UFObow : A single-wavelength excitable Brainbow for simultaneous multicolor ex-vivo and in-vivo imaging of mammalian cells

© 2024. The Author(s)..

Brainbow is a genetic cell-labeling technique that allows random colorization of multiple cells and real-time visualization of cell fate within a tissue, providing valuable insights into understanding complex biological processes. However, fluorescent proteins (FPs) in Brainbow have distinct excitation spectra with peak difference greater than 35 nm, which requires sequential imaging under multiple excitations and thus leads to long acquisition times. In addition, they are not easily used together with other fluorophores due to severe spectral bleed-through. Here, we report the development of a single-wavelength excitable Brainbow, UFObow, incorporating three newly developed blue-excitable FPs. We have demonstrated that UFObow enables not only tracking the growth dynamics of tumor cells in vivo but also mapping spatial distribution of immune cells within a sub-cubic centimeter tissue, revealing cell heterogeneity. This provides a powerful means to explore complex biology in a simultaneous imaging manner at a single-cell resolution in organs or in vivo.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Communications biology - 7(2024), 1 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 394

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hu, Jiahong [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Fangfang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Chong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Nengzhi [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Yinghan [VerfasserIn]
Zhai, Yujie [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xinru [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ren [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Lulu [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Mengli [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jialu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zheng [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Songlin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Wenfeng [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Yajing [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Feng [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Yuqi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhihong [VerfasserIn]
Chu, Jun [VerfasserIn]

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Coloring Agents
Journal Article
Luminescent Proteins

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Date Completed 03.04.2024

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s42003-024-06062-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM37050920X