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FRAP - FLIP - FLAP

Photo-activation

Caged compounds

雷射掃描共軛焦顯微鏡應用

 

Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP)
在分子的局部區域, 以能量充足的雷射光源集中激發局部區域, 讓其造成分子局部的螢光漂白. 再觀察螢光是否擴散回收 ? 螢光回復機制 ? 回收速率如何 ? 回收比率如何
光漂白後的螢光回收率技術 - Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP) - 可用以判定一定時間內的螢光回復機制, 分子間動態反應, 分子間相互關係的化學變化, 利用此技術, 我們可以量化螢光回收比率, 分子擴散速率, 擴散機制.

Leica LCS 軟體, 提供 FRAP 應用模組, 可供同時執行 

FRAP, FLIP, FLAP, Photo-activation, Caged compounds 應用.

FRAP 應用 / Sequential Scan 應用( TCS SP2 軟體使用參考資料 - PDF )

 

 

Leica FRAP 技術, 可以同時設定不同的局部區域, 以不同的雷射波長, 同時掃描., 亦可指定漂白時序. 配合長時間及 3D 掃描, 您可觀察整個時區內的螢光回復機制, 分子動態反應機制及分子間的相互關係機制.

HeLa cell: nuclear protein, coexpression with GFP
進階可程式掃描 ( Advanced Time-Lapse ), 例如定義指定漂白局部 ( ROI ), Zoom-in 影像顯示, 指定 Bleaching Point ( Beampark ), 時序定義, 雷射波長, 雷射強度... . 各種參數都可輕易的編輯設定. 使用人員無須有編寫軟體訓練, 即可簡易使用.

R. .D.Phair and T.Mistell 2000, nature 404, p 605-609
FRAP 應用範例
Protein moving within cell nucleus -
FRAP of nucleoplasmic regions: images taken before and during recovery after bleaching. Indicated area is shown enlarged in pseudocolor in the lower panels.
Bleaching:
A defined area of a living
cell is bleached by a single,
high-powered spot laser
pulse of 250ms (beampark)
Recovery of fluorescence in the bleached area is recorded by Sequential imaging scans.
It is shown that proteins move
rapidly throughout the nucleus
a)a) GFP-HMG-17
b) GFP-SF2/ASF
c) GFP-fibrillarin
Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching ( 應用選讀 )
A) Plot of fluorescence intensity in a region of interest versus time after photobleaching a fluorescent protein. The prebleach (F i ) is compared with the asymptote of the recovery (F 8) to calculate the mobile and immobile fractions. Information from the recovery curve (from F o to F 8) can be used to determine the diffusion constant of the fluorescent protein.
B) Cells expressing VSVG–GFP were incubated at 40 C to retain VSVG–GFP in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) under control conditions (top panel) or in the presence of tunicamycin (bottom panel). Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) revealed that VSVG–GFP was highly mobile in ER membranes at 40 °C but was immobilized in the presence of tunicamycin.
Lippincott-Schwartz, et al. - JUNE 2001 VOLUME 2
FLIP : Fluorescence Loss In Photobleaching 

光漂白過程中螢光損失的動態機制.

··Fluorescence in one area of the cell is repeatedly bleached with high laser power while  images of the entire cell are collected with low laser power.

Using FLIP you can measure the dynamics of 2D or 3D molecular mobility e.g.   diffusion, transport or any other kind of movement of fluorescently labeled molecules  in living cells. The time course of fluorescence loss is monitored here.

