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Gandin V, English BP, Freeman M, Leroux LP, Preibisch S, Walpita D, Jaramillo M, Singer RH. Cap-dependent translation initiation monitored in living cells. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6558. [PMID: 36323665 PMCID: PMC9630388 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34052-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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mRNA translation is tightly regulated to preserve cellular homeostasis. Despite extensive biochemical, genetic, and structural studies, a detailed understanding of mRNA translation regulation is lacking. Imaging methodologies able to resolve the binding dynamics of translation factors at single-cell and single-mRNA resolution were necessary to fully elucidate regulation of this paramount process. Here live-cell spectroscopy and single-particle tracking were combined to interrogate the binding dynamics of endogenous initiation factors to the 5'cap. The diffusion of initiation factors (IFs) changed markedly upon their association with mRNA. Quantifying their diffusion characteristics revealed the sequence of IFs assembly and disassembly in cell lines and the clustering of translation in neurons. This approach revealed translation regulation at high spatial and temporal resolution that can be applied to the formation of any endogenous complex that results in a measurable shift in diffusion.
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- Valentina Gandin
- grid.443970.dJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA USA
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- grid.443970.dJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA USA
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- grid.443970.dJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA USA
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- grid.418084.10000 0000 9582 2314Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie (CAFSB), Laval, QC Canada
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- grid.443970.dJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA USA
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- grid.443970.dJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA USA
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- grid.418084.10000 0000 9582 2314Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie (CAFSB), Laval, QC Canada
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- grid.443970.dJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA USA
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Bosire R, Fadel L, Mocsár G, Nánási P, Sen P, Sharma AK, Naseem MU, Kovács A, Kugel J, Kroemer G, Vámosi G, Szabó G. Doxorubicin impacts chromatin binding of HMGB1, Histone H1 and retinoic acid receptor. Sci Rep 2022; 12:8087. [PMID: 35577872 PMCID: PMC9110345 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11994-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Doxorubicin (Dox), a widely used anticancer DNA-binding drug, affects chromatin in multiple ways, and these effects contribute to both its efficacy and its dose-limiting side effects, especially cardiotoxicity. Here, we studied the effects of Dox on the chromatin binding of the architectural proteins high mobility group B1 (HMGB1) and the linker histone H1, and the transcription factor retinoic acid receptor (RARα) by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) in live cells. At lower doses, Dox increased the binding of HMGB1 to DNA while decreasing the binding of the linker histone H1. At higher doses that correspond to the peak plasma concentrations achieved during chemotherapy, Dox reduced the binding of HMGB1 as well. This biphasic effect is interpreted in terms of a hierarchy of competition between the ligands involved and Dox-induced local conformational changes of nucleosome-free DNA. Combined, FRAP and FCS mobility data suggest that Dox decreases the overall binding of RARα to DNA, an effect that was only partially overcome by agonist binding. The intertwined interactions described are likely to contribute to both the effects and side effects of Dox.
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- Rosevalentine Bosire
- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.,Doctoral School of Molecular Cell and Immune Biology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.,Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.,Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.,Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Radiation Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
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- Centre de Recherche Des Cordeliers, Equipe Labellisée Par La Ligue Contre Le Cancer, Université de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Inserm U1138, Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France.,Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.,Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
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Ghosh A, Enderlein J, Butkevich E. Dimerization of Human Drebrin-like Protein Governs Its Biological Activity. Biochemistry 2020; 59:1553-1558. [PMID: 32282191 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b01095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Drebrin-like protein (DBNL) is a multidomain F-actin-binding protein, which also interacts with other molecules within different intracellular pathways. Here, we present quantitative measurements on the size and conformation of human DBNL. Using dual-focus fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, we determined the hydrodynamic radius of the DBNL monomer. Native gel electrophoresis and dual-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy show that both endogenous DBNL and recombinant DBNL exist as dimers under physiological conditions. We demonstrate that C-terminal truncations of DBNL downstream of the coiled-coil domain result in its oligomerization at nanomolar concentrations. In contrast, the ADF-H domain alone is a monomer, which displays a concentration-dependent self-assembly. In vivo FLIM-FRET imaging shows that the presence of only actin-binding domains is not sufficient for DBNL to localize properly at the actin filament inside the cell. In summary, our work provides detailed insight into the structure-function relationship of human drebrin-like protein.
