title: Label-free coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering imaging of coexisting lipid domains in single bilayers.
abstract: Laser-scanning coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy was used to image lipid domains in single bilayers without any labeling. On the basis of the molecular packing density difference between liquid-disordered (Ld), liquid-ordered (Lo), and gel (So) phases, clear vibrational contrasts were generated between coexisting domains in a single bilayer of DOPC/DPPC (1:1) and DOPC/DPPC/cholesterol (4:4:2). The method reported here can be potentially applied to study phase segregation in live cell membranes which are highly heterogeneous and dynamic.
authors.affiliation: Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. li7@purdue.edu
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ji-Xin
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D015060:1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine / Q000737:chemistry; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D015060:1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine; C017251:1,2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine