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A Photoactivatable BODIPY Probe for Localization‐based Super‐Resolution Cellular Imaging
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
  • Chamari S. Wijesooriya, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Julie A. Peterson, Iowa State University
  • Pradeep Shrestha, Iowa State University
  • Elizabeth J. Gehrmann, Iowa State University
  • Arthur H. Winter, Iowa State University
  • Emily Smith, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Publication Date
7-18-2018
Department
Ames Laboratory; Chemistry
OSTI ID+
1464487
Report Number
IS-J 9578
DOI
10.1002/anie.201805827
Journal Title
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Abstract

The synthesis and application of a photoactivatable boron‐alkylated BODIPY probe for localization‐based super‐resolution microscopy is reported. Photoactivation and excitation of the probe is achieved by a previously‐unknown boron‐photodealkylation reaction with a single low‐power visible laser and without requiring the addition of reducing agents or oxygen scavengers in the imaging buffer. These features lead to a versatile probe for localization‐based microscopy of biological systems. The probe can be easily linked to nucleophile‐containing molecules to target specific cellular organelles. By attaching paclitaxel to the photoactivatable BODIPY, in vitro and in vivo super‐resolution imaging of microtubules is demonstrated. This is the first example of single molecule localization‐based super‐resolution microscopy using a visible‐light activated BODIPY compound as a fluorescent probe.

DOE Contract Number(s)
AC02-07CH11358
Language
en
Publisher
Iowa State University Digital Repository, Ames IA (United States)
Citation Information
Chamari S. Wijesooriya, Julie A. Peterson, Pradeep Shrestha, Elizabeth J. Gehrmann, et al.. "A Photoactivatable BODIPY Probe for Localization‐based Super‐Resolution Cellular Imaging" (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/arthur_winter/28/