Multi-plane remote refocussing epifluorescence microscopy to image dynamic Ca2+ events
dc.contributor.author | Lawton, PF | |
dc.contributor.author | Buckley, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Saunter, CD | |
dc.contributor.author | Wilson, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Corbett, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Salter, PS | |
dc.contributor.author | McCarron, JG | |
dc.contributor.author | Girkin, JM | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-02T14:17:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-10-10 | |
dc.description.abstract | Rapid imaging of multiple focal planes without sample movement may be achieved through remote refocussing, where imaging is carried out in a plane conjugate to the sample plane. The technique is ideally suited to studying the endothelial and smooth muscle cell layers of blood vessels. These are intrinsically linked through rapid communication and must be separately imaged at a sufficiently high frame rate in order to understand this biologically crucial interaction. We have designed and implemented an epifluoresence-based remote refocussing imaging system that can image each layer at up to 20fps using different dyes and excitation light for each layer, without the requirement for optically sectioning microscopy. A novel triggering system is used to activate the appropriate laser and image acquisition at each plane of interest. Using this method, we are able to achieve axial plane separations down to 15 µm, with a mean lateral stability of ≤ 0.32 µm displacement using a 60x, 1.4NA imaging objective and a 60x, 0.7NA reimaging objective. The system allows us to image and quantify endothelial cell activity and smooth muscle cell activity at a high framerate with excellent lateral and good axial resolution without requiring complex beam scanning confocal microscopes, delivering a cost effective solution for imaging two planes rapidly. We have successfully imaged and analysed Ca2+ activity of the endothelial cell layer independently of the smooth muscle layer for several minutes. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Wellcome Trust | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | British Heart Foundation | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1364/BOE.10.005611 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | EP/R021252/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 202924/Z/16/Z | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 204682/Z/16/Z | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | PG/16/54/32230 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | PG/16/82/32439 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/39012 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | The Optical Society | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2019. Open access. Published by The Optical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. | en_GB |
dc.title | Multi-plane remote refocussing epifluorescence microscopy to image dynamic Ca2+ events | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-02T14:17:30Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2156-7085 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from The Optical Society via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Biomedical Optics Express | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2019-09-12 | |
exeter.funder | ::Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | en_GB |
exeter.funder | ::Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | en_GB |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2019-09-12 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2019-10-02T13:38:39Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | P | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-10-02T14:17:34Z | |
refterms.panel | B | en_GB |
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