Graftable SCoMPIs enable the labeling and X-ray fluorescence imaging of proteins.

ABSTRACT: Bio-imaging techniques alternative to fluorescence microscopy are gaining increasing interest as complementary tools to visualize and analyze biological systems. Among them, X-ray fluorescence microspectroscopy provides information on the local content and distribution of heavy elements (Z ≥ 14) in cells or biological samples. In this context, similar tools to those developed for fluorescence microscopy are desired, including chemical probes or tags. In this work, we study rhenium complexes as a convenient and sensitive probe for X-ray fluorescence microspectroscopy. We demonstrate their ability to label and sense exogenously incubated or endogenous proteins inside cells.

SUBMITTER: Hostachy S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5958345 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature