Single cell fluorescence imaging using metal plasmon-coupled probe.

This work constitutes the first fluorescent imaging of cells using metal plasmon-coupled probes (PCPs) at single cell resolution. N-(2-Mercapto-propionyl)glycine-coated silver nanoparticles were synthesized by reduction of silver nitrate using sodium borohyride and then succinimidylated via ligand exchange. Alexa Fluor 647-labeled concanavalin A (con A) was chemically bound to the silver particles to make the fluorescent metal plasmon-coupled probes. The fluorescence images were collected using a scanning confocal microscopy. The fluorescence intensity was observed to enhance 7-fold when binding the labeled con A on a single silver particle. PCPs were conjugated on HEK 293 A cells. Imaging results demonstrate that cells labeled by PCPs were 20-fold brighter than those by free labeled con A.

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