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Phasor-Based Endogenous NAD(P) H Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Unravels Specific Enzymatic Activity of Neutrophil Granulocytes Preceding NETosis

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms19041018

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NAD(P) H (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (phosphate)); fluorescence lifetime imaging; neutrophil granulocytes; NADPH oxidase; NETosis

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  1. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [FOR2165 (NI1167/4-2), TRR130, FOR2165 (HA5354/6-2), SPP1937 (HA5354/8-1), SFB650]

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Time-correlated single-photon counting combined with multi-photon laser scanning microscopy has proven to be a versatile tool to perform fluorescence lifetime imaging in biological samples and, thus, shed light on cellular functions, both in vitro and in vivo. Here, by means of phasor-analyzed endogenous NAD(P)H (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (phosphate)) fluorescence lifetime imaging, we visualize the shift in the cellular metabolism of healthy human neutrophil granulocytes during phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus pHrodo (TM) beads. We correlate this with the process of NETosis, i.e., trapping of pathogens by DNA networks. Hence, we are able to directly show the dynamics of NADPH oxidase activation and its requirement in triggering NETosis in contrast to other pathways of cell death and to decipher the dedicated spatio-temporal sequence between NADPH oxidase activation, nuclear membrane disintegration and DNA network formation. The endogenous FLIM approach presented here uniquely meets the increasing need in the field of immunology to monitor cellular metabolism as a basic mechanism of cellular and tissue functions.

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