| Title: | How to control fluorescent labeling of metal oxide nanoparticles for artefact-free live cell microscopy |
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| Authors: | ID Kokot, Boštjan (Author)
ID Kokot, Hana (Author)
ID Umek, Polona (Author)
ID Van Midden, Katarina Petra (Author)
ID Pajk, Stane (Author)
ID Zorc, Maja (Author)
ID Eggeling, Christian (Author)
ID Koklič, Tilen (Author)
ID Urbančič, Iztok (Author)
ID Štrancar, Janez (Author) |
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| Files: |  Kokot-2021-How_to_control_fluorescent_labeling.pdf (4,21 MB)
MD5: 2536085C334BEFF263F687ABD02D1570
 https://doi.org/10.1080/17435390.2021.1973607
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FNM - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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| Abstract: | Nanotechnologies hold great promise for various applications. To predict and guarantee the safety of novel nanomaterials, it is essential to understand their mechanism of action in an organism, causally connecting adverse outcomes with early molecular events. This is best investigated using noninvasive advanced optical methods, such as high-resolution live-cell fluorescence microscopy, which require stable labeling of nanoparticles with fluorescent dyes. However, as shown here, when the labeling is performed inadequately, unbound fluorescent dyes and inadvertently altered chemical and physical properties of the nanoparticles can result in experimental artefacts and erroneous conclusions. To prevent such unintentional errors, we introduce a tested minimal combination of experimental methods to enable artefact-free fluorescent labeling of metal-oxide nanoparticles—the largest subpopulation of nanoparticles by industrial production and applications—and demonstrate its application in the case of TiO2 nanotubes. We (1) characterize potential changes of the nanoparticles’ surface charge and morphology that might occur during labeling by using zeta potential measurements and transmission electron microscopy, respectively, and (2) assess stable binding of the fluorescent dye to the nanoparticles with either fluorescence intensity measurements or fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, which ensures correct nanoparticle localization. Together, these steps warrant the reliability and reproducibility of advanced optical tracking, which is necessary to explore nanomaterials’ mechanism of action and will foster widespread and safe use of new nanomaterials. |
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| Keywords: | dye leakage, labeling characterization, artefacts, labeling-induced changes, reliable nanomaterial labeling |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Submitted for review: | 11.06.2021 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 23.08.2021 |
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| Publication date: | 06.10.2021 |
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| Publisher: | Informa Healthcare |
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| Year of publishing: | 2021 |
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| Number of pages: | Str. 1102-1123 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 15, Št. 8 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-90244  |
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| UDC: | 53 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1743-5404 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 79746819 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/17435390.2021.1973607 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 27.08.2024 |
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| Views: | 277 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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