Super-resolution RESOLFT microscopy of lipid bilayers using a fluorophore-switch dyad
Frawley AT., Wycisk V., Xiong Y., Galiani S., Sezgin E., Urbančič I., Vargas Jentzsch A., Leslie KG., Eggeling C., Anderson HL.
© The Royal Society of Chemistry. Dyads consisting of a photochromic switch covalently linked to a fluorescent dye allow the emission from the dye to be controlled by reversible photoisomerization of the switch; one form of the switch quenches fluorescence by accepting energy from the dye. Here we investigate the use of dyads of this type for super-resolution imaging of lipid bilayers. Giant unilamellar vesicles stained with the dyads were imaged with about a two-fold resolution-enhancement compared with conventional confocal microscopy. This was achieved by exciting the fluorophore at 594 nm, using a switch activated by violet and red light (405/640 nm). This journal is