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Materials (Basel) ; 17(7)2024 Mar 27.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38612041

RESUMEN

Parts made through additive manufacturing (AM) often exhibit mechanical anisotropy due to the time-based deposition of material and processing parameters. In polymer material extrusion (MEX), printed parts have weak points at layer interfaces, perpendicular to the direction of deposition. Poly(lactic acid) with chopped carbon fiber was printed on a large-format pellet printer at various extrusion rates with the same tool pathing to measure the fiber alignment with deposition via two methods and relate it to the ultimate tensile strength (UTS). Within a singular printed bead, an X-ray microscopy (XRM) scan was conducted to produce a reconstruction of the internal microstructure and 3D object data on the length and orientation of fibers. From the scan, discrete images were used in an image analysis technique to determine the fiber alignment to deposition without 3D object data on each fiber's size. Both the object method and the discrete image method showed a negative relationship between the extrusion rate and fiber alignment, with -34.64% and -53.43% alignment per extrusion multiplier, respectively, as the slopes of the linear regression. Tensile testing was conducted to determine the correlation between the fiber alignment and UTS. For all extrusion rates tested, as the extrusion multiplier increased, the percent difference in the UTS decreased, to a minimum of 8.12 ± 14.40%. The use of image analysis for the determination of the fiber alignment provides a possible method for relating the microstructure to the meso-property of AM parts, and the relationship between the microstructure and the properties establishes process-structure-property relationships for large-format AM.

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Food Chem Toxicol ; 186: 114547, 2024 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38408634

RESUMEN

People are exposed to high concentrations of antibacterial agent cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) via food and personal care products, despite little published information regarding CPC effects on eukaryotes. Here, we show that low-micromolar CPC exposure, which does not cause cell death, inhibits mitochondrial ATP production in primary human keratinocytes, mouse NIH-3T3 fibroblasts, and rat RBL-2H3 immune mast cells. ATP inhibition via CPC (EC50 1.7 µM) is nearly as potent as that caused by canonical mitotoxicant CCCP (EC50 1.2 µM). CPC inhibition of oxygen consumption rate (OCR) tracks with that of ATP: OCR is halved due to 1.75 µM CPC in RBL-2H3 cells and 1.25 µM in primary human keratinocytes. Mitochondrial [Ca2+] changes can cause mitochondrial dysfunction. Here we show that CPC causes mitochondrial Ca2+ efflux from mast cells via an ATP-inhibition mechanism. Using super-resolution microscopy (fluorescence photoactivation localization) in live cells, we have discovered that CPC causes mitochondrial nanostructural defects in live cells within 60 min, including the formation of spherical structures with donut-like cross section. This work reveals CPC as a mitotoxicant despite widespread use, highlighting the importance of further research into its toxicological safety.


Asunto(s)
Antiinfecciosos Locales , Antiinfecciosos , Ratones , Humanos , Ratas , Animales , Cetilpiridinio/química , Cetilpiridinio/farmacología , Roedores , Antiinfecciosos/farmacología , Mitocondrias , Adenosina Trifosfato
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Biomedicines ; 11(7)2023 Jul 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37509580

RESUMEN

Cell signaling is determined partially by the localization and abundance of proteins. Dystroglycan and integrin are both transmembrane receptors that connect the cytoskeleton inside muscle cells to the extracellular matrix outside muscle cells, maintaining proper adhesion and function of muscle. The position and abundance of Dystroglycan relative to integrins is thought to be important for muscle adhesion and function. The subcellular localization and quantification of these receptor proteins can be determined at the nanometer scale by FPALM super-resolution microscopy. We used FPALM to determine localizations of Dystroglycan and integrin proteins in muscle fibers of intact zebrafish (Danio rerio). Results were consistent with confocal imaging data, but illuminate further details at the nanoscale and show the feasibility of using FPALM to quantify interactions of two proteins in a whole organism.

