A self-calibrating phosphorescent polymeric probe for measuring pH fluctuations in subcellular organelles and the zebrafish digestive tract

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 2265-2271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zejing Chen ◽  
Xiangchun Meng ◽  
Mingjuan Xie ◽  
Yuxiang Shi ◽  
Liang Zou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digestive Tract ◽  
Subcellular Organelles ◽  
Lifetime Imaging ◽  
Photoluminescence Lifetime ◽  
Measuring Ph ◽  
Ph Fluctuations

A ratiometric phosphorescent probe, P-pH, was developed to determine the pH in vitro and in vivo via ratiometric photoluminescence imaging and photoluminescence lifetime imaging.

Rational design of a luminescent nanoprobe for hypoxia imaging in vivo via ratiometric and photoluminescence lifetime imaging microscopy

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (29) ◽  
pp. 4144-4147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Yu ◽  
Tianci Huang ◽  
Yipeng Li ◽  
Huanjie Wei ◽  
Shujuan Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rational Design ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Hypoxia Imaging ◽  
Lifetime Imaging ◽  
Photoluminescence Lifetime

A nanoprobe has been employed for hypoxia imagingin vitroandin vivo viaratiometric and, photoluminescence lifetime imaging techniques.

scholarly journals Rotavirus Replication Factories Are Complex Ribonucleoprotein Condensates

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Geiger ◽  
Guido Papa ◽  
William E. Arter ◽  
Julia Acker ◽  
Kadi L. Saar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Separation ◽  
Unique Feature ◽  
Rna Viruses ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
Subcellular Organelles ◽  
Selective Enrichment ◽  
Novel Therapeutic ◽  
Liquid Liquid Phase Separation

AbstractRNA viruses induce formation of subcellular organelles that provide microenvironments conducive to their replication. Here we show that replication factories of rotaviruses represent protein-RNA condensates that are formed via liquid-liquid phase separation. We demonstrate that rotavirus proteins NSP5 and NSP2 undergo phase separation in vitro and form RNA-rich condensates in vivo that can be reversibly dissolved by aliphatic diols. During infection, these RNA-protein condensates became less dynamic and impervious to aliphatic diols, indicating a transition from a liquid to solid state. Some aspects of assembly of rotavirus replication factories mirror the formation of cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein granules, while the selective enrichment of viral transcripts appears to be a unique feature of these condensates. Such complex RNA-protein condensates that underlie replication of RNA viruses represent an attractive target for developing novel therapeutic approaches.

scholarly journals Water-soluble cyclometalated platinum(ii) and iridium(iii) complexes: synthesis, tuning of the photophysical properties, and in vitro and in vivo phosphorescence lifetime imaging

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (31) ◽  
pp. 17224-17236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia I. Solomatina ◽  
Shih-Hao Su ◽  
Maria M. Lukina ◽  
Varvara V. Dudenkova ◽  
Vladislav I. Shcheslavskiy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photophysical Properties ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Iridium Complexes ◽  
Hypoxia Imaging ◽  
Phosphorescence Lifetime ◽  
Lifetime Imaging ◽  
Phosphorescence Lifetime Imaging

Novel water-soluble iridium complexes with sulfonated diphosphine allow in vitro and in vivo lifetime hypoxia imaging.

scholarly journals Differential Gene Expression Patterns ofYersinia pestisandYersinia pseudotuberculosisduring Infection and Biofilm Formation in the Flea Digestive Tract

mSystems ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iman Chouikha ◽  
Daniel E. Sturdevant ◽  
Clayton Jarrett ◽  
Yi-Cheng Sun ◽  
B. Joseph Hinnebusch
Keyword(s):  
Digestive Tract ◽  
Biofilm Formation ◽  
Yersinia Pseudotuberculosis ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Type Vi Secretion System ◽  
Genetic Changes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Biofilm Development

ABSTRACTYersinia pestis, the etiologic agent of plague, emerged as a fleaborne pathogen only within the last 6,000 years. Just five simple genetic changes in theYersinia pseudotuberculosisprogenitor, which served to eliminate toxicity to fleas and to enhance survival and biofilm formation in the flea digestive tract, were key to the transition to the arthropodborne transmission route. To gain a deeper understanding of the genetic basis for the development of a transmissible biofilm infection in the flea foregut, we evaluated additional gene differences and performedin vivotranscriptional profiling ofY. pestis, aY. pseudotuberculosiswild-type strain (unable to form biofilm in the flea foregut), and aY. pseudotuberculosismutant strain (able to produce foregut-blocking biofilm in fleas) recovered from fleas 1 day and 14 days after an infectious blood meal. Surprisingly, theY. pseudotuberculosismutations that increased c-di-GMP levels and enabled biofilm development in the flea did not change the expression levels of thehmsgenes responsible for the synthesis and export of the extracellular polysaccharide matrix required for mature biofilm formation. TheY. pseudotuberculosismutant uniquely expressed much higher levels ofYersiniatype VI secretion system 4 (T6SS-4) in the flea, and this locus was required for flea blockage byY. pseudotuberculosisbut not for blockage byY. pestis. Significant differences between the two species in expression of several metabolism genes, the Psa fimbrial genes, quorum sensing-related genes, transcription regulation genes, and stress response genes were evident during flea infection.IMPORTANCEY. pestisemerged as a highly virulent, arthropod-transmitted pathogen on the basis of relatively few and discrete genetic changes fromY. pseudotuberculosis. Parallel comparisons of thein vitroandin vivotranscriptomes ofY. pestisand twoY. pseudotuberculosisvariants that produce a nontransmissible infection and a transmissible infection of the flea vector, respectively, provided insights into howY. pestishas adapted to life in its flea vector and point to evolutionary changes in the regulation of metabolic and biofilm development pathways in these two closely related species.

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