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Protein‐specific, multi‐color and 3D STED imaging in cells with DNA‐labeled antibodies
摘要： Photobleaching is a major challenge in fluorescence microscopy, in particular if high excitation light intensities are used. Signal-to-noise and spatial resolution may be compromised, which limits the amount of information that can be extracted from an image. Photobleaching can be bypassed with exchangeable labels, which transiently bind to and off a target and thereby replenish destroyed labels by intact ones from a reservoir. Here, we demonstrate confocal and STED microscopy with short, fluorophore-labeled oligonucleotides that transiently bind to complementary oligonucleotides attached to protein-specific antibodies. The constant exchange of fluorophore labels in DNA-based STED imaging bypasses photobleaching that occurs with covalent labels. We show that this concept is suitable for targeted, two-color STED imaging of whole cells.
关键词： multicolor imaging,DNA-PAINT,STED microscopy,fluorescence,fluorescent probes
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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The in vivo mechanics of the magnetotactic backbone as revealed by correlative FLIM-FRET and STED microscopy
摘要： Protein interaction and protein imaging strongly benefit from the advancements in time-resolved and superresolution fluorescence microscopic techniques. However, the techniques were typically applied separately and ex vivo because of technical challenges and the absence of suitable fluorescent protein pairs. Here, we show correlative in vivo fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy F?rster resonance energy transfer (fLiM-fRet) and stimulated emission depletion (SteD) microscopy to unravel protein mechanics and structure in living cells. We use magnetotactic bacteria as a model system where two proteins, MamJ and MamK, are used to assemble magnetic particles called magnetosomes. The filament polymerizes out of MamK and the magnetosomes are connected via the linker MamJ. Our system reveals that bacterial filamentous structures are more fragile than the connection of biomineralized particles to this filament. More importantly, we anticipate the technique to find wide applicability for the study and quantification of biological processes in living cells and at high resolution.
关键词： FLIM-FRET,living cells,magnetotactic bacteria,STED microscopy,protein mechanics
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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Protein-specific, multi-color and 3D STED imaging in cells with DNA-labeled antibodies
摘要： Photobleaching is a major challenge in fluorescence microscopy, in particular if high excitation light intensities are used. Signal-to-noise and spatial resolution may be compromised, which limits the amount of information that can be extracted from an image. Photobleaching can be bypassed with exchangeable labels, which transiently bind to and off a target and thereby replenish destroyed labels by intact ones from a reservoir. Here, we demonstrate confocal and STED microscopy with short, fluorophore-labeled oligonucleotides that transiently bind to complementary oligonucleotides attached to protein-specific antibodies. The constant exchange of fluorophore labels in DNA-based STED imaging bypasses photobleaching that occurs with covalent labels. We show that this concept is suitable for targeted, two-color STED imaging of whole cells.
关键词： multicolor imaging,STED microscopy,fluorescent probes,DNA-PAINT,fluorescence
更新于2025-09-11 14:15:04
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Molecular recognition of the native HIV-1 MPER revealed by STED microscopy of single virions
摘要： Antibodies against the Membrane-Proximal External Region (MPER) of the Env gp41 subunit neutralize HIV-1 with exceptional breadth and potency. Due to the lack of knowledge on the MPER native structure and accessibility, different and exclusive models have been proposed for the molecular mechanism of MPER recognition by broadly neutralizing antibodies. Here, accessibility of antibodies to the native Env MPER on single virions has been addressed through STED microscopy. STED imaging of fluorescently labeled Fabs reveals a common pattern of native Env recognition for HIV-1 antibodies targeting MPER or the surface subunit gp120. In the case of anti-MPER antibodies, the process evolves with extra contribution of interactions with the viral lipid membrane to binding specificity. Our data provide biophysical insights into the recognition of the potent and broadly neutralizing MPER epitope on HIV virions, and as such is of importance for the design of therapeutic interventions.
关键词： broadly neutralizing antibodies,STED microscopy,HIV-1,Env glycoprotein,MPER
更新于2025-09-11 14:15:04
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Dynamic nanoscale morphology of the ER surveyed by STED microscopy
摘要： The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is composed of interconnected membrane sheets and tubules. Superresolution microscopy recently revealed densely packed, rapidly moving ER tubules mistaken for sheets by conventional light microscopy, highlighting the importance of revisiting classical views of ER structure with high spatiotemporal resolution in living cells. In this study, we use live-cell stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy to survey the architecture of the ER at 50-nm resolution. We determine the nanoscale dimensions of ER tubules and sheets for the first time in living cells. We demonstrate that ER sheets contain highly dynamic, subdiffraction-sized holes, which we call nanoholes, that coexist with uniform sheet regions. Reticulon family members localize to curved edges of holes within sheets and are required for their formation. The luminal tether Climp63 and microtubule cytoskeleton modulate their nanoscale dynamics and organization. Thus, by providing the first quantitative analysis of ER membrane structure and dynamics at the nanoscale, our work reveals that the ER in living cells is not limited to uniform sheets and tubules; instead, we suggest the ER contains a continuum of membrane structures that includes dynamic nanoholes in sheets as well as clustered tubules.
关键词： STED microscopy,Climp63,nanoholes,endoplasmic reticulum,reticulon,microtubule cytoskeleton
更新于2025-09-10 09:29:36
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Whole-cell, 3D and multi-color STED imaging with exchangeable fluorophores
摘要： We demonstrate STED microscopy of whole bacterial and eukaryotic cells using fluorogenic labels that reversibly bind to their target structure. A constant exchange of labels guarantees the removal of photobleached fluorophores and their replacement by intact fluorophores, thereby circumventing bleaching-related limitations of STED super-resolution imaging. We achieve a constant labeling density and demonstrate a fluorescence signal for long and theoretically unlimited acquisition times. Using this concept, we demonstrate whole-cell, 3D, multi-color and live cell STED microscopy.
关键词： PAINT,fluorogenic labels,multicolor imaging,live-cell STED microscopy,volumetric imaging,exchange-based STED microscopy
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14
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Super-resolution microscopy and empirically validated autocorrelation image analysis discriminates microstructures of dairy derived gels
摘要： The food industry must capitalise on advancing technologies in order to optimise the potential from emerging ingredient technologies. These can aid in product optimisation and provide quantitative empirical data to which there is a fundamental physical understanding. Super-resolution microscopy provides a tool to characterise the microstructure of complex colloidal materials under near native conditions. Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) microscopy was used to show the presence of fluorescent dye required for imaging does not affect gel microstructure and super-resolution Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) microscopy is used to image four dairy derived gels. Image analysis has been developed based on 2D spatial autocorrelation, and a model that extracts parameters corresponding to a typical length of the protein domains and the inter pore distance. The model has been empirically validated through the use of generated images to show the fitting parameters relate to precise physical features. The fractal dimension is extracted from Fourier space analysis. The combination of STED microscopy and image analysis is sensitive enough to significantly differentiate samples based on whether gels were made from fresh or reconstituted milk, and whether gelation was induced through acidification or rennet addition. Rheometry shows that the samples exhibit different macroscopic behaviours, and these differences become increasingly significant with time. Samples can be differentiated earlier in the gelation process with imaging as compared to rheometry. This highlights the potential of STED imaging and image analysis to characterise the size of protein domains, pore spacing and the fractal dimensions of microstructures to aid product optimisation.
关键词： Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) microscopy,Super-resolution microscopy,Fractal dimension,Coherent Anti-stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) microscopy,2D spatial autocorrelation analysis
更新于2025-09-04 15:30:14