Fluorescent silica particles for monitoring oxygen levels in three‐dimensional heterogeneous cellular structures
| dc.contributor.author | Acosta, Miguel A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Velasquez, Melissa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Williams, Katelyn | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ross, Julia M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leach, Jennie B. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-17T18:18:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-17T18:18:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-04-17 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Bacterial biofilms are a major obstacle challenging the development of more effective therapies to treat implant infections. Oxygen availability to bacterial cells has been implicated in biofilm formation and planktonic cell detachment; however, there are insufficient tools available to measure oxygen concentrations within complex three-dimensional structures with ~1 μm resolution. Such measurements may complement measures of biofilm structure and cell activity to provide a more comprehensive understanding of biofilm biology. Thus, we developed oxygensensing microparticles specifically designed to characterize oxygen transport through the volume of bacterial biofilms. The Stöber method was used to synthesize monodisperse silica microparticles of approximately the same size as a bacterium (~1 μm). Two fluorophores, oxygensensitive Ru(Ph₂phen₃)Cl₂, and the reference fluorophore Nile blue chloride were immobilized on the surface of the particles. We demonstrate application of the microparticles toward measuring the oxygen concentration profiles within a live Staphylococcus aureus biofilm. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, UMBC, and NIH‐NINDS (R01NS065205). | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bit.24530 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 17 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles postprints | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/M2SN0181T | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Miguel A. Acosta, Melissa Velasquez , Katelyn Williams, Julia M. Ross, Jennie B. Leach, Fluorescent silica particles for monitoring oxygen levels in three‐dimensional heterogeneous cellular structures, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Volume 109, Issue 10, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.24530 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.24530 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/12283 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Wiley Periodicals | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Chemical, Biochemical & Environmental Engineering Department Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
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| dc.rights | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Miguel A. Acosta, Melissa Velasquez , Katelyn Williams, Julia M. Ross, Jennie B. Leach, Fluorescent silica particles for monitoring oxygen levels in three‐dimensional heterogeneous cellular structures, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Volume 109, Issue 10, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.24530, which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bit.24530. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions." | |
| dc.subject | Staphylococcus aureus | en_US |
| dc.subject | biofilms | en_US |
| dc.subject | Stöber synthesis | en_US |
| dc.subject | microparticles | en_US |
| dc.subject | oxygen sensors | en_US |
| dc.title | Fluorescent silica particles for monitoring oxygen levels in three‐dimensional heterogeneous cellular structures | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |