Today’s take-home lessons (i.e. what you should be able to answer at end of lecture) 1.Fluorescence. What is it(amplitude, time-scale) 2.Basics of labeling, in vitro, in vivo 3.Super-Accuracy (FIONA), Super-Resolution (STORM, PALM, STED) 4.Total Internal Reflection 1.HW due next Wednesday, 3/10/10; answers on Friday. 2.March 15 th, 17 th, night of 18 th : Presentations. Reports due night of 18 th. Today’s Announcements
Biophysics 101 Essentials of fluorescence Basic Fluorescence Single molecule detection methods (confocal, two-photon, TIRF) Imaging (FIONA, etc…) FRET Polarization FCS (Later) Thanks to ISS (of Champaign IL, a great place to live!) Photon Technology International (PTI)
Basics of fluorescence Shine light in, gets absorbed, reemits at longer wavelength Light In Light Out Thermal relaxation Fluorescence & Non-radiative Absorption Thermal relaxation [Femtosec] [Picosec] [Nanosec] [Picosec] Time (nsec) Fluorescence -/f-/f Y = e Stokes Shift ( nm) Excitation Spectra Emission Spectra Photobleaching Important: Dye emits 10 5 10 7 photons, then dies!
Basic Set-up of Fluorescence Microscope Semwogerere & Weeks, Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, 2005 (Lasers, Arc Lamps) (Electronic Detectors: CCD, EMCCDs, PMTs, APDs) Nikon, Zeiss, Olympus, Leica—Microscope Manufacturer Andor, Hamamatsu, Princeton Instruments, other…make EMCCDs
You can get beautiful pictures
Basics of Labeling: In vitro Bind to: free cysteines (--SH) (often only one or a few in proteins) free lysines (--NH 2 ) (many per protein) Cysteine ReactiveAmine Reactive Iodoacetamide Maleimide Isothiocyanate (ITC) Succinymidal Ester
Basics of Labeling In vivo (inside cell) Cell has a membrane, which is, in general, impermeant to dyes! Bi-Arsenic FLASH, Fluorescent Proteins, SNAP-tag, Halo-tag Tsien, Science, 2002 Tsien, Science, 1998 Bi-Arsenic FLASH, ReASH…
(Motor) proteinGFP Green Fluorescent Protein (Nobel, 2009) Genetically encoded dye (fluorescent protein) Kinesin – GFP fusion Wong RM et al. PNAS, 2002 Genetically encoded perfect specificity
Different Fluorescent Proteins mHoneydew, mBanana, mOrange, tdTomato, mTangerine, mStrawberry, mCherry Absorption Fluorescence Shaner, Tsien, Nat. Bio., 2004
Green Fluorescent Protein: Genetically-encoded dye Fluorescent protein from jelly fish