SW Botchway
Real-time cellular uptake of serotonin using fluorescence lifetime imaging with two-photon excitation
Botchway, SW; Parker, AW; Bisby, RH; Crisostomo, AG
Authors
AW Parker
RH Bisby
AG Crisostomo
Abstract
The real-time uptake of serotonin, a neurotransmitter, by rat leukaemia mast cell line RBL-2H3 and 5-hydroxytryptophan by Chinese hamster V79 cells has been studied by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), monitoring ultraviolet (340 nm) fluorescence induced by two-photon sub-picosecond 630 nm excitation. Comparison with two-photon excitation with 590 nm photons or by three-photon excitation at 740 nm (Williams et al, 1999) shows that the use of 630 nm excitation provides optimal signal intensity and lowered background from auto-fluorescence of other cellular components. In intact cells, we observe using FLIM three distinct fluorescence lifetimes of serotonin and 5-hydroxytryptophan according to location. The normal fluorescence lifetimes of both serotonin (3.8 ns) and 5-hydroxytryptophan (3.5 ns) in solution are reduced to ~2.5 ns immediately on uptake into the cell cytosol. The lifetime of internalized serotonin in RBL-2H3 cells is further reduced to ~2.0 ns when stored within secretory vesicles.
Citation
Botchway, S., Parker, A., Bisby, R., & Crisostomo, A. (2008). Real-time cellular uptake of serotonin using fluorescence lifetime imaging with two-photon excitation. Microscopy Research and Technique, 71(4), 267-273. https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.20548
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2008 |
Deposit Date | Jun 24, 2009 |
Journal | Microscopy Research and Technique |
Print ISSN | 1059-910X |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 71 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 267-273 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.20548 |
Keywords | Serotonin; fluorescence; multiphoton; cellular; imaging; lifetime; microscopy; 5-hydroxytryptophan; FLIM |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jemt.20548 |
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