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Yin J, Miao Y, Liang R, Hou H, Teng C, Yu L. Dynamic speckle illumination wide-field fluorescence microscopy with actively optical manipulation of rotational angles. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2024; 15:1585-1594. [PMID: 38495715 PMCID: PMC10942717 DOI: 10.1364/boe.517556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
Abstract
We present a dynamic speckle illumination wide-field fluorescence microscopy (DSIWFM) combined with a line optical tweezers (LOTs) for rotational fluorescence sectioning imaging. In this method, large polystyrene fluorescent microspheres are stably trapped with LOTs, and precisely manipulated to rotate around a specific rotation axis. During the rotation process, multiple raw fluorescence images of trapped microspheres are obtained with dynamic speckle illumination. The root-mean-square (RMS) algorithm is used to extract the drastically changing fluorescent signals in the focal plane to obtain the fluorescence sectioning images of the samples at various angles. The influence of speckle granularity on the image quality of fluorescence sectioning images is experimentally analyzed. The rotational fluorescence sectioning images obtained by DSIWFM with LOTs could provide an alternative technique for applications of biomedical imaging.
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- Jun Yin
- Photonics Research Center, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- Photonics Research Center, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- Photonics Research Center, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- Photonics Research Center, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- Photonics Research Center, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- Photonics Research Center, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Processing, School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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Rabel RAC, Marchioretto PV, Bangert EA, Wilson K, Milner DJ, Wheeler MB. Pre-Implantation Bovine Embryo Evaluation-From Optics to Omics and Beyond. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:2102. [PMID: 37443900 DOI: 10.3390/ani13132102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Approximately 80% of the ~1.5 million bovine embryos transferred in 2021 were in vitro produced. However, only ~27% of the transferred IVP embryos will result in live births. The ~73% pregnancy failures are partly due to transferring poor-quality embryos, a result of erroneous stereomicroscopy-based morphological evaluation, the current method of choice for pre-transfer embryo evaluation. Numerous microscopic (e.g., differential interference contrast, electron, fluorescent, time-lapse, and artificial-intelligence-based microscopy) and non-microscopic (e.g., genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and nuclear magnetic resonance) methodologies have been tested to find an embryo evaluation technique that is superior to morphologic evaluation. Many of these research tools can accurately determine embryo quality/viability; however, most are invasive, expensive, laborious, technically sophisticated, and/or time-consuming, making them futile in the context of in-field embryo evaluation. However accurate they may be, using complex methods, such as RNA sequencing, SNP chips, mass spectrometry, and multiphoton microscopy, at thousands of embryo production/collection facilities is impractical. Therefore, future research is warranted to innovate field-friendly, simple benchtop tests using findings already available, particularly from omics-based research methodologies. Time-lapse monitoring and artificial-intelligence-based automated image analysis also have the potential for accurate embryo evaluation; however, further research is warranted to innovate economically feasible options for in-field applications.
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- R A Chanaka Rabel
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Department of Biomedical and Translational Sciences, Carle-Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Kasaragod DK, Aizawa H. Deep ultraviolet fluorescence microscopy of three-dimensional structures in the mouse brain. Sci Rep 2023; 13:8553. [PMID: 37237102 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35650-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Three-dimensional (3D) imaging at cellular resolution improves our understanding of the brain architecture and is crucial for structural and functional integration as well as for the understanding of normal and pathological conditions in the brain. We developed a wide-field fluorescent microscope for 3D imaging of the brain structures using deep ultraviolet (DUV) light. This microscope allowed fluorescence imaging with optical sectioning due to the large absorption at the surface of the tissue and hence low tissue penetration of DUV light. Multiple channels of fluorophore signals were detected using single or a combination of dyes emitting fluorescence in the visible range of spectrum upon DUV excitation. Combination of this DUV microscope with microcontroller-based motorized stage enabled wide-field imaging of a coronal section of the cerebral hemisphere in mouse for deciphering cytoarchitecture of each substructure in detail. We extended this by integrating vibrating microtome which allowed serial block-face imaging of the brain structure such as the habenula in mouse. Acquired images were with resolution high enough for quantification of the cell numbers and density in the mouse habenula. Upon block-face imaging of the tissues covering entire extent of the cerebral hemisphere of the mouse brain, acquired data were registered and segmented for quantification of cell number in each brain regions. Results in the current analysis indicated that this novel microscope could be a convenient tool for large-scale 3D analysis of the brain in mice.
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- Deepa Kamath Kasaragod
- Department of Neurobiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan.
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- Department of Neurobiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8553, Japan.
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Yang J, Chang S, Chen IA, Kura S, Rosen GA, Saltiel NA, Huber BR, Varadarajan D, Balbastre Y, Magnain C, Chen SC, Fischl B, McKee AC, Boas DA, Wang H. Volumetric Characterization of Microvasculature in Ex Vivo Human Brain Samples By Serial Sectioning Optical Coherence Tomography. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2022; 69:3645-3656. [PMID: 35560084 PMCID: PMC9888394 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2022.3175072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Serial sectioning optical coherence tomography (OCT) enables accurate volumetric reconstruction of several cubic centimeters of human brain samples. We aimed to identify anatomical features of the ex vivo human brain, such as intraparenchymal blood vessels and axonal fiber bundles, from the OCT data in 3D, using intrinsic optical contrast. METHODS We developed an automatic processing pipeline to enable characterization of the intraparenchymal microvascular network in human brain samples. RESULTS We demonstrated the automatic extraction of the vessels down to a 20 μm in diameter using a filtering strategy followed by a graphing representation and characterization of the geometrical properties of microvascular network in 3D. We also showed the ability to extend this processing strategy to extract axonal fiber bundles from the volumetric OCT image. CONCLUSION This method provides a viable tool for quantitative characterization of volumetric microvascular network as well as the axonal bundle properties in normal and pathological tissues of the ex vivo human brain.
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Appelt D, Ehler E, Shukla Mukherjee S, Heintzmann R, Wicker K. Polarized illumination coded structured illumination microscopy (picoSIM): experimental results. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2022; 380:20210193. [PMID: 35152759 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2021.0193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The need for acquiring at least three images to reconstruct an optical section of a sample limits the acquisition rate in structured illumination microscopy (SIM) for optical sectioning. In polarized illumination coded structured illumination microscopy (picoSIM) the three individual light patterns are encoded in a single polarized illumination light distribution, enabling the acquisition of the complete SIM data in a single exposure. Here, we describe our experimental set-up and show experimental results acquired with sequential and single-shot picoSIM. This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue 'Super-resolution structured illumination microscopy (part 2)'.
