Multitarget super-resolution microscopy with high-density labeling by exchangeable probes

Nat Methods. 2015 Aug;12(8):743-6. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.3466. Epub 2015 Jul 6.

Abstract

We have developed a multitarget super-resolution microscopy technique called image reconstruction by integrating exchangeable single-molecule localization (IRIS). IRIS uses protein fragment-based probes that directly associate with and dissociate from their targets over durations on the order of tens of milliseconds. By integrating single-molecule localization and sequential labeling, IRIS enables unprecedented labeling density along multiple cellular structures. IRIS can be used to discern the area-specific proximity between cytoskeletal components and focal adhesions within a single cell.

MeSH terms

  • Actins / chemistry
  • Animals
  • Cytoskeleton / metabolism
  • Expressed Sequence Tags
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • Focal Adhesions / metabolism
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Mice
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence / methods*
  • Microtubules / chemistry
  • Oxygen / chemistry
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Plasmids / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Xenopus laevis

Substances

  • Actins
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Peptides
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • Oxygen