Development of homogeneous binding assays based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer between quantum dots and Alexa Fluor fluorophores.
Authors:Nikiforov TT, Beechem JM
Journal:Anal Biochem
PubMed ID:16860286
'We studied the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between quantum dots emitting at 565, 605, and 655 nm as energy donors and Alexa Fluor fluorophores with absorbance maxima at 594, 633, 647, and 680 nm as energy acceptors. As a first step, we prepared covalent conjugates between all three types ... More
Quantum dot targeting with lipoic acid ligase and HaloTag for single-molecule imaging on living cells.
Authors:Liu DS, Phipps WS, Loh KH, Howarth M, Ting AY,
Journal:ACS Nano
PubMed ID:23181687
'We present a methodology for targeting quantum dots to specific proteins on living cells in two steps. In the first step, Escherichia coli lipoic acid ligase (LplA) site-specifically attaches 10-bromodecanoic acid onto a 13 amino acid recognition sequence that is genetically fused to a protein of interest. In the second ... More
Quantum dots provide an optical signal specific to full collapse fusion of synaptic vesicles.
Authors:Zhang Q, Cao YQ, Tsien RW,
Journal:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
PubMed ID:17968015
Synaptic vesicles are responsible for releasing neurotransmitters and are thus essential to brain function. The classical mode of vesicle recycling includes full collapse of the vesicle into the plasma membrane and clathrin-mediated regeneration of a new vesicle. In contrast, a nonclassical mode known as ... More
Novel system to achieve one-pot modification of cargo molecules with oligoarginine vectors for intracellular delivery.
Authors:Takayama K, Tadokoro A, Pujals S, Nakase I, Giralt E, Futaki S,
Journal:Bioconjug Chem
PubMed ID:19161253
There is a growing number of reports showing the usefulness of cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) including oligoarginines for intracellular delivery of macromolecules. Although the covalent attachment of the CPP segments to the cargo molecules is usually required to ensure effective delivery, conventional methods of conjugation need several manipulation steps that are ... More
Optical coding of mammalian cells using semiconductor quantum dots.
Authors:Mattheakis LC, Dias JM, Choi YJ, Gong J, Bruchez MP, Liu J, Wang E
Journal:Anal Biochem
PubMed ID:15051536
Cell-based assays are widely used to screen compounds and study complex phenotypes. Few methods exist, however, for multiplexing cellular assays or labeling individual cells in a mixed cell population. We developed a generic encoding method for cells that is based on peptide-mediated delivery of quantum dots (QDs) into live cells. ... More