Journal
BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 5, Issue 5, Pages 1530-1540Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.5.001530
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- Major State Basic Research Program of China [2013CB531200, 2012CB518200, 2011CB809100]
- National Key Technology RD Program [SQ2011SF11B01041]
- National Science Foundation of China [31221002, 81222020, 31271205]
- Beijing Natural Science Foundation [7121008]
- Basic and Clinical Research Fund of Capital Medical University [13JL19]
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Total-internal-reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy provides high optical-sectioning capability and a good signal-contrast ratio for structures near the surfaces of cells. In recent years, several improvements have been developed, such as variable-angle TIRF (VA-TIRF) and spinning TIRF (sp-TIRF), which permit quantitative image analysis and address non-uniform scattering fringes, respectively. Here, we present a dual-color DMD-based shadowless-illuminated variable-angle TIRF (siva-TIRF) system that provides a uniform illumination field. By adjusting the incidence angle of the illuminating laser on the back focal plane (BFP) of the objective, we can rapidly illuminate biological samples in layers of various thicknesses in TIRF or hollow-cone epi-fluorescence mode. Compared with other methods of accomplishing VA-TIRF/sp-TIRF illumination, our system is simple to build and cost-effective, and it provides optimal multi-plane dual-color images. By showing spatiotemporal correlated movement of clathrin-coated structures with microtubule filaments from various layers of live cells, we demonstrate that cortical microtubules are important spatial regulators of clathrin-coated structures. Moreover, our system can be used to prove superb axial information of three-dimensional movement of structures near the plasma membrane within live cells. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America
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