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- Daniel Appelt
- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Helmholtzweg, 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Helmholtzweg, 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Helmholtzweg, 4, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Adhikari P, Shukla PK, Alharthi F, Rao R, Pradhan P. Photonic technique to study the effects of probiotics on chronic alcoholic brain cells by quantifying their molecular specific structural alterations via confocal imaging. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2022; 15:e202100247. [PMID: 34786860 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202100247] [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: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Molecular specific photonics localization method, the inverse participation ratio (IPR) technique, is a powerful procedure to probe the nano- to submicron scales structural alterations in cells/tissues in their abnormalities due to chronic alcoholism using confocal imaging. Chronic alcoholism introduces abnormalities in brain cells/tissue at the nanoscale level that results in behavioural and psychological disorders which are not well understood. On the other hand, probiotics such as Lactobacillus plantarum enhances brain functions in chronic alcoholism. Using the IPR technique, we probe the molecular specific spatial structural alterations in glial brain cells astrocytes and microglia, as well as in chromatins in the nuclei of cortex brain cells, with or without probiotic treatments in chronic alcoholism. The results show chronic alcoholism alone harms brain cells and the probiotic treatment in chronic alcoholism reverses alcoholic damage in the brain cells/tissues toward normalcy.
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- Prakash Adhikari
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA
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Schniete JK, Tinning PW, Scrimgeour RC, Robb G, Kölln LS, Wesencraft K, Paul NR, Bushell TJ, McConnell G. An evaluation of multi-excitation-wavelength standing-wave fluorescence microscopy (TartanSW) to improve sampling density in studies of the cell membrane and cytoskeleton. Sci Rep 2021; 11:2903. [PMID: 33536463 PMCID: PMC7858599 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78282-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Conventional standing-wave (SW) fluorescence microscopy uses a single wavelength to excite fluorescence from the specimen, which is normally placed in contact with a first surface reflector. The resulting excitation SW creates a pattern of illumination with anti-nodal maxima at multiple evenly-spaced planes perpendicular to the optical axis of the microscope. These maxima are approximately 90 nm thick and spaced 180 nm apart. Where the planes intersect fluorescent structures, emission occurs, but between the planes are non-illuminated regions which are not sampled for fluorescence. We evaluate a multi-excitation-wavelength SW fluorescence microscopy (which we call TartanSW) as a method for increasing the density of sampling by using SWs with different axial periodicities, to resolve more of the overall cell structure. The TartanSW method increased the sampling density from 50 to 98% over seven anti-nodal planes, with no notable change in axial or lateral resolution compared to single-excitation-wavelength SW microscopy. We demonstrate the method with images of the membrane and cytoskeleton of living and fixed cells.
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- Jana K Schniete
- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow East, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK.
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- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow East, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow East, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow East, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow East, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow East, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK
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- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, G4 0RE, UK
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- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow East, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK
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Prunet N, Duncan K. Imaging flowers: a guide to current microscopy and tomography techniques to study flower development. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:2898-2909. [PMID: 32383442 PMCID: PMC7260710 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Developmental biology relies heavily on our ability to generate three-dimensional images of live biological specimens through time, and to map gene expression and hormone response in these specimens as they undergo development. The last two decades have seen an explosion of new bioimaging technologies that have pushed the limits of spatial and temporal resolution and provided biologists with invaluable new tools. However, plant tissues are difficult to image, and no single technology fits all purposes; choosing between many bioimaging techniques is not trivial. Here, we review modern light microscopy and computed projection tomography methods, their capabilities and limitations, and we discuss their current and potential applications to the study of flower development and fertilization.
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- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Gavarane I, Kirilova E, Rubeniņa I, Mežaraupe L, Osipovs S, Deksne G, Pučkins A, Kokina I, Bulanovs A, Kirjušina M. A Simple and Rapid Staining Technique for Sex Determination of Trichinella Larvae Parasites by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2019; 25:1491-1497. [PMID: 31656214 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927619015046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The roundworms of Trichinella genus are worldwide distributed and their prevalence in nature is high. Trichinella genus parasites are the causative agents of foodborne zoonosis trichinellosis. The main prevention and control of the infection are meat inspection by the magnetic stirrer method for the detection of Trichinella larvae in muscle samples. The treatment can be effective if the parasite is discovered early in the intestinal phase. Once the Trichinella larva has reached the muscle tissue, the parasite remains therein and there is no treatment for this life cycle stage. The Trichinella species is dioecious with separate male and female individuals. The developed staining technique that uses confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) displays sufficient results for Trichinella larvae examination and this protocol is applicable to study the internal and external structures and for the sex determination of T. britovi and T. spiralis larvae samples. In the present study, a luminescent derivative was synthesized and used for staining of T. spiralis and T. britovi larvae samples for the examination by CLSM. Various fixatives, such as AFA, 70% ethanol, and Bouin's and Carnoy's solutions were tested for sample preparation. The synthesized luminescent compound demonstrates best visualization results for samples fixed in Bouin's fixative.
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- Inese Gavarane
- Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia
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- Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia
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- Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia
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- Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia
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- Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia
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- Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment BIOR, Riga LV-1076, Latvia
- Faculty of Biology, University of Latvia, Riga LV-1004, Latvia
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- Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia
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- Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia
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- Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia
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- Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia
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Al-Gubory KH. Shedding light on fibered confocal fluorescence microscopy: Applications in biomedical imaging and therapies. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2019; 12:e201900146. [PMID: 31343844 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201900146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 07/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Discoveries of major importance in life sciences and preclinical research are linked to the invention of microscopes that enable imaging of cells and their microstructures. Imaging technologies involving in vivo procedures using fluorescent dyes that permit labelling of cells have been developed over the last two decades. Fibered confocal fluorescence microscopy (FCFM) is an imaging technology equipped with fiber-optic probes to deliver light to organs and tissues of live animals. This enables not only in vivo detection of fluorescent signals and visualization of cells, but also the study of dynamic processes, such cell proliferation, apoptosis and angiogenesis, under physiological and pathological conditions. This will allow the diagnosis of diseased organs and tissues and the evaluation of the efficacy of new therapies in animal models of human diseases. The aim of this report is to shed light on FCFM and its potential medical applications and discusses some factors that compromise the reliability and reproducibility of monitoring biological processes by FCFM. This report also highlights the issues concerning animal experimentation and welfare, and the contributions of FCFM to the 3Rs principals, replacement, reduction and refinement.
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- Kaïs H Al-Gubory
- National Institute for Agricultural Research, Department of Animal Physiology, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Optical Design of an LED Lighting Source for Fluorescence Microscopes. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/app9214574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In this study, we reveal an LED light source model applied in fluorescence microscopes. This optical model is composed of a confocal total internal reflection lens array system (CTLAS) with a nine-LED array. The CTLAS optical system that we designed consists of a total internal reflection (TIR) lens array and a confocal system. The electrical power of the nine-LED array is 7.9 watts, which is lower than traditional light sources, such as the original 120-watt halogen lamps used in fluorescence microscopes (Zeiss, Axio Imager 2). We have successfully applied the CTLAS system to an Axio Imager 2 fluorescence microscope to observe the vascular bundle organization, modified with Cy3 fluorescence molecules, and have found that in the process of system assembly, the fabrication errors of optical lenses could have a critical effect on the CTLAS system. The results of our experiment show that, in order to achieve the same illuminance as that of the halogen lamp, the displacement error tolerances of the lateral x-axis and the longitudinal z-axis must be controlled within 1.3 mm and 1.7 mm, respectively.
