title: Dual channel RESOLFT nanoscopy by using fluorescent state kinetics.
abstract: We show that RESOLFT fluorescence nanoscopy, a low light level scanning superresolution technique employing reversibly switchable fluorescent proteins (rsFPs), is capable of dual-channel live-cell imaging that is virtually free of chromatic errors and temporal offsets. This is accomplished using rsEGFP and Dronpa, two rsFPs having similar spectra but different kinetics of switching and fluorescence emission. Our approach is demonstrated by imaging protein distributions and dynamics in living neurons and neuronal tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry , Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ilaria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: D'Este
authors.forename: Nicolai T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Balzarotti
authors.forename: Stefan W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D057054:Molecular Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: C485184:enhanced green fluorescent protein; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins
keywords: Photoswitching; lifetime; low intensities; nanoscopy