Multiphoton, confocal, and lifetime microscopy for molecular imaging in cartilage

Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu; Deborah Krakow; Veneta T. Kirilova; Daniel H. Cohn; Cristina Bertolotto; Dora Acuna; Qiyin Fang; Nikola Krivorov; Daniel L. Farkas

doi:10.1117/12.597670

29 March 2005 Multiphoton, confocal, and lifetime microscopy for molecular imaging in cartilage

Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, Deborah Krakow, Veneta T. Kirilova, Daniel H. Cohn, Cristina Bertolotto, Dora Acuna, Qiyin Fang, Nikola Krivorov, Daniel L. Farkas

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Proceedings Volume 5699, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules and Cells: Fundamentals and Applications III; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.597670
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2005, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

It has recently been shown that mutations in Filamin A and B genes produce a large spectrum of skeletal disorders in developing fetuses. However, high-resolution optical microscopy in cartilage growth plate using fluorescent antibody assays, which should elucidate molecular aspects of these disorders, is extremely difficult due to the high level of autofluoresce in this tissue. We apply multiphoton, confocal, lifetime and spectral microscopy to (i) image and characterize autofluorophores in chondrocytes and subtract their contributions to obtain a corrected antibody-marker fluorescence signal, and (ii) measure the interaction between Filamin A and B proteins by detecting the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between markers of the two proteins. Taking advantage of the different fluorescence spectra of the endogenous and exogenous markers, we can significantly reduce the autofluorescence background. Preliminary results of the FRET experiments suggest no interaction between Filamin A and B proteins. However, developing of new antibodies targeting the carboxy-terminal immunoglobulin-like domain may be necessary to confirm this result.

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Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu, Deborah Krakow, Veneta T. Kirilova, Daniel H. Cohn, Cristina Bertolotto, Dora Acuna, Qiyin Fang, Nikola Krivorov, and Daniel L. Farkas "Multiphoton, confocal, and lifetime microscopy for molecular imaging in cartilage", Proc. SPIE 5699, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules and Cells: Fundamentals and Applications III, (29 March 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.597670

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