NDLI: Mapping of fluorescence anisotropy in living cells by ratio imaging. Application to cytoplasmic viscosity.

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Author	Dix, J. A. Verkman, A. S.
Abstract	Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence properties of probes incorporated into living cells give information about the microenvironment near the probe. We have extended studies of spatially averaged fluorescence anisotropy (r) by using an epifluorescence microscope, equipped with excitation and emission polarizers and an image analysis system, to map r of nonoriented fluorophores incorporated into cultured cells. With this imaging system, r for reflected light or glycogen scattering solutions was greater than 0.98. Measurement of r over the range 0.01-0.35 for fluorophores in bulk solution and in thin capillary tubes placed side-by-side gave values equivalent to r measured by cuvette fluorometry. Cytoplasmic viscosity (eta) in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells and Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts was examined from anisotropy images and time-resolved fluorescence decay of the cytoplasmic probes 2,7-bis-carboxyethyl-5 (and 6)-carboxy-fluorescein (BCECF) and indo-1. Nanosecond lifetimes and anisotropy decay were measured using a pulsed light source and gated detector interfaced to the epifluorescence microscope. Anisotropy images of BCECF in MDCK cells revealed two distinct regions of r: one from the cytoplasm (r = 0.144 +/- 0.008) and a second appearing at late times from the interstitial region (r = 0.08 +/- 0.03), representing BCECF trapped beneath the tight junctions. Anisotropy values, taken together with intracellular life-times and the calibration between r and eta/tau f for water/glycerol mixtures, gave eta values of 10-13 cP at 23 degrees C. These values assume little fluorophore binding to intracellular components and are therefore upper limits to cytoplasmic viscosity. These data establish a new methodology to map anisotropy in intact cells to examine the role of fluidity in cellular physiology.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3495(90)82526-1
Ending Page	240
Page Count	10
Starting Page	231
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00063495
e-ISSN	15420086
Journal	Biophysical Journal
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	57
Language	English
Publisher Date	1990-02-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Biophysics Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Biophysics

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