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ArticleScience advances2016

Time-gated FRET nanoassemblies for rapid and sensitive intra- and extracellular fluorescence imaging.

Hamid Samareh Afsari, Marcelina Cardoso Dos Santos, Stina Lindén, Ting Chen, Xue Qiu, Paul M P van Bergen En Henegouwen, Travis L Jennings, Kimihiro Susumu, Igor L Medintz, Niko Hildebrandt and 1 more

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Article in Science advances, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Hamid Samareh AfsariDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7061, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5839-4765
Marcelina Cardoso Dos SantosNanoBioPhotonics ( www.nanofret.com ), Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
Stina LindénNanoBioPhotonics ( www.nanofret.com ), Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
Ting ChenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7061, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3124-4337
Xue QiuNanoBioPhotonics ( www.nanofret.com ), Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0635-6801
Paul M P van Bergen En HenegouwenCell Biology, Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands.
Travis L JenningsAffymetrix Inc., 10255 Science Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6845-2041
Kimihiro SusumuOptical Sciences Division, Code 5611, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA.; Sotera Defense Solutions, Columbia, MD 21046, USA.
Igor L MedintzCenter for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Code 6900, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA.
Niko HildebrandtNanoBioPhotonics ( www.nanofret.com ), Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
Lawrence W MillerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7061, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4501-9357
Université Paris-Sud · FRUnited States Naval Research Laboratory · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · USAffymax (United States) · USUniversité de Bretagne Occidentale · FRUniversity of Applied Sciences Utrecht · NL

Funding

Targeted lanthanide contrast agents for in cellulo single molecule imagingR01GM081030 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI MILLER, LAWRENCE · 2008 to 2018
$2.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM081030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Time-gated Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) using the unique material combination of long-lifetime terbium complexes (Tb) and semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) provides many advantages for highly sensitive and multiplexed biosensing. Although time-gated detection can efficiently suppress sample autofluorescence and background fluorescence from directly excited FRET acceptors, Tb-to-QD FRET has rarely been exploited for biomolecular imaging. We demonstrate Tb-to-QD time-gated FRET nanoassemblies that can be applied for intra- and extracellular imaging. Immunostaining of different epitopes of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) with Tb- and QD-conjugated antibodies and nanobodies allowed for efficient Tb-to-QD FRET on A431 cell membranes. The broad usability of Tb-to-QD FRET was further demonstrated by intracellular Tb-to-QD FRET and Tb-to-QD-to-dye FRET using microinjection as well as cell-penetrating peptide-mediated endocytosis with HeLa cells. Effective brightness enhancement by FRET from several Tb to the same QD, the use of low nanomolar concentrations, and the quick and sensitive detection void of FRET acceptor background fluorescence are important advantages for advanced intra- and extracellular imaging of biomolecular interactions.

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Fluorescence Resonance Energy TransferCell LineCell-Penetrating PeptidesEndocytosisExtracellular SpaceHumansIntracellular SpaceMicroinjectionsMolecular ImagingNanostructuresOptical ImagingQuantum DotsSemiconductorsSensitivity and SpecificitySingle-Domain AntibodiesTerbiumCell-Penetrating PeptidesSingle-Domain AntibodiesTerbiumcell penetrating peptidescytosolendocytosisFRET relaysimmunostainingmicroinjectionnanobodiesquantum dotsterbium

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PMID27386579
PMCPMC4928903
OpenAlexW2417770343

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