Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy: fundamentals and advances in instrumentation, analysis, and applications

R Datta, TM Heaster, JT Sharick… - … of biomedical optics, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance: Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) is a powerful technique to
distinguish the unique molecular environment of fluorophores. FLIM measures the time a …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating mitochondrial redox state using NADH and NADPH autofluorescence

TS Blacker, MR Duchen - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
The redox states of the NAD and NADP pyridine nucleotide pools play critical roles in
defining the activity of energy producing pathways, in driving oxidative stress and in …

Microglial metabolic flexibility supports immune surveillance of the brain parenchyma

LP Bernier, EM York, A Kamyabi, HB Choi… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Microglia are highly motile cells that continuously monitor the brain environment and
respond to damage-associated cues. While glucose is the main energy substrate used by …

Separating NADH and NADPH fluorescence in live cells and tissues using FLIM

TS Blacker, ZF Mann, JE Gale, M Ziegler… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
NAD is a key determinant of cellular energy metabolism. In contrast, its phosphorylated form,
NADP, plays a central role in biosynthetic pathways and antioxidant defence. The reduced …

Fluorescence lifetime measurements and biological imaging

MY Berezin, S Achilefu - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
When a molecule absorbs a photon of appropriate energy, a chain of photophysical events
ensues, such as internal conversion or vibrational relaxation (loss of energy in the absence …

[HTML][HTML] SoNar, a highly responsive NAD+/NADH sensor, allows high-throughput metabolic screening of anti-tumor agents

Y Zhao, Q Hu, F Cheng, N Su, A Wang, Y Zou, H Hu… - Cell metabolism, 2015 - cell.com
The altered metabolism of tumor cells confers a selective advantage for survival and
proliferation, and studies have shown that targeting such metabolic shifts may be a useful …

Wnt signaling directs a metabolic program of glycolysis and angiogenesis in colon cancer

KT Pate, C Stringari, S Sprowl‐Tanio, K Wang… - The EMBO …, 2014 - embopress.org
Much of the mechanism by which Wnt signaling drives proliferation during oncogenesis is
attributed to its regulation of the cell cycle. Here, we show how Wnt/β‐catenin signaling …

Iron and redox cycling. Do's and don'ts

WH Koppenol, RH Hider - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
A major form of toxicity arises from the ability of iron to redox cycle, that is, to accept an
electron from a reducing compound and to pass it on to H 2 O 2 (the Fenton reaction). In …

NADH autofluorescence—a marker on its way to boost bioenergetic research

PM Schaefer, S Kalinina, A Rueck… - Cytometry Part …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
More than 60 years ago, the idea was introduced that NADH autofluorescence could be
used as a marker of cellular redox state and indirectly also of cellular energy metabolism …

Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM): Basic concepts and some recent developments

K Suhling, LM Hirvonen, JA Levitt, PH Chung… - Medical photonics, 2015 - Elsevier
Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) is a key fluorescence microscopy technique to map the
environment and interaction of fluorescent probes. It can report on photophysical events that …