Name: reconstruction of single-cell innate fluorescence signatures by confocal microscopy
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This study was supported in part by a grant-in-aid for scientific research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Technology of Japan (18K04843) to Y. Yawata, the JST ERATO (JPMJER1502) to N. Nomura.

1. Preparation of the sample
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	<li>Place a 1 mm thick silicone gasket with wells on a glass slide.</li>
	<li>Place a 1 mm thick 0.8% (w/v) agarose slab in the well of the silicone gasket.</li>
	<li>Dilute the cell density of an arbitrary microbial cell culture to an optical density at 600 nm (OD660) = 1.0.</li>
	<li>Place a 5 &#181;L aliquot of cell suspension on the agarose slab.</li>
	<li>Cover gently with a glass coverslip.</li>
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2. Setup of a microscope
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There are two critical points in this method that need to be closely followed to obtain reproducible results: 1) keep the laser power output under the microscope objective consistent through excitation wavelengths and experiments, and 2) perform accurate cell segmentation.
The first point is particularly important when comparing the innate fluorescence signature among different experiments. Avoid simply applying the same &#8220;percent output&#8221; settings to the excitation wavelengths (i.e....

Diverse biomolecules within a cell1 emit autofluorescence signals, and the innate fluorescence signature of a cell consists of the assembly of these signals. This signature fluorescence reflects various cellular properties and also differences in physiological status. Analysis of innate fluorescence is minimally invasive and can complement traditional, more invasive microbiological probes that leave a range of traces from mild metabolic modification to complete cell destruction. While traditional techniques such as DNA or cell content extraction2,3, fluorescent in situ hybridization4, and the introduction of fluorescent reporter genes to the genome are effective in determining cell type or physiological status, they commonly require either manipulation of the cells or invasive tagging.
Studies of the innate fluorescence of various live and intact microbial colonies, including bulk microbial culture suspensions5,6, active sludges7, mammalian tissues8,9, and mammalian cells1,10, have shown that innate fluorescence analysis facilitates tag-free analysis of cell types and physiological status. Innate fluorescence signatures have been traditionally analyzed at the population level and not at the single-cell level, and thus necessitate a clonal culture. In contrast, the confocal reflection microscopy-assisted single-cell innate fluorescence analysis (CRIF) technique11 described here reconstructs and catalogues the innate cellular fluorescence signature of each individual live microbial cell. Moreover, CRIF can systematically collate the innate fluorescence signature of a single microbial cell within a population that is distributed in a three-dimensional (3D) space.

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reconstruction of single-cell innate fluorescence signatures by confocal microscopy

Described here is confocal reflection microscopy-assisted single-cell innate fluorescence analysis (CRIF), a minimally invasive method for reconstructing the innate cellular fluorescence signature from each individual live cell in a population distributed in a three-dimensional (3D) space. The innate fluorescence signature of a cell is a collection of fluorescence signals emitted by various biomolecules within the cell. Previous studies established that innate fluorescence signatures reflect various cellular properties and differences in physiological status and are a rich source of information for cell characterization and identification. Innate fluorescence signatures have been traditionally analyzed at the population level, necessitating a clonal culture, but not at the single-cell level. CRIF is particularly suitable for studies that require 3D resolution and/or selective extraction of fluorescence signals from individual cells. Because the fluorescence signature is an innate property of a cell, CRIF is also suitable for tag-free prediction of the type and/or physiological status of intact and single cells. This method may be a powerful tool for streamlined cell analysis, where the phenotype of each single cell in a heterogenous population can be directly assessed by its autofluorescence signature under a microscope without cell tagging.

Figure 1A shows the typical single-cell fluorescence signature of a bacterial cell presented as a traditional spectrum plot (top) and as a heatmap (middle). Figure 1B shows the result of an accurate 2D cell segmentation superimposed over the original CRM image of a population of soil bacteria (Pseudomonas putida KT2440)12. The resulting innate fluorescence signatures for the population are presented as a heatmap in <strong class=...

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Here, a protocol is presented for optically extracting and cataloging innate cellular fluorescence signatures (i.e., cellular autofluorescence) from every individual live cell distributed in a three-dimensional space. This method is suitable for studying the innate fluorescence signature of diverse biological systems at a single-cell resolution, including cells from bacteria, fungi, yeasts, plants, and animals.

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