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Kumari A, Gupta S. Two-photon excitation and direct emission from S 2 state of U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved near-infrared dye: Application of anti-Kasha's rule for two-photon fluorescence imaging. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2019; 12:e201800086. [PMID: 30155994 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201800086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In recent years, two-photon fluorescence microscopy has gained significant interest in bioimaging. It allows the visualization of deeply buried inhomogeneities in tissues. The near-infrared (NIR) dyes are also used for deep tissue imaging. Indocyanine green (ICG) is the only U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved exogenous contrast agent in the NIR region for clinical applications. However, despite its potential candidature, it had never been used as a two-photon contrast agent for biomedical imaging applications. This letter provides an insight into the scope and application of the two-photon excitation property of ICG to the second excited singlet (S2 ) state in aqueous solution. Furthermore, in this work, we demonstrate the two-photon cellular imaging application of ICG using direct fluorescence emission from S2 state for the first time. Our results show that two-photon excitation to S2 state of ICG could be achieved with approximately 790 nm wavelength of femtosecond laser, which lies in well-known "tissue-optical window." This property would enable light to penetrate much deeper in the turbid medium such as biological tissues. Thus, ICG could be used as the first FDA approved NIR exogenous contrast agent for two-photon imaging. These findings can make remarkable influence on preclinical and clinical cell imaging.
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- Anshu Kumari
- Discipline of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Discipline of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
- Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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Kumari A, Kumari K, Gupta S. The effect of nanoencapsulation of ICG on two-photon bioimaging. RSC Adv 2019; 9:18703-18712. [PMID: 35515210 PMCID: PMC9064784 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03152a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Multiphoton imaging, a highly effective diagnostic technique, has recently gained widespread attention for early-stage cancer detection. Tremendous efforts have been dedicated to explore various types of exogenous contrast agents for improved signal-to-noise ratio of multiphoton imaging. Indocyanine green (ICG), the only U. S. FDA approved near-infrared chromophore, has been recently used as an exogenous contrast agent for two-photon bioimaging. Despite its great potential applications in clinical settings, the conventional delivery method of ICG has limited applications due to its poor cellular uptake and optical stability in its free form. Herein, we report the effect of nanoencapsulation of ICG on two-photon bioimaging. For this study, ICG was encapsulated within poly-l-arginine (PLA) based nanoparticles for the first time. These nanoparticles were found to be biocompatible and biodegradable as the major constituents were salts and PLA. These nanoparticles were spherical with a mean diameter of ∼61 nm and exhibit higher photostability than free ICG. Additionally, nanoencapsulated ICG treated cells show enhanced contrast for two-photon bioimaging in comparison with its free form. In summary, nanoencapsulated ICG could serve as an exogenous chromophore for multiphoton imaging, which shows excellent delivery efficacy. ICG-PLA NPs were synthesized for multiphoton bioimaging. The ICG-PLA NPs were more efficiently taken up by the cells and improved the photostability of the ICG. The ICG-PLA NPs incubated cells display superior contrast in multiphoton imaging.![]()
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- Anshu Kumari
- Discipline of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore
- Indore
- India-453552
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- Discipline of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore
- Indore
- India-453552
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- Discipline of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore
- Indore
- India-453552
- Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science
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Affiliation(s)
- Y. H. Kwon
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Biosciences Division, Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oregon 97402
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York 14456
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Bayguinov PO, Oakley DM, Shih CC, Geanon DJ, Joens MS, Fitzpatrick JAJ. Modern Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 85:e39. [PMID: 29927100 DOI: 10.1002/cpcy.39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Since its commercialization in the late 1980's, confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) has since become one of the most prevalent fluorescence microscopy techniques for three-dimensional structural studies of biological cells and tissues. The flexibility of the approach has enabled its application in a diverse array of studies, from the fast imaging of dynamic processes in living cells, to meticulous morphological analyses of tissues, and co-localization of protein expression patterns. In this chapter, we introduce the principles of confocal microscopy and discuss how the approach has become a mainstay in the biological sciences. We describe the components of a CLSM system and assess how modern implementations of the approach have further expanded the use of the technique. Finally, we briefly outline some practical considerations to take into account when acquiring data using a CLSM system. © 2018 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- Peter O Bayguinov
- Center for Cellular Imaging, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Center for Cellular Imaging, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Center for Cellular Imaging, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Center for Cellular Imaging, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Center for Cellular Imaging, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Center for Cellular Imaging, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.,Departments of Cell Biology & Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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Ryanodine-sensitive intracellular Ca2+ channels (RyRs) open upon binding Ca2+ at cytosolic-facing sites. This results in concerted, self-reinforcing opening of RyRs clustered in specialized regions on the membranes of Ca2+ storage organelles (endoplasmic reticulum and sarcoplasmic reticulum), a process that produces Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release (CICR). The process is optimized to achieve large but brief and localized increases in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration, a feature now believed to be critical for encoding the multiplicity of signals conveyed by this ion. In this paper, I trace the path of research that led to a consensus on the physiological significance of CICR in skeletal muscle, beginning with its discovery. I focus on the approaches that were developed to quantify the contribution of CICR to the Ca2+ increase that results in contraction, as opposed to the flux activated directly by membrane depolarization (depolarization-induced Ca2+ release [DICR]). Although the emerging consensus is that CICR plays an important role alongside DICR in most taxa, its contribution in most mammalian muscles appears to be limited to embryogenesis. Finally, I survey the relevance of CICR, confirmed or plausible, to pathogenesis as well as the multiple questions about activation of release channels that remain unanswered after 50 years.
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- Eduardo Ríos
- Section of Cellular Signaling, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Rush University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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Chib R, Requena S, Mummert M, Strzhemechny YM, Gryczynski I, Borejdo J, Gryczynski Z, Fudala R. Fluorescence lifetime imaging with time-gated detection of hyaluronidase using a long lifetime azadioxatriangulenium (ADOTA) fluorophore. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2016; 4:047001. [PMID: 28192308 DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/4/4/047001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A fluorescence lifetime imaging probe with a long lifetime was used in combination with time-gating for the detection of hyaluronidase using hyaluronic acid as the probe template. This probe was developed by heavily labeling hyaluronic acid with long lifetime azadioxatriangulenium fluorophores (ADOTA). We used this probe to image hyaluronidase produced by DU-145 prostate cancer cells.
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- Rahul Chib
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Center for Fluorescence Technologies and Nanomedicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA. Department of Food Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
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Fibrous structures are an integral and dynamic feature of soft biological tissues that are directly related to the tissues' condition and function. A greater understanding of mechanical tissue behavior can be gained through quantitative analyses of structure alone, as well as its integration into computational models of soft tissue function. Histology and other nonoptical techniques have traditionally dominated the field of tissue imaging, but they are limited by their invasiveness, inability to provide resolution on the micrometer scale, and dynamic information. Recent advances in optical modalities can provide higher resolution, less invasive imaging capabilities, and more quantitative measurements. Here we describe contemporary optical imaging techniques with respect to their suitability in the imaging of tissue structure, with a focus on characterization and implementation into subsequent modeling efforts. We outline the applications and limitations of each modality and discuss the overall shortcomings and future directions for optical imaging of soft tissue structure.
