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Fluorescence Microscopy

Wolfgang Graier (wolfgang.graier@kfunigraz.ac.at)

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Prof.WolfgangF.Graier
DepartmentofMedicalBiochemistryandMedicalMolecularBiology
KarlFranzensUniversityofGraz
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Email:wolfgang.graier@kfunigraz.ac.at

BasicsandIntroduction
Fluorescence/Transmissionmicroscopy
Advantage/Drawbackoflightmicroscopy
FluorescenceDyes
GFPs
InstrumentalDevices
Confocallaserscanmicroscopy(CLSM)
Imaginginlivingcells
Deconvolutionmicroscopy
Comparisonoftechniquesavailable

Fluorescence Microscopy
Introduction

Fluorescence microscopy
Advantages/disadvantages, limitations

Fluorescence dyes

Vital dyes, GFP and derivatives


Immunofluorescence

Technology

2 photon excitation
FRAP and FRET
Fluorescence life time imaging
Confocal laser scanning
Deconvolution and imaging

Examples

Limitation of light microscopy


blue

limit of
resolution

5 m

Picture:S.Kohlwein,B&FB,Graz,Austria

Fluorescence
microscopy
eyepiece
1st barrier filter
(ex)

2nd barrier filter


(em)
beam-splitting
mirror

light source

objective lens
object

Picture:S.Kohlwein,B&FB,Graz,Austria

Fluorescence Microscopy
Life Cell and Immuno Fluorescence
Applications - dyes

Organelle-specific, pH, membrane potential, ion


Concentration

Caged compounds

GFP, BFP, RFP, YFP; Aequorin; GFP and FRET


Sample Preparation

Life Cell Microscopy

dynamics !

limits of resolution (wavelength of light)

sample preparation !
3d reconstruction - multi-dimensional
(3d + time, multiple wavelengths, reaction kinetics..)

viability, temperature, oxygen, phototoxicity,


bleaching
dynamics of structures (loss of resolution)

Immunofluorescence Microscopy

protein localization

limits of resolution (wave length of light)

3d reconstruction
resolution > life cells (no dynamics)

sample preparation, preparation artifacts (fixation,


Ab specificity)
dead cells !
bleaching

Applications - dyes
Organelle-specific
pH
membrane potential
ion selective
....

http://www.probes.com (Molecular Probes)

Microscopic analysis of yeast organelles in vivo


mitochondria
(DASPMI , Mito-Traker Mi)

endocyt. vesicles

lipid particles

(FM4-64)

(Nile Red)

vacuoles
(FM4-64, CDCFDA)

nucleus
(DAPI, SYTO)

membranes

Cholesterol: filipin
potential-sensitive dyes: bis-oxonol

endoplasmic
reticulum (DiOC6, Mito-Traker ER)

Cholesteroldistributionin3T3cells(fillipin)

Pictures:W.FGraier,MBC&MB,Graz,Austria

DiOC6

deconvoluted

deconvoluted

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Y
10 m

10 m

Y
10 m

10 m

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Blue/Green/Yellow/Red fluorescent proteins

http://www.clontech.com/

Green Fluorescent Protein Cloning Strategies

N, C-terminal fusions <> targeting signals !


endogenous <> heterologous promoter !
steady state-distribution <> "pulse-chase" !
function !

GFP C-terminal chromosomal fusion


YFG
pUG plasmid template

GFP

kanMX

PCR
transformation
G418 selection

YFG

GFP

kanMX

FluorescenceDyes

Conjugates
Conjugates

Substrates
Substrates

Agonists
Agonists

Chelators
Chelators

Immunfluorescence

Conjugates
Conjugates

Principles:
primaryantibody
secondaryantibody
(dyecoupled)

Samples:
Alexa,CyX

Pictures:MolecularProbes

Substrates
Substrates

120
4,5Diaminofluorescein
(DAF)

110

+ L-N
100 Bradykinin
L-Arginine
0120
240
360
480
600
720
840
960
Time
(mi

Agonists
Agonists
A

BODIPYRyanodine

Pictures:W.FGraier,MBC&MB,Graz,Austria

Chelators
Chelators
Fura2

EM510

Ca2+
Na+
H+
K+
Cl

Ca2+

F.I.

..

340

..

360
Wavelenghts(nm)

380

EX

..

Targetingofchelatorsbyspecificgroups(e.g.fattyacids)

Fluorescence Microscopy
Technology
Deconvolution Microscopy
Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
2 Photon Microscopy; time-resolved FM
FRAP fluorescence recovery after photo bleaching
FRET fluorescence resonance energy transfer

Fluorescence Microscopy
2 Photon Excitation Microscopy
2 Photon

1 Photon

ex

em

ex

em

Fluorescence Microscopy
Time-resolved fluorescence microscopy

fluorescence

dye 1 (e.g. background)


time window
dye 2

time (nsec)

Fluorescence Microscopy

FRET (Cameleon)

FRAP

emBFP
exBFP

BFP

Calmodulin/M13

GFP

Ca++

emBFP

emGFP

P
BF

GF
P

exBFP

du
lin

lm
ca

Ca++

OrganellspecificexpressionofanCa2+sensitiveproteine
Cameleons(developedbyR.Y.Tsien)

ERtaggedCameleons

MitaggedCameleons

Pictures:W.FGraier,MBC&MB,Graz,Austria

Electronic Light Microscopy


(local concentration !)

sensitivity
resolution

rec. speed

100 x 100 x 300 nm

msec sec

cell viability, structure dynamics

The Confocal Principle


Photomultiplier

Confocal detector
aperture

optical

Illuminating aperture
Point source

resolution:

Dichroic
mirror

>100 nm (x/y)
>300 nm (z)

Objective lens
Focal plane

Specimen
in-focus rays
out of focus rays

The Confocal Principle

picture element (pixel; e.g. 60x60 nm)

Single optical section

multiple optical sections


z
3d reconstruction

The Confocal Principle


depth

cover slide

focal spot

Picture:S.Kohlwein,B&FB,Graz,Austria

Yeast Light Microscopy

100 x

Microfluorometry

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Microfluorometry
Filt errad

Monitor
Xe-Lampe
Blende

Zelle

Verst rker
Pipette
>600 nm Filter
Camera

Zelle
Lampe

Microskop

Blende
Videorecorder

Optischer
Prozessor

510 nm Filter

A/ D-Wandler
Computer

PM

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Microfluorometry:
SimultaneouslyrecordingsofCa2+andioncurrents

st

2000

1 spike

0.9
1500

0.8
0.7

Current: I (pA)
1000

0.6

2+

bulk

0.5
: Ratio (F

500

0.4
0.3

0
Histamine

30

[Ca

32

360

/F
380

0.2
34

36

38
40
42
44
Elapsed Time (s)

46

48

50

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FluorescenceImaging

Deconvolutionmicroscopy

Pictures:W.FGraier,MBC&MB,Graz,Austria

Pointspreadfunction

Focus

Outoffocusfluorescence

2Dreconstruction
Deconvolutionmicroscopyallowstimeresolved
twodimensionalfluorescencerecordingsinhighxy
resolutionandapp.200to300mthickslices(pixel)

3Dreconstruction

pixel(xyplane).......voxel(xyzplane)

Confocal vs Deconvolution
pinhole

Out-of-focus light

low (10 p/px)

Signal to noise ratio

Serial lines (time scan)

n.a.

slow

Image acquisition

fast

== f(object) >

Imaging quality

== f(object)

100 m

Thick samples

<< 100 m

# laser lines

Excitation

Spectral lamp

PSF & comput.

Costs

high (10

p/px)

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