell systems in biomedical engineering and beyond: Comparative overview and prospects. Biomaterials 2020; 266:120473. [PMID: 33120202 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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With the development in tissue engineering, cell transplantation, and genetic technologies, living cells have become an important therapeutic tool in clinical medical care. For various cell-based technologies including cell therapy and cell-based sensors in addition to fundamental studies on single-cell biology, the cytoprotection of individual living cells is a prerequisite to extend cell storage life or deliver cells from one place to another, resisting various external stresses. Nature has evolved a biological defense mechanism to preserve their species under unfavorable conditions by forming a hard and protective armor. Particularly, plant seeds covered with seed coat turn into a dormant state against stressful environments, due to mechanical and water/gas constraints imposed by hard seed coat. However, when the environmental conditions become hospitable to seeds, seed coat is ruptured, initiating seed germination. This seed dormancy and germination mechanism has inspired various approaches that artificially induce cell sporulation via chemically encapsulating individual living cells within a thin but tough shell forming a 3D "cell-in-shell" structure. Herein, the recent advance of cell encapsulation strategies along with the potential advantages of the 3D "cell-in-shell" system is reviewed. Diverse coating materials including polymeric shells and hybrid shells on different types of cells ranging from microbes to mammalian cells will be discussed in terms of enhanced cytoprotective ability, control of division, chemical functionalization, and on-demand shell degradation. Finally, current and potential applications of "cell-in-shell" systems for cell-based technologies with remaining challenges will be explored.
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- Lydia Shi Hui Chong
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, 637457, Singapore; Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 2 Fusionopolis Way, 168384, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, 637457, Singapore; Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 2 Fusionopolis Way, 168384, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, 637457, Singapore
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- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 2 Fusionopolis Way, 168384, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 70 Nanyang Drive, 637457, Singapore.
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Zhai W, Yong D, El-Jawhari JJ, Cuthbert R, McGonagle D, Win Naing M, Jones E. Identification of senescent cells in multipotent mesenchymal stromal cell cultures: Current methods and future directions. Cytotherapy 2019; 21:803-819. [PMID: 31138507 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2019.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Regardless of their tissue of origin, multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are commonly expanded in vitro for several population doublings to achieve a sufficient number of cells for therapy. Prolonged MSC expansion has been shown to result in phenotypical, morphological and gene expression changes in MSCs, which ultimately lead to the state of senescence. The presence of senescent cells in therapeutic MSC batches is undesirable because it reduces their viability, differentiation potential and trophic capabilities. Additionally, senescent cells acquire senescence-activated secretory phenotype, which may not only induce apoptosis in the neighboring host cells following MSC transplantation, but also trigger local inflammatory reactions. This review outlines the current and promising new methodologies for the identification of senescent cells in MSC cultures, with a particular emphasis on non-destructive and label-free methodologies. Technologies allowing identification of individual senescent cells, based on new surface markers, offer potential advantage for targeted senescent cell removal using new-generation senolytic agents, and subsequent production of therapeutic MSC batches fully devoid of senescent cells. Methods or a combination of methods that are non-destructive and label-free, for example, involving cell size and spectroscopic measurements, could be the best way forward because they do not modify the cells of interest, thus maximizing the final output of therapeutic-grade MSC cultures. The further incorporation of machine learning methods has also recently shown promise in facilitating, automating and enhancing the analysis of these measured data.
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- Weichao Zhai
- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, UK; Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, A*STAR, Innovis, Singapore
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- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, A*STAR, Innovis, Singapore
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- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, UK; Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, UK
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- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, A*STAR, Innovis, Singapore
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- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, UK.
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