Correlated FLIM and PLIM for cell metabolism

A. Rück; J. Breymayer; S. Kalinina

doi:10.1117/12.2213390

14 March 2016 Correlated FLIM and PLIM for cell metabolism

A. Rück, J. Breymayer, S. Kalinina

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Proceedings Volume 9712, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVI; 971204 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2213390
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Correlated imaging of phosphorescence and fluorescence lifetime parameters of metabolic markers is a challenge for direct investigating mechanisms related to cell metabolism and oxygen tension. A large variety of clinical phenotypes is associated with mitochondrial defects accomplished with changes in cell metabolism. In many cases the hypoxic microenvironment of cancer cells shifts metabolism from oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) to anaerobic or aerobic glycolysis, a process known as "Warburg" effect. Also during stem cell differentiation a switch in cell metabolism is observed. A defective mitochondrial function associated with hypoxia has been invoked in many complex disorders such as type 2 diabetes, Alzheimers disease, cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury, tissue inflammation and cancer.

Cellular responses to oxygen tension have been studied extensively, optical imaging techniques based on time correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) to detect the underlying metabolic mechanisms are therefore of prominent interest. They offer the possibility by inspecting fluorescence decay characteristics of intrinsic coenzymes to directly image metabolic pathways. Moreover oxygen tension can be determined by considering the phosphorescence lifetime of a phosphorescent probe. The combination of both fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) of coenzymes like NADH and FAD and phosphorescence lifetime (PLIM) of phosphorescent dyes could provide valuable information about correlation of metabolic pathways and oxygen tension.

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A. Rück, J. Breymayer, and S. Kalinina "Correlated FLIM and PLIM for cell metabolism", Proc. SPIE 9712, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVI, 971204 (14 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2213390

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