Femtosecond cellular transfection using a non-diffracting beam

X. Tsampoula; V. Garcés-Chávez; M. Comrie; D. J. Stevenson; B. Agate; C. T. A. Brown; F. Gunn-Moore; K. Dholakia

doi:10.1117/12.762677

20 February 2008 Femtosecond cellular transfection using a non-diffracting beam

X. Tsampoula, V. Garcés-Chávez, M. Comrie, D. J. Stevenson, B. Agate, C. T. A. Brown, F. Gunn-Moore, K. Dholakia

Proceedings Volume 6854, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XIX; 68541L (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.762677
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Efficient DNA delivery into single living cells would be a very powerful capability for cell biologists for elucidating basic cellular functions but also in other fields such as applied drug discovery and gene therapy. The ability to gently permeate the cell membrane and introduce foreign DNA with the assistance of lasers is a powerful methodology but requires exact focusing due to the required two-photon power density. Here, we demonstrate a laser-mediated delivery method of the red fluorescent protein DS-RED into Chinese hamster Ovary (CHO) cells. We used an elongated beam of light created by a Bessel beam (BB) which obviates the need to locate precisely the cell membrane, permitting two-photon excitation along a line leading to cell transfection. Assuming a threshold for transfection of 20%, the BB gives us transfection over twenty times the axial distance compared to the Gaussian beam of equivalent core diameter. In addition, by exploiting the BB property of reconstruction, we demonstrate successful transfection of CHO cells which involves the BB passing through an obstructive layer and re forming itself prior to reaching the cell membrane. In the light of this exciting result, one can envisage the possibility of achieving transfection through multiple cell monolayer planes and tissues using this novel light field, eliminating this way the stringent requirements for tight focusing.

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X. Tsampoula, V. Garcés-Chávez, M. Comrie, D. J. Stevenson, B. Agate, C. T. A. Brown, F. Gunn-Moore, and K. Dholakia "Femtosecond cellular transfection using a non-diffracting beam", Proc. SPIE 6854, Optical Interactions with Tissue and Cells XIX, 68541L (20 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.762677

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Bessel beams

Gaussian beams

Femtosecond phenomena

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