STED super-resolution microscopy in Drosophila tissue and in mammalian cells

Lana Lau; Yin Loon Lee; Maja Matis; Jeff Axelrod; Tim Stearns; W. E. Moerner

doi:10.1117/12.881221

11 February 2011 STED super-resolution microscopy in Drosophila tissue and in mammalian cells

Lana Lau, Yin Loon Lee, Maja Matis, Jeff Axelrod, Tim Stearns, W. E. Moerner

Proceedings Volume 7910, Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications III; 79101N (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881221
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Far-field super-resolution microscopy is a rapidly emerging method that is opening up opportunities for biological imaging beyond the optical diffraction limit. We have implemented a Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) microscope to image single dye, cell, and tissue samples with 50-80 nm resolution. First, we compare the STED performance imaging single molecules of several common dyes and report a novel STED dye. Then we apply STED to image planar cell polarity protein complexes in intact fixed Drosophila tissue for the first time. Finally, we present a preliminary study of the centrosomal protein Cep164 in mammalian cells. Our images suggest that Cep164 is arranged in a nine-fold symmetric pattern around the centriole, consistent with findings suggested by cryoelectron tomography. Our work demonstrates that STED microscopy can be used for superresolution imaging in intact tissue and provides ultrastructural information in biological samples as an alternative to immuno-electron microscopy.

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Lana Lau, Yin Loon Lee, Maja Matis, Jeff Axelrod, Tim Stearns, and W. E. Moerner "STED super-resolution microscopy in Drosophila tissue and in mammalian cells", Proc. SPIE 7910, Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications III, 79101N (11 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881221

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