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- Will Goth
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Center for Cardiovascular Simulation, and
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Center for Cardiovascular Simulation, and
- Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712;
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Thompson KJ, Harley CM, Barthel GM, Sanders MA, Mesce KA. Plasmon resonance and the imaging of metal-impregnated neurons with the laser scanning confocal microscope. eLife 2015; 4. [PMID: 26670545 PMCID: PMC4718721 DOI: 10.7554/elife.09388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The staining of neurons with silver began in the 1800s, but until now the great resolving power of the laser scanning confocal microscope has not been utilized to capture the in-focus and three-dimensional cytoarchitecture of metal-impregnated cells. Here, we demonstrate how spectral confocal microscopy, typically reserved for fluorescent imaging, can be used to visualize metal-labeled tissues. This imaging does not involve the reflectance of metal particles, but rather the excitation of silver (or gold) nanoparticles and their putative surface plasmon resonance. To induce such resonance, silver or gold particles were excited with visible-wavelength laser lines (561 or 640 nm), and the maximal emission signal was collected at a shorter wavelength (i.e., higher energy state). Because the surface plasmon resonances of noble metal nanoparticles offer a superior optical signal and do not photobleach, our novel protocol holds enormous promise of a rebirth and further development of silver- and gold-based cell labeling protocols.
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- Karen J Thompson
- Department of Biology, Neuroscience Program, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, United States
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- Department of Entomology, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, United States
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- University Imaging Centers Core Facility, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, United States
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- University Imaging Centers Core Facility, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, United States
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- Department of Entomology, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, United States
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Smolla M, Ruchty M, Nagel M, Kleineidam CJ. Clearing pigmented insect cuticle to investigate small insects' organs in situ using confocal laser-scanning microscopy (CLSM). ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT 2014; 43:175-181. [PMID: 24412654 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2013.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2013] [Revised: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 12/20/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Various microscopic techniques allow investigating structures from submicron to millimeter range, however, this is only possible if the structures of interest are not covered by pigmented cuticle. Here, we present a protocol that combines clearing of pigmented cuticle while preserving both, hard and soft tissues. The resulting transparent cuticle allows confocal laser-scanning microscopy (CLSM), which yields high-resolution images of e.g. the brain, glands, muscles and fine cuticular structures. Using a fluorescent dye, even single labeled neurons can be visualized and resolved up to an imaging depth of 150 μm through the cleared cuticle. Hydrogen-peroxide, which was used to clear the cuticle, does not preclude immunocytochemical techniques, shown by successful labeling of serotonin-immunoreactive neurons (5HT-ir) in the ants' brain. The 'transparent insect protocol' presented here is especially suited for small arthropods where dissection of organs is very demanding and difficult to achieve. Furthermore, the insect organs are preserved in situ thus allowing a more precise three-dimensional reconstruction of the structures of interest compared to, e.g., dissected or sectioned tissue.
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- Marco Smolla
- Department of Biology, Universitätsstraße 10, University of Konstanz, Konstanz 78457, Germany; Department of Behavioral Physiology and Sociobiology, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Computational and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Life Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
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- Life Science Division, Max Schmidheiny-Strasse 201, Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG, Heerbrugg, Switzerland.
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- Department of Biology, Universitätsstraße 10, University of Konstanz, Konstanz 78457, Germany; Department of Behavioral Physiology and Sociobiology, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Department of Biology, Universitätsstraße 10, University of Konstanz, Konstanz 78457, Germany.
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Stender AS, Marchuk K, Liu C, Sander S, Meyer MW, Smith EA, Neupane B, Wang G, Li J, Cheng JX, Huang B, Fang N. Single cell optical imaging and spectroscopy. Chem Rev 2013; 113:2469-527. [PMID: 23410134 PMCID: PMC3624028 DOI: 10.1021/cr300336e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Anthony S. Stender
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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McDonald A, Amos WB, McConnell G. Electron microscopic measurement of the size of the optical focus in laser scanning microscopy. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2012; 18:596-602. [PMID: 22564494 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927612000311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We describe a method for measuring the lateral focal spot size of a multiphoton laser scanning microscope (LSM) with unprecedented accuracy. A specimen consisting of an aluminum film deposited on a glass coverslip was brought into focus in a LSM and the laser intensity was then increased enough to perform nanoablation of the metal film. This process leaves a permanent trace of the raster path usually taken by the beam during the acquisition of an optical image. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) was then used to determine the nanoablated line width to high accuracy, from which the lateral spot size and hence resolution of the LSM can be determined. To demonstrate our method, we performed analysis of a multiphoton LSM at various infrared wavelengths, and we report measurements of optical lateral spot size with an accuracy of 20 nm, limited only by the resolution of the SEM.
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- Alison McDonald
- Strathclyde Institute for Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.
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Murray JM. Methods for imaging thick specimens: confocal microscopy, deconvolution, and structured illumination. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2011; 2011:1399-437. [PMID: 22135661 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top066936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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When a thick specimen is viewed through a conventional microscope, one sees the sum of a sharp image of an in-focus region plus blurred images of all of the out-of-focus regions. High background, scattering, and aberrations are all problems when viewing thick specimens. Several methods are available to deal with these problems in living samples. These methods can be grouped into three classes: primarily optical (e.g., confocal microscopy, multiphoton microscopy), primarily computational (e.g., deconvolution techniques), and mixed (e.g., structured illumination) approaches. This article describes these techniques, which make it possible to see details within thick specimens (e.g., the interiors of cells within living tissue) by optical sectioning, without the artifacts associated with physically sectioning the specimen.
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Calapez A, Rosa A. A statistical pixel intensity model for segmentation of confocal laser scanning microscopy images. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING : A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY 2010; 19:2408-2418. [PMID: 20363677 DOI: 10.1109/tip.2010.2047168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) has been widely used in the life sciences for the characterization of cell processes because it allows the recording of the distribution of fluorescence-tagged macromolecules on a section of the living cell. It is in fact the cornerstone of many molecular transport and interaction quantification techniques where the identification of regions of interest through image segmentation is usually a required step. In many situations, because of the complexity of the recorded cellular structures or because of the amounts of data involved, image segmentation either is too difficult or inefficient to be done by hand and automated segmentation procedures have to be considered. Given the nature of CLSM images, statistical segmentation methodologies appear as natural candidates. In this work we propose a model to be used for statistical unsupervised CLSM image segmentation. The model is derived from the CLSM image formation mechanics and its performance is compared to the existing alternatives. Results show that it provides a much better description of the data on classes characterized by their mean intensity, making it suitable not only for segmentation methodologies with known number of classes but also for use with schemes aiming at the estimation of the number of classes through the application of cluster selection criteria.
