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Zhuo Y, Fu B, Peng R, Ma C, Xie S, Qiu L. Aptamer-based expansion microscopy platform enables signal-amplified imaging of dendritic spines. Talanta 2023; 260:124541. [PMID: 37087946 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
Abstract
Super-resolution imaging of dendritic spines (DS) can provide valuable information for mechanistic studies related to synaptic physiology and neural plasticity, but challenged by their small dimension (50-200 nm) below the spatial resolution of conventional optical microscopes. In this work, by combining the molecular recognition specificity of aptamer with high programmability of DNA nanotechnology, we developed an expansion microscopy (ExM) platform for imaging DS with enhanced spatial resolution and amplified signal output. Our results demonstrated that the aptamer probe could specifically bind to DS of primary hippocampal neurons. With physical expansion, the DS structure could be effectively enlarged by 4-5 folds, leading to the generation of more structural information. Meantime, the aptamer binding signal could be readily amplified by the introduction of DNA signal amplification strategy, overcoming the drawback of fluorescence dilution during the ExM treatment. This platform enabled evaluation of ischemia-induced early stroke based on the morphological change of DS, highlighting a promising avenue for studying nanoscale structures in biological systems.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yuting Zhuo
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
| | - Bo Fu
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
| | - Ruizi Peng
- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310022, China
| | - Changbei Ma
- School of Life Sciences, Central South University, China
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- Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310022, China.
| | - Liping Qiu
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Biology, Aptamer Engineering Center of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China; Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310022, China.
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