Mass measurements of focal adhesions in single cells using high resolution surface plasmon resonance microscopy

Alexander W. Peterson; Michael Halter; Alessandro Tona; Anne L. Plant; John T. Elliott

doi:10.1117/12.2290776

23 February 2018 Mass measurements of focal adhesions in single cells using high resolution surface plasmon resonance microscopy

Alexander W. Peterson, Michael Halter, Alessandro Tona, Anne L. Plant, John T. Elliott

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Proceedings Volume 10509, Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine XV; 1050905 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290776
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Surface plasmon resonance microscopy (SPRM) is a powerful label-free imaging technique with spatial resolution approaching the optical diffraction limit. The high sensitivity of SPRM to small changes in index of refraction at an interface allows imaging of dynamic protein structures within a cell. Visualization of subcellular features, such as focal adhesions (FAs), can be performed on live cells using a high numerical aperture objective lens with a digital light projector to precisely position the incident angle of the excitation light. Within the cell-substrate region of the SPRM image, punctate regions of high contrast are putatively identified as the cellular FAs. Optical parameter analysis is achieved by application of the Fresnel model to the SPRM data and resulting refractive index measurements are used to calculate protein mass. FAs are known to be regions of high protein density that reside at the cell-substratum interface. Comparing SPRM with fluorescence images of antibody stained for vinculin, a component in FAs, reveals similar measurements of FA size. In addition, a positive correlation between FA size and protein density is revealed by SPRM. Comparing SPRM images for two cell types reveals a distinct difference in the protein density and mass of their respective FAs. Application of SPRM to quantify mass can greatly aid monitoring basic processes that control FA mass and growth and contribute to accurate models that describe cell-extracellular interactions.

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Alexander W. Peterson, Michael Halter, Alessandro Tona, Anne L. Plant, and John T. Elliott "Mass measurements of focal adhesions in single cells using high resolution surface plasmon resonance microscopy", Proc. SPIE 10509, Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine XV, 1050905 (23 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290776

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