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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Turn-on mode diarylethenes for bioconjugation and fluorescence microscopy of cellular structures.

Kakishi Uno, Ayse Aktalay, Mariano L Bossi, Masahiro Irie, Vladimir N Belov, Stefan W Hell

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. A DNA-Based Two-Component Excitonic Switch Utilizing High-Performance Diarylethenes.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kakishi UnoDepartment of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3747-2656
Ayse AktalayDepartment of Optical Nanoscopy, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1720-6251
Mariano L BossiDepartment of Optical Nanoscopy, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6755-8074
Masahiro IrieResearch Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, 171-8501 Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5644-3818
Vladimir N BelovDepartment of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7741-4653
Stefan W HellDepartment of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany; stefan.hell@mpibpc.mpg.de.ORCID 0000-0002-9638-5077
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research · DEMax Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry · DERikkyo University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of photoswitchable fluorescent diarylethenes (fDAEs) as protein labels in fluorescence microscopy and nanoscopy has been limited by labeling inhomogeneity and the need for ultraviolet light for fluorescence activation (on-switching). To overcome these drawbacks, we prepared "turn-on mode" fDAEs featuring thienyl substituents, multiple polar residues, and a reactive maleimide group in the core structure. Conjugates with antibodies and nanobodies displayed complete on-switching and excitation with violet (405 nm) and yellow-green (<565 nm) light, respectively. Besides, they afforded high signal-to-noise ratios and low unspecific labeling in fluorescence imaging. Irradiation with visible light at 532 nm or 561 nm led to transient on-off switching ("blinking") of the fDAEs of double-labeled nanobodies so that nanoscale superresolution images were readily attained through switching and localization of individual fluorophores.

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Photochemical ProcessesAntibodiesCell Line, TumorFluorescent DyesHumansMaleimidesMicroscopy, FluorescenceSulfhydryl CompoundsUltraviolet RaysAntibodiesFluorescent DyesmaleimideMaleimidesSulfhydryl CompoundsbioconjugationchromophoresdiarylethenesfluorescenceUrbachtail

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PMID33782137
PMCPMC8040663
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