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Confocal and Super-resolution Imaging of RNA in Live Bacteria Using a Fluorogenic Silicon Rhodamine-binding Aptamer
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2020-05-05
[Abstract]  Genetically encoded light-up RNA aptamers have been shown to be promising tools for the visualization of RNAs in living cells, helping us to advance our understanding of the broad and complex life of RNA. Although a handful of light-up aptamers spanning the visible wavelength region have been developed, none of them have yet been reported to be compatible with advanced super-resolution techniques, mainly due to poor photophysical properties of their small-molecule fluorogens. Here, we describe a detailed protocol for fluorescence microscopy of mRNA in live bacteria using the recently reported fluorogenic silicon rhodamine binding aptamer (SiRA) featuring excellent photophysical properties. Notably, with SiRA, we demonstrated the first aptamer-based RNA visualization using super-resolution ... [摘要]  [摘要 ] 遗传编码的点亮适体是显示活细胞中RNA的有前途的工具,可帮助我们加深对RNA广泛而复杂的生命的理解。可见光波长区已经被开发,他们都没有然而,据报道,在兼容先进的超分辨率技术,主要是由于不良的光物理性质其小分子荧光团。在这里,我们描述了一个详细的协议对于荧光显微镜mRNA的使用最近报道的具有优异光物理性质的荧光罗丹明结合适体(SiRA )在活细菌中进行检测。值得注意的是,我们利用SiRA 展示了首个使用超分辨率(STED)显微镜进行的基于适体的RNA可视化。这种成像方法可能特别有价值用于可视化原核生物中的RNA,因为细菌的大小仅比光学分辨率大几倍 传统显微镜的分辨率。

[背景 ] 可视化的具体RNA分子通过荧光显微镜具有不可估量的价值在过去二十年中扩大我们的知识RNA功能内的细胞在时空精气神(特亚吉,2009年;夏等人,2017年),由于缺乏。固有的荧光RNA,用于活细胞成像的荧光RNA标记工具的开发以及它们对最新显微镜的适应性 –特别是对于超分辨率显微镜– 势在必行。超分辨率显微镜(SRM)对于原核系统中的RNA成像特别有吸引力,因为细菌很小(〜2.5MYU中号长,0.5-1〜MYU 中号宽)和分辨率的标准荧光显微镜被限制在200〜300〜牛米,由于衍射极限光(Reshes ...

Fluorescent Labeling of Rat-tail Collagen for 3D Fluorescence Imaging
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2018-07-05
[Abstract]  Rat tail collagen solutions have been used as polymerizable in vitro three-dimensional (3D) extracellular matrix (ECM) gels for single and collective cell migration assays as well as spheroid formation. These 3D hydrogels are a relatively inexpensive, simple to use model system that can mimic the in vivo physical characteristics of numerous tissues within the body, namely the skin. While confocal imaging techniques such as fluorescence reflection and two-photon microscopy are able to visualize collagen fibrils during 3D imaging without fluorescence, other imaging modalities require direct conjugation of fluorescent dyes to collagen. Here we detail how to generate 3D collagen gels labeled with a fluorescent dye. Furthermore, we go through the steps required to ... [摘要]  大鼠尾胶原溶液已被用作可聚合的体外三维(3D)细胞外基质(ECM)凝胶,用于单一和集体细胞迁移测定以及球状体形成。 这些3D水凝胶是相对便宜,易于使用的模型系统,其可以模拟体内许多组织(即皮肤)的体内物理特征。 虽然诸如荧光反射和双光子显微镜的共焦成像技术能够在没有荧光的3D成像期间可视化胶原原纤维,但是其他成像模式需要荧光染料直接缀合到胶原。 在这里,我们详细介绍了如何生成用荧光染料标记的3D胶原凝胶。 此外,我们还经历了可重复生成适用于活细胞3D成像技术的明亮胶原水凝胶所需的步骤。

【背景】自20世纪50年代以来,Paul Weiss和Beatrice Garber最初观察到增加血浆浓度(纤维蛋白)对间充质细胞形态的影响(Weiss和Garber,1952),开始研究细胞迁移和细胞与周围微环境的相互作用。在随后的几十年中,生物化学家开始深入研究从鼠尾胶原中纯化提取物,并开始将其用作高度可聚合的3D基质(Fitch et al。,1955; Gross et al。,1955; Chandrakasan et al。,1976)。直到20世纪90年代,3D矩阵才真正对细胞生物学界有用,尤其是研究细胞迁移(Friedl et ...

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