Quantifying nanodiamonds biodistribution in whole cells with correlative iono-nanoscopy

Correlative imaging and quantification of intracellular nanoparticles with the underlying ultrastructure is crucial for understanding cell-nanoparticle interactions in biological research. However, correlative nanoscale imaging of whole cells still remains a daunting challenge. Here, we report a str...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature communications 2021-08, Vol.12 (1), p.4657-4657, Article 4657
Hauptverfasser: Mi, Zhaohong, Chen, Ce-Belle, Tan, Hong Qi, Dou, Yanxin, Yang, Chengyuan, Turaga, Shuvan Prashant, Ren, Minqin, Vajandar, Saumitra K., Yuen, Gin Hao, Osipowicz, Thomas, Watt, Frank, Bettiol, Andrew A.
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Zusammenfassung:Correlative imaging and quantification of intracellular nanoparticles with the underlying ultrastructure is crucial for understanding cell-nanoparticle interactions in biological research. However, correlative nanoscale imaging of whole cells still remains a daunting challenge. Here, we report a straightforward nanoscopic approach for whole-cell correlative imaging, by simultaneous ionoluminescence and ultrastructure mapping implemented with a highly focused beam of alpha particles. We demonstrate that fluorescent nanodiamonds exhibit fast, ultrabright and stable emission upon excitation by alpha particles. Thus, by using fluorescent nanodiamonds as imaging probes, our approach enables quantification and correlative localization of single nanodiamonds within a whole cell at sub-30 nm resolution. As an application example, we show that our approach, together with Monte Carlo simulations and radiobiological experiments, can be employed to provide unique insights into the mechanisms of nanodiamond radiosensitization at the single whole-cell level. These findings may benefit clinical studies of radio-enhancement effects by nanoparticles in charged-particle cancer therapy. The authors demonstrate efficient excitation of nanodiamonds by a focused beam of helium ions, resulting in ionoluminescence. They use this for quantification and correlative localization of single particles within a whole cell at sub-30 nm resolution, and investigate nanodiamond radiosensitisation effects.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-021-25004-9