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Viruses ; 14(12)2022 11 22.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36560603

RESUMEN

The organization and dynamics of plasma membrane receptors are a critical link in virus-receptor interactions, which finetune signaling efficiency and determine cellular responses during infection. Characterizing the mechanisms responsible for the active rearrangement and clustering of receptors may aid in developing novel strategies for the therapeutic treatment of viruses. Virus-receptor interactions are poorly understood at the nanoscale, yet they present an attractive target for the design of drugs and for the illumination of viral infection and pathogenesis. This study utilizes super-resolution microscopy and related techniques, which surpass traditional microscopy resolution limitations, to provide both a spatial and temporal assessment of the interactions of human JC polyomavirus (JCPyV) with 5-hydroxytrypamine 2 receptors (5-HT2Rs) subtypes during viral entry. JCPyV causes asymptomatic kidney infection in the majority of the population and can cause fatal brain disease, and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), in immunocompromised individuals. Using Fluorescence Photoactivation Localization Microscopy (FPALM), the colocalization of JCPyV with 5-HT2 receptor subtypes (5-HT2A, 5-HT2B, and 5-HT2C) during viral attachment and viral entry was analyzed. JCPyV was found to significantly enhance the clustering of 5-HT2 receptors during entry. Cluster analysis of infected cells reveals changes in 5-HT2 receptor cluster attributes, and radial distribution function (RDF) analyses suggest a significant increase in the aggregation of JCPyV particles colocalized with 5-HT2 receptor clusters in JCPyV-infected samples. These findings provide novel insights into receptor patterning during viral entry and highlight improved technologies for the future development of therapies for JCPyV infection as well as therapies for diseases involving 5-HT2 receptors.


Asunto(s)
Virus JC , Leucoencefalopatía Multifocal Progresiva , Infecciones por Polyomavirus , Humanos , Virus JC/fisiología , Serotonina , Acoplamiento Viral
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Viruses ; 14(11)2022 11 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36423118

RESUMEN

The fully assembled influenza A virus (IAV) has on its surface the highest density of a single membrane protein found in nature-the glycoprotein hemagglutinin (HA) that mediates viral binding, entry, and assembly. HA clusters at the plasma membrane of infected cells, and the HA density (number of molecules per unit area) of these clusters correlates with the infectivity of the virus. Dense HA clusters are considered to mark the assembly site and ultimately lead to the budding of infectious IAV. The mechanism of spontaneous HA clustering, which occurs with or without other viral components, has not been elucidated. Using super-resolution fluorescence photoactivation localization microscopy (FPALM), we have previously shown that these HA clusters are interdependent on phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate (PIP2). Here, we show that the IAV matrix protein M1 co-clusters with PIP2, visualized using the pleckstrin homology domain. We find that cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), which is a positively charged quaternary ammonium compound known for its antibacterial and antiviral properties at millimolar concentrations, disrupts M1 clustering and M1-PIP2 co-clustering at micromolar concentrations well below the critical micelle concentration (CMC). CPC also disrupts the co-clustering of M1 with HA at the plasma membrane, suggesting the role of host cell PIP2 clusters as scaffolds for gathering and concentrating M1 and HA to achieve their unusually high cluster densities in the IAV envelope.


Asunto(s)
Virus de la Influenza A , Gripe Humana , Humanos , Hemaglutininas/metabolismo , Fosfatidilinositoles/metabolismo , Gripe Humana/metabolismo , Glicoproteínas Hemaglutininas del Virus de la Influenza/metabolismo , Ensamble de Virus , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Virus de la Influenza A/fisiología
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Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36051945

RESUMEN

Localization microscopy circumvents the diffraction limit by identifying and measuring the positions of numerous subsets of individual fluorescent molecules, ultimately producing an image whose resolution depends on the uncertainty and density of localization, and whose capabilities are compatible with imaging living specimens. Spectral resolution can be improved by incorporating a dichroic or dispersive element in the detection path of a localization microscope, which can be useful for separation of multiple probes imaged simultaneously and for detection of changes in emission spectra of fluorophores resulting from changes in their environment. These methodological advances enable new biological applications, which in turn motivate new questions and technical innovations. As examples, we present fixed-cell imaging of the spike protein SARS-CoV2 (S) and its interactions with host cell components. Results show a relationship between S and the lipid phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate (PIP2). These findings have ramifications for several existing models of plasma membrane organization.

