Mitochondrial dynamics quantitatively revealed by STED nanoscopy with an enhanced squaraine variant probe

Live cell imaging of mitochondrial cristae is challenged by the unsuitability of current fluorescent probes and high phototoxicity. Here the authors develop a squarine variant probe (MitoESq-635) that is capable of longitudinal imaging of cristae with STED with minimal phototoxicity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xusan Yang, Zhigang Yang, Zhaoyang Wu, Ying He, Chunyan Shan, Peiyuan Chai, Chenshuo Ma, Mi Tian, Junlin Teng, Dayong Jin, Wei Yan, Pintu Das, Junle Qu, Peng Xi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17546-1