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- Alexandre Calapez
- Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
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Wicker K, Sindbert S, Heintzmann R. Characterisation of a resolution enhancing image inversion interferometer. OPTICS EXPRESS 2009; 17:15491-15501. [PMID: 19724546 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.015491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Image inversion interferometers have the potential to significantly enhance the lateral resolution and light efficiency of scanning fluorescence microscopes. Self-interference of a point source's coherent point spread function with its inverted copy leads to a reduction in the integrated signal for off-axis sources compared to sources on the inversion axis. This can be used to enhance the resolution in a confocal laser scanning microscope. We present a simple image inversion interferometer relying solely on reflections off planar surfaces. Measurements of the detection point spread function for several types of light sources confirm the predicted performance and suggest its usability for scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy.
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- Kai Wicker
- King's College London, Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Guy's Campus, New Hunt's House, London SE11UL, United Kingdom
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Oberlaender M, Dercksen VJ, Egger R, Gensel M, Sakmann B, Hege HC. Automated three-dimensional detection and counting of neuron somata. J Neurosci Methods 2009; 180:147-60. [PMID: 19427542 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2008] [Revised: 03/06/2009] [Accepted: 03/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We present a novel approach for automated detection of neuron somata. A three-step processing pipeline is described on the example of confocal image stacks of NeuN-stained neurons from rat somato-sensory cortex. It results in a set of position landmarks, representing the midpoints of all neuron somata. In the first step, foreground and background pixels are identified, resulting in a binary image. It is based on local thresholding and compensates for imaging and staining artifacts. Once this pre-processing guarantees a standard image quality, clusters of touching neurons are separated in the second step, using a marker-based watershed approach. A model-based algorithm completes the pipeline. It assumes a dominant neuron population with Gaussian distributed volumes within one microscopic field of view. Remaining larger objects are hence split or treated as a second neuron type. A variation of the processing pipeline is presented, showing that our method can also be used for co-localization of neurons in multi-channel images. As an example, we process 2-channel stacks of NeuN-stained somata, labeling all neurons, counterstained with GAD67, labeling GABAergic interneurons, using an adapted pre-processing step for the second channel. The automatically generated landmark sets are compared to manually placed counterparts. A comparison yields that the deviation in landmark position is negligible and that the difference between the numbers of manually and automatically counted neurons is less than 4%. In consequence, this novel approach for neuron counting is a reliable and objective alternative to manual detection.
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- Marcel Oberlaender
- Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Group "Cortical Column in silico", Am Klopferspitz 18, Martinsried 82152, Germany.
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The author presents a well rounded and complete overview of the topic, covering optics, detectors, image collection, and analysis, and designed to take the uninitiated person through an excellent understanding of this very actively growing technology.
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Suihko C, Swindle LD, Thomas SG, Serup J. Fluorescence fibre-optic confocal microscopy of skin in vivo: microscope and fluorophores. Skin Res Technol 2006; 11:254-67. [PMID: 16221142 DOI: 10.1111/j.0909-725x.2005.00152.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Fibre-optic confocal imaging in vivo is a new approach in the assessment of human skin. The objective is to describe a novel instrument and its operation and use in combination with fluorophores. METHODS The Stratum is a fibre-optic fluorescence confocal microscope especially developed for the study of skin and mucous membranes. The system is flexible and any body site can be studied with a hand-held scanner. The light source is a 488 nm argon ion laser. Horizontal (en face) images of the epidermis and outer dermis are produced with cellular resolution. Magnification is approximately 1000 x . Fluorescein sodium is routinely used as fluorophore (intradermal injection or application to the skin surface). This fluorophore is safe for human use in vivo, but other substances (rhodamine B, Acridine Orange, green fluorescent protein, curcumin) have also been studied. RESULTS The instrument produces sharp images of epidermal cell layers from the epidermal surface to the sub-papillary dermis, with sub-cellular resolution. The scanner is flexible in use. The technique of intradermal fluorophore injection requires some skill. CONCLUSIONS We consider this fibre-optic instrument a potentially important tool in skin research for non-invasive optical biopsy of primarily the epidermis. Present use is focussed on research applications, where the fluorophore distribution in the skin may illustrate morphological changes in the epidermis.
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- Christian Suihko
- Department of Dermatology, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.
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Kaufman SC, Musch DC, Belin MW, Cohen EJ, Meisler DM, Reinhart WJ, Udell IJ, Van Meter WS. Confocal microscopy. Ophthalmology 2004; 111:396-406. [PMID: 15019397 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To review the available evidence for the use of confocal microscopy in diagnosing infectious keratitis and for other applications for ophthalmic practice. METHODS A MEDLINE search of the peer-reviewed literature for the years 1990 to 2001 yielded 94 citations. The search was limited to studies of human subjects published in English with abstracts. The Ophthalmic Technology Assessment Committee Cornea Panel evaluated these 94 articles for possible clinical relevance and selected 51 (54%) for content review by the panel members. Of these 51 articles, 24 were selected for the panel methodologist to review and rate according to the strength of evidence. RESULTS Of the 24 articles, 21 (87.5%) were classified as case reports or case series and were rated as level III evidence. Three articles were classified as independent, masked, or objective comparisons performed in a narrow spectrum of patients or in a nonconsecutive series of patients and were rated as level II evidence. No studies were rated as level I evidence, defined as an independent masked comparison of an appropriate spectrum of consecutive patients. CONCLUSION Confocal microscopy is a new technology with clinical applications in ophthalmology. Although confocal microscopy has been used in other fields of medicine, the optical transparency of the cornea and other structures of the eye provides a unique opportunity to apply this technology. The targeted literature review of 24 articles found no level I studies to support the use of confocal microscopy in the management of eye disorders. Three level II studies pertained to promising clinical applications of the confocal microscope and provided evidence that supports the use of confocal microscopy as an adjunctive modality for diagnosing Acanthamoeba keratitis. The remaining 21 articles, rated as level III evidence, focus on the use of confocal microscopy to facilitate the diagnosis of infectious keratitis, including amoebic and fungal, but currently there are no definitive studies of its role in the differential diagnosis of this condition. There are also level III studies that support the use of the confocal microscope in refractive surgery. Facilitating the diagnosis of infectious keratitis and applying the confocal microscope to refractive surgery may hold the greatest promise of this new technology.
