Fast Super-Resolution Imaging Technique and Immediate Early Nanostructure Capturing by a Photoconvertible Fluorescent Protein

Mingshu Zhang, Zhifei Fu, Changqing Li, Anyuan Liu, Dingming Peng, Fudong Xue, Wenting He, Shan Gao, Fan Xu, Dan Xu, Ling Yuan, Fa Zhang, Zhiheng Xu, Tao Xu*, Pingyong Xu

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Abstract

Low temporal resolution and limited photocontrollable fluorescent protein probes have restricted the widespread application of single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM). In the current study, we developed a new photoconvertible fluorescent protein (PCFP), pcStar, and quick single molecule-guided Bayesian localization microscopy (Quick-SIMBA). The combination of pcStar and Quick-SIMBA achieved the highest temporal resolution (0.1-0.25 s) with large field-of-view (76 × 9.4 μm2-76 × 31.4 μm2) among the SMLM methods, which enabled the dynamic movements of the endoplasmic reticulum dense tubular matrix to be resolved. Moreover, pcStar extended the application of SMLM to imaging the immediate early nanostructures in Drosophila embryos and revealed a specific "parallel three-pillar" structure in the neuronal-glial cell junction, helping to elucidate glial cell "locking" and support of neurons during Drosophila embryogenesis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2197-2208
Number of pages12
JournalNano Letters
Volume20
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Apr 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Drosophila embryos
  • Photoconvertible fluorescent protein
  • Quick-SIMBA
  • live super-resolution microscopy
  • pcStar

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