大型仪器科学管理(192~195)超分辨荧光共聚焦显微技术进展、自主创新研发和开放共享使用现状

简要梳理了超分辨荧光共聚焦显微成像技术的发展历史.在此基础上, 重点总结了中国自主创新高分辨荧光共聚焦显微成像技术取得的突破, 特别是2006年以来, 中国科学院和北京大学成功研发了几款较为成熟的超分辨荧光共聚焦显微系统, 有力地推动了中国自主创新仪器研制的进展.最后, 在大型仪器设备开放共享评价考核数据分析的基础上, 着重分析了高校和科研院所激光共聚焦显微镜的开放共享使用情况.     

薄膜基荧光气体传感器中的涂层化学

近年来,高性能薄膜基气体传感器的研制备受关注,所涉及的涂层化学已经成为物理化学学科发展的一个热点。传感因分析物与敏感层(涂层)物质相互作用引起薄膜特定静态及动态物理量变化而实现,因此,薄膜传感性能势必受到敏感层物质种类和敏感层微纳结构等因素影响。就薄膜基荧光传感而言,荧光敏感物质的结构和性质对薄膜传感性能起着至关重要的作用。同时,因毛细凝结、色谱效应、尺寸效应、分子间相互作用等因素的存在,敏感层微观结构也极大地影响着薄膜的传感性能。本文结合课题组近期研究工作,简要讨论薄膜基荧光气体传感器研究中的涂层化学基本问题,以及相关薄膜基荧光传感器在隐藏爆炸物、毒品、挥发性有机污染物检测/监测等方面的应用探索。最后,文章展望了薄膜基荧光气体传感器的发展前景和所面临的主要挑战。     

激光扫描共聚焦显微镜在光电材料中的应用

随着自然科学的发展,除了医学和生物研究领域,激光扫描共聚焦荧光显微镜(laser scanning confocal microscopy, LSCM)在材料科学研究中的作用越来越显现出来,特别在光电材料的研究中具有广泛的应用。结合多年的仪器管理和使用经验,以本学院的奥林巴斯激光扫描共聚焦荧光显微镜FV1000为例,对LSCM的成像特点、技术优势及其在光电材料成像中的应用情况进行了概述,以期能为LSCM在更多领域的应用和研究工作提供参考。     

稀土纳米晶用于近红外区活体成像和传感研究进展

稀土纳米晶具有丰富的激发和发射波长,良好的化学和光稳定性、大Stokes位移等特点.近年来,稀土纳米晶在生物活体成像与传感领域的应用研究取得了迅速进展.通过纳米尺度的材料设计与合成,可以对稀土纳米晶的荧光效率、波长、寿命等光学性质,以及生物相容性、靶向性、响应性等生化性质进行精细调控,使其更好地适应于活体深组织的成像与分析.先概述活体荧光成像的技术特点与要求,然后介绍稀土纳米晶的一般组成、光学性质和荧光机理,随后详细讨论对稀土纳米晶光学和生化性质进行调控的方法,着重展示这些材料的设计和修饰在生物成像与传感领域的一些最新应用.通过总结最近的研究成果,期望能够为下一步的研究提供一些参考思路,以推进基于稀土纳米晶的生物成像与传感技术的临床转化和应用.     

二苯乙烯基蒽聚集诱导发光材料体系的研究进展

具有聚集诱导发光(AIE)性质的有机荧光分子由于其扭曲的分子构型,在聚集态或固态表现出显著增强的荧光发射,避免了传统有机荧光分子的浓度猝灭现象,因而在光电器件、生物传感等领域有着广泛的应用.本文着重介绍了具有AIE性质的二苯乙烯基蒽(DSA)衍生物及其在高效固态发光材料、刺激响应材料、生物成像和生物与化学传感等领域的研究进展.     

单分子宽场光学显微成像技术

单分子宽场光学显微成像技术是单分子检测技术的一种,具有通量高、参数多样、可实时动态监测等优点。本文评述了单分子宽场光学显微成像的技术方法、标记探针、判定原则、检测参数及其在分析化学、生物物理学等领域的应用,指出单分子成像技术正在向仪器设备的实用化、简易化,测量参数的精确化、可视化,研究范围的广泛化、复杂化等方面发展。未来几年单分子成像的研究重点可能会集中在实用定量、突破衍射极限的距离测量、重要生物过程的机理探索和纳米目标物的表征等方面。     

薄膜基荧光气体传感器

薄膜基荧光传感因灵敏度高、可采集信号丰富、实时检测性好和易于器件化等优点备受人们关注,特别是随着微纳米加工、集成制造和物联网技术的发展应用,薄膜基荧光传感器研究已经成为传感器研究的一个重要领域,呈现出广阔的发展前景。 结合课题组工作,本文简要讨论了基于小分子化合物的薄膜基荧光气体传感器在隐藏爆炸物、毒品、挥发性有机污染物检测/监测,重大疾病早期诊断等领域的应用探索。 在此基础上,指出了薄膜基荧光传感器发展面临的问题,评述了薄膜基荧光传感器研究和应用的前景。     

薄膜基荧光传感检测的研究进展

薄膜基荧光传感器是继离子迁移谱之后,业界公认的一种最具发展潜力的微痕量物质探测技术.由于其具有灵敏性、便携性、实时检测、响应速度快、易于制造、不污染待测体系等优点,在食品检测、环境监测、质量控制和生物医学分析等领域引起了广泛的关注和研究.本文主要综述了近年来薄膜基荧光传感在挥发性气体检测、有毒化学品检测、爆炸物检测、溶液相离子检测以及生物监测等领域的研究进展,并提出了薄膜基荧光传感所面临的挑战与未来的发展方向.     