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- Shirley J Wright
- Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45469-2320, USA
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Benham GS. Practical aspects of objective lens selection for confocal and multiphoton digital imaging techniques. Methods Cell Biol 2003; 70:245-99. [PMID: 12512326 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(02)70007-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Animals
- Humans
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/instrumentation
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/standards
- Lenses/standards
- Microscopy, Confocal/instrumentation
- Microscopy, Confocal/methods
- Microscopy, Confocal/standards
- Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton/instrumentation
- Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton/methods
- Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton/standards
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- Gerald S Benham
- BioScience Confocal Systems, Nikon Instruments Inc., Melville, New York 11747, USA
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Decoding calcium wave signaling. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-2558(03)31030-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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- J P Robinson
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Hou XE, Dahlström A. Synaptic vesicle proteins and neuronal plasticity in adrenergic neurons. Neurochem Res 2000; 25:1275-300. [PMID: 11059802 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007600313865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The neurons in the superior cervical ganglion are active in plasticity and re-modelling in order to adapt to requirements. However, so far, only a few studies dealing with synaptic vesicle related proteins during adaptive processes have been published. In the present paper, changes in content and expression of the synaptic vesicle related proteins in the neurons after decentralization (cutting the cervical sympathetic trunk) or axotomy (cutting the internal and external carotid nerves) were studied. Immunofluorescence studies were carried out using antibodies and antisera against integral membrane proteins, vesicle associated proteins, NPY, and the enzymes TH and PNMT. For colocalization studies, the sections were simultaneously double labelled. Confocal laser scanning microscopy was used for colocalization studies as well as for semi-quantification analysis, using the computer software. Westen blot analysis, in situ 3'-end DNA labelling, and in situ hybridization were also employed. After decentralization of the ganglia several of the synaptic vesicle proteins (synaptotagmin I, synaptophysin, SNAP-25, CLC and GAP-43) were increased in the iris nerve terminal network, but with different time patterns, while TH-immunoreactivity had clearly decreased. In the ganglia, these proteins had decreased at 1 day after decentralization, probably due to degeneration of the pre-ganglionic nerve fibres and terminals. At later intervals, these proteins, except SNAP-25, had increased in the nerve fibre bundles and re-appeared in nerve fibres outlining the principal neurons.
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- X E Hou
- Inst. of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Göteborg University, Sweden
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Fibre-optic technology combined with confocality produces a microscope capable of optical thin sectioning. In this original study, tibial nerves have been stained in a rat model with a vital dye, 4-(4-diethylaminostyryl)-N-methylpyridinium iodide, and analysed by fibre-optic confocal microscopy to produce detailed images of nerve ultrastructure. Schwann cells, nodes of Ranvier and longitudinal myelinated sheaths enclosing axons were clearly visible. Single axons appeared as brightly staining longitudinal structures. This allowed easy tracing of multiple signal axons within the nerve tissue. An accurate measurement of internodal lengths was easily accomplished. This technique is comparable to current histological techniques, but does not require biopsy, thin sectioning or tissue fixing. This study offers a standard for further in vivo microscopy, including the possibility of monitoring the progression of nerve regeneration following microsurgical neurorraphy.
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- T R Cushway
- Microsearch Foundation of Australia, Sydney, NSW
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Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) is widely used to monitor intracellular calcium levels in living cells loaded with calcium-sensitive fluorophores. This review examines the basic advantages and limitations of CLSM in in vivo imaging analyses of calcium dynamics. The benefits of utilizing ratioed images and dextran-conjugated fluorophores are addressed, and practical aspects of handling confocal datasets are outlined. After considering some relatively new microscopical methods that can be used in conjunction with conventional CLSM, possible future applications of confocal techniques in analyses of intracellular calcium dynamics are discussed.
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- S A Stricker
- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA.
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Fan GY, Fujisaki H, Miyawaki A, Tsay RK, Tsien RY, Ellisman MH. Video-rate scanning two-photon excitation fluorescence microscopy and ratio imaging with cameleons. Biophys J 1999; 76:2412-20. [PMID: 10233058 PMCID: PMC1300213 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(99)77396-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A video-rate (30 frames/s) scanning two-photon excitation microscope has been successfully tested. The microscope, based on a Nikon RCM 8000, incorporates a femtosecond pulsed laser with wavelength tunable from 690 to 1050 nm, prechirper optics for laser pulse-width compression, resonant galvanometer for video-rate point scanning, and a pair of nonconfocal detectors for fast emission ratioing. An increase in fluorescent emission of 1.75-fold is consistently obtained with the use of the prechirper optics. The nonconfocal detectors provide another 2.25-fold increase in detection efficiency. Ratio imaging and optical sectioning can therefore be performed more efficiently without confocal optics. Faster frame rates, at 60, 120, and 240 frames/s, can be achieved with proportionally reduced scan lines per frame. Useful two-photon images can be acquired at video rate with a laser power as low as 2.7 mW at specimen with the genetically modified green fluorescent proteins. Preliminary results obtained using this system confirm that the yellow "cameleons" exhibit similar optical properties as under one-photon excitation conditions. Dynamic two-photon images of cardiac myocytes and ratio images of yellow cameleon-2.1, -3.1, and -3.1nu are also presented.
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- G Y Fan
- National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, San Diego, California 92093, USA.
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Li JY, Dahlström AM, Hersh LB, Dahlström A. Fast axonal transport of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) in cholinergic neurons in the rat sciatic nerve. Neurochem Int 1998; 32:457-67. [PMID: 9676745 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(97)00122-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The sciatic nerve, as a part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS), has been used to study axonal transport for decades. It contains motor, sensory as well as autonomic axons. The present study has concentrated on the axonal transport of the synaptic vesicle acetylcholine transporter (VAChT), using the "stop-flow/nerve crush" method. After blocking fast axonal transport by means of a crush, distinct accumulations of various synaptic vesicle proteins, including VAChT, and peptides developed during the first hour after crush-operation and marked increases were observed up to 8 h post-operative. Semiquantitative analysis, using cytofluorimetric scanning (CFS) of immuno-incubated sections, revealed a rapid rate of accumulation proximal to the crush, and that the ratio between distal accumulations (organelles in retrograde transport) and proximal accumulations (organelles in anterograde transport) was about 40%. Most synaptic vesicle proteins were colocalized in the axons proximal to the crush. VAChT-immunoreactive axons were also immunoreactive for choline acetyltransferase (ChAT). Autonomic axons with VAChT also contained VIP-LI. The results demonstrate (1) that VAChT, as well as other synaptic vesicle proteins, is transported with fast axonal transport in motor axons as well as in autonomic post-ganglionic neurons in this nerve, (2) VAChT colocalized in motor axons with SV2 as well as with synaptophysin, indicating storage in the same axonal particle, (3) in the autonomic postganglionic sympathetic cholinergic fibres, VAChT colocalized with VIP, but VIP-LI was present in rather large granular structures while VAChT-LI was present mostly as small granular elements, (4) in motor as well as in autonomic axons ChAT-LI was present in VAChT-positive axons, and (5) the ratio of recycling (retrogradely accumulated) VAChT-IR was about 40%, in contrast to the recycling fraction of synaptophysin that was about 70%.
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- J Y Li
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Göteborg, Medicinaregatan, Sweden.
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Furrer P, Mayer JM, Gurny R. Confocal microscopy as a tool for the investigation of the anterior part of the eye. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 1997; 13:559-78. [PMID: 9436159 DOI: 10.1089/jop.1997.13.559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In recent years, confocal microscopy has become a powerful tool for examining microscopic structures in the living eye. The decisive advantage of this technique is that it permits the investigation of optical sections of relatively thick (> 10 microns) specimens. Because confocal microscopy suppresses the out-of-focus blur, sharp three-dimensional images with excellent resolution can be obtained. Confocal microscopy is therefore able to provide more information than the classic methods--i.e., specular microscopy and slit-lamp biomicroscopy. This paper reviews recent applications of confocal microscopy in three fields of ophthalmology: the observation of the anatomy of the anterior parts of the eye, the investigation of these structures after local administration of drugs and, finally, the use of this technique for the diagnosis of infectious ocular diseases.
