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ArticleScience advances2026

Photonic waveguide chip-based nanoscopy visualizes rearrangements of the cortical actin cytoskeleton in activated Jurkat T cells.

Surjendu Bikash Dutta, Wolfgang Hübner, Paul Goffing, Anders Kokkvoll Engdahl, Stefan Belle, Ralf Hellmann, Mark Schüttpelz, Francesco Dell'Olio, Thomas Huser

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Surjendu Bikash DuttaBiomolecular Photonics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7471-4434
Wolfgang HübnerBiomolecular Photonics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1128-6468
Paul GoffingBiomolecular Photonics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-0520-6541
Anders Kokkvoll EngdahlBiomolecular Photonics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5515-0706
Stefan BelleApplied Laser and Photonics Group, Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences, Aschaffenburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0392-0868
Ralf HellmannApplied Laser and Photonics Group, Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences, Aschaffenburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5592-3388
Mark SchüttpelzBiomolecular Photonics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5338-1706
Francesco Dell'OlioMicro Nano Sensor Group, Polytechnic University of Bari, Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9874-5008
Thomas HuserBiomolecular Photonics, Faculty of Physics, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2348-7416

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Abstract

The actin cytoskeleton in activated T cells undergoes rapid structural changes during the formation of an immunological synapse. Superresolution fluorescence microscopy provides excellent means to visualize such antibody-triggered changes. Here, we use single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) enabled by transparent polymer waveguide chips to resolve the filamentous-actin (F-actin) cytoskeleton in activated Jurkat T cells in comparison to nonactivated T cells across a large field of view. Transparent polymer waveguides enable a wide array of imaging modalities. In combination, these modalities reveal the structural differences between lamellipodial and ramified actin networks within the immunological synapse of activated T cells. SMLM images recorded by using narrow-width waveguide total internal reflection illumination resolve the double-stranded helical structure of actin filaments in activated Jurkat T cells. The average crossover length of the filaments is measured to be ~40 nanometers, which corroborates similar observations of isolated actin filaments by electron microscopy.

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Actin CytoskeletonNanotechnologyT-LymphocytesActinsHumansJurkat CellsLymphocyte ActivationMicroscopy, FluorescencePhotonsSingle Molecule ImagingActins

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PMCPMC13371924

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