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ArticleACS sensors2025

DNA-PAINT Imaging with Hydrogel Imprinting and Clearing.

Johannes Stein, Lorenzo Magni, George M Church

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Article in ACS sensors, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Johannes SteinWyss Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1335-1120
Lorenzo MagniWyss Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States.
George M ChurchWyss Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3535-2076

Funding

Center for Genome ImagingRM1HG011016 · NHGRI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI WU, CHAO-TING · 2021 to 2025
$12.2M
Fluorescence Microscope for Time-Lapse Imaging of BacteriaS10RR027344 · NCRR · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI RUDNER, DAVID Z · 2010 to 2010
$162k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR027344NHGRI NIH HHS RM1 HG011016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrogel-embedding is a versatile technique in fluorescence microscopy, offering stabilization, optical clearing, and the physical expansion of biological specimens. DNA-PAINT is a super-resolution microscopy approach based on the diffusion and transient binding of fluorescently labeled oligos, but its feasibility in hydrogels has not yet been explored. In this study, we demonstrate that polyacrylamide hydrogels support sufficient diffusion for effective DNA-PAINT imaging. Using acrydite-anchored oligonucleotides imprinted from patterned DNA origami nanostructures and microtubule filaments in fixed cells, we find that hydrogel embedding preserves docking strand positioning at the nanoscale. Sample clearing via protease treatment had minor structural effects on the microtubule structure and enhanced diffusion and accessibility to hydrogel-imprinted docking strands. Our work demonstrates promising potential for diffusion and binding-based fluorescence imaging applications in hydrogel-embedded samples.

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DNAHydrogelsMolecular ImprintingAcrylic ResinsHumansMicroscopy, FluorescenceNanostructuresAcrylic ResinsDNAHydrogelsDNA-PAINTHydrogel embeddingMatrix imprinting and clearingPolyacrylamide gelsSingle-molecule localization microscopySuper-resolution microscopy

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PMID40344408
PMCPMC12105084

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