Journal
JOURNAL OF FLUORESCENCE
Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 615-621Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-008-0452-9
Keywords
Quantum dots (QDs); Two-photon excitation (TPE); Fluorophores; Cells
Funding
- Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission [06ZR14005]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [10774027]
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To effectively image living cells with quantum dots (QDs), particularly for those cells containing high content of native fluorophores, the two-photon excitation (TPE) with a femto-second 800 nm laser was employed and compared with the single-photon excitations (SPE) of 405 nm and 488 nm in BY-2 Tobacco (BY-2-T) and human hepatocellular carcinoma (QGY) cells, respectively. The 405 nm SPE produced the bright photoluminescence (PL) signals of cellular QDs but also induced a strong autofluorescence(AF) from the native fluorophores like flavins in cells. The AF occupied about 30% and 13% of the total signals detected in QD imaging channel in the BY-2-T and QGY cells, respectively. With the excitation of 488 nm SPE, the PL signals were lower than those excited with the 405 nm SPE, although the AF signals were also reduced. The 800 nm TPE generated the best PL images of intracellular QDs with the highest signal ratio of PL to AF, because the two-photon absorption cross section of QDs is much higher than that of the native fluorophores. By means of the TPE, the reliable cellular imaging with QDs, even for the cells having the high AF background, can be achieved.
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