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ArticleJournal of lipid research2008

Fluorescence-topographic NSOM directly visualizes peak-valley polarities of GM1/GM3 rafts in cell membrane fluctuations.

Yong Chen, Jie Qin, Zheng W Chen

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Article in Journal of lipid research, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yong ChenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Primate Biomedical Research, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jie Qin
Zheng W Chen
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

MODEL OF AIDS VIRUS-RELATED PULMONARY TUBERCULOSISR01HL064560 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI CHEN, ZHENG W · 1999 to 2014
$9.5M
SIV/MYCOBACTERIUM COINFECTIONR01RR013601 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI CHEN, ZHENG W · 1998 to 2008
$4.4M
NCRR NIH HHS R01 RR013601NCRR NIH HHS RR13601NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL064560NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL64560
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Simultaneous fluorescence-topographic nanoscale imaging of cell-surface molecules in the context of membrane ultra-structures has not been reported. Here, near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM)-based direct fluorescence-topographic imaging indicated that GM3 rafts/nanodomains (190.0 +/- 49.8 nm ranging 84.5-365.0 nm) were localized predominantly on the peaks of microvillus-like protrusions in the apical membrane of GM3 + Madin-Darby canine kidney cells, whereas GM1 rafts/nanodomains (159.5 +/- 63.8 nm ranging 42-360 nm) were distributed mainly on the slops of protrusions or the valleys between protrusions in the plasma membranes of GM1 + MDCK cells. The data demonstrated that gangliosides polarized not only in a well-known apical-basolateral manner but also in the more microscopic peak-valley manner, implicating unique distribution of GM1 or GM3 in cell-surface fluctuations on the apical membrane of polarized cells. The peak-valley polarities of gangliosides also implicated their different functions relevant to lipid rafts, microvilli, or cellular processes. Importantly, our study demonstrated for the first time that the NSOM-based direct fluorescence-topographic imaging is unique and powerful for elucidating nanoscale distribution of specific cell-surface molecules in membrane fluctuations.

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FluorescenceOptics and PhotonicsAnimalsCattleCell LineG(M1) GangliosideG(M3) GangliosideImmunoconjugatesMembrane MicrodomainsMiceMicroscopyMicroscopy, ConfocalParticle SizeQuantum DotsTime FactorsG(M1) GangliosideG(M3) GangliosideImmunoconjugates

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PMID18603643
PMCPMC2533413
OpenAlexW2075310427

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