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Single photon counting fluorescence lifetime detection of pericellular oxygen concentrations
J. Biomed. Opt. 17, 016007 (Feb 06, 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.17.1.016007
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Add to FacebookFluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy offers a non-invasive method for quantifying local oxygen concentrations. However, existing methods are either invasive, require custom-made systems, or show limited spatial resolution. Therefore, these methods are unsuitable for investigation of pericellular oxygen concentrations. This study describes an adaptation of commercially available equipment which has been optimized for quantitative extracellular oxygen detection with high lifetime accuracy and spatial resolution while avoiding systematic photon pile-up. The oxygen sensitive fluorescent dye, tris(2,2’-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) chloride hexahydrate [Ru(bipy)3]2+, was excited using a two-photon excitation laser. Lifetime was measured using a Becker & Hickl time-correlated single photon counting, which will be referred to as a TCSPC card. [Ru(bipy)3]2+ characterization studies quantified the influences of temperature, pH, cellular culture media and oxygen on the fluorescence lifetime measurements. This provided a precisely calibrated and accurate system for quantification of pericellular oxygen concentration based on measured lifetimes. Using this technique, quantification of oxygen concentrations around isolated viable chondrocytes, seeded in three-dimensional agarose gel, revealed a subpopulation of cells that exhibited significant spatial oxygen gradients such that oxygen concentration reduced with increasing proximity to the cell. This technique provides a powerful tool for quantifying spatial oxygen gradients within three-dimensional cellular models.
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Received Aug 24, 2011
Accepted Nov 14, 2011
Revised Oct 21, 2011
Published online Feb 06, 2012
Accepted Nov 14, 2011
Revised Oct 21, 2011
Published online Feb 06, 2012
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Neveen A. Hosny, David A. Lee and Martin M. Knight, "Single photon counting fluorescence lifetime detection of pericellular oxygen concentrations",
J. Biomed. Opt. 17, 016007 (Feb 06, 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.17.1.016007
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