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Su Q, Jiang C, Gou D, Long Y. Surface Plasmon-Assisted Fluorescence Enhancing and Quenching: From Theory to Application. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2021; 4:4684-4705. [PMID: 35007020 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.1c00320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
The integration of surface plasmon resonance and fluorescence yields a multiaspect improvement in surface fluorescence sensing and imaging, leading to a paradigm shift of surface plasmon-assisted fluorescence techniques, for example, surface plasmon enhanced field fluorescence spectroscopy, surface plasmon coupled emission (SPCE), and SPCE imaging. This Review aims to characterize the unique optical property with a common physical interpretation and diverse surface architecture-based measurements. The fundamental electromagnetic theory is employed to comprehensively unveil the fluorophore-surface plasmon interaction, and the associated surface-modification design is liberally highlighted to balance the surface plasmon-induced fluorescence-enhancement efforts and the surface plasmon-caused fluorescence-quenching effects. In particular, all types of surface structures, for example, silicon, carbon, protein, DNA, polymer, and multilayer, are systematically interrogated in terms of component, thickness, stiffness, and functionality. As a highly interdisciplinary and expanding field in physics, optics, chemistry, and surface chemistry, this Review could be of great interest to a broad readership, in particular, among physical chemists, analytical chemists, and in surface-based sensing and imaging studies.
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- Qiang Su
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Carson International Cancer Center, Shenzhen University, 1066 Xueyuan Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China.,School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom.,Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Carson International Cancer Center, Shenzhen University, 1066 Xueyuan Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Clinical Research Center, Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital, 6019 Liuxian Street, Xili Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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Chen M, Cao SH, Li YQ. Surface plasmon-coupled emission imaging for biological applications. Anal Bioanal Chem 2020; 412:6085-6100. [PMID: 32300846 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-020-02635-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Revised: 03/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fluorescence imaging technology has been extensively applied in chemical and biological research profiting from its high sensitivity and specificity. Much attention has been devoted to breaking the light diffraction-limited spatial resolution. However, it remains a great challenge to improve the axial resolution in a way that is accessible in general laboratories. Surface plasmon-coupled emission (SPCE), generated by the interactions between surface plasmons and excited fluorophores in close vicinity of the thin metal film, offers an opportunity for optical imaging with potential application in analysis of molecular and biological systems. Benefiting from the highly directional and distance-dependent properties, SPCE imaging (SPCEi) has displayed excellent performance in bioimaging with improved sensitivity and axial confinement. Herein, we give a brief overview of the development of SPCEi. We describe the unique optical characteristics and constructions of SPCEi systems and highlight recent advances in the use of SPCEi for biological applications. We hope this review provides readers with both the insights and future prospects of SPCEi as a new promising imaging platform for potentially widespread applications in biological research and medical diagnostics. Graphical abstract.
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- Min Chen
- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, Fujian, China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, Fujian, China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, Fujian, China.
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Chen M, Pan XH, Liu Q, Huo SX, Cao SH, Zhai YY, Zhao Y, Li YQ. Variable-Angle Nanoplasmonic Fluorescence Microscopy: An Axially Resolved Method for Tracking the Endocytic Pathway. Anal Chem 2019; 91:13658-13664. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b02845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Min Chen
- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P.R. China
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Borejdo J, Gryczynski Z, Fudala R, Joshi CR, Borgmann K, Ghorpade A, Gryczynski I. Surface plasmon-assisted microscope. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2018; 23:1-4. [PMID: 29935016 PMCID: PMC8357319 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.23.6.060502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 05/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Total internal reflection microscopy (TIRF) has been a powerful tool in biological research. The most valuable feature of the method has been the ability to image 100- to 200-nm-thick layer of cell features adjacent to a coverslip, such as membrane lipids, membrane receptors, and structures proximal-to-basal membranes. Here, we demonstrate an alternative method of imaging thin-layer proximal-to-basal membranes by placing a sample on a high refractive index coverslip covered by a thin layer of gold. The sample is illuminated using the Kretschmann method (i.e., from the top to an aqueous medium). Fluorophores that are close to the metal surface induce surface plasmons in the metal film. Fluorescence from fluorophores near the metal surface couple with surface plasmons allowing them to penetrate the metal surface and emerge at a surface plasmon coupled emission angle. The thickness of the detection layer is further reduced in comparison with TIRF by metal quenching of fluorophores at a close proximity (below 10 nm) to a surface. Fluorescence is collected by a high NA objective and imaged by EMCCD or converted to a signal by avalanche photodiode fed by a single-mode optical fiber inserted in the conjugate image plane of the objective. The system avoids complications of through-the-objective TIRF associated with shared excitation and emission light path, has thin collection thickness, produces excellent background rejection, and is an effective method to study molecular motion.
