DENDRITIC OXYGEN SENSOR WITH TWO-PHOTON ABSORBING ANTENNA

该子项目是利用NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为中心，不一定是研究者所在机构。将磷光猝灭技术与多光子激光扫描显微镜相结合，可以实现亚微米空间分辨率的三维氧成像。然而，传统上用作生物氧传感中的磷光体的基于Pt和Pd卟啉的磷光染料表现出极低的双光子吸收（2 PA）截面。 使用已知的大的双光子截面连接到卟啉的发色团，我们正在研究的可能性，产生高的磷光产量后，光激发和随后的能量转移发色团和卟啉之间。这样的复合物对于采用磷光而不是荧光的单分子（SM）研究是高度期望的。到目前为止，由于信号水平低，磷光的使用在SM技术中相当有限。氧依赖磷光猝灭法是一种灵敏的测定氧分子的方法。我们提出的复合物可以发挥关键作用，在体内采用成像技术测量组织中的分子氧。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Imaging oxygen in 3D with sub-micron spatial resolution can be made possible by combining phosphorescence quenching technique with multiphoton laser scanning microscopy. However, Pt and Pd porphyrin-based phosphorescent dyes, traditionally used as phosphors in biological oxygen sensing, exhibit extremely low two-photon absorption (2PA) cross-sections. Using chromophors with large known two photon cross sections linked to porphyrins, we are investigating the possiblity of generating high phosphorescence yields after photoexcitation and subsequent energy transfer between chormophor and porphyrin. Such complexes would be highly desirable for single molecule (SM) studies employing phosphorescence instead of fluorescence. Up to this point, the use of phosphorescence is quite limited in SM techniques due to the low level of signal. Oxygen dependent quenching of phosphorescence is a sensitive method for measuring molecular oxygen. Our proposed complexes could play a key role in measuring molecular oxygen in tissue employing an imaging technique in vivo.