Super-Resolution Mapping of Single Nanoparticles inside Tumor Spheroids.
- Publisher:
- WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2020, 16, (6)
- Issue Date:
- 2020-02
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Cancer spheroids have structural, functional, and physiological similarities to the tumor, and have become a low-cost in vitro model to study the physiological responses of single cells and therapeutic efficacy of drugs. However, the tiny spheroid, made of a cluster of high-density cells, is highly scattering and absorptive, which prevents light microscopy techniques to reach the depth inside spheroids with high resolution. Here, a method is reported for super-resolution mapping of single nanoparticles inside a spheroid. It first takes advantage of the self-healing property of a "nondiffractive" doughnut-shaped Bessel beam from a 980 nm diode laser as the excitation, and further employs the nonlinear response of the 800 nm emission from upconversion nanoparticles, so that both excitation and emission at the near-infrared can experience minimal loss through the spheroid. These strategies lead to the development of a new nanoscopy modality with a resolution of 37 nm, 1/26th of the excitation wavelength. This method enables mapping of single nanoparticles located 55 µm inside a spheroid, with a resolution of 98 nm. It suggests a solution to track single nanoparticles and monitor their release of drugs in 3D multicellar environments.
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