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- Arindam Ghosh
- Third Institute of Physics-Biophysics, Georg August University, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Third Institute of Physics-Biophysics, Georg August University, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Third Institute of Physics-Biophysics, Georg August University, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Rehó B, Lau L, Mocsár G, Müller G, Fadel L, Brázda P, Nagy L, Tóth K, Vámosi G. Simultaneous Mapping of Molecular Proximity and Comobility Reveals Agonist-Enhanced Dimerization and DNA Binding of Nuclear Receptors. Anal Chem 2020; 92:2207-2215. [PMID: 31870146 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Single Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) revolutionized time lapse imaging of live cells and organisms due to its high speed and reduced photodamage. Quantitative mapping of molecular (co)mobility by fluorescence (cross-)correlation spectroscopy (F(C)CS) in a SPIM has been introduced to reveal molecular diffusion and binding. A complementary aspect of interactions is proximity, which can be studied by Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET). Here, we extend SPIM-FCCS by alternating laser excitation, which reduces false positive cross-correlation and facilitates comapping of FRET. Thus, different aspects of interacting systems can be studied simultaneously, and molecular subpopulations can be discriminated by multiparameter analysis. After demonstrating the benefits of the method on the AP-1 transcription factor, the dimerization and DNA binding behavior of retinoic acid receptor (RAR) and retinoid X receptor (RXR) is revealed, and an extension of the molecular switch model of the nuclear receptor action is proposed. Our data imply that RAR agonist enhances RAR-RXR heterodimerization, and chromatin binding/dimerization are positively correlated. We also propose a ligand induced conformational change bringing the N-termini of RAR and RXR closer together. The RXR agonist increased homodimerization of RXR suggesting that RXR may act as an autonomous transcription factor.
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- Bálint Rehó
- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , University of Debrecen , Egyetem tér 1 , H-4032 Debrecen , Hungary
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- Division Biophysics of Macromolecules , German Cancer Research Center , Im Neuenheimer Feld 280 , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , University of Debrecen , Egyetem tér 1 , H-4032 Debrecen , Hungary
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- Division Biophysics of Macromolecules , German Cancer Research Center , Im Neuenheimer Feld 280 , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , University of Debrecen , Egyetem tér 1 , H-4032 Debrecen , Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Debrecen , Egyetem tér 1 , H-4032 Debrecen , Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Debrecen , Egyetem tér 1 , H-4032 Debrecen , Hungary.,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Department of Medicine and Biological Chemistry, Institute for Fundamental Biomedical Research, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital , 600 Fifth Street South Saint Petersburg , Florida 33701-4634 , United States
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- Division Biophysics of Macromolecules , German Cancer Research Center , Im Neuenheimer Feld 280 , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , University of Debrecen , Egyetem tér 1 , H-4032 Debrecen , Hungary
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Di Silvio D, Martínez-Moro M, Salvador C, de Los Angeles Ramirez M, Caceres-Velez PR, Ortore MG, Dupin D, Andreozzi P, Moya SE. Self-assembly of poly(allylamine)/siRNA nanoparticles, their intracellular fate and siRNA delivery. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 557:757-766. [PMID: 31569055 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.09.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Silencing RNA (siRNA) technologies attract significant interest as a therapeutic tool for a large number of diseases. However, the medical translation of this technology is hampered by the lack of effective delivery vehicles for siRNAs in cytosol that prevent their degradation in the bloodstream. The use of molecular complexes based on polyamines have great potential for siRNA delivery as polyamines can protect the siRNA during circulation and at the same time favor siRNA translocation in cytosol. Here, nanoparticles are prepared by complexation of poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and siRNA varying the ratio of nitrogen groups from PAH to phosphate groups from siRNA (N/P ratio). Nanoparticles are characterized by transmission electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering. The stability of complexes of green rhodamine labelled PAH (G-PAH) and Cy5 labelled siRNA (R-siRNA) at different pHs and in cell media is studied by fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS). FCCS studies show that the nanoparticles are stable at physiological pH and in cell media but they disassemble at acidic pH. An optimal N/P ratio of 2 is identified in terms of stability in media, degradation at endosomal pH and toxicity. The intracellular fate of the complexes is studied following uptake in A549 cells. The cross-correlation between G-PAH and R-siRNA decreases substantially 24 h after uptake, while diffusion times of siRNA decrease indicating that the complexes disassemble, liberating the siRNAs. The release of siRNAs into the cytosol is confirmed with parallel confocal laser scanning microscopy. Flow cytometry studies show that PAH/siRNA nanoparticles are effective at silencing green fluorescent protein expression at low N/P ratios at which polyethylenimine/siRNA shows no significant silencing.
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- Desirè Di Silvio
- CICbiomaGUNE - Soft Matter Nanotechnology Group, Paseo Miramón n° 182, Edificio C, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- CICbiomaGUNE - Soft Matter Nanotechnology Group, Paseo Miramón n° 182, Edificio C, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- CICbiomaGUNE - Soft Matter Nanotechnology Group, Paseo Miramón n° 182, Edificio C, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain; CIDETEC Nanomedicine, Paseo Miramón, 196, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- CICbiomaGUNE - Soft Matter Nanotechnology Group, Paseo Miramón n° 182, Edificio C, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain; Instituto de Nanosistemas, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (INS-UNSAM), Av. 25 de Mayo 1021, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CICbiomaGUNE - Soft Matter Nanotechnology Group, Paseo Miramón n° 182, Edificio C, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- CIDETEC Nanomedicine, Paseo Miramón, 196, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- CICbiomaGUNE - Soft Matter Nanotechnology Group, Paseo Miramón n° 182, Edificio C, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
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- CICbiomaGUNE - Soft Matter Nanotechnology Group, Paseo Miramón n° 182, Edificio C, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
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Werner S, Ebenhan J, Haupt C, Bacia K. A Quantitative and Reliable Calibration Standard for Dual-Color Fluorescence Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy. Chemphyschem 2018; 19:3436-3444. [PMID: 30489002 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Dual-color Fluorescence Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy (dcFCCS) allows binding analysis of biomolecules. Combining cross- and autocorrelation amplitudes yields binding degrees and concentrations of bound and unbound species. However, non-ideal detection volume overlap reduces the cross-correlation, causing overestimation of the Kd . The overlap quality factor that relates measured and true cross-correlation amplitudes has been difficult to determine, because neither a perfect 1 : 1 labeled sample nor perfectly overlapping volumes are readily accomplished. Here, we describe how a stochastically labeled sample can be used for quantitative calibration. Lipid vesicles doped with green and red fluorescent dyes yield highly reproducible relative cross-correlations and allow determination of the setup-dependent overlap quality factor. This reliable, affordable and quick-to-prepare calibration standard expedites any quantitative co-localization or binding analysis by dcFCCS.
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- Stefan Werner
- Institute of Chemistry, ZIK HALOmem and Charles-Tanford-Protein Center, University of Halle, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3a, 06120, Halle, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, ZIK HALOmem and Charles-Tanford-Protein Center, University of Halle, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3a, 06120, Halle, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, ZIK HALOmem and Charles-Tanford-Protein Center, University of Halle, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3a, 06120, Halle, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, ZIK HALOmem and Charles-Tanford-Protein Center, University of Halle, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 3a, 06120, Halle, Germany
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Unsay JD, Murad F, Hermann E, Ries J, García-Sáez AJ. Scanning Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy for Quantification of the Dynamics and Interactions in Tube Organelles of Living Cells. Chemphyschem 2018; 19:3273-3278. [PMID: 30335213 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Single-molecule spectroscopic quantification of protein-protein interactions directly in the organelles of living cells is highly desirable but remains challenging. Bulk methods, such as Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), currently only give a relative quantification of the strength of protein-protein interactions. Here, we introduce tube scanning fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (tubeSFCCS) for the absolute quantification of diffusion and complex formation of fluorescently labeled molecules in the mitochondrial compartments. We determined the extent of association between the apoptosis regulators Bcl-xL and tBid at the mitochondrial outer membrane of living cells and discovered that practically all mitochondria-bound Bcl-xL and tBid are associated with each other, in contrast to undetectable association in the cytosol. Furthermore, we show further applicability of our method to other mitochondrial proteins, as well as to proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane.
