Name: sharper cell images with fluorescence microscopy
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K12 Standards

Florida Department of Education

High School

Life Science

SC.912.L.14

SC.912.L.14.4

Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy

يمكن للفحص المجهري الفلوري التقليدي حل الهياكل البعيدة عن 200 نانومتر فقط. هذا لأنه تحت المجهر ، فإن حيود الضوء يجعل جزيئات الفلورسنت تظهر كبقع ضبابية بدلا من نقاط حادة. نتيجة لذلك ، عندما تكون الأشياء قريبة جدا من بعضها البعض ، تتداخل صورها.
لذلك ، طور العلماء تقنيات فائقة الدقة توفر دقة أفضل لتصوير حتى الهياكل الفرعية الصغيرة. تتغلب هذه التقنيات على حدود الحيود باستخدام أنماط محددة من الضوء لإثارة الفلوروفورات في العينة.
على سبيل المثال ، يستخدم الفحص المجهري للإضاءة الهيكلية نمطا مخططا يتم تدويره بعد ذلك لالتقاط صور متعددة. يتم دمج الصور ، مما يؤدي إلى إنشاء نمط تداخل تتم معالجته حسابيا لعمل الصورة النهائية.
يخلق الفحص المجهري لمستنفاد الانبعاث المحفز نمطا باستخدام ليزرين. يثير الليزر الأولي العينة بينما يثبط شعاع على شكل دونات التألق المحيط بها ، مما يجعل نقطة الفلورسنت تبدو أصغر.
تتجنب التقنيات الأخرى تداخل الإشارات باستخدام مجسات الفلورسنت التي يمكن تشغيلها وإيقافها. يتم تنشيط بعض المجسات فقط لكل صورة ، مما يقلل من تداخل الإشارة ويسمح بتوطين جزيء فلورسنت واحد. 
يمكن دمج العديد من هذه الصور في صورة مركبة واحدة عالية الدقة.

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	<li>تشين ، شي ، يو وانغ ، شيوي تشانغ ، وتشانغ شنغ ليو. "التقدم في الفحص المجهري الفلوري فائق الدقة لدراسة تفاعلات الخلايا النانوية". علوم المواد الحيوية 9 ، العدد 16 (2021): 5484-5496.</li>
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الفحص المجهري الفلوري فائق الدقة

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يوفر المجهر الفلوري فائق الدقة (SRFM) دقة أفضل من الفحص المجهري الفلوري التقليدي عن طريق تقليل دالة التوزيع النقطي (PSF). دالة التوزيع النقطي (PSF) هي توزيع شدة الضوء من نقطة تجعله يبدو غير واضح. بسبب PSF، تظهر كل نقطة فلورية أكبر من حجمها الفعلي، ويكون تداخل PSF للفلوروفورات القريبة هو الذي يسبب الصورة غير الواضحة. تم مؤخرًا تطوير طرق مختلفة لتحقيق دقة أعلى من خلال SRFM.

المجهر الموضعي المنشط ضوئيًا

المجهر الموضعي المنشط ضوئيًا (PALM) هو نوع من الفحص المجهري الفلوري الذي يلتقط صورًا عالية الدقة باستخدام أسلوب الكشف عن جزيء واحد وتوطينه. على سبيل المثال، قد تظهر بقعتان مفلورتان بمسافة 75 نانومتر على أنهما نقطة واحدة أثناء التصوير بسبب تداخل عناصر PSF الخاصة بهما. في مثل هذه الحالات، خاصة بالنسبة لتصوير الخلايا الحية، يعد PALM تقنية مناسبة لحل التداخل وتوفير دقة أفضل.

في PALM، يتم استخدام نوع مختلف من البروتين الفلوري الأخضر (GFP) مع طول موجي مثير مختلف ومضان عالي. في الخطوة الأولى، يتم تنشيط عدد قليل من GFPs وتصويرها بدقة عالية جدًا. في الخطوة التالية، يتم تنشيط مجموعة أخرى من GFPs وتصويرها. خطوة بخطوة، وبالتالي يتم تسجيل كافة GFPs عبر العينة. وأخيرًا، تتم معالجة البيانات لإنشاء صورة عالية الدقة.

الفحص المجهري بإعادة البناء البصري العشوائي

في الفحص المجهري بإعادة البناء البصري العشوائي (STORM)، يتم استخدام مجسات فريدة قابلة للتحويل للصور لتصوير العينات. يمكن تشغيل وإيقاف الانبعاث الصادر عن هذه المجسات باستخدام أضواء ذات أطوال موجية مختلفة. وبالتالي، يمكن تنشيط عدد قليل فقط من الفلوروفورات في وقت ما بحيث يكون عدد الفلوروفورات المنشطة أقل بكثير من عدد الفلوروفورات المعطلة. يساعد هذا التنشيط الانتقائي للمسابير في تحديد موضعها الدقيق في العينة. بعد ذلك، يتم تحديد مركز كل مسبار فلوري ووضع علامة عليه. ثم يتم تكرار العملية لتسجيل جميع مجسات الفلورسنت في العينة. وأخيرًا، يتم إنشاء صورة مركبة عالية الدقة من خلال تركيب هذه الصور المتعددة.
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يوفر الفحص المجهري الفلوري فائق الدقة (SRFM) دقة أفضل من الفحص المجهري الفلوري التقليدي عن طريق تقليل انتشار النقطة ...