基于二氧化硅荧光纳米颗粒与核酸染料SYBRGreenⅠ的双色显微成像技术用于E.coliO157:H7的检测

将免疫荧光纳米标记技术与激光共聚焦显微成像方法相结合,发展了一种基于二氧化硅荧光纳米颗粒和核酸染料SYBR Green Ⅰ的双色显微成像技术用于大肠杆菌O157:H7的检测.采用联吡啶钌(RuBpy)二氧化硅荧光纳米颗粒对羊抗大肠杆菌O157:H7抗体进行修饰,基于抗体-抗原相互作用实现了其对目标大肠杆菌O157:H7...     

环境友好型比率荧光微流控纸芯片快速检测苯醚甲环唑

本文构建了一种新型比率荧光印迹微流控纸芯片,将绿色荧光(NBD-APTES)作为对照荧光源,以半胱氨酸修饰后的碳量子点(CDs-Cys)的荧光变化来实现苯醚甲环唑的快速可视化检测.采用扫描电子显微镜和激光共聚焦显微镜等详细研究纸基芯片的检测性能.在优化条件下,该荧光传感器的线性范围为0.3~60μmol/L,检测限为75 nmol/L,样品回收率为102.1%~111.2%,准确度在3.1%~4.2%.与传统液相荧光传感材料相比,固相基质的比率荧光传感器具备更好的携带性和储存性,表现出令人满意的荧光检测特性.此外,该传感器用于分离和检测苯醚甲环唑时具有高度的特异性,已成功地应用于实际样品的检测,为新型比率荧光技术与微流控纸基芯片结合开辟了新途径,并为未来提供了潜在的即时医疗应用前景.     

Chemoselective reduction-based fluorescence probe for detection of hydrogen sulfide in living cells

A selective and sensitive fluorescence probe for hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) detection was synthesized and evaluated in PBS buffer and fetal bovine serum. The effect of pH on the probe was also studied. In addition, visualization of H(2)S in Hela cells was achieved using confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy.     

CD20靶向Cy7-Rituximab分子探针的制备及在小鼠活体荧光成像中的应用

以B淋巴细胞表面CD20抗原靶向的单克隆抗体Rituximab为载体, 通过共价键偶联荧光基团菁染料Cy7, 获得了新型荧光分子探针Cy7-Rituximab. 利用全光谱紫外-可见分光光度仪、SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳和基质辅助激光解析电离飞行时间质谱等对该探针结构进行表征, 并通过激光共聚焦显微镜观察了其在弥漫大B细胞淋巴瘤(DLBCL)细胞中的摄取情况. 选用BALB/C裸鼠为模型, 尾静脉注射 Cy7-Rituximab, 通过活体荧光成像系统观察了其在小鼠体内的分布情况. 研究结果表明, 修饰后的Cy7-Rituximab保持了原有抗体的免疫活性. 活体荧光成像结果表明, 在CD20高表达的脾脏部位监测到该分子探针的特异性浓集.     

FSiNPs mediated improved double immunofluorescence staining for gastric cancer cells imaging

A fluorescent silica nanoparticles (FSiNPs) mediated double immunofluorescence staining technique has been proposed for MGC-803 gastric cancer cells imaging by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Anti-CEA antibody and anti-CK19 antibody which can be both bonded to MGC-803 gastric cancer cells were first conjugated to fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) doped fluorescent silica nanoparticles (FFSiNPs) and RuBPY doped fluorescent silica nanoparticles (RFSiNPs), respectively. The MGC-803 gastric cancer cells were incubated with the mixture of anti-CEA antibody-conjugated FFSiNPs and anti-CK19 antibody-conjugated RFSiNPs, and subsequently imaged using confocal laser scanning microscopy. With this method, the in vitro cultured MGC-803 gastric cancer cells lines were successfully doubled labeled and distinguished through antigen-antibody recognition, together with the green and red signal of FFSiNPs and RFSiNPs simultaneously obtained without crossreactivity by confocal laser scanning microscopy imaging. By comparison with the conventional double immunofluorescence staining using green-emitting and red-emitting dyes, the photostability of this proposed method for confocal laser scanning microscopy imaging has been greatly improved. Furthermore, the ex vivo imaging of primary MGC-803 gastric cancer cells samples came from the tumor tissues of mice bearing the MGC gastric cancer tumor xenografts by this method have also been explored. The results demonstrate that the method offers potential advantage of photostability for the confocal laser scanning microscopy imaging of MGC-803 gastric cancer cells, and is applicable to the imaging of primary MGC-803 gastric cancer cells from the tumor tissues.     

