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Differences in the degree of photodegradation can be used for fluorophore identification in double fluorescently labelled specimens. Based on the use of morphological information, a noise-insensitive method is presented for discriminating between the fluorophores, assuming spatially uniform photodegradation. Separate images of the labelled structures can be obtained. Alternatively, with spatially nonuniform photodegradation, the photodynamics of one fluorophore — i.e. photodegradation, concentration associated quenching, etc. — in relation to its microenvironment can be investigated. 相似文献
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R.A. HOEBE H.T.M. VAN DER VOORT† J. STAP C.J.F. VAN NOORDEN & E.M.M. MANDERS‡ 《Journal of microscopy》2008,231(1):9-20
Phototoxicity and photobleaching are major limitations in live-cell fluorescence microscopy. They are caused by fluorophores in an excited singlet or triplet state that generate singlet oxygen and other reactive oxygen species. The principle of controlled light exposure microscopy (CLEM) is based on non-uniform illumination of the field of view to reduce the number of excited fluorophore molecules. This approach reduces phototoxicity and photobleaching 2- to 10-fold without deteriorating image quality. Reduction of phototoxicity and photobleaching depends on the fluorophore distribution in the studied object, the optical properties of the microscope and settings of CLEM electronics. Here, we introduce the CLEM factor as a quantitative measure of reduction in phototoxicity and photobleaching. Finally, we give a guideline to optimize the effect of CLEM without compromising image quality. 相似文献
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Measurement of mobilities of species in liquid systems is of great importance for understanding a number of dynamic phenomena. A well known method for measuring mobilities driven by diffusion is fluorescence photobleaching recovery (FPR), also known as fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP). New FPR recovery equations for three-dimensional (3-D) apertured scanning using a Gaussian approximation for the axial beam profile have been successfully developed and found to provide a solid basis for extraction of the lateral diffusion coefficient from confocal scanning light microscopy (CSLM)-FPR experimental data. The 2-D diffusion coefficients of fluorescent species can be successfully measured by FPR in the CSLM, which has the great advantage that bleaching can be targeted at a well-defined volume element in bulk samples. Two-dimensional diffusion coefficients of 45-nm latex spheres, of FITC molecules and of a 2·45-nm protein-FITC complex in water-glycerol mixtures, measured by FPR in the CSLM, are in close agreement with those calculated from the size of the diffusing species and viscosity of the medium. Diffusion coefficients as high as 2 times 10?6 cm2/s can be measured. 相似文献
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Y. SAKO A. SEKIHATA Y. YANAGISAWA M. YAMAMOTO Y. SHIMADA K. OZAKI & A. KUSUMI 《Journal of microscopy》1997,185(1):9-20
Two-photon excitation laser scanning fluorescence microscopy (2p-LSM) was compared with UV-excitation confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy (UV-CLSM) in terms of three-dimensional (3-D) calcium imaging of living cells in culture. Indo-1 was used as a calcium indicator. Since the excitation volume is more limited and excitation wavelengths are longer in 2p-LSM than in UV-CLSM, 2p-LSM exhibited several advantages over UV-CLSM: (1) a lower level of background signal by a factor of 6–17, which enhances the contrast by a factor of 6–21; (2) a lower rate of photobleaching by a factor of 2–4; (3) slightly lower phototoxicity. When 3-D images were repeatedly acquired, the calcium concentration determined by UV-CLSM depended strongly on the number of data acquisitions and the nuclear regions falsely exhibited low calcium concentrations, probably due to an interplay of different levels of photobleaching of Indo-1 and autofluorescence, while the calcium concentration evaluated by 2p-LSM was stable and homogeneous throughout the cytoplasm. The spatial resolution of 2p-LSM was worse by 10% in the focal plane and by 30% along the optical axis due to the longer excitation wavelength. This disadvantage can be overcome by the addition of a confocal pinhole (two-photon excitation confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy), which made the resolution similar to that in UV-CLSM. These results indicate that 2p-LSM is preferable for repeated 3-D reconstruction of calcium concentration in living cells. In UV-CLSM, 0.18-mW laser power with a 2.φ pinhole (in normalized optical coordinate) gives better signal-to-noise ratio, contrast and resolution than 0.09-mW laser power with a 4.9-φ pinhole. However, since the damage to cells and the rate of photobleaching is substantially greater under the former condition, it is not suitable for repeated acquisition of 3-D images. 相似文献
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G. A. Dunn I. M. Dobbie† J. Monypenny† M. R. Holt & D. Zicha† 《Journal of microscopy》2002,205(1):109-112
