Analysis of aquaporin-mediated diffusional water permeability by coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering microscopy.

ABSTRACT: Water can pass through biological membranes via two pathways: simple diffusion through the lipid bilayer, or water-selective facilitated diffusion through aquaporins (AQPs). Although AQPs play an important role in osmotic water permeability (P(f)), the role of AQPs in diffusional water permeability remains unclear because of the difficulty of measuring diffusional water permeability (P(d)). Here, we report an accurate and instantaneous method for measuring the P(d) of a single HeLa S3 cell using coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy with a quick perfusion device for H(2)O/D(2)O exchange. Ultra-high-speed line-scan CARS images were obtained every 0.488 ms. The average decay time constant of CARS intensities (τ(CARS)) for the external solution H(2)O/D(2)O exchange was 16.1

SUBMITTER: Ibata K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3207164 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature