Single Plane Illumination Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (SPIM-FCS) probes inhomogeneous three-dimensional environments | Zendy

Thorsten Wohland | Zendy; Xianke Shi | Zendy; Jagadish Sankaran | Zendy; Ernst H. K. Stelzer | Zendy

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Single Plane Illumination Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (SPIM-FCS) probes inhomogeneous three-dimensional environments

Author(s) -

Thorsten Wohland,

Xianke Shi,

Jagadish Sankaran,

Ernst H. K. Stelzer

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

optics express

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 271

ISSN - 1094-4087

DOI - 10.1364/oe.18.010627

Subject(s) - fluorescence correlation spectroscopy , optics , light sheet fluorescence microscopy , spectroscopy , image resolution , microscopy , materials science , confocal , physics , fluorescence , fluorescence microscope , quantum mechanics

The life sciences require new highly sensitive imaging tools, which allow the quantitative measurement of molecular parameters within a physiological three-dimensional (3D) environment. Therefore, we combined single plane illumination microscopy (SPIM) with camera based fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). SPIM-FCS provides contiguous particle number and diffusion coefficient images with a high spatial resolution in homo- and heterogeneous 3D specimens and live zebrafish embryos. Our SPIM-FCS recorded up to 4096 spectra within 56 seconds at a laser power of 60 microW without damaging the embryo. This new FCS modality provides more measurements per time and more, less photo-toxic measurements per sample than confocal based methods. In essence, SPIM-FCS offers new opportunities to observe biomolecular interactions quantitatively and functions in a highly multiplexed manner within a physiologically relevant 3D environment.

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