Real-time nanodiamond thermometry probing in vivo thermogenic responses
Masazumi Fujiwara, Simo Sun, Alexander Dohms, Yushi Nishimura, Ken Suto, Yuka Takezawa, Keisuke Oshimi, Li Zhao, Nikola Sadzak, Yumi Umehara, Yoshio Teki, Naoki Komatsu, Oliver Benson, Yutaka Shikano, Eriko Kage-Nakadai
Abstract
worms. We developed a microscope system that integrates a quick-docking sample chamber, particle tracking, and an error correction filter for temperature monitoring of mobile nanodiamonds inside live adult worms with a precision of ±0.22°C. With this system, we determined temperature increases based on the worms' thermogenic responses during the chemical stimuli of mitochondrial uncouplers. Our technique demonstrates the submicrometer localization of temperature information in living animals and direct identification of their pharmacological thermogenesis, which may allow for quantification of their biological activities based on temperature.