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- Julian Borejdo
- University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- University of North Texas, Center for Commercialization of Fluorescence Technologies, Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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- Texas Christian University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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- University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- University of North Texas, Center for Commercialization of Fluorescence Technologies, Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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- University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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- University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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- University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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- University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- University of North Texas, Center for Commercialization of Fluorescence Technologies, Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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Liu Q, Cao SH, Cai WP, Liu XQ, Weng YH, Xie KX, Huo SX, Li YQ. Surface Plasmon Coupled Emission in Micrometer-Scale Cells: A Leap from Interface to Bulk Targets. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:2921-7. [DOI: 10.1021/jp512031r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Qian Liu
- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry and the MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis & Instrumentation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Punj D, Ghenuche P, Moparthi SB, de Torres J, Grigoriev V, Rigneault H, Wenger J. Plasmonic antennas and zero-mode waveguides to enhance single molecule fluorescence detection and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy toward physiological concentrations. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2014; 6:268-82. [DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Deep Punj
- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel; UMR 7249; 13013 Marseille France
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- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel; UMR 7249; 13013 Marseille France
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- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel; UMR 7249; 13013 Marseille France
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- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel; UMR 7249; 13013 Marseille France
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- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel; UMR 7249; 13013 Marseille France
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- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel; UMR 7249; 13013 Marseille France
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- CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel; UMR 7249; 13013 Marseille France
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Choudhury SD, Ray K, Lakowicz JR. Silver Nanostructures for Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy: Reduced Volumes and Increased Signal Intensities. J Phys Chem Lett 2012; 3:2915-2919. [PMID: 26855696 PMCID: PMC4743895 DOI: 10.1021/jz301229m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) is a widely used technique to investigate the interactions and dynamics of molecules, below micromolar concentrations. Silver nanostructure (AgNS) substrates can extend the applicability of FCS to higher concentrations, which is useful for many biologically relevant reactions. Additionally, these substrates can improve detection efficiency by increasing fluorescence signal intensities. The ease of preparation of the AgNS substrates in comparison to previously investigated materials prepared by top-down nanofabrication is expected to make them readily available and suitable for various FCS applications.
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Mettikolla P, Calander N, Luchowski R, Gryczynski I, Gryczynski Z, Borejdo J. Kinetics of a single cross-bridge in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy heart muscle measured by reverse Kretschmann fluorescence. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2010; 15:017011. [PMID: 20210485 PMCID: PMC2847936 DOI: 10.1117/1.3324871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2009] [Revised: 01/04/2010] [Accepted: 01/06/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) is a serious heart disease that often leads to a sudden cardiac death of young athletes. It is believed that the alteration of the kinetics of interaction between actin and myosin causes FHC by making the heart to pump blood inefficiently. We set out to check this hypothesis ex vivo. During contraction of heart muscle, a myosin cross-bridge imparts periodic force impulses to actin. The impulses are analyzed by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) of fluorescently labeled actin. To minimize observation volume and background fluorescence, we carry out FCS measurements in surface plasmon coupled emission mode in a reverse Kretschmann configuration. Fluorescence is a result of near-field coupling of fluorophores excited in the vicinity of the metal-coated surface of a coverslip with the surface plasmons propagating in the metal. Surface plasmons decouple on opposite sides of the metal film and emit in a directional manner as far-field p-polarized radiation. We show that the rate of changes of orientation is significantly faster in contracting cardiac myofibrils of transgenic mice than wild type. These results are consistent with the fact that mutated heart muscle myosin translates actin faster in in vitro motility assays.
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- Prasad Mettikolla
- University of North Texas Health Science Center, Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, USA
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Estrada LC, Aramendía PF, Martínez OE. 10000 times volume reduction for fluorescence correlation spectroscopy using nano-antennas. OPTICS EXPRESS 2008; 16:20597-20602. [PMID: 19065198 DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.020597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We present an experimental and theoretical study of a new scheme for Near-Field Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy that, using the field enhancement by optical nanoantennas, allows the reduction of the observation volume 4 orders of magnitude below the diffraction limit. This reduction can be used in two different ways: to increase the sample concentration and to improve the spatial resolution of the dynamics under study. Our experimental results using individual gold nanoparticles and a 150 microM Rose Bengal solution in glycerol confirm the volume reduction.
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- Laura C Estrada
- Departamento de Física, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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