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Toxicol Appl Pharmacol ; 440: 115913, 2022 04 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35149080

RESUMEN

The COVID-19 pandemic raises significance for a potential influenza therapeutic compound, cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), which has been extensively used in personal care products as a positively-charged quaternary ammonium antibacterial agent. CPC is currently in clinical trials to assess its effects on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) morbidity. Two published studies have provided mouse and human data indicating that CPC may alleviate influenza infection, and here we show that CPC (0.1 µM, 1 h) reduces zebrafish mortality and viral load following influenza infection. However, CPC mechanisms of action upon viral-host cell interaction are currently unknown. We have utilized super-resolution fluorescence photoactivation localization microscopy to probe the mode of CPC action. Reduction in density of influenza viral protein hemagglutinin (HA) clusters is known to reduce influenza infectivity: here, we show that CPC (at non-cytotoxic doses, 5-10 µM) reduces HA density and number of HA molecules per cluster within the plasma membrane of NIH-3T3 mouse fibroblasts. HA is known to colocalize with the negatively-charged mammalian lipid phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2); here, we show that nanoscale co-localization of HA with the PIP2-binding Pleckstrin homology (PH) reporter in the plasma membrane is diminished by CPC. CPC also dramatically displaces the PIP2-binding protein myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrate (MARCKS) from the plasma membrane of rat RBL-2H3 mast cells; this disruption of PIP2 is correlated with inhibition of mast cell degranulation. Together, these findings offer a PIP2-focused mechanism underlying CPC disruption of influenza and suggest potential pharmacological use of this drug as an influenza therapeutic to reduce global deaths from viral disease.


Asunto(s)
COVID-19 , Gripe Humana , Animales , Humanos , Ratones , Ratas , Comunicación Celular , Cetilpiridinio/química , Cetilpiridinio/farmacología , Inmunidad , Mamíferos , Microscopía Fluorescente , Pandemias , Fosfatidilinositoles , SARS-CoV-2 , Pez Cebra
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Toxicol Appl Pharmacol ; 405: 115205, 2020 10 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32835763

RESUMEN

Triclosan (TCS) is an antimicrobial agent that was effectively banned by the FDA from hand soaps in 2016, hospital soaps in 2017, and hand sanitizers in 2019; however, TCS can still be found in a few products. At consumer-relevant, non-cytotoxic doses, TCS inhibits the functions of both mitochondria and mast cells, a ubiquitous cell type. Via the store-operated Ca2+ entry mechanism utilized by many immune cells, mast cells undergo antigen-stimulated Ca2+ influx into the cytosol, for proper function. Previous work showed that TCS inhibits Ca2+ dynamics in mast cells, and here we show that TCS also inhibits Ca2+ mobilization in human Jurkat T cells. However, the biochemical mechanism behind the Ca2+ dampening has yet to be elucidated. Three-dimensional super-resolution microscopy reveals that TCS induces mitochondrial swelling, in line with and extending the previous finding of TCS inhibition of mitochondrial membrane potential via its proton ionophoric activity. Inhibition of plasma membrane potential (PMP) by the canonical depolarizer gramicidin can inhibit mast cell function. However, use of the genetically encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs) ArcLight (pH-sensitive) and ASAP2 (pH-insensitive), indicates that TCS does not disrupt PMP. In conjunction with data from a plasma membrane-localized, pH-sensitive reporter, these results indicate that TCS, instead, induces cytosolic acidification in mast cells and T cells. Acidification of the cytosol likely inhibits Ca2+ influx by uncoupling the STIM1/ORAI1 interaction that is required for opening of plasma membrane Ca2+ channels. These results provide a mechanistic explanation of TCS disruption of Ca2+ influx and, thus, of immune cell function.


Asunto(s)
Antiinfecciosos/toxicidad , Calcio/metabolismo , Citoplasma/efectos de los fármacos , Mastocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Linfocitos T/efectos de los fármacos , Triclosán/toxicidad , Canales de Calcio/metabolismo , Degranulación de la Célula/efectos de los fármacos , Línea Celular , Membrana Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Humanos , Concentración de Iones de Hidrógeno , Mastocitos/metabolismo , Potenciales de la Membrana/efectos de los fármacos , Dilatación Mitocondrial/efectos de los fármacos , Linfocitos T/metabolismo
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Health Phys ; 118(6): 583-592, 2020 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32345907

RESUMEN

In the current climate of increased global terrorism, the threat of a radiological incident is becoming more realistic than ever, and as such, the necessity of early-warning detection is paramount to national security. To assist with this need, we have investigated the detection of uncharged particle emissions from radiological sources using charged-coupled devices (CCDs), which are contained within a variety of products, including consumer cellphones and traffic cameras. Because the CCD is intrinsically sensitive to charge accumulation as a result of linear energy transfer by the incident particles, each event can be counted and quantified using video-image processing and an estimated energy band assessed by the properties of the pixels. In an effort to make this process applicable to the widest possible range of CCDs available, this experiment was conducted using low-quality CCDs contained within consumer-grade, budget web cameras. Within a Pu-Be neutron howitzer, particles were detected using several camera models: Gigaware X76, Z76 and Logitech C170, C270. Particle detection events were counted by post-processing with Matlab, and an efficiency for each CCD was determined relative to both a theoretical flux model and a calibrated He tube detector. The relative detection efficiencies for the cameras tested fell within the range 14-18% and showed a linear correlation between incident energy and pixel response.


Asunto(s)
Equipos y Suministros Eléctricos , Trazadores Radiactivos , Calibración , Modelos Teóricos , Radiología
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Biophys J ; 116(5): 893-909, 2019 03 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30773293

RESUMEN

The lipid phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) forms nanoscopic clusters in cell plasma membranes; however, the processes determining PIP2 mobility and thus its spatial patterns are not fully understood. Using super-resolution imaging of living cells, we find that PIP2 is tightly colocalized with and modulated by overexpression of the influenza viral protein hemagglutinin (HA). Within and near clusters, HA and PIP2 follow a similar spatial dependence, which can be described by an HA-dependent potential gradient; PIP2 molecules move as if they are attracted to the center of clusters by a radial force of 0.079 ± 0.002 pN in HAb2 cells. The measured clustering and dynamics of PIP2 are inconsistent with the unmodified forms of the raft, tether, and fence models. Rather, we found that the spatial PIP2 distributions and how they change in time are explained via a novel, to our knowledge, dynamic mechanism: a radial gradient of PIP2 binding sites that are themselves mobile. This model may be useful for understanding other biological membrane domains whose distributions display gradients in density while maintaining their mobility.


Asunto(s)
Membrana Celular/química , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Colorantes Fluorescentes/metabolismo , Hemaglutininas Virales/metabolismo , Orthomyxoviridae , Fosfatidilinositol 4,5-Difosfato/metabolismo , Animales , Supervivencia Celular , Ratones , Modelos Biológicos , Células 3T3 NIH
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Isci Notes ; 42019.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35402751

RESUMEN

Mitochondrial membrane organization is important for many biological functions, and is implicated in a number of diseases, but conventional microscopy has insufficient resolution to image biologically relevant structures. We present methods to quantify nanoscale membrane curvature using three-dimensional localization-based super-resolution microscopy. Localizations are analyzed using a cluster algorithm followed by principal component analysis to determine local membrane curvature. Results are shown for mitochondria in C2C12 mouse myotubes labeled with Tom20-Dendra2.

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Toxicol Appl Pharmacol ; 349: 39-54, 2018 06 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29630968

RESUMEN

The antimicrobial agent triclosan (TCS) is used in products such as toothpaste and surgical soaps and is readily absorbed into oral mucosa and human skin. These and many other tissues contain mast cells, which are involved in numerous physiologies and diseases. Mast cells release chemical mediators through a process termed degranulation, which is inhibited by TCS. Investigation into the underlying mechanisms led to the finding that TCS is a mitochondrial uncoupler at non-cytotoxic, low-micromolar doses in several cell types and live zebrafish. Our aim was to determine the mechanisms underlying TCS disruption of mitochondrial function and of mast cell signaling. We combined super-resolution (fluorescence photoactivation localization) microscopy and multiple fluorescence-based assays to detail triclosan's effects in living mast cells, fibroblasts, and primary human keratinocytes. TCS disrupts mitochondrial nanostructure, causing mitochondria to undergo fission and to form a toroidal, "donut" shape. TCS increases reactive oxygen species production, decreases mitochondrial membrane potential, and disrupts ER and mitochondrial Ca2+ levels, processes that cause mitochondrial fission. TCS is 60 × more potent than the banned uncoupler 2,4-dinitrophenol. TCS inhibits mast cell degranulation by decreasing mitochondrial membrane potential, disrupting microtubule polymerization, and inhibiting mitochondrial translocation, which reduces Ca2+ influx into the cell. Our findings provide mechanisms for both triclosan's inhibition of mast cell signaling and its universal disruption of mitochondria. These mechanisms provide partial explanations for triclosan's adverse effects on human reproduction, immunology, and development. This study is the first to utilize super-resolution microscopy in the field of toxicology.