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- P Furrer
- School of Pharmacy, Institute of Therapeutic Chemistry, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
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- W Denk
- Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA
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Hou XE, Li JY, Dahlström A. Clathrin light chain and synaptotagmin I in rat sympathetic neurons. JOURNAL OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 1997; 62:13-26. [PMID: 9021645 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1838(96)00103-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Clathrin light chain (clathrin LC) and synaptotagmin I in sympathetic neurons in rat superior cervical ganglia (SCG) were studied using immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy. The distributions of clathrin LC and synaptotagmin I were compared with that of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) in double label experiments. The influence of preganglionic regulation on the expression of clathrin LC and synaptotagmin I in post-ganglionic adrenergic neurons was investigated after cutting the cervical sympathetic trunk. In SCGs and irides of control animals, the calthrin LC- and synaptotagmin-I-positive structures were present in a granular pattern in nerve fibers and varicose terminals. In principal neurons, the two proteins were present in a perinuclear network (the Golgi complex). After decentralization, the synaptotagmin-I- and clathrin LC-positive granules normally present in preganglionic nerve terminals outlining the neuronal somata were no longer observed on day 1, but reappeared, and were increased above control in number and intensity, in axon bundles in the ganglia, on day 3 and up to day 28 post-decentralization. In irides, the fluorescence intensity and density of clathrin LC- and synaptotagmin-I-positive nerve terminals in the dilator plate, were semi-quantified using the confocal microscopy software. It was found that both proteins increased shortly after decentralization. Immunoblot data confirmed the immunohistochemical/confocal microscopy observations. Fast axonal transport of clathrin LC- and synaptotagmin I in preganglionic sympathetic neurons was demonstrated in crush-operated cervical sympathetic trunk. Both proteins rapidly accumulated proximally as well as distally to the crush, demonstrating fast anterograde and retrograde axonal transport (recycling). Thus, clathrin LC and synaptotagmin I are normally present in pre- as well as post-ganglionic sympathetic neurons. The colocalization of clathrin LC with synaptotagmin I in the Golgi complex of the adrenergic neurons may imply that clathrin participates in the synthesis/sorting of the fast transported materials in these neurons. Possible explanations for the increase of the two proteins after decentralization are discussed.
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- X E Hou
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Göteborg University, Sweden.
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Santi CM, Conner JA, Hernández-Cruz A. A significant fraction of calcium transients in intact guinea pig ventricular myocytes is mediated by Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange. Cell Signal 1995; 7:803-20. [PMID: 8593249 DOI: 10.1016/0898-6568(95)02008-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Ca2+ mobilization elicited by simulation with brief pulses of high K+ were monitored with confocal laser scanned microscopy in intact, guinea pig cardiac myocytes loaded with the calcium indicator fluo-3. Single wavelength ratioing of fluorescence images obtained after prolonged integration times revealed non-uniformities of intracellular Ca2+ changes across the cell, suggesting the presence of significant spatial Ca2+ gradients. Treatment with 20 microM ryanodine, an inhibitor of Ca2+ release from the SR, and 10 microM verapamil, a calcium channel blocker, reduced by 42% and 76% respectively the changes in [Ca2+]i elicited by membrane depolarization. The overall spatial distribution of [Ca2+]i changes appeared unchanged. Ca2+ transients recorded in the presence of verapamil and ryanodine (about 20% of the size of control responses), diminished in the presence of 50 microM 2-4 Dichlorbenzamil (DCB) or 5 mM nickel, two relatively specific inhibitors of the Na+/Ca2+ exchange mechanism. Conversely, when the reversal potential of the Na+/Ca2+ exchange was shifted to negative potentials by lowering [NA+]o or by increasing [Na+]i by treatment with 20 microM monensin, the amplitude of these Ca2+ transients increased. Ca2+ transients elicited by membrane depolarization and largely mediated by reverse operation of Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange could be recorded in the presence of ryanodine, verapamil and monensin. These finding suggest that in intact guinea pig cardiac cells, Ca2+ influx through the Na+/Ca2+ exchange mechanism activated by a membrane depolarization in the physiological range can be sufficient to play a significant role in excitation-contraction coupling.
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- C M Santi
- Departamento de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, UNAM, México City, México
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Hou XE, Dahlström A. Effects of decentralization on the levels of GAP-43 and p38 (synaptophysin) in sympathetic adrenergic neurons: a semi-quantitative study using immunofluorescence and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Brain Res 1995; 679:49-63. [PMID: 7648265 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00219-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The distribution of GAP-43 in superior cervical ganglion (SCG) and iris were studied in normal animals and following decentralization using immunofluorescence and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). GAP-43-like immunoreactivity (LI) was compared with p38 (synaptophysin)-LI, and tyrosin hydroxylase (TH)-LI. In the control SCG, GAP-43-LI and p38-LI were mainly localized in nerve terminals around the principal neurons. The neuronal perikarya were negative for GAP-43, but positive for p38 in a perinuclear zone, as well as positive for TH. SIF cells (Small Intensely Fluorescent cells, ganglionic interneurons) were positive for GAP-43, TH and p38. One day after decentralization, GAP-43-LI and p38-LI in nerve terminals around principal neurons had disappeared. Some of the principal neurons showed a weak GAP-43-immunoreactivity. Three days post-decentralization, GAP-43- and p38-positive nerve terminals around the neurons had reappeared in considerable numbers and the intra-ganglionic nerve bundles were positive for both antibodies. In the control irides, GAP-43-LI and p38-LI were distributed in a varicose pattern in the nerve bundles, around blood vessels and in the network of terminals. Double labelling studies showed that GAP-43-LI was colocalized with TH-LI and p38-LI. The network of terminals in the dilator plate of the irides was quantified by measuring the fluorescence intensity of randomly selected areas, using CLSM. Three days after decentralization the intensity of GAP-43-LI and p38-LI had significantly increased. TH-LI had decreased 8 days after decentralization. The results indicate that GAP-43-LI and p38-LI are normally present in the nerve fibers and terminals of both pre- and post-ganglionic neurons in adult rats. The expression of GAP-43-LI and p38-LI in post-ganglionic neurons is preganglionically regulated, as indicated by the increased expression after decentralization. The expression of p38 in these neurons is probably regulated via mechanisms that are separate from those which regulate GAP-43, since it showed a different time course than that of GAP-43-LI.