Lippincott-Schwartz, et al. - JUNE 2001 VOLUME 2 Science   上圖 : 重複在一局部區域作光漂白
Leica LCS 軟體可在同一掃描中同時作 FRAP FLIP.
PA : PhotoActivation ( 光活化 )

PA is a photo-induced alteration of the excitation or emission spectrum of a fluorophore (e.g. fluorescent proteins). Three different proteins are described

PA-GFP:
irradiation at ~ 400nm results in a 100x increase in fluorescence when excited at 488nm (Patterson et al.,2002, Science, 297: 1873-77). 
KAEDE:
irradiation with UV or violet light converts the protein to a red emitting protein (Ando et al., 2002, PNAS, 99:12651-56).
KFP1:
after irradiation with green light the Kindling fluorescent Protein 1 alters from non-fluorescent to a red fluorescent state.
Excitation maximum ~ 580nm  //  emission maximum ~ 600 nm.
Intensity dependant, the conversion can be reversible or irreversible. (Chudakov et al., 2003, Nature biotechnology, 21: 191-94)
Caged compound ( Un-caging )
Wide-Field Microscopy 技術 - Caged compound

Caged Compounds - 德國 RAPP 公司的技術與系統設計

Examples: Ca2+ required in many cellular processes

ATP (Adenosine 5'-tri-phosphate)  energy supplier of the cell

GTP (Guanosine 5'-triphosphate)   active part in signal transduction processes

Solution:        Caged Compounds (Ca2+, ATP, etc.)

樣品的視野局部照明激發 ( Spot illumination ) 應用:

螢光激發照明同時執行 :

整個樣品的全部視野照明 視野局部用不同光源或波長的雷射作螢光激發照明. 可應用於  

flash photolysis of caged compounds.

目前應用範例包括

Studies of cell to cell communication - evaluation of gap junctions. Release of neurotransmitters or hormones. Triggering of inter cellular calcium waves.

選讀相關應用文獻

Presynaptic capacitance measurements and Ca2+ uncaging reveal submillisecond exocytosis kinetics and characterize the Ca2+ sensitivity of vesicle pool depletion at a fast CNS synapse. Wolfel M, Schneggenburger R. J Neurosci. 2003 Aug 6;23(18):7059-68.

Probing the intracellular calcium sensitivity of transmitter release during synaptic facilitation. Felmy F, Neher E, Schneggenburger R. Neuron. 2003 Mar 6;37(5):801-11.

 

脈衝雷射( RAPP pulsed UV  Laser )

雷射波長:   355 nm (Nd:YAG),  光纖傳導. 雷射脈衝功率高於 5 mJ, 脈衝時間 20 ns. 可應用於 Flash Photolysis. 

 

RAPP JML-C2 光纖傳導, 高能量高功率的脈衝閃光燈源 350 J/pulse. 脈衝再現率 0.2- 8 Hz. 廣泛應用於 Caged compound, Flash Photolysis.
雙光路耦合聚光鏡模組

可將兩組不同的光源導入同一顯微鏡光入口, 可切換控制導光光路. ( 可安裝 Uv-Flash Lamp 及 螢光激發光源 )

The RAPP FlashCube40 ( 左上圖示 ) and FlashCube70 ( 左下圖示 ) are two-port condensors to merge light from two fibre optics (e.g. one from a filter wheel, the other from a flash lamp) or from the FlashMic and a fibre optic, respectively. Together with a beam splitter (e.g. M70-85/15 which transmits 85% and reflects 15% of the incident light) or a dichroic mirror you may illuminate your sample with light for fluorescence excitation and flash photolysis simultaneously.

p.s. Leica 有雙光路切換模組, 可供安裝兩組 Leica 燈箱.

安裝範例 :
- Pulse length:                1 µs .... 10 ms
- Wavelength range:        190 .... 2000nm
- Repetition rate:             > 500 Hz
- Pulse energy:                > 5 kJ
- Average power:            > 5 kW
Flash photolysis of caged-compounds 應用文獻 :

A. Electrophysiology

A1   Exocytosis/Endocytosis 
A2   Hormones and other transmitters 
A3   Studies on heart and other muscle 
A4   Neurophysiology 
A5   Other electrophysiological studies

 

B.   Studies on Muscle Contraction

B1    Mechanical studies 
B2    Structural studies
B3    Other studies on muscle

C.   Protein Crystallography
D.   Other studies
Leica 共軛焦系統提供最佳解決方法 :

FRAP, FLIP, PA. Caged Compound ( Uncaging ).

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