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- Joseph D Unsay
- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 4, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
- Max Planck Insitute for Intteligen Systems, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
- German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 62120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 4, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Insitute for Intteligen Systems, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 4, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
- Max Planck Insitute for Intteligen Systems, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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Di Silvio D, Silvestri A, Lay L, Polito L, Moya SE. Impact of ConcanavalinA affinity in the intracellular fate of Protein Corona on Glucosamine Au nanoparticles. Sci Rep 2018; 8:9046. [PMID: 29899359 PMCID: PMC5998083 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27418-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Biological fate and toxicity of nanoparticles (NPs) are connected to the interaction between NPs and the protein corona (PC) spontaneously forming around NPs in biological matrixes. PC is a dynamic entity that confers biological identity to NPs. In this work, fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) is used to study the impact of specific interactions between the NP surface and proteins on the intracellular fate of PC. The stability of the PC formed around glucosamide-functionalized Au-NPs from ConcanavalinA (ConA) or Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) is characterized by FCCS. The NPs show higher affinity for ConA and competitive assays show that ConA easily exchanges BSA. A549 cells are exposed to glucosamide-functionalized Au-NPs with preformed ConA and BSA PCs. Intracellularly the frequency of cross-correlation for Au NPs with ConA PC remains constant to a 70% value until 24 h while for BSA it decreases to a 15% during the same period. FCCS measurements in several locations in the cell point out a different level of aggregation for the NPs with either ConA or BSA PCs. Our results show that the affinity of NPs functionalized with a ligand with affinity for a specific protein in bulk is retained intracellularly influencing NP fate and translocation.
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- Desirè Di Silvio
- Soft Matter Nanotechnology Group, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramon, 182, 20014, San Sebastian, Spain
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- CNR - ISTM, Nanotechnology Lab., Via G. Fantoli 16/15, Milan, Italy
- Department of Chemistry, University of Milan, Via C. Golgi 19, Milan, Italy
- Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam-Golm, 14476, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Milan, Via C. Golgi 19, Milan, Italy
- CRC Materiali Polimerici (LaMPo), University of Milan, Via C. Golgi 19, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- CNR - ISTM, Nanotechnology Lab., Via G. Fantoli 16/15, 20138, Milan, Italy
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- Soft Matter Nanotechnology Group, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramon, 182, 20014, San Sebastian, Spain.
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Ali R, Ramadurai S, Barry F, Nasheuer HP. Optimizing fluorescent protein expression for quantitative fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy using herpes simplex thymidine kinase promoter sequences. FEBS Open Bio 2018; 8:1043-1060. [PMID: 29928582 PMCID: PMC5985997 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Revised: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The modulation of expression levels of fluorescent fusion proteins (FFPs) is central for recombinant DNA technologies in modern biology as overexpression of proteins contributes to artifacts in biological experiments. In addition, some microscopy techniques such as fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and single-molecule-based techniques are very sensitive to high expression levels of FFPs. To reduce the levels of recombinant protein expression in comparison with the commonly used, very strong CMV promoter, the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (TK) gene promoter, and mutants thereof were analyzed. Deletion mutants of the TK promoter were constructed and introduced into the Gateway® system for ectopic expression of enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP), monomeric cherry (mCherry), and FFPs containing these FPs. Two promoter constructs, TK2ST and TKTSC, were established, which have optimal low expression levels suitable for FCS studies in U2OS, HeLa CCL2, NIH 3T3, and BALB/c cells. Interestingly, when tested in these four cell lines, promoter constructs having a deletion within TK gene 5'-UTR showed significantly higher protein expression levels than the equivalent constructs lacking this deletion. This suggests that a negative regulatory element is localized within the TK gene 5'-UTR.
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- Rizwan Ali
- Systems Biology IrelandNUI GalwayIreland
- BiochemistrySchool of Natural Sciences and Centre for Chromosome BiologyNational University of Ireland GalwayIreland
- Present address:
Medical Core Facility & Research PlatformsKing Abdullah International Medical Research CenterNational Guard Health AffairsP.O. Box 3660Riyadh11481 Mail Code 1515Saudi Arabia
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- Systems Biology IrelandNUI GalwayIreland
- BiochemistrySchool of Natural Sciences and Centre for Chromosome BiologyNational University of Ireland GalwayIreland
- Present address:
School of Chemical SciencesDublin City UniversityDublin‐9Ireland
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- Systems Biology IrelandNUI GalwayIreland