Biocompatible and noncytotoxic nucleoside-based AIEgens sensor for lighting-up nucleic acids

Aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) have been used in biomacromolecules detection. Herein, TPE-dC and TPE-dU acted as the nucleoside-based AIEgens sensors in the first case, which can be used to detect ctDNA and rRNA in vitro and light up the nucleus in vivo depending on the intermolecular binding affinity. This AIE process enables the quantitative analysis or visualization of nucleic acids in solution or gels state, respectively. Furthermore, confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) images of L929 cells stained with TPE-dC or TPE-dU clearly shows that nucleoside-based AIEgens bio-probes can pass the cell membranes to reach the cell nucleus, without cytotoxicity at the imaging condition (incubation time > 12 h, and 10 μmol/L of concentration). Since the nucleus is rich in DNA/RNA, fluorescence turn-on mode has a great potential in nucleus imaging and clinical diagnosis.     

Two-photon excitation of fluorescence for three-dimensional optical imaging of biological structures

Techniques based on two-photon excitation (TPE) allow three-dimensional (3D) imaging in highly localized volumes, of the order of magnitude of a fraction of a femtolitre up to single-molecule detection. In TPE microscopy a fundamental advantage over conventional widefield or confocal 3D fluorescence microscopy is given by the use of infrared (IR) instead of ultraviolet (UV) radiation to excite those fluorophores requiring UV excitation, hence causing little damage to the specimen or to fluorescent molecules outside the volume of the TPE event and allowing a deeper penetration within the sample compared with conventional one-photon excitation of fluorescence. In our laboratory, within the framework of a national INFM project, we have realized a TPE fluorescence microscope, part of a multipurpose architecture also including lifetime imaging and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy modules. The core of the architecture is a mode-locked Ti:sapphire infrared pulsed laser pumped by a high-power (5 W, 532 nm) solid-state laser and coupled to an ultracompact scanning head. For the source we have measured a pulse width from 65 to 95 fs as a function of wavelength (690-830 nm). The scanning head allows conventional and two-photon confocal imaging. Point spread function measurements are reported with examples of applications to the study of biological systems.     

双光子激光共焦扫描显微技术在环境化学中的应用及展望

介绍了双光子激光共焦扫描显微技术的基本原理,评述了该技术与传统荧光显微技术和单光子激光共焦扫描显微技术的异同,并且结合双光子激光共焦扫描显微技术在实际工作中的应用,评述了其在环境化学中的应用潜力及发展前景.     

异硫氰酸荧光素-溶菌酶的制备及晶体生长预研究

迄今尚未有适用于光源为488 nm激光扫描共聚焦显微镜研究用的溶菌酶. 为此, 用异硫氰酸荧光素作为探针标记了溶菌酶, 测定了溶菌酶标记物的紫外-可见吸收光谱和荧光光谱, 摸索了其晶体的生长条件. 实验结果表明, 在标记过程中异硫氰酸荧光素没有影响溶菌酶的生化性质, 标记后的溶菌酶可用于激光扫描共聚焦显微镜进行后续研究.     

Direct Visualization of Amlodipine Intervention into Living Cells by Means of Fluorescence Microscopy

Amlodipine, a unique long-lasting calcium channel antagonist and antihypertensive drug, has weak fluorescence in aqueous solutions. In the current paper, we show that direct visualization of amlodipine in live cells is possible due to the enhanced emission in cellular environment. We examined the impact of pH, polarity and viscosity of the environment as well as protein binding on the spectral properties of amlodipine in vitro, and used quantum chemical calculations for assessing the mechanism of fluorescence quenching in aqueous solutions. The confocal fluorescence microscopy shows that the drug readily penetrates the plasma membrane and accumulates in the intracellular vesicles. Visible emission and photostability of amlodipine allow confocal time-lapse imaging and the drug uptake monitoring.     

A facile preparation method for nanosized MOFs as a multifunctional material for cellular imaging and drug delivery

Tb-based metal-organic framework nanoparticles (Tb-MOF NPs) with good colloidal stability and stable fluorescence properties in an aqueous solution were prepared by a simple mechanical grinding of Tb-MOF with a biocompatible polymer surfactant (F127). The characteristic fluorescence property of Tb-MOF NPs allowed us to use this nanomaterial as a cell imaging probe. Efficient cellular uptake of Tb-MOF NPs apparently via an energy-dependent endocytosis was observed by confocal laser scanning microscopy. By taking advantage of the porous nature of the Tb-MOF NPs an anticancer drug (doxorubicin) was successfully loaded and delivered to kill cancer cells to demonstrate their usage as a drug delivery vehicle. This simple grinding method afforded a nanosized, multifunctional biomaterial that was used for cell imaging and drug delivery, and it can be extended to other MOFs to widen their applications.