Confocal Microscopy Image Gallery

Male Rat Kangaroo Kidney Epithelial Cells (PtK2 Line)

PtK2 Cells

Filamentous actin was targeted in the culture of rat kangaroo kidney (PtK2) cells presented in the digital image above with BODIPY FL conjugated to phallacidin, a bicyclic peptide derived from a toxic mushroom. In addition, the cells were treated with the mitochondrion-selective stain MitoTracker Red CMXRos and a nuclear counterstain, TO-PRO-3 (pseudocolored cyan). 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.

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