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- X E Hou
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Göteborg University, Sweden
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Kaufman SC, Beuerman RW, Greer DL. Confocal microscopy: a new tool for the study of the nail unit. J Am Acad Dermatol 1995; 32:668-70. [PMID: 7896961 DOI: 10.1016/0190-9622(95)90371-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- S C Kaufman
- Department of Ophthalmology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, School of Medicine, New Orleans
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Prakash YS, Smithson KG, Sieck GC. Growth-related alterations in motor endplates of type-identified diaphragm muscle fibres. JOURNAL OF NEUROCYTOLOGY 1995; 24:225-35. [PMID: 7798115 DOI: 10.1007/bf01181536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Using a double-labelling technique, and dual-channel confocal microscopy, we examined the three-dimensional and two-dimensional morphologies of motor endplates on type I and II muscle fibres of 21-day-old and adult rat diaphragms. Motor endplates were visualized with fluorescein-conjugated alpha-bungarotoxin, and muscle fibre type was immunocytochemically determined using an anti-fast (type II) myosin antibody with a Cy5-conjugated label. Surface (three-dimensional) and planar (two-dimensional) areas were obtained from three-dimensional reconstructions of confocal optical sections of labelled endplates. Muscle fibre diameters were also measured. Total branch lengths were measured from projection images of the three dimensional reconstructions. The surface and planar areas of endplates on type I fibres at day 21 were larger than those on type II fibres, and this difference increased with maturation. In adults, the surface area of endplates was positively correlated to muscle fibre size, but such a correlation was not found at day 21. When normalized for fibre diameter, the surface areas of endplates on type I fibres were still significantly larger than those on type II fibres in both age groups. The normalized endplate surface area for type II fibres remained constant with maturation, whereas for type I fibres, the increase in endplate surface area was disproportionate to fibre growth.
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- Y S Prakash
- Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Linares-Cruz G, Millot G, De Cremoux P, Vassy J, Olofsson B, Rigaut JP, Calvo F. Combined analysis of in situ hybridization, cell cycle and structural markers using reflectance and immunofluorescence confocal microscopy. THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 1995; 27:15-23. [PMID: 7713753 DOI: 10.1007/bf00164168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A method for the simultaneous detection of mRNA by reflectance in situ hybridization (RISH), cell cycle and structural markers by immunofluorescence using confocal laser scanning microscopy is presented. The mRNA expression of two ras-related genes rhoB and rhoC was analysed in human breast cancer cell lines and human histological specimens (breast cancer tissues and skin biopsies). In breast cancer cell lines, the conditions were optimized to detect RNA-RNA hybrids and DNA synthesis after pulse-labelling with bromodeoxyuridine. Endonuclease-exonuclease digestion, which allows the accessibility to specific antibodies of halogenated pyrimidine molecules, was carried out following ISH. Finally, cytokeratin or vimentin staining was performed. The detection of signals, arising from 1-nm colloidal gold particles without silver enhancement, by reflectance confocal laser scanning microscopy is described. Bromodeoxybiridine DNA markers and cytokeratin/vimentin staining were detected concomitantly using different fluorochromes. To allow comparative expression of two related genes, the mRNA of rhoB and rhoC were detected using digoxigenin- or biotin-labelled riboprobes and, after 3-D imaging, a detailed analysis by optical horizontal (x, y) and vertical (x, z) sectioning was undertaken. The subsequent bromodeoxyuridine detection procedure permitted to us explore the specific transcription of these two genes during S and non-S phases. This method allows the identification and localization of several subcellular components in cells within a complex tissue structure and makes it possible to analyse further transcript localization in relation to the function of the encoded protein and to the cell cycle.
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- G Linares-Cruz
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Expérimentale, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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Kobayashi N, Sakai T. Postnatal reorganization of actin filaments and differentiation of intercellular boundaries in the rat aortic endothelial cells. Cell Tissue Res 1994; 278:471-82. [PMID: 7850858 DOI: 10.1007/bf00331365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Postnatal change in the distribution of actin filaments in endothelial cells was studied in the rat aorta by use of rhodamine-phalloidin staining and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Endothelial cells of the rat aorta possessed two populations of actin filament bundles, namely, peripheral bands at the cell border and stress fibers running longitudinally in the cytoplasm. Aortic endothelial cells of the neonatal rat contained only stress fibers, whereas those of the 10-day-old rat developed both peripheral bands and stress fibers. After 20 days of age, aortic endothelial cells had predominantly peripheral bands with occasional stress fibers around the branch orifices. During postnatal development the length density of stress fibers in aortic endothelial cells decreased, whereas individual stress fibers in endothelial cells were shortened. Electron-microscopic observation revealed that the high intercellular boundaries of aortic endothelial cells at birth decreased in height and developed cytoplasmic interdigitations after 20 days of age. The occurrence of peripheral bands at the cell border is thought to be closely related to formation of cytoplasmic interdigitation which strengthens the mechanical connection between endothelial cells against increasing transmural pressure. Expression of stress fibers in aortic endothelial cells of the neonatal rat is supposed to be affected by longitudinal elongation of the developing aorta, whereas their postnatal decrease is thought to be correlated with the change of fluid shear stress loaded on the aortic endothelium.
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- N Kobayashi
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
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Dahlström AB, Li JY. Fast and slow axonal transport-different methodological approaches give complementary information: contributions of the stop-flow/crush approach. Neurochem Res 1994; 19:1413-9. [PMID: 7534876 DOI: 10.1007/bf00972470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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This 'minireview' describes experiments in short term crush operated rat nerves, to study endogenous substances in anterograde and retrograde fast axonal transport. Immunofluorescence was used to recognize transported antigens, and cytofluorimetric scanning was employed to quantitate different antigens which had accumulated proximal and distal to the crushes. Vesicle membrane components p38 (synaptophysin) and SV2 accumulated on both sides of a crush. This was expected from a number of studies from different laboratories. Surface associated molecules, however, like synapsins and rab3a, have been studied by other groups with biochemical methods, and suggested to be transported with slow transport. The crush method, however, revealed that a considerable fraction of these two substances are transported with the fast transport system, and, thus, associated with fast transported organelles in the living neuron. Evidently, more than one technique is required to give a more complete picture of intraneuronal transport related events.
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- A B Dahlström
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Göteborg, Sweden
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Belichenko P, Sourander P, Dahlström A. Morphological aberrations in therapy-resistant partial epilepsy (TRPE). Confocal laser scanning and 3D reconstructions of Lucifer Yellow injected atypical pyramidal neurons in epileptic human cortex. Mol Neurobiol 1994; 9:245-52. [PMID: 7888101 DOI: 10.1007/bf02816123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Epileptic temporal and parietal cortices, removed from 6 patients with therapy-resistant (intractable) partial epilepsy (TRPE) during neurosurgery, were studied. Neurons (40-50 in each slice) in laminae I-VI and white matter were injected with Lucifer Yellow (LY). Samples were examined in a confocal laser scanning microscope (BioRad [Richmond, CA] MRC 600), and individual cells were scanned at 0.1-2 microns incremental levels. 2D maximal linear projection was used for overview. Frames (50-60) of scanned neurons were transformed into 3D volumes, using VoxelView software on a Silicone Graphics workstation, and rotated. All samples contained pyramidal neurons with duplicated apical dendrites, additional basal dendrites, or were misplaced in a horizontal position in the white matter. Rarely were such cells observed in normal cases. The relation between the observations and the disease is discussed. The attempt to simultaneously apply immunofluorescence was successful concerning synaptic vesicle antigens. This approach will be used for a detailed study of the synaptology of this disease.
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- P Belichenko
- Brain Research Institute, Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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