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ReviewBiophysics and physicobiology2024

Strength in numbers: Unleashing the potential of trans-scale scope AMATERAS for massive cell quantification.

Taro Ichimura, Taishi Kakizuka, Yuki Sato, Yoichiro Fujioka, Yusuke Ohba, Kazuki Horikawa, Takeharu Nagai

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7 authors.

Taro IchimuraTransdimensional Life Imaging Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Taishi KakizukaDepartment of Biomolecular Science and Engineering, SANKEN, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan.
Yuki SatoDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Yoichiro FujiokaDepartment of Cell Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8638, Japan.
Yusuke OhbaDepartment of Cell Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8638, Japan.
Kazuki HorikawaDepartment of Optical Imaging, Advanced Research Promotion Center, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
Takeharu NagaiTransdimensional Life Imaging Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Singularity biology is a scientific field that targets drastic state changes in multicellular systems, aiming to discover the key cells that induce the state change and investigate the mechanisms behind them. To achieve this goal, we developed a trans-scale optical imaging system (trans-scale scope), that is capable of capturing both macroscale changes across the entire system and the micro-scale behavior of individual cells, surpassing the cell observation capabilities of traditional microscopes. We developed two units of the trans-scale scope, named AMATERAS-1 and -2, which demonstrated the ability to observe multicellular systems consisting of over one million cells in a single field of view with sub-cellular resolution. This flagship instrument has been used to observe the dynamics of various cell species, with the advantage of being able to observe a large number of cells, allowing the detection and analysis of rare events and cells such as leader cells in multicellular pattern formation and cells that spontaneously initiate calcium waves. In this paper, we present the design concept of AMATERAS, the optical configuration, and several examples of observations, and demonstrate how the strength-in-numbers works in life sciences.

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cell statisticscentimeter field-of-viewfluorescence imagingrare cell detectiontrans-scale imaging

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PMID39175860
PMCPMC11338690

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