FLAP is a new method for localized photo‐labelling and subsequent tracking of specific molecules within living cells. It is simple in principle, easy to implement and has a wide potential application. The molecule to be located carries two fluorophores: one to be photobleached and the other to act as a reference label. Unlike the related methods of fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) and fluorescence loss in photobleaching (FLIP), the use of a reference fluorophore permits the distribution of the photo‐labelled molecules themselves to be tracked by simple image differencing. In effect, FLAP is therefore comparable with methods of photoactivation. Its chief advantage over the method of caged fluorescent probes is that it can be used to track chimaeric fluorescent proteins directly expressed by the cells. Although methods are being developed to track fluorescent proteins by direct photoactivation, these still have serious drawbacks. In order to demonstrate FLAP, we have used nuclear microinjection of cDNA fusion constructs of β‐actin with yellow (YFP) and cyan (CFP) fluorescent proteins to follow both the fast relocation dynamics of monomeric (globular) G‐actin and the much slower dynamics of filamentous F‐actin simultaneously in living cells. 相似文献
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The fluorescence photobleaching method has been widely used to study molecular transport in single living cells and other microsystems while confocal microscopy has opened new avenues to high-resolution, three-dimensional imaging. A new technique, scanning microphotolysis (Scamp), combines the potential of photobleaching, beam scanning and confocal imaging. A confocal scanning laser microscope was equipped with a sufficiently powerful laser and a novel device, the ‘Scamper’. This consisted essentially of a filter changer, an acousto-optical modulator (AOM) and a computer. The computer was programmed to activate the AOM during scanning according to a freely defined image mask. As a result almost any desired pattern could be bleached (‘written’) into fluorescent samples at high definition and then imaged (‘read’) at non-bleaching conditions, employing full confocal resolution. Furthermore, molecular transport could be followed by imaging the dissipation of bleach patterns. Experiments with living cells concerning dynamic processes in cytoskeletal filaments and the lateral mobility of membrane lipids suggest a wide range of potential biological applications. Thus, Scamp offers new possibilities for the optical manipulation and analysis of both technical and biological microsystems. 相似文献
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MRT letter: Experimental verification of vectorial theory to determine field at the geometrical focus of a cylindrical lens
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We provide experimental evidence supporting the vectorial theory for determining electric field at and near the geometrical focus of a cylindrical lens. This theory provides precise distribution of field and its polarization effects. Experimental results show a close match (≈ 95% using χ2‐test) with the simulation results (obtained using vectorial theory). Light‐sheet generated both at low and high NA cylindrical lens shows the importance of vectorial theory for further development of light‐sheet techniques. Potential applications are in planar imaging systems (such as, SPIM, IML‐SPIM, imaging cytometry) and spectroscopy. Microsc. Res. Tech. 77:105–109, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 相似文献
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Spatial resolution and the sensitivity to detect a fluorophore are the two most important optical parameters that characterize a confocal microscope. However, these are rather difficult to estimate quantitatively. We show that fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) provides an easy and reliable measure of these quantities. We modify existing schemes for performing FCS on a commercial confocal microscope to carry out these measurements, and provide an analysis routine that can yield the relevant quantities. Our method does not require any modification of the confocal microscope, yet it yields a robust measure of the resolution and sensitivity of the instrument. 相似文献
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Markus Montag Jrg Kukulies Reinhard Jrgens Heinz Gundlach Michael F. Trendelenburg Herbert Spring 《Journal of microscopy》1991,163(2):201-210
The use of fast-staining DNA-specific dyes such as DAPI or Hoechst 33342/33258 has been a major problem for confocal scanning laser microscopy (CSLM) studies of intranuclear chromatin organization. Moreover, the availability of a confocal ultraviolet scanning laser microscope configuration, which allows an excitation at wavelengths of 364 nm as well as 488, 514 and 543 nm, is a prerequisite for single as well as multiple fluorescence parameter studies, especially if these studies are concerned with the precise localization of intranuclear signals. Here we report the characteristics and application of a CSLM, which was adapted for UV-excitation and therefore enables comparison of the spatial distribution of several types of signals within one preparation. In addition to multiple-parameter studies, we have also investigated the sensitivity of the system with regard to the identification of the double-stranded DNA of lampbrush chromosome loops in germinal vesicles of amphibian oocytes. 相似文献
