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High-resolution label-free 3D mapping of extracellular pH of single living cells
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Author(s)
Zhang, Yanjun
Takahashi, Yasufumi
Hong, Sung Pil
Liu, Fengjie
Bednarska, Joanna
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Dynamic mapping of extracellular pH (pHe) at the single-cell level is critical for understanding the role of H+ in cellular and subcellular processes, with particular importance in cancer. While several pHe sensing techniques have been developed, accessing this information at the single-cell level requires improvement in sensitivity, spatial and temporal resolution. We report on a zwitterionic label-free pH nanoprobe that addresses these long-standing challenges. The probe has a sensitivity >0.01 units, 2 ms response time, and 50 nm spatial resolution. The technology was incorporated into a double-barrel nanoprobe integrating pH sensing with feedback-controlled distance sensing via Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy. This allows for the simultaneous 3D topographical imaging and pHe monitoring of living cancer cells. These classes of nanoprobes were used for real-time high spatiotemporal resolution pHe mapping at the subcellular level and revealed tumour heterogeneity of the peri-cellular environments of melanoma and breast cancer cells.
Date Issued
2019-12-06
Date Acceptance
2019-11-13
Citation
Nature Communications, 2019, 10, pp.1-9
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/74911
URL
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13535-1
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13535-1
ISSN
2041-1723
Publisher
Nature Research (part of Springer Nature)
Start Page
1
End Page
9
Journal / Book Title
Nature Communications
Volume
10
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2019. This article is licensed under a Creative CommonsAttribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing,adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you giveappropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the CreativeCommons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third partymaterial in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unlessindicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in thearticle’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutoryregulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly fromthe copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visithttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Commission of the European Communities
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
The Royal Society
Imperial College London
Royal Society Of Chemistry
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Cou
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Identifier
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13535-1
Grant Number
EP/P011985/1
724300
BB/R022429/1
NF170808
600322/05
BB/M022080/1
BB/D020875/1
BB/L005816/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
ION CONDUCTANCE MICROSCOPY
DELIVERY
CANCER
EXPRESSION
SURFACE
PROBE
Biophysics
Cell Line, Tumor
Diatoms
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Melanoma
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Neoplasms
Single-Cell Analysis
Cell Line, Tumor
Humans
Diatoms
Neoplasms
Melanoma
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Biophysics
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Single-Cell Analysis
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 5610
Date Publish Online
2019-12-06
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