Education

JoVE Core

Cell Biology

بيولوجيا الخلية

Unit 1

الوحدة الأولى

Visualizing Cells, Tissues, and Molecules

تصوير الخلايا والأنسجة والجزيئات

KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS

المصطلحات والمفاهيم الأساسية

sharper cell images with fluorescence microscopy

Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy gives sharper images than standard fluorescence microscopy by reducing the point spread function, or PSF. The PSF is the light pattern from a point source that makes it look blurred. Because of this blur, each fluorescent spot appears larger than it really is. Nearby fluorophores can also overlap through their PSFs and make the image less clear.

Several super-resolution methods have been developed to improve image detail. Photoactivated localization microscopy, or PALM, uses single-molecule detection and localization to build a high-resolution image. It is useful when two fluorescent spots are about 75 nm apart and may look like one spot during imaging. This can be especially helpful in live-cell imaging.

PALM uses a variant of green fluorescent protein, or GFP, with a different excitation wavelength and high fluorescence. First, only a few GFP molecules are activated and imaged with very high precision. Then another set is activated and imaged. This step-by-step process continues until all GFPs in the specimen are recorded, and the data is processed into a high-resolution image.

Stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy, or STORM, uses photo-switchable probes instead of GFP. These probes can be switched on and off with lights of different wavelengths. Only a few fluorophores are activated at a time, while many remain off. This makes it easier to find the precise position of each probe in the specimen.

In STORM, the center of each fluorescent probe is identified and marked. The process is repeated until all probes have been recorded across the specimen. The separate images are then superimposed to form a high-resolution composite image.

Sharper Cell Images with Fluorescence Microscopy

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imaging biological samples with optical microscopy

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How Light Microscopes Bring Samples Into View

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phase contrast and differential interference contrast microscopy

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Microscope Contrast for Live, Unstained Cells

Phase-contrast and differential interference contrast microscopy help scientists see live cells without stains. Both methods boost contrast so thin, transparent structures become easier to study under the microscope. Phase-contrast microscopes use interference between light that passes straight through a cell and light that is refracted by cell parts. The microscope uses an annular stop in the condenser to make a hollow cone of light. The objective lens also contains a phase plate with a phase...

fixation and sectioning

Microscope Slide Prep and Staining

Microscope slide preparation includes wet mounts, fixation, and staining. These steps help make specimens easier to see under a light microscope. They also help preserve cells and highlight important structures. A wet mount is the simplest slide preparation. The specimen is placed in a drop of liquid on the slide. A liquid sample can be added directly with a dropper, and a solid sample, such as a skin scraping, can be placed on the slide before the liquid is added. The liquid is sometimes...

immunofluorescence microscopy

Fluorescent Antibody Staining in Cells

Fluorescent antibody staining uses a fluorescence microscope to make cells and microbes visible in bright colors against a dark background. The microscope works with fluorochromes, which are fluorescent dyes that absorb energy from a light source and then give off visible light. Some fluorochromes are natural, such as chlorophylls. Others are added to the specimen to improve contrast. Common examples of fluorochromes include Texas red and FITC. The method can also use nucleic acid dyes such as...

immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry

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Antibody Staining in Cells and Tissues

Immunocytochemistry (ICC) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) use antibodies to detect specific proteins or antigens in samples. ICC focuses on individual cells, such as blood cells and stem cells. IHC is used for tissue samples. These methods were first published by Albert Coons in 1941, when they were used to detect pneumococcal antigen in mouse tissue sections from mice infected with Pneumococcus. Both techniques can produce either a colored signal or a fluorescent signal. Enzyme-conjugated...

confocal fluorescence microscopy

Confocal Microscopy for Sharp Cell Images

Confocal microscopy is an advanced imaging method used to capture sharp fluorescence images. Its main advantage is that it blocks out-of-focus light from the sample with pinholes. That helps produce high-resolution images with strong contrast. Unlike a standard optical microscope, a confocal microscope uses a focused laser beam to scan the sample surface at different z-planes. This makes it especially useful for thick specimens, such as biofilms. These samples can often be examined alive and...

