Super-resolution Fluorescence Imaging of Organelles in Live Cells with Photoswitchable Membrane Probes

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 2012 Aug 15

PMID 22891300

Citations 190

Authors

Sang-Hee Shim

Chenglong Xia

Guisheng Zhong

Hazen P Babcock

Joshua C Vaughan

Bo Huang

Xun Wang

Cheng Xu

Guo-Qiang Bi

Xiaowei Zhuang

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Abstract

Imaging membranes in live cells with nanometer-scale resolution promises to reveal ultrastructural dynamics of organelles that are essential for cellular functions. In this work, we identified photoswitchable membrane probes and obtained super-resolution fluorescence images of cellular membranes. We demonstrated the photoswitching capabilities of eight commonly used membrane probes, each specific to the plasma membrane, mitochondria, the endoplasmic recticulum (ER) or lysosomes. These small-molecule probes readily label live cells with high probe densities. Using these probes, we achieved dynamic imaging of specific membrane structures in living cells with 30-60 nm spatial resolution at temporal resolutions down to 1-2 s. Moreover, by using spectrally distinguishable probes, we obtained two-color super-resolution images of mitochondria and the ER. We observed previously obscured details of morphological dynamics of mitochondrial fusion/fission and ER remodeling, as well as heterogeneous membrane diffusivity on neuronal processes.

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