Emission spectra of bioluminescent reporters and interaction with mammalian tissue determine the sensitivity of detection in vivo

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 041210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Zhao ◽  
Timothy C. Doyle ◽  
Olivier Coquoz ◽  
Flora Kalish ◽  
Bradley W. Rice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emission Spectra ◽  
Mammalian Tissue ◽  
Bioluminescent Reporters

scholarly journals Multi-Modal Multi-Spectral Intravital Microscopic Imaging of Signaling Dynamics in Real-Time during Tumor–Immune Interactions

Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 499
Author(s):  
Tracy W. Liu ◽  
Seth T. Gammon ◽  
David Piwnica-Worms
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Imaging ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Bioluminescence Imaging ◽  
Emission Spectra ◽  
Ccd Camera ◽  
Microscopic Imaging ◽  
Signaling Dynamics ◽  
Window Chamber

Intravital microscopic imaging (IVM) allows for the study of interactions between immune cells and tumor cells in a dynamic, physiologically relevant system in vivo. Current IVM strategies primarily use fluorescence imaging; however, with the advances in bioluminescence imaging and the development of new bioluminescent reporters with expanded emission spectra, the applications for bioluminescence are extending to single cell imaging. Herein, we describe a molecular imaging window chamber platform that uniquely combines both bioluminescent and fluorescent genetically encoded reporters, as well as exogenous reporters, providing a powerful multi-plex strategy to study molecular and cellular processes in real-time in intact living systems at single cell resolution all in one system. We demonstrate that our molecular imaging window chamber platform is capable of imaging signaling dynamics in real-time at cellular resolution during tumor progression. Importantly, we expand the utility of IVM by modifying an off-the-shelf commercial system with the addition of bioluminescence imaging achieved by the addition of a CCD camera and demonstrate high quality imaging within the reaches of any biology laboratory.

scholarly journals Development and Applications of Bioluminescent and Chemiluminescent Reporters and Biosensors

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsien-Wei Yeh ◽  
Hui-Wang Ai
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
External Excitation ◽  
Excitation Light ◽  
Fluorescent Reporters ◽  
Fluorescence Measurements ◽  
Chemiluminescent Sensors ◽  
Biomedical Fields ◽  
Bioluminescent Reporters

Although fluorescent reporters and biosensors have become indispensable tools in biological and biomedical fields, fluorescence measurements require external excitation light, thereby limiting their use in thick tissues and live animals. Bioluminescent reporters and biosensors may potentially overcome this hurdle because they use enzyme-catalyzed exothermic biochemical reactions to generate excited-state emitters. This review first introduces the development of bioluminescent reporters, and next, their applications in sensing biological changes in vitro and in vivo as biosensors. Lastly, we discuss chemiluminescent sensors that produce photons in the absence of luciferases. This review aims to explore fundamentals and experimental insights and to emphasize the yet-to-be-reached potential of next-generation luminescent reporters and biosensors.

scholarly journals Quality Assessment of Serially Ultradiluted and Agitated Drug Digitalis purpurea by Emission Spectroscopy and Clinical Analysis of Its Effect on the Heart Rate of Indian Bufo melanostictus

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Anup Sharma ◽  
Bulbul Purkait
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Intraperitoneal Administration ◽  
Emission Spectra ◽  
Clinical Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
In Vivo Studies ◽  
Bufo Melanostictus ◽  
Digitalis Purpurea

The investigation of ultradiluted (homeopathic) drugs is extremely interesting and challenging, and from that point of view this study shows novelty. A study of in vivo changes in heart rate of the Indian Bufo melanostictus caused by commercially available serially ultra-diluted and agitated extract of Digitalis purpurea has been tried in order to understand their pharmacological role. RR interval (of ECG) was compared after intraperitoneal administration of serially diluted and agitated Digitalis purpurea extract, diluent rectified spirit, and Digoxin in anesthetized animals. The study revealed statistically significant changes in the heart rate after application of these drugs except in case of Digoxin and the 200th serial dilution of Digitalis purpurea. The duration of RR intervals after application of the drugs was corroborative of the effect of Digoxin and Digitalis purpurea extract up to 30th dilution. Emission spectra were obtained for the experimental ultra-diluted Digitalis purpurea extract and Digoxin to identify and characterize them. The observed RR pattern and emission spectra show an association. The quality assessment of the commercial ultra-diluted organic drugs obtained from natural products may be initiated by monitoring in vivo studies on animal models.

