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ArticleBiophysical journal2024

Phalloidin-PAINT: Enhanced quantitative nanoscale imaging of F-actin.

Hirushi Gunasekara, Thilini Perera, Chih-Jia Chao, Joshua Bruno, Badeia Saed, Jesse Anderson, Zongmin Zhao, Ying S Hu

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Hirushi GunasekaraDepartment of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Thilini PereraDepartment of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Chih-Jia ChaoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Joshua BrunoDepartment of Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Badeia SaedDepartment of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Jesse AndersonDepartment of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Zongmin ZhaoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Ying S HuDepartment of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: yshu@uic.edu.

Funding

Ultrasensitive quantification of cytokine release from T cellsR35GM146786 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI Ying Samuel Hu · 2022 to 2026
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NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM146786
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present phalloidin-based points accumulation for imaging in nanoscale topography (phalloidin-PAINT), enabling quantitative superresolution imaging of filamentous actin (F-actin) in the cell body and delicate membrane protrusions. We demonstrate that the intrinsic phalloidin dissociation enables PAINT superresolution microscopy in an imaging buffer containing low concentrations of dye-conjugated phalloidin. We further show enhanced single-molecule labeling by chemically promoting phalloidin dissociation. Two benefits of phalloidin-PAINT are its ability to consistently quantify F-actin at the nanoscale throughout the entire cell and its enhanced preservation of fragile cellular structures. In a proof-of-concept study, we employed phalloidin-PAINT to superresolve F-actin structures in U2OS and dendritic cells (DCs). We demonstrate more consistent F-actin quantification in the cell body and structurally delicate membrane protrusions of DCs compared with direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM). Using DC2.4 mouse DCs as the model system, we show F-actin redistribution from podosomes to actin filaments and altered prevalence of F-actin-associated membrane protrusions on the culture glass surface after lipopolysaccharide exposure. The concept of our work opens new possibilities for quantitative protein-specific PAINT using commercially available reagents.

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ActinsDendritic CellsPhalloidineAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMiceNanotechnologyActinsPhalloidine

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PMID38961624
PMCPMC11427775

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