| Whole lifespan microscopic observation of budding yeast aging through a microfluidic dissection platform. | |
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PMID: 22421136 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Important insights into aging have been generated with the genetically tractable and short-lived budding yeast. However, it is still impossible today to continuously track cells by high-resolution microscopic imaging (e.g., fluorescent imaging) throughout their entire lifespan. Instead, the field still needs to rely on a 50-y-old laborious and time-consuming method to assess the lifespan of yeast cells and to isolate differentially aged cells for microscopic snapshots via manual dissection of daughter cells from the larger mother cell. Here, we are unique in achieving continuous and high-resolution microscopic imaging of the entire replicative lifespan of single yeast cells. Our microfluidic dissection platform features an optically prealigned single focal plane and an integrated array of soft elastomer-based micropads, used together to allow for trapping of mother cells, removal of daughter cells, monitoring gradual changes in aging, and unprecedented microscopic imaging of the whole aging process. Using the platform, we found remarkable age-associated changes in phenotypes (e.g., that cells can show strikingly differential cell and vacuole morphologies at the moment of their deaths), indicating substantial heterogeneity in cell aging and death. We envision the microfluidic dissection platform to become a major tool in aging research. |
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Authors:
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Sung Sik Lee; Ima Avalos Vizcarra; Daphne H E W Huberts; Luke P Lee; Matthias Heinemann |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2012-03-14 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Volume: 109 ISSN: 1091-6490 ISO Abbreviation: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-03-28 Completed Date: 2012-05-21 Revised Date: 2012-10-01 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7505876 Medline TA: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 4916-20 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland. |
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Microfluidics
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methods* Microscopy, Fluorescence / methods* Phenotype Saccharomycetales / cytology* Time Factors |
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Nat Methods. 2012 May;9(5):438
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