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Deng, Junjing; Vine, David J.; Chen, Si; Nashed, Youssef S. G.; Jin, Qiaoling; Phillips, Nicholas W.; Peterka, Tom; Ross, Rob; Vogt, Stefan; Jacobsen, Chris J.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 02/2015, Volume: 112, Issue: 8Journal Article
Trace metals play important roles in normal and in disease-causing biological functions. X-ray fluorescence microscopy reveals trace elements with no dependence on binding affinities (unlike with visible light fluorophores) and with improved sensitivity relative to electron probes. However, X-ray fluorescence is not very sensitive for showing the light elements that comprise the majority of cellular material. Here we show that X-ray ptychography can be combined with fluorescence to image both cellular structure and trace element distribution in frozen-hydrated cells at cryogenic temperatures, with high structural and chemical fidelity. Ptychographic reconstruction algorithms deliver phase and absorption contrast images at a resolution beyond that of the illuminating lens or beam size. Using 5.2-keV X-rays, we have obtained sub–30-nm resolution structural images and ∼90-nm–resolution fluorescence images of several elements in frozen-hydrated green algae. This combined approach offers a way to study the role of trace elements in their structural context. Significance X-ray fluorescence microscopy provides unparalleled sensitivity for measuring the distribution of trace elements in many-micrometer-thick specimens, whereas ptychography offers a path to the imaging of weakly fluorescing biological ultrastructure at beyond-focusing-optic resolution. We demonstrate here for the first time, to our knowledge, the combination of fluorescence and ptychography for imaging frozen-hydrated specimens at cryogenic temperatures, with excellent structural and chemical preservation. This combined approach will have significant impact on studies of the intracellular localization of nanocomposites with attached therapeutic or diagnostic agents, help elucidate the roles of trace metals in cell development, and further the study of diseases where trace metal misregulation is suspected (including neurodegenerative diseases).
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