Abstract:
:Label-free imaging techniques such as differential interference contrast (DIC) allow the observation of cells and large subcellular structures in their native, unperturbed states with minimal exposure to light. The development of robust computational image-analysis routines is vital to quantitative label-free imaging. The reliability of quantitative analysis of time-series microscopy data based on single-particle tracking relies on accurately detecting objects as distinct from the background, i.e., segmentation. Typical approaches to segmenting DIC images either involve converting images to those resembling phase contrast, mimicking the optics of DIC object formation, or using the morphological properties of objects. Here, we describe MATLAB based, single-particle tracking tool with a GUI for mobility analysis of objects from in vitro and in vivo DIC time-series microscopy. The tool integrates contrast enhancement with multiple modified Gaussian filters, automated threshold detection for segmentation and minimal distance-based two-dimensional single-particle tracking. We compare the relative performance of multiple filters and demonstrate the utility of the tool for DIC object tracking (DICOT). We quantify subcellular dynamics of a time series of Caenorhabditis elegans embryos in the one-celled stage by detecting birefringent yolk granules in the cytoplasm with high precision. The resulting two-dimensional map of oscillatory dynamics of granules quantifies the cytoplasmic flows driven by anaphasic spindle oscillations. The frequency of oscillations across the anterior-posterior (A-P) and transverse axes of the embryo correspond well with the reported frequency of spindle oscillations. We validate the quantitative accuracy of our method by tracking the in vitro diffusive mobility of micron-sized beads in glycerol solutions. Estimates of the diffusion coefficients of the granules are used to measure the viscosity of a dilution series of glycerol. Thus, our computational method is likely to be useful for both intracellular mobility and in vitro microrheology.
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Chaphalkar AR,Jawale YK,Khatri D,Athale CAdoi
10.1016/j.bpj.2020.12.013subject
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2021-01-11 00:00:00eissn
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1542-0086pii
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