Asunto(s)
Antiinfecciosos Locales/toxicidad , Señalización del Calcio/efectos de los fármacos , Mastocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Mitocondrias/efectos de los fármacos , Mitocondrias/ultraestructura , Triclosán/toxicidad , Células 3T3 , Animales , Degranulación de la Célula/efectos de los fármacos , Retículo Endoplásmico/efectos de los fármacos , Fibroblastos/efectos de los fármacos , Humanos , Queratinocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Potencial de la Membrana Mitocondrial/efectos de los fármacos , Ratones , Microtúbulos/efectos de los fármacos , Microtúbulos/ultraestructura , Cultivo Primario de Células , Especies Reactivas de Oxígeno/metabolismo
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Biophys J ; 113(9): 2037-2054, 2017 Nov 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29117527

RESUMEN

Fluorescent proteins are used extensively for biological imaging applications; photoactivatable and photoconvertible fluorescent proteins (PAFPs) are used widely in superresolution localization microscopy methods such as fluorescence photoactivation localization microscopy and photoactivated localization microscopy. However, their optimal use depends on knowledge of not only their bulk fluorescence properties, but also their photophysical properties at the single molecule level. We have used fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and cross-correlation spectroscopy to quantify the diffusion, photobleaching, fluorescence intermittency, and photoconversion dynamics of Dendra2, a well-known PAFP used in localization microscopy. Numerous dark states of Dendra2 are observed both in inactive (green fluorescent) and active (orange fluorescent) forms; the interconversion rates are both light- and pH-dependent, as observed for other PAFPs. The dark states limit the detected count rate per molecule, which is a crucial parameter for localization microscopy. We then developed, to our knowledge, a new mathematical estimate for the resolution in localization microscopy as a function of the measured photophysical parameters of the probe such as photobleaching quantum yield, count rate per molecule, and intensity of saturation. The model was used to predict the dependence of resolution on acquisition parameters such as illumination intensity and time per frame, demonstrating an optimal set of acquisition parameters for a given probe for a variety of measures of resolution. The best possible resolution was then compared for Dendra2 and other widely used probes, including Alexa dyes and quantum dots. This work establishes a framework for determination of the best possible resolution using a localization microscope to image a particular fluorophore, and suggests that development of probes for use in superresolution localization microscopy must consider the count rate per molecule, the saturation intensity, the photobleaching yield, and, crucially, management of bright/dark state transitions, to optimize image resolution.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas Luminiscentes/metabolismo , Microscopía Fluorescente , Luz , Proteínas Luminiscentes/química , Fotoblanqueo , Transporte de Proteínas
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PLoS One ; 11(3): e0147506, 2016.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27002724

RESUMEN

Localization microscopy can image nanoscale cellular details. To address biological questions, the ability to distinguish multiple molecular species simultaneously is invaluable. Here, we present a new version of fluorescence photoactivation localization microscopy (FPALM) which detects the emission spectrum of each localized molecule, and can quantify changes in emission spectrum of individual molecules over time. This information can allow for a dramatic increase in the number of different species simultaneously imaged in a sample, and can create super-resolution maps showing how single molecule emission spectra vary with position and time in a sample.


