Fluorescence lifetime imaging of molecular rotors to map microviscosity in cells

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摘要 Fluorescenceliftimeimaging(FLIM)ofmodifiedhydrophobicbodipydyesthatactasfluorescentmolecularrotorsshowsthatthefluorescencelifetimeoftheseprobesisafunctionofthemicroviscosityoftheirenvironment.Incubatingcellswiththesedyes,wefindapunctateandcontinuousdistributionofthedyeincells.Theviscosityvalueobtainedinwhatappearstobeendocytoticvesiclesinlivingcellsisaround100timeshigherthanthatofwaterandofcellularcytoplasm.Time-resolvedfluorescenceanisotropymeasurementsalsoyieldrotationalcorrelationtimesconsistentwithlargemicroviscosityvalues.Inthisway,wesuccessfullydevelopapracticalandversatileapproachtomapthemicroviscosityincellsbasedonimagingfluorescentmolecularrotors.
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出版日期 2010年10月20日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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