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ArticleCell reports methods2026

Development of far-red fluorescent proteins for temporal domain multiplexing and super-resolution imaging.

Olumayowa Fakorede, Zhien Rong, Ruizhao Wang, Stavrini Papadaki, Xinyue Wang, Jiayue Cao, Fedor V Subach, Reinhard W Köster, Kazuhiko Namikawa, Kiryl D Piatkevich

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Olumayowa FakoredeSchool of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Zhien RongSchool of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Ruizhao WangSchool of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Stavrini PapadakiSchool of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Xinyue WangDivision of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
Jiayue CaoSchool of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Fedor V SubachComplex of NBICS Technologies, National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute', Moscow, Russia.
Reinhard W KösterDivision of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
Kazuhiko NamikawaDivision of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
Kiryl D PiatkevichSchool of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Electronic address: kiryl.piatkevich@westlake.edu.cn.

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Abstract

The diverse spectral and photochemical properties of fluorescent proteins enable imaging applications ranging from organelle labeling to super-resolution and multiplexed live-cell microscopy. Here, we report three far-red fluorescent proteins, named mfRFP, mfRFP-A, and mCardinal-A, that share similar fluorescence spectra (excitation/emission ∼600/660 nm) but exhibit distinct photobleaching rates. Exploiting differential photostability, we performed per-pixel unmixing of three proteins simultaneously using temporal domain multiplexing (TDM), acquiring BrainBow-like images of cellular populations and resolving subcellular structures in 3D within a single imaging channel, without hardware modifications. We established quantitative criteria for selecting FP pairs that support efficient TDM unmixing and benchmarked TDM against fluorescence lifetime- and photobleaching kinetics-based alternatives. The most photostable variant, mfRFP, was further validated for STED super-resolution imaging of structural proteins in mammalian cells and for neuroimaging in mice, zebrafish, and C. elegans.

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Luminescent ProteinsAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansHumansMiceMicroscopy, FluorescencePhotobleachingRed Fluorescent ProteinZebrafishLuminescent ProteinsRed Fluorescent ProteinCP: imagingfar-red fluorescent proteinsfluorescence lifetime imagingmultiplexed imagingsuper-resolution microscopytemporal domain multiplexing

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