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Fluorescent Methods for Protein Movement

Protein movement in living cells can be measured with fluorescence-based methods such as FRAP, FRET, and PET. These techniques help scientists track how proteins move, interact, and change distance inside the cell. Fluorescent recovery after photobleaching, or FRAP, measures protein movement rates within the cell. In this method, a small region is exposed to a strong laser beam. The beam permanently bleaches fluorophore-tagged proteins in that area. Over time, bleached proteins diffuse away...

total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy

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Surface-Only Imaging with TIRF Microscopy

Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy, or TIRF, is a microscope method used to view fluorophores near a solid surface with a higher refractive index, such as a glass coverslip. It is useful when scientists want to study signals close to the cell surface. TIRF works when light from a medium with a lower refractive index, such as air, hits the glass coverslip at a critical angle. Instead of entering the glass, the light undergoes total internal reflection. This reflection creates an...

atomic force microscopy

Atomic Force Microscopy for Surface Mapping

Atomic force microscopy is used to map the surface details of materials. It can examine ceramics, glass, polymers, and biological samples. The method gives far more resolution than an optical imaging system and produces three-dimensional surface profiles instead of flat 2D images. The probe is the key part of an AFM setup. It includes the cantilever and tip assembly, and it is also the part that is replaced most often. Constant contact with samples wears down the tip, so probe choice depends...

super-resolution fluorescence microscopy

Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy gives sharper images than standard fluorescence microscopy by reducing the point spread function, or PSF. The PSF is the light pattern from a point source that makes it look blurred. Because of this blur, each fluorescent spot appears larger than it really is. Nearby fluorophores can also overlap through their PSFs and make the image less clear. Several super-resolution methods have been developed to improve image detail. Photoactivated localization...

overview of electron microscopy

Electron Microscopy: TEM vs SEM

Electron microscopy uses electrons instead of visible light to make images with much higher detail than a light microscope. Visible light limits the resolution of light microscopes, which usually magnify up to 1000X, and sometimes up to 1500X. Electrons have a much shorter wavelength, about 0.005 nm, so they can produce resolution as fine as 0.05 nm. An electron microscope can also magnify images up to 2,000,000X and reveal subcellular structures and some molecular structures, including single...

scanning electron microscopy

How SEM Reveals Surface Details

A scanning electron microscope (SEM) reveals the surface details of a sample with an electron beam. The beam scans across the sample in a two-dimensional pattern. SEM can image areas from about 1 centimeter down to 5 micrometers wide. SEM is useful for studying bacteria, viruses, tissues, and larger samples such as insects. Conventional SEM can produce magnification from 20X to 30,000X. It also offers spatial resolution of about 50 to 100 nanometers. The process starts when the electron gun...

transmission electron microscopy

How TEM Reveals Tiny Structures

Transmission electron microscopy uses electrons to reveal very small structures inside a specimen. The technique grew from the first electron microscope prototype developed in 1931 by physicist Ernst Ruska. He built on the idea that magnetic fields can direct an electron beam, just as lenses direct light in an optical microscope. In a transmission electron microscope, a hot tungsten element produces electrons. An electron gun then accelerates them with a potential difference, giving the beam...

preparation of samples for electron microscopy

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Electron Microscopy Sample Prep Methods

Electron microscopy sample prep methods help biological samples survive imaging in TEM and SEM. Before a specimen can be viewed, it must be fixed, or stabilized, so the electron beam does not damage it. It also must be dried well, or desiccated, because the microscope uses a vacuum. Fixation should happen as quickly as possible. Once a sample leaves its natural environment, its properties begin to change. In tissue samples, oxygen levels can drop and change the appearance of mitochondria. That...

immunogold electron microscopy

Immunogold Labeling in Electron Microscopy

Immunogold labeling in electron microscopy uses antibodies and tiny gold particles to find specific proteins in cells and tissues. The gold particles are very electron-dense, which means they show up clearly in electron microscope images. This gives researchers a high-resolution way to see where proteins are located and to compare their amounts under different stimulation conditions. The method can reveal proteins on the cell surface and inside cells. It has been used to study proteins...

cryo-electron microscopy

Cryo-EM for Native Biomolecule Imaging

Cryo-EM, or cryo-electron microscopy, lets scientists image biomolecules in their frozen, native state. It avoids the dehydration, fixation, and staining used in conventional electron microscopy, which can distort samples and create artifacts. It also reduces damage from the electron beam by using gentler imaging conditions. This method is useful when other structure tools have limits. X-ray diffraction needs a molecule to form a crystal, and that is not always possible. Even when...

electron microscope tomography and single-particle reconstruction

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3D Imaging with Electron Microscopy

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) can build 3D images of biological samples. It does this with electron microscope tomography and single-particle reconstruction. Tomography can show cell parts or small cells in vivo, while single-particle reconstruction is used for macromolecules and macromolecular complexes in vitro only. Electron tomography can be done in TEM or in STEM, which stands for scanning transmission electron microscopy. STEM is mainly used for thick biological specimens. It...

key terms and concepts

Learn how super-resolution fluorescence microscopy sharpens cell images using PALM and STORM to locate fluorophores with far greater precision.

Sharper Cell Images with Fluorescence Microscopy | JoVE K12

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Plant Cell Wall

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Cell Structure

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D. Most multicellular organisms are composed of organ systems whose structures reflect their particular function.

Sharper Cell Images with Fluorescence Microscopy

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