Single cell genomic quantification by non-fluorescence nonlinear microscopy

Divya Kota; Jing Liu

doi:10.1117/12.2256502

21 February 2017 Single cell genomic quantification by non-fluorescence nonlinear microscopy

Divya Kota, Jing Liu

Proceedings Volume 10071, Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Superresolution Imaging X; 100710L (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256502
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Human epidermal growth receptor 2 (Her2) is a gene which plays a major role in breast cancer development. The quantification of Her2 expression in single cells is limited by several drawbacks in existing fluorescence-based single molecule techniques, such as low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), strong autofluorescence and background signals from biological components. For rigorous genomic quantification, a robust method of orthogonal detection is highly desirable and we demonstrated it by two non-fluorescent imaging techniques -transient absorption microscopy (TAM) and second harmonic generation (SHG). In TAM, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are chosen as an orthogonal probes for detection of single molecules which gives background-free quantifications of single mRNA transcript. In SHG, emission from barium titanium oxide (BTO) nanoprobes was demonstrated which allows stable signal beyond the autofluorescence window. Her2 mRNA was specifically labeled with nanoprobes which are conjugated with antibodies or oligonucleotides and quantified at single copy sensitivity in the cancer cells and tissues. Furthermore, a non-fluorescent super-resolution concept, named as second harmonic super-resolution microscopy (SHaSM), was proposed to quantify individual Her2 transcripts in cancer cells beyond the diffraction limit. These non-fluorescent imaging modalities will provide new dimensions in biomarker quantification at single molecule sensitivity in turbid biological samples, offering a strong cross-platform strategy for clinical monitoring at single cell resolution.

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Divya Kota and Jing Liu "Single cell genomic quantification by non-fluorescence nonlinear microscopy", Proc. SPIE 10071, Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Superresolution Imaging X, 100710L (21 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256502

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Second-harmonic generation

Tissues

Cancer

Microscopy

Picosecond phenomena

Molecules

Absorption

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