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Triplet imaging of oxygen consumption during the contraction of a single smooth muscle cell (A7r5).
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20338856     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The measurement of tissue and cell oxygenation is important for understanding cell metabolism. We have addressed this problem with a novel optical technique, called triplet imaging, that exploits oxygen-induced triplet lifetime changes and is compatible with a variety of fluorophores. A modulated excitation of varying pulse widths allows the extraction of the lifetime of the essentially dark triplet state using a high-fluorescence signal intensity. This enables the monitoring of fast kinetics of oxygen concentration in living cells combined with high temporal and spatial resolution. First, the oxygen-dependent triplet-state quenching of tetramethylrhodamine is validated and then calibrated in an L-ascorbic acid titration experiment demonstrating the linear relation between triplet lifetime and oxygen concentration according to the Stern-Volmer equation. Second, the method is applied to a biological cell system, employing as reporter a cytosolic fusion protein of beta-galactosidase with SNAP-tag labeled with tetramethylrhodamine. Oxygen consumption in single smooth muscle cells A7r5 during an [Arg(8)]-vasopressin-induced contraction is measured. The results indicate a consumption leading to an intracellular oxygen concentration that decays monoexponentially with time. The proposed method has the potential to become a new tool for investigating oxygen metabolism at the single cell and the subcellular level.
Authors:
Matthias Geissbuehler; Thiemo Spielmann; Aurélie Formey; Iwan Märki; Marcel Leutenegger; Boris Hinz; Kai Johnsson; Dimitri Van De Ville; Theo Lasser
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Validation Studies    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biophysical journal     Volume:  98     ISSN:  1542-0086     ISO Abbreviation:  Biophys. J.     Publication Date:  2010 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-03-26     Completed Date:  2010-06-17     Revised Date:  2011-07-20    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370626     Medline TA:  Biophys J     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  339-49     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2010 Biophysical Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Optique Biomédicale, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. matthias.geissbuehler@epfl.ch
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Algorithms
Animals
Arginine Vasopressin / pharmacology
Ascorbic Acid / chemistry
Calibration
Cell Line
Fluorescence*
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Intracellular Space / metabolism
Kinetics
Linear Models
Models, Chemical
Muscle Contraction / drug effects,  physiology*
Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / drug effects,  physiology*
Optics and Photonics / methods*
Oxygen / chemistry,  metabolism
Oxygen Consumption*
Rats
Rhodamines / chemistry
Vasoconstrictor Agents / pharmacology
Video Recording
beta-Galactosidase / chemistry,  metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Rhodamines; 0/Vasoconstrictor Agents; 113-79-1/Arginine Vasopressin; 50-81-7/Ascorbic Acid; 62669-72-1/tetramethylrhodamine; 7782-44-7/Oxygen; EC 3.2.1.23/beta-Galactosidase
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