scholarly journals The Spectral Distribution of Firefly Light

1964 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. H. Seliger ◽  
J. B. Buck ◽  
W. G. Fastie ◽  
W. D. McElroy
Keyword(s):  
Species Differences ◽  
Simple Technique ◽  
Emission Spectra ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Peak Intensity ◽  
Abdominal Organs ◽  
Click Beetle ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal ◽  
Firefly Light

The in vivo emission spectra of sixteen species of Jamaican fireflies and four species of American fireflies have been measured with a photoelectric recording spectrometer. A simple technique of stimulation with ethyl acetate vapor was found to elicit bright continuous emission over a period of several minutes. Although the luciferin-luciferase cross-reactions were positive in all cases tested, peak intensity wavelengths show distinct species differences, ranging from 5520 to 5820 A. Widely separated emission peaks arise from the thoracic and abdominal organs respectively in the same animal, the click-beetle, Pyrophorus.

scholarly journals Hollow Fiber Bioreactors for In Vivo-like Mammalian Tissue Culture

10.3791/53431 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Storm ◽  
Ian Sorrell ◽  
Rebecca Shipley ◽  
Sophie Regan ◽  
Kim A. Luetchford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Hollow Fiber ◽  
Mammalian Tissue ◽  
Hollow Fiber Bioreactors

scholarly journals Nucleolar protein B23/nucleophosmin regulates the vertebrate SUMO pathway through SENP3 and SENP5 proteases

2008 ◽  
Vol 183 (4) ◽  
pp. 589-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chawon Yun ◽  
Yonggang Wang ◽  
Debaditya Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Peter Backlund ◽  
Nagamalleswari Kolli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Ribosome Biogenesis ◽  
Mammalian Tissue ◽  
Hematopoietic Malignancies ◽  
Culture Cells ◽  
Tissue Culture Cells ◽  
Egg Extracts ◽  
Protein B23 ◽  
Sumo Pathway

Ubiquitin-like protein/sentrin-specific proteases (Ulp/SENPs) mediate both processing and deconjugation of small ubiquitin-like modifier proteins (SUMOs). Here, we show that Ulp/SENP family members SENP3 and SENP5 localize within the granular component of the nucleolus, a subnucleolar compartment that contains B23/nucleophosmin. B23/nucleophosmin is an abundant shuttling phosphoprotein, which plays important roles in ribosome biogenesis and which has been strongly implicated in hematopoietic malignancies. Moreover, we found that B23/nucleophosmin binds SENP3 and SENP5 in Xenopus laevis egg extracts and that it is essential for stable accumulation of SENP3 and SENP5 in mammalian tissue culture cells. After either codepletion of SENP3 and SENP5 or depletion of B23/nucleophosmin, we observed accumulation of SUMO proteins within nucleoli. Finally, depletion of these Ulp/SENPs causes defects in ribosome biogenesis reminiscent of phenotypes observed in the absence of B23/nucleophosmin. Together, these results suggest that regulation of SUMO deconjugation may be a major facet of B23/nucleophosmin function in vivo.

scholarly journals Marine Cyanobacteria Tune Energy Transfer Efficiency in their Light-harvesting Antennae by Modifying Pigment Coupling

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuval Kolodny ◽  
Hagit Zer ◽  
Mor Propper ◽  
Shira Yochelis ◽  
Yossi Paltiel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Vertical Mixing ◽  
Photosynthetic Apparatus ◽  
Emission Spectra ◽  
Energy Transfer Efficiency ◽  
Transfer Efficiency ◽  
Transfer Energy ◽  
Harvesting Process

AbstractPhotosynthetic organisms regulate energy transfer to fit to changes in environmental conditions. The biophysical principles underlying the flexibility and efficiency of energy transfer in the light-harvesting process are still not fully understood. Here we examine how energy transfer is regulatedin-vivo. We compare different acclimation states of the photosynthetic apparatus in a marine cyanobacterial species that is well adapted to vertical mixing of the ocean water column and identify a novel acclimation strategy for photosynthetic life under low light intensities. Antennae rods extend, as expected, increasing light absorption. Surprisingly, in contrast to what was known for plants and predicted by classic calculations, these longer rods transfer energy fasteri.e.more efficiently. The fluorescence lifetime and emission spectra dependence on temperature, at the range of 4-300K, suggests that energy transfer efficiency is tuned by modifying the energetic coupling strength between antennae pigments.

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