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  • Title: Photoswitching fingerprint analysis bypasses the 10-nm resolution barrier.
    Author: Helmerich DA, Beliu G, Taban D, Meub M, Streit M, Kuhlemann A, Doose S, Sauer M.
    Journal: Nat Methods; 2022 Aug; 19(8):986-994. PubMed ID: 35915194.
    Abstract:
    Advances in super-resolution microscopy have demonstrated single-molecule localization precisions of a few nanometers. However, translation of such high localization precisions into sub-10-nm spatial resolution in biological samples remains challenging. Here we show that resonance energy transfer between fluorophores separated by less than 10 nm results in accelerated fluorescence blinking and consequently lower localization probabilities impeding sub-10-nm fluorescence imaging. We demonstrate that time-resolved fluorescence detection in combination with photoswitching fingerprint analysis can be used to determine the number and distance even of spatially unresolvable fluorophores in the sub-10-nm range. In combination with genetic code expansion with unnatural amino acids and bioorthogonal click labeling with small fluorophores, photoswitching fingerprint analysis can be used advantageously to reveal information about the number of fluorophores present and their distances in the sub-10-nm range in cells.
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