用安格斯特罗姆精度对单个光分子进行三维定位
Taku Furubayashi, Kazuya Motohashi, Keisuke Wakao
1Pathophysiological and Health Science Team, Imaging Platform and Innovation Group, Division of Bio-Function Dynamics Imaging, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies , Chuo, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|June 24, 2017
概括
研究人员开发了一种低温显微镜, 这种先进的光显微镜技术使细胞分子结构的详细可视化成为可能.
科学领域:
- 生物物理
- 光学显微镜
- 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 光显微镜可以对细胞内的单个分子进行非侵入性成像.
- 实现斯特罗姆级空间精度对于可视化复杂的分子结构至关重要.
- 目前的技术在这个尺度上解决分子结构的局限性.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种能够达到安格斯特罗姆级空间精度的冷显微镜.
- 展示细胞中的单个分子排列.
- 增强光显微镜用于分子成像的能力.
主要方法:
- 开发了一种具有0.99数值孔径的低温反射显微镜.
- 实现一个针对冷性能优化的反射镜.
- 在1.8K时达到0.05nm标准偏差的成像稳定性.
主要成果:
- 一个ATTO647N光分子在1.8K的定位.
- 达到0.53nm (x),0.31nm (y) 和0.90nm (z) 的标准误差.
- 在5分钟内从分子中积累10^6个光子.
结论:
- 开发的冷显微镜在单分子成像方面实现了前所未有的空间精度.
- 这种技术使细胞内的分子排列能够详细可视化.
- 低温反射显微镜代表了超分辨率显微镜的重大进步.
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