Journal
PHOTONICS
Volume 2, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/photonics2041027
Keywords
Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET); time-resolved imaging; gate width; fluorescence lifetime; gated ICCD; near infrared (NIR) dyes; in vivo imaging
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Funding
- National Science Foundation [CBET 1149407]
- National Institute of Health (NIH) [R01 EB19443]
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys [1149407] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) enables the observation of interactions at the nanoscale level through the use of fluorescence optical imaging techniques. In FRET, fluorescence lifetime imaging can be used to quantify the fluorescence lifetime changes of the donor molecule, which are associated with proximity between acceptor and donor molecules. Among the FRET parameters derived from fluorescence lifetime imaging, the percentage of donor that interacts with the acceptor (in proximity) can be estimated via model-based fitting. However, estimation of the lifetime parameters can be affected by the acquisition parameters such as the temporal characteristics of the imaging system. Herein, we investigate the effect of various gate widths on the accuracy of estimation of FRET parameters with focus on the near-infrared spectral window. Experiments were performed in silico, in vitro, and in vivo with gate width sizes ranging from 300 ps to 1000 ps in intervals of 100 ps. For all cases, the FRET parameters were retrieved accurately and the imaging acquisition time was decreased three-fold. These results indicate that increasing the gate width up to 1000 ps still allows for accurate quantification of FRET interactions even in the case of short lifetimes such as those encountered with near-infrared FRET pairs.
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