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Newly designed Fluorescent Probes & Labels enabling Lifetime-Based Sensors. Analytica 2010. Ewald Terpetschnig Ph.D. Two Ways To Measure Fluorescence Lifetime. Time-Domain. I t = a e – t/ t. TCSPC. Excitation with pulse - Measurement of photons time-correlated.
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Newly designed Fluorescent Probes & Labels enabling Lifetime-Based Sensors Analytica 2010 Ewald Terpetschnig Ph.D.
Time-Domain It = a e– t/t TCSPC Excitation with pulse - Measurement of photons time-correlated Time-to-amplitude Converter
Frequency Domain tan= Phase Shift Demodulation
Fluorescence Lifetime Labels • Reactive group for covalent attachment to biomolecules • Lifetime-sensitive probe • Good overall brightness • High chemo- and photostability
Lifetime-Sensitive Cyanine Dye: Seta-633 • Study interaction between low-molecular-weight • analytes and proteins • Fluorescence lifetime as the readout parameter Model-System: • Biotinylated label with anti-biotin antibody Bioconjugate Chem. 2009, 20, 1907–1912
Measurement Principle Ab Ab Antibody- t1 t2 Antigen-Complex • Lifetime of labeled species changes upon binding to protein • Lifetime – More robust parameter compared to intensity –Independent of probe concentration –Unaffected by probe volume and to some extend photobleaching
Comparison With Commercially Available Dyes • Cyanine dyes like Cy5 and Alexa 647 exhibit smaller lifetimechanges (factor < 2) upon binding to proteins • Seta-633 exhibits a 10-fold lifetime change upon binding to BSA and a 6-fold change with IgG
Competitive Immunoassay • Titrate fixed [Seta-633-biotin] concentration with increasing amounts of [Anti-biotin] and record phase- modulation data
Competitive Binding Study • Free analyte replaces labeled analyte – lifetime change • FD measurements – phase angle changes at single frequency • FD measurements – accuracy of measurement of f = 0.1 deg
Fluorescence Polarization • Ratiometric Measurement • Lifetime of Tracer determines MW of Analyte in FPA • Short Lifetime – Low MW Analyte Long Lifetime – High MW Analyte
Fluorescence Polarization A Race between Emission and Molecular Motion Polarized light excites molecules aligned with plane of polarization tfl>>rot tfl<<rot Excited molecules remain aligned. Fluorescence is polarized. Orientation of excited molecules randomizes. Fluorescence is depolarized.
Polarization (P) = Iv - Ih / Iv+ Ih Anisotropy (r) = Iv - Ih / Iv + 2 Ih P = 3 r / 2 + r r = 2 P / 3 -P
Measurement of High-MW-Analytes in FPIA tfl ~ 300 ns tfl = 4ns HSA = 40 ns
Commercially available Lifetime Dyes: tfl= 26 ns SeTau-425 tfl= 9 ns TG-404 • Lifetime tfl of the label is a measure for MW of the • species that can be measured in a FPIA • For best results lifetime tfl should be in the range of rotational correlation time of antigen that is labeled
Fluorescence Sensing in Cells • Loading of Cells with Florescent Probes cannot be controlled • Fluorescent Probes will accumulate differently at various locations in the cell Quantitative Measurements: • Ratiometric Measurements • FLIM (Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging)
How to Choosethe Correct Fluorescent Probe • Measurement Mode • Qualitative or quantitative measurements. • Ion-probes showing spectral shifts - radiometric measurements • Are light source available? • Dissociation Constant (Kd) • Calibration: Kd of probe is dependent on pH, temperature, viscosity, ionic strength etc……. • Indicator Form • Influences cell loading and distribution of the probe • Salts and dextran-conjugates - microinjection, electroporation, • AM-esters - passively loaded and cleaved by intracellular • esterases
Seta-650-pH Dual-Ratiometric pH-Measurements in Cells • Absorption (653 nm) and emission (671 nm) in the red region • Excitation and emission ratiometric probe • pKa in the physiolocical pH-range Anal. Biochem. 390, 136–140 (2009)
pH-Sensing in Cells • Excitation and Emission Ratiometric Measurements • Excitation-ratiometric measurement λem = 710 nm • Emission-ratiometric measurement • λex = 590 nm
FLIM pH-Measurements in Cells • Seta-650-pH probe also shows pH- sensitive lifetime changes • Phase angle changes ~ 16 deg between protonated and deprotonated forms at 100 MHz • pH-Label applicable for FLIM
pH-Sensing in Cells - Phagocytosis • Seta-650-pH labeled E.Coli is internalized in Cell • Inside Cell pH of certain compartments is lower pH ~ 5 • Fluorescence Intensity or Lifetime will reflect these pH changes and are utilized as parameters for visualization Anal. Biochem. 390, 136–140 (2009)
Acknowledgment: Y. Povrozin ISC, Kharkov, Ukraine A. Tatarets ISC, Kharkov, Ukraine L. Patsenker ISC, Kharkov, Ukraine and Seta BioMedicals, Urbana IL, USA