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Nobis D, Sansom HG, Magennis SW. Corrigendum: Pulse-shaped broadband multiphoton excitation for single-molecule fluorescence detection in the far field (2023 Methods Appl. Fluoresc.11017001). Methods Appl Fluoresc 2023; 11. [PMID: 37057756 DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/acca63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- David Nobis
- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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Nobis D, Sansom HG, Magennis SW. Pulse-shaped broadband multiphoton excitation for single-molecule fluorescence detection in the far field. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2023; 11. [PMID: 36595246 DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/aca87f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
Abstract
Multiphoton excitation of fluorescence has many potential advantages over resonant (one-photon) excitation, but the method has not found widespread use for ultrasensitive applications. We recently described an approach to the multiphoton excitation of single molecules that uses a pulse shaper to compress and tailor pulses from an ultrafast broadband laser in order to optimise the brightness and signal-to-background ratio following non-linear excitation. Here we provide a detailed description of the setup and illustrate its use and potential by optimising two-photon fluorescence of a common fluorophore, rhodamine 110, at the single-molecule level. We also show that a DNA oligonucleotide labelled with a fluorescent nucleobase analogue, tC, can be detected using two-photon FCS, whereas one-photon excitation causes rapid photobleaching. The ability to improve the signal-to-background ratio and to reduce the incident power required to attain a given brightness can be applied to the multiphoton excitation of any fluorescent species, from small molecules with low multiphoton cross sections to the brightest nanoparticles.
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Affiliation(s)
- David Nobis
- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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Samaan GN, Wyllie MK, Cizmic JM, Needham LM, Nobis D, Ngo K, Andersen S, Magennis SW, Lee SF, Purse BW. Single-molecule fluorescence detection of a tricyclic nucleoside analogue. Chem Sci 2020; 12:2623-2628. [PMID: 34164030 PMCID: PMC8179283 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc03903a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Fluorescent nucleobase surrogates capable of Watson–Crick hydrogen bonding are essential probes of nucleic acid structure and dynamics, but their limited brightness and short absorption and emission wavelengths have rendered them unsuitable for single-molecule detection. Aiming to improve on these properties, we designed a new tricyclic pyrimidine nucleoside analogue with a push–pull conjugated system and synthesized it in seven sequential steps. The resulting C-linked 8-(diethylamino)benzo[b][1,8]naphthyridin-2(1H)-one nucleoside, which we name ABN, exhibits ε442 = 20 000 M−1 cm−1 and Φem,540 = 0.39 in water, increasing to Φem = 0.50–0.53 when base paired with adenine in duplex DNA oligonucleotides. Single-molecule fluorescence measurements of ABN using both one-photon and two-photon excitation demonstrate its excellent photostability and indicate that the nucleoside is present to > 95% in a bright state with count rates of at least 15 kHz per molecule. This new fluorescent nucleobase analogue, which, in duplex DNA, is the brightest and most red-shifted known, is the first to offer robust and accessible single-molecule fluorescence detection capabilities. Fluorescent nucleoside analogue ABN is readily detected at the single-molecule level and retains a quantum yield >50% in duplex DNA oligonucleotides.![]()
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- George N Samaan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Viral Information Institute, San Diego State University San Diego CA 92182 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Viral Information Institute, San Diego State University San Diego CA 92182 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Viral Information Institute, San Diego State University San Diego CA 92182 USA
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- University of Cambridge, Chemistry Department Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Viral Information Institute, San Diego State University San Diego CA 92182 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Viral Information Institute, San Diego State University San Diego CA 92182 USA
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow University Avenue Glasgow G12 8QQ UK
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- University of Cambridge, Chemistry Department Lensfield Road Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Viral Information Institute, San Diego State University San Diego CA 92182 USA
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Berrones‐Reyes JC, Muñoz‐Flores BM, Uscanga‐Palomeque AC, Santillán R, Del Angel‐Mosqueda C, Nobis D, Cochrane MA, Magennis SW, Jiménez‐Pérez VM. Two‐Photon Detection of Organotin Schiff Base Complexes in Cancer Cells. ChemistrySelect 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201904816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jessica C. Berrones‐Reyes
- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónFacultad de Ciencias Químicas Av. Pedro de Alba 66455 Nuevo León México
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónFacultad de Ciencias Químicas Av. Pedro de Alba 66455 Nuevo León México
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPNDepartamento de Química, A. P. 14-740, C. P. 07000 D. F. México
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónFacultad de Odontología Av. Dr. Eduardo Aguirre Pequeño 64460 Nuevo León México
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- University of GlasgowSchool of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University Place Glasgow G12 8QQ United Kingdom
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- University of GlasgowSchool of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University Place Glasgow G12 8QQ United Kingdom
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- University of GlasgowSchool of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University Place Glasgow G12 8QQ United Kingdom
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónFacultad de Ciencias Químicas Av. Pedro de Alba 66455 Nuevo León México
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Bell JD, Harkiss AH, Nobis D, Malcolm E, Knuhtsen A, Wellaway CR, Jamieson AG, Magennis SW, Sutherland A. Conformationally rigid pyrazoloquinazoline α-amino acids: one- and two-photon induced fluorescence. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:1887-1890. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc09064a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Conformationally rigid unnatural α-amino acids bearing a pyrazoloquinazoline ring system that are amenable to both one- and two-photon excitation have been developed as new fluorescent probes.
