Analysis of sparse molecular distributions in fibrous arrangements based on the distance to the first neighbor in single molecule localization microscopy

Autores
Szalai, Alan Marcelo; Lopez, Lucía Fernanda; Morales Vasquez, Miguel Angel; Stefani, Fernando Daniel; Aramendia, Pedro Francisco
Año de publicación
2020
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Single Molecule Localization Microscopy (SMLM) currently attains a lateral resolution of around 10 nm approaching molecular size. Together with increasingly specific fluorescent labeling, it opens the possibility to quantitatively analyze molecular organization. When the labeling density is high enough, SMLM provides clear images of the molecular organization. However, either due to limited labeling efficiency or due to intrinsically low molecular abundance, SMLM delivers a small set of sparse and highly precise localizations. In this work, we introduce a correlation analysis of molecular locations based on the functional dependence of the complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF) of the distance to the first neighbor (r1). We demonstrate that the log(-log(CCDF(r1))) vs. log(r1) is characterized by a scaling exponent n that takes extreme values of 2 for a random 2D distribution and 1 for a strictly linear arrangement, and find that n is a robust and sensitive metric to distinguish characteristics of the underlying structure responsible for the molecular distribution, even at a very low labeling density. The method enables the detection of fibrillary organization and the estimation of the diameter of host fibers under conditions where a visual inspection provides no clue.
Fil: Szalai, Alan Marcelo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; Argentina
Fil: Lopez, Lucía Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; Argentina
Fil: Morales Vasquez, Miguel Angel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; Argentina. Materias Primas Medicinales; Argentina
Fil: Stefani, Fernando Daniel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; Argentina
Fil: Aramendia, Pedro Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física; Argentina
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fluorescence
microtubules
actin filaments
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spelling Analysis of sparse molecular distributions in fibrous arrangements based on the distance to the first neighbor in single molecule localization microscopySzalai, Alan MarceloLopez, Lucía FernandaMorales Vasquez, Miguel AngelStefani, Fernando DanielAramendia, Pedro Franciscofluorescencemicrotubulesactin filamentsSTORMhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.4https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Single Molecule Localization Microscopy (SMLM) currently attains a lateral resolution of around 10 nm approaching molecular size. Together with increasingly specific fluorescent labeling, it opens the possibility to quantitatively analyze molecular organization. When the labeling density is high enough, SMLM provides clear images of the molecular organization. However, either due to limited labeling efficiency or due to intrinsically low molecular abundance, SMLM delivers a small set of sparse and highly precise localizations. In this work, we introduce a correlation analysis of molecular locations based on the functional dependence of the complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF) of the distance to the first neighbor (r1). We demonstrate that the log(-log(CCDF(r1))) vs. log(r1) is characterized by a scaling exponent n that takes extreme values of 2 for a random 2D distribution and 1 for a strictly linear arrangement, and find that n is a robust and sensitive metric to distinguish characteristics of the underlying structure responsible for the molecular distribution, even at a very low labeling density. The method enables the detection of fibrillary organization and the estimation of the diameter of host fibers under conditions where a visual inspection provides no clue.Fil: Szalai, Alan Marcelo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; ArgentinaFil: Lopez, Lucía Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; ArgentinaFil: Morales Vasquez, Miguel Angel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; Argentina. Materias Primas Medicinales; ArgentinaFil: Stefani, Fernando Daniel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; ArgentinaFil: Aramendia, Pedro Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física; ArgentinaRoyal Society of Chemistry2020-03-25info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/127067Szalai, Alan Marcelo; Lopez, Lucía Fernanda; Morales Vasquez, Miguel Angel; Stefani, Fernando Daniel; Aramendia, Pedro Francisco; Analysis of sparse molecular distributions in fibrous arrangements based on the distance to the first neighbor in single molecule localization microscopy; Royal Society of Chemistry; Nanoscale; 12; 17; 25-3-2020; 9495-95062040-33642040-3372CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/NR/C9NR10805J#!divAbstractinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1039/C9NR10805Jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-10T13:17:39Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/127067instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-10 13:17:39.932CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Analysis of sparse molecular distributions in fibrous arrangements based on the distance to the first neighbor in single molecule localization microscopy
title Analysis of sparse molecular distributions in fibrous arrangements based on the distance to the first neighbor in single molecule localization microscopy
spellingShingle Analysis of sparse molecular distributions in fibrous arrangements based on the distance to the first neighbor in single molecule localization microscopy
Szalai, Alan Marcelo
fluorescence
microtubules
actin filaments
STORM
title_short Analysis of sparse molecular distributions in fibrous arrangements based on the distance to the first neighbor in single molecule localization microscopy
title_full Analysis of sparse molecular distributions in fibrous arrangements based on the distance to the first neighbor in single molecule localization microscopy
title_fullStr Analysis of sparse molecular distributions in fibrous arrangements based on the distance to the first neighbor in single molecule localization microscopy
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of sparse molecular distributions in fibrous arrangements based on the distance to the first neighbor in single molecule localization microscopy
title_sort Analysis of sparse molecular distributions in fibrous arrangements based on the distance to the first neighbor in single molecule localization microscopy
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Szalai, Alan Marcelo
Lopez, Lucía Fernanda
Morales Vasquez, Miguel Angel
Stefani, Fernando Daniel
Aramendia, Pedro Francisco
author Szalai, Alan Marcelo
author_facet Szalai, Alan Marcelo
Lopez, Lucía Fernanda
Morales Vasquez, Miguel Angel
Stefani, Fernando Daniel
Aramendia, Pedro Francisco
author_role author
author2 Lopez, Lucía Fernanda
Morales Vasquez, Miguel Angel
Stefani, Fernando Daniel
Aramendia, Pedro Francisco
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv fluorescence
microtubules
actin filaments
STORM
topic fluorescence
microtubules
actin filaments
STORM
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Single Molecule Localization Microscopy (SMLM) currently attains a lateral resolution of around 10 nm approaching molecular size. Together with increasingly specific fluorescent labeling, it opens the possibility to quantitatively analyze molecular organization. When the labeling density is high enough, SMLM provides clear images of the molecular organization. However, either due to limited labeling efficiency or due to intrinsically low molecular abundance, SMLM delivers a small set of sparse and highly precise localizations. In this work, we introduce a correlation analysis of molecular locations based on the functional dependence of the complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF) of the distance to the first neighbor (r1). We demonstrate that the log(-log(CCDF(r1))) vs. log(r1) is characterized by a scaling exponent n that takes extreme values of 2 for a random 2D distribution and 1 for a strictly linear arrangement, and find that n is a robust and sensitive metric to distinguish characteristics of the underlying structure responsible for the molecular distribution, even at a very low labeling density. The method enables the detection of fibrillary organization and the estimation of the diameter of host fibers under conditions where a visual inspection provides no clue.
Fil: Szalai, Alan Marcelo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; Argentina
Fil: Lopez, Lucía Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; Argentina
Fil: Morales Vasquez, Miguel Angel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; Argentina. Materias Primas Medicinales; Argentina
Fil: Stefani, Fernando Daniel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; Argentina
Fil: Aramendia, Pedro Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias "Elizabeth Jares Erijman"; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física; Argentina
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