Asunto(s)
Microscopía/métodos , Animales , Fluorescencia , Ratones , Células 3T3 NIH
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J Appl Toxicol ; 36(6): 777-89, 2016 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26204821

RESUMEN

Triclosan (TCS) is an antimicrobial used widely in hospitals and personal care products, at ~10 mm. Human skin efficiently absorbs TCS. Mast cells are ubiquitous key players both in physiological processes and in disease, including asthma, cancer and autism. We previously showed that non-cytotoxic levels of TCS inhibit degranulation, the release of histamine and other mediators, from rat basophilic leukemia mast cells (RBL-2H3), and in this study, we replicate this finding in human mast cells (HMC-1.2). Our investigation into the molecular mechanisms underlying this effect led to the discovery that TCS disrupts adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production in RBL-2H3 cells in glucose-free, galactose-containing media (95% confidence interval EC50 = 7.5-9.7 µm), without causing cytotoxicity. Using these same glucose-free conditions, 15 µm TCS dampens RBL-2H3 degranulation by 40%. The same ATP disruption was found with human HMC-1.2 cells (EC50 4.2-13.7 µm), NIH-3 T3 mouse fibroblasts (EC50 4.8-7.4 µm) and primary human keratinocytes (EC50 3.0-4.1 µm) all with no cytotoxicity. TCS increases oxygen consumption rate in RBL-2H3 cells. Known mitochondrial uncouplers (e.g., carbonyl cyanide 3-chlorophenylhydrazone) previously were found to inhibit mast cell function. TCS-methyl, which has a methyl group in place of the TCS ionizable proton, affects neither degranulation nor ATP production at non-cytotoxic doses. Thus, the effects of TCS on mast cell function are due to its proton ionophore structure. In addition, 5 µm TCS inhibits thapsigargin-stimulated degranulation of RBL-2H3 cells: further evidence that TCS disrupts mast cell signaling. Our data indicate that TCS is a mitochondrial uncoupler, and TCS may affect numerous cell types and functions via this mechanism. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


Asunto(s)
Antiinfecciosos Locales/farmacología , Queratinocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Mastocitos/efectos de los fármacos , Mitocondrias/efectos de los fármacos , Fosforilación Oxidativa/efectos de los fármacos , Triclosán/farmacología , Desacopladores/farmacología , Animales , Antiinfecciosos Locales/efectos adversos , Anticarcinógenos/efectos adversos , Anticarcinógenos/farmacología , Carcinógenos/antagonistas & inhibidores , Carcinógenos/toxicidad , Degranulación de la Célula/efectos de los fármacos , Línea Celular , Línea Celular Tumoral , Supervivencia Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Humanos , Queratinocitos/metabolismo , Cinética , Mastocitos/inmunología , Mastocitos/metabolismo , Ratones , Mitocondrias/metabolismo , Células 3T3 NIH , Ratas , Tapsigargina/antagonistas & inhibidores , Tapsigargina/toxicidad , Triclosán/efectos adversos , Triclosán/análogos & derivados , Desacopladores/efectos adversos
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Curr Top Membr ; 75: 59-123, 2015.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26015281

RESUMEN

Biological membrane organization mediates numerous cellular functions and has also been connected with an immense number of human diseases. However, until recently, experimental methodologies have been unable to directly visualize the nanoscale details of biological membranes, particularly in intact living cells. Numerous models explaining membrane organization have been proposed, but testing those models has required indirect methods; the desire to directly image proteins and lipids in living cell membranes is a strong motivation for the advancement of technology. The development of super-resolution microscopy has provided powerful tools for quantification of membrane organization at the level of individual proteins and lipids, and many of these tools are compatible with living cells. Previously inaccessible questions are now being addressed, and the field of membrane biology is developing rapidly. This chapter discusses how the development of super-resolution microscopy has led to fundamental advances in the field of biological membrane organization. We summarize the history and some models explaining how proteins are organized in cell membranes, and give an overview of various super-resolution techniques and methods of quantifying super-resolution data. We discuss the application of super-resolution techniques to membrane biology in general, and also with specific reference to the fields of actin and actin-binding proteins, virus infection, mitochondria, immune cell biology, and phosphoinositide signaling. Finally, we present our hopes and expectations for the future of super-resolution microscopy in the field of membrane biology.


Asunto(s)
Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Proteínas de Microfilamentos/metabolismo , Microscopía/métodos , Mitocondrias/ultraestructura , Virus/ultraestructura , Animales , Humanos , Modelos Biológicos
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PLoS One ; 10(2): e0117225, 2015.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25646724

RESUMEN

Light microscopy enables noninvasive imaging of fluorescent species in biological specimens, but resolution is generally limited by diffraction to ~200-250 nm. Many biological processes occur on smaller length scales, highlighting the importance of techniques that can image below the diffraction limit and provide valuable single-molecule information. In recent years, imaging techniques have been developed which can achieve resolution below the diffraction limit. Utilizing one such technique, fluorescence photoactivation localization microscopy (FPALM), we demonstrated its ability to construct super-resolution images from single molecules in a living zebrafish embryo, expanding the realm of previous super-resolution imaging to a living vertebrate organism. We imaged caveolin-1 in vivo, in living zebrafish embryos. Our results demonstrate the successful image acquisition of super-resolution images in a living vertebrate organism, opening several opportunities to answer more dynamic biological questions in vivo at the previously inaccessible nanoscale.


Asunto(s)
Caveolina 1/química , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Microscopía Fluorescente/métodos , Nanotecnología/métodos , Animales , Caveolina 1/metabolismo , Estructura Terciaria de Proteína , Transporte de Proteínas , Pez Cebra
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Langmuir ; 31(3): 987-94, 2015 Jan 27.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25506739

RESUMEN

Understanding surface and interfacial lateral organization in material and biological systems is critical in nearly every field of science. The continued development of tools and techniques viable for elucidation of interfacial and surface information is therefore necessary to address new questions and further current investigations. Sum frequency spectroscopy (SFS) is a label-free, nonlinear optical technique with inherent surface specificity that can yield critical organizational information on interfacial species. Unfortunately, SFS provides no spatial information on a surface; small scale heterogeneities that may exist are averaged over the large areas typically probed. Over the past decade, this has begun to be addressed with the advent of SFS microscopy. Here we detail the construction and function of a total internal reflection (TIR) SFS spectral and confocal fluorescence imaging microscope directly amenable to surface investigations. This instrument combines, for the first time, sample scanning TIR-SFS imaging with confocal fluorescence microscopy.


Asunto(s)
Microscopía Confocal/instrumentación , Microscopía Fluorescente/instrumentación , Espectrometría de Fluorescencia/instrumentación , Fluoruro de Calcio/química , Etanolaminas/química , Oro/química , Fosfatidilcolinas/química , Rodaminas/química , Propiedades de Superficie
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PLoS One ; 9(6): e98362, 2014.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24915511

RESUMEN

Single-molecule localization microscopy of biological samples requires a precise knowledge of the employed fluorescent labels. Photoactivation, photoblinking and photobleaching of phototransformable fluorescent proteins influence the data acquisition and data processing strategies to be used in (Fluorescence) Photoactivation Localization Microscopy ((F)-PALM), notably for reliable molecular counting. As these parameters might depend on the local environment, they should be measured in cellulo in biologically relevant experimental conditions. Here, we measured phototransformation quantum yields for Dendra2 fused to actin in fixed mammalian cells in typical (F)-PALM experiments. To this aim, we developed a data processing strategy based on the clustering optimization procedure proposed by Lee et al (PNAS 109, 17436-17441, 2012). Using simulations, we estimated the range of experimental parameters (molecular density, molecular orientation, background level, laser power, frametime) adequate for an accurate determination of the phototransformation yields. Under illumination at 561 nm in PBS buffer at pH 7.4, the photobleaching yield of Dendra2 fused to actin was measured to be (2.5 ± 0.4) × 10(-5), whereas the blinking-off yield and thermally-activated blinking-on rate were measured to be (2.3 ± 0.2) × 10(-5) and 11.7 ± 0.5 s-1, respectively. These phototransformation yields differed from those measured in poly-vinyl alcohol (PVA) and were strongly affected by addition of the antifading agent 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO). In the presence of DABCO, the photobleaching yield was reduced 2-fold, the blinking-off yield was decreased more than 3-fold, and the blinking-on rate was increased 2-fold. Therefore, DABCO largely improved Dendra2 photostability in fixed mammalian cells. These findings are consistent with redox-based bleaching and blinking mechanisms under (F)-PALM experimental conditions. Finally, the green-to-red photoconversion quantum yield of Dendra2 was estimated to be (1.4 ± 0.6) × 10(-5) in cellulo under 405 nm illumination.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas Luminiscentes/efectos de la radiación , Animales , Chlorocebus aethiops , Células HeLa , Humanos , Microscopía Fluorescente/métodos , Estimulación Luminosa , Células Vero
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