The COS-7 fibroblast cell culture appearing in the digital image above was labeled with BODIPY FL conjugated to phallacidin, targeting the F-actin cytoskeletal network. The cells were also stained with MitoTracker Deep Red 633 (pseudocolored magenta) and SYTOX Orange (pseudocolored red), which preferentially bind with intracellular mitochondria and DNA in the cell nucleus, respectively. Images were recorded with a 60x oil immersion objective using a zoom factor of 2.5 and sequential scanning with the 488-nanometer spectral line of an argon-ion laser, the 543-nanometer line from a green helium-neon laser, and the 633-nanometer line of a red helium-neon laser. During the processing stage, individual image channels were pseudocolored with RGB values corresponding to each of the fluorophore emission spectral profiles unless otherwise noted above. View a smaller version of this digital image. |