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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 81, Issue 15, Pages 6234-6241Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac900756a
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Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) is widely used in biosensors and immunoassays thanks to the high sensitivity and specificity of the electrochemically triggered luminescence signal. So far, no applications have been reported on the use of ECL as a probe for ultrasensitive low-lightmicroscope imaging. This work reports the development of a new transparent electrochemical cell for ECL imaging suitable for single cell analysis. The system is based on the use of a microscope placed in a dark box equipped with a CCD camera and a potentiostat. Transparent conducting glass coated with fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) has been used, and a three electrode configuration has been designed. The electrochemical cell was optimized using 8 mu m diameter polystyrene beads coated with a Ru(bpy)(3)(2+) complex in order to simulate living cells. The Ru(bpy)(3)(2+) immobilized on die microbeads can be imaged and quantified at a concentration as low as 1 x 10(-19) mol/mu m(2). Microscope imaging showed that the ECL signal was detected only in correspondence to the beads present on the electrode surface, and the probe could be accurately localized with a spatial resolution of 0.4 mu m. The new ECL imaging device can be used in conjunction with other chemiluminescence-based imaging methods for ultrasensitive multiplex imaging on cells and tissues.
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