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- Jonathan D. Bell
- WestCHEM
- School of Chemistry
- The Joseph Black Building
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow
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- WestCHEM
- School of Chemistry
- The Joseph Black Building
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow
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- WestCHEM
- School of Chemistry
- The Joseph Black Building
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow
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- WestCHEM
- School of Chemistry
- The Joseph Black Building
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow
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- WestCHEM
- School of Chemistry
- The Joseph Black Building
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow
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- WestCHEM
- School of Chemistry
- The Joseph Black Building
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow
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- WestCHEM
- School of Chemistry
- The Joseph Black Building
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow
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- WestCHEM
- School of Chemistry
- The Joseph Black Building
- University of Glasgow
- Glasgow
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Nobis D, Fisher RS, Simmermacher M, Hopkins PA, Tor Y, Jones AC, Magennis SW. Single-Molecule Detection of a Fluorescent Nucleobase Analogue via Multiphoton Excitation. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:5008-5012. [PMID: 31397575 PMCID: PMC7024020 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The ability to routinely detect fluorescent nucleobase analogues at the single-molecule level would create a wealth of opportunities to study nucleic acids. We report the multiphoton-induced fluorescence and single-molecule detection of a dimethylamine-substituted extended-6-aza-uridine (DMAthaU). We show that DMAthaU can exist in a highly fluorescent form, emitting strongly in the visible region (470-560 nm). Using pulse-shaped broadband Ti:sapphire laser excitation, DMAthaU undergoes two-photon (2P) absorption at low excitation powers, switching to three-photon (3P) absorption at high incident intensity. The assignment of a 3P process is supported by cubic response calculations. Under both 2P and 3P excitation, the single-molecule brightness was over an order of magnitude higher than reported previously for any fluorescent base analogue, which facilitated the first single-molecule detection of an emissive nucleoside with multiphoton excitation.
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Affiliation(s)
- David Nobis
- WestCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
- Corresponding Authors (A.C.J.)., (S.W.M.)
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- WestCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Joseph Black Building, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
- Corresponding Authors (A.C.J.)., (S.W.M.)
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Fisher RS, Nobis D, Füchtbauer AF, Bood M, Grøtli M, Wilhelmsson LM, Jones AC, Magennis SW. Pulse-shaped two-photon excitation of a fluorescent base analogue approaches single-molecule sensitivity. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:28487-28498. [PMID: 30412214 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05496g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Fluorescent nucleobase analogues (FBAs) have many desirable features in comparison to extrinsic fluorescent labels, but they are yet to find application in ultrasensitive detection. Many of the disadvantages of FBAs arise from their short excitation wavelengths (often in the ultraviolet), making two-photon excitation a potentially attractive approach. Pentacyclic adenine (pA) is a recently developed FBA that has an exceptionally high two-photon brightness. We have studied the two-photon-excited fluorescence properties of pA and how they are affected by incorporation in DNA. We find that pA is more photostable under two-photon excitation than via resonant absorption. When incorporated in an oligonucleotide, pA has a high two-photon cross section and emission quantum yield, varying with sequence context, resulting in the highest reported brightness for such a probe. The use of a two-photon microscope with ultrafast excitation and pulse shaping has allowed the detection of pA-containing oligonucleotides in solution with a limit of detection of ∼5 molecules, demonstrating that practical single-molecule detection of FBAs is now within reach.
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- Rachel S Fisher
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JJ, UK.
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Kuchling T, Dimmig T, Nobis D. Erhöhung der Konversion beim Visbreaken von Erdölrückständen durch Zusatz biogener Öle – Einfluss der Struktur der Triglyceride. CHEM-ING-TECH 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.200590077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A statistical analysis of the effect of measurement errors on the determination of small vector displacements of diffusely reflecting objects by holographic interferometry is reported. There are two sources of error: inaccurate measurement of fringe-order number and inaccurate measurement of illumination and observation directions. Standard deviations of errors in measured displacements due to these two sources are presented in graphical form for a variety of holographic system geometries. Absolute fringe orders should be measured whenever possible, because fringe readout by scanning leads to very large errors.
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