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We have employed field-emission secondary electron microscopy (FESEM) for morphological evaluation of freeze-fractured frozen-hydrated renal epithelial LLC-PK1 cells prepared with our simple cryogenic sandwich-fracture method that does not require any high-vacuum freeze-fracture instrumentation (Chandra et al. (1986) J. Microsc. 144 , 15–37). The cells fractured on the substrate side of the sandwich were matched one-to-one with their corresponding complementary fractured faces on the other side of the sandwich. The FESEM analysis of the frozen-hydrated cells revealed three types of fracture: (i) apical membrane fracture that produces groups of cells together on the substrate fractured at the ectoplasmic face of the plasma membrane; (ii) basal membrane fracture that produces basal plasma membrane-halves on the substrate; and (iii) cross-fracture that passes randomly through the cells. The ectoplasmic face (E-face) and protoplasmic face (P-face) of the membrane were recognized based on the density of intramembranous particles. Feasibility of fractured cells was shown for intracellular ion localization with ion microscopy, and fluorescence imaging with laser scanning confocal microscopy. Ion microscopy imaging of freeze-dried cells fractured at the apical membrane revealed well-preserved intracellular ionic composition of even the most diffusible ions (total concentrations of K+, Na+ and Ca+). Structurally damaged cells revealed lower K+ and higher Na+ and Ca+ contents than in well-preserved cells. Frozen-freeze-dried cells also allowed imaging of fluorescently labelled mitochondria with a laser scanning confocal microscope. Since these cells are prepared without washing away the nutrient medium or using any chemical pretreatment to affect their native chemical and structural makeup, the characterization of fracture faces introduces ideal sample types for chemical and morphological studies with ion and electron microscopes and other techniques such as laser scanning confocal microscopy, atomic force microscopy and near-field scanning optical microscopy. 相似文献
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Tannase‐mediated biotransformation assisted separation and purification of theaflavin and epigallocatechin by high speed counter current chromatography and preparative high performance liquid chromatography: A comparative study
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A large scale isolation and purification of theaflavin (TF) and epigallocatechin (EGC) has been successfully developed by tannase‐mediated biotransformation combining high‐speed countercurrent chromatography. After tannase hydrolysis of a commercially available theaflavins extract (TE), the content of TF and EGC in tannase‐mediated biotransformation product (TBP) achieved approximately 3 times enrichment. SEM studies revealed smooth tannase biotransformation and the possibility of recovery of the tannase. A single 1.5 hours' HSCCC separation for TF and EGC employing a two‐phase solvent system could simultaneously produce 180.8 mg of 97.3% purity TF and 87.5 mg of 97.3% purity EGC. However, a preparative HPLC separation of maximum injection volume containing 120 mg TBP prepared 11.2 mg TF of 94.9% purity and 7.7 mg EGC of 89.9% purity. HSCCC separation demonstrated significant advantages over Prep HPLC in terms of sample loading size, separation time, environmental friendly solvent systems, and the production. 相似文献
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The mean or net preferential orientation of cellulose fibrils in plant cell walls is detected with polarization confocal laser scanning microscopy using the fluorescence dichroism of Congo Red. Single cells, arrays of cells in a tissue, or the epidermis of whole organs can be assayed in vivo . Aerial parts require an extra pectinase treatment because of the cuticle, which is impermeable to aqueous solutions. Peeling off the epidermis can be an elegant alternative, especially for leaves. With this method the net preferential fibril orientation can be related to the symmetry axis of the cell in quantitative terms. Data issuing from this approach are useful in current research on plant biomechanics. 相似文献
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Assessment of statistical agreement of three techniques for the study of cut marks: 3D digital microscope,laser scanning confocal microscopy and micro‐photogrammetry
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MIGUEL ÁNGEL MATÉ‐GONZÁLEZ JULIA ARAMENDI JOSÉ YRAVEDRA RUTH BLASCO JORDI ROSELL DIEGO GONZÁLEZ‐AGUILERA MANUEL DOMÍNGUEZ‐RODRIGO 《Journal of microscopy》2017,267(3):356-370