Name: fluorescent antibody staining in cells
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免疫蛍光顕微鏡では、蛍光色素で標識された抗体は、特定の標的または抗原に結合すると蛍光を発します。
免疫蛍光顕微鏡法は、光を使用して蛍光色素の電子を励起し、より高いエネルギー状態にします。それらが基底状態に戻ると、電子はより長い波長の光を放出します。
この発光または蛍光により、組織内の特定の細胞または細胞内の特定のタンパク質を可視化できます。
免疫蛍光は、一次蛍光色素タグ付き抗体が標的タンパク質に結合すると直接的に行うことができます。または、蛍光色素でタグ付けされた二次抗体が目的のタンパク質に結合した特定の一次抗体に結合する間接的な場合もあります。結果として得られる蛍光は、直接免疫蛍光法によって放出される蛍光よりも強力です。
直接免疫蛍光法は、組織内の異常なタンパク質凝集を検出するために使用され、間接免疫蛍光法は、自己免疫疾患の診断中に血清中の循環抗体を検出することができます。

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免疫蛍光顕微鏡法

Immunofluorescence Microscopy

蛍光顕微鏡は、光源からのエネルギーを吸収し、このエネルギーを可視光として放出することができる、蛍光色素と呼ばれる蛍光発色団を使用します。 蛍光色素には、天然の蛍光物質 (クロロフィルなど) と、コントラストを生み出すために標本に添加される蛍光染色剤が含まれます。 テキサスレッドや FITC などの色素は蛍光色素の例です。 他の例には、核酸色素 4',6'-ジアミジノ-2-フェニルインドール (DAPI) およびアクリジン オレンジが含まれます。

顕微鏡は、紫外線や青色光などの短波長励起をサンプルに照射します。 発色団は励起光を吸収し、より長い波長の可視光を放出します。 次に、励起光がフィルターで除去され（紫外線が目に有害であることも理由の一つです）、可視光だけが接眼レンズを通過し、暗い背景に対して明るい色の標本の画像が生成されます。

蛍光顕微鏡は、病原体を発たり、環境内の特定の種を見つけたり、細胞内の特定の分子や構造の位置を見つけたりすることができます。 特定の蛍光色素を取り込むかどうかに基づいて、生きた細胞と死んだ細胞を区別するアプローチも開発されています。 場合によっては、異なる構造や特徴を示すために、同じ標本に複数の蛍光色素が使用されることがあります。

蛍光顕微鏡の最も重要な用途の 1 つは免疫蛍光です。免疫蛍光は、抗体が微生物に結合するかどうかを観察することによって特定の微生物を同定するために使用されます。 (抗体は、免疫系が生成するタンパク質分子で、特定の病原体に結合して病原体を死滅または阻害します。) この技術には、直接免疫蛍光アッセイ (DFA) と間接免疫蛍光アッセイ (IFA) の 2 つのアプローチがあります。 DFA では、特定の抗体 (例: 狂犬病ウイルスを標的とする抗体) が蛍光色素で染色されます。 標本に標的の病原体が含まれている場合、病原体に結合する抗体を蛍光顕微鏡で観察できます。 染色された抗体は病原体に直接結合するため、これは一次抗体染色です。

IFA では、一次抗体ではなく二次抗体が蛍光色素で染色されます。 二次抗体は生物に直接結合しませんが、一次抗体に結合します。 未染色の一次抗体が病原体に結合すると、一次抗体に結合する蛍光二次抗体が観察されます。 したがって、二次抗体は間接的に病原体に結合します。 多くの場合、複数の二次抗体が一次抗体に結合する可能性があるため、IFA は標本に結合する蛍光抗体の数を増やし、その特徴を視覚化しやすくします。

このテキストは Openstax、Microbiology 2e、セクション 2.4: 顕微鏡標本の染色から抜粋したものです。

蛍光顕微鏡は、蛍光色素と呼ばれる蛍光発色団を使用しており、光源からエネルギーを吸収し、このエネルギーを放出することができます...

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Cell Biology

細胞生物学

Unit 1

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Visualizing Cells, Tissues, and Molecules

細胞・組織・分子の可視化

KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS

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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 DAPI, which stands for 4',6'-diamidino-2-phenylindole, and acridine orange. The sample is exposed to short-wavelength light, such as ultraviolet or blue light. The fluorochromes absorb this excitation light and emit light at a longer wavelength.

The microscope then filters out the excitation light. This is done partly because ultraviolet light can harm the eyes. Only the visible light reaches the ocular lens. That is why the specimen appears in bright colors on a dark background. Fluorescence microscopy can help identify pathogens, locate particular species in an environment, and show where molecules or structures are found inside a cell.

Some fluorescence methods can also help tell living cells from dead cells. They do this by using fluorochromes that are taken up differently by the cells. In some specimens, more than one fluorochrome is used at the same time. This lets scientists show different structures or features in the same sample.

A major application of this technique is immunofluorescence. Immunofluorescence identifies certain microbes by checking whether antibodies bind to them. Antibodies are protein molecules made by the immune system that attach to specific pathogens and help kill or block them. The method has two forms: direct immunofluorescence assay, or DFA, and indirect immunofluorescence assay, or IFA.

In DFA, the specific antibodies are stained with a fluorochrome before they are added to the specimen. For example, antibodies that target the rabies virus can be used this way. If the pathogen is present, the stained antibodies bind directly to it under the fluorescent microscope. This is called a primary antibody stain because the stained antibodies attach straight to the pathogen.

In IFA, the primary antibodies are not stained. Instead, the secondary antibodies carry the fluorochrome and bind to the primary antibodies. After the unstained primary antibodies attach to the pathogen, the fluorescent secondary antibodies can be seen attached to them. This makes the pathogen appear indirectly labeled. Because several secondary antibodies can bind to one primary antibody, IFA often produces a stronger fluorescent signal and makes the specimen easier to see.

Fluorescent Antibody Staining in Cells

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key terms and concepts

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Fluorescent Antibody Staining in Cells | JoVE K12

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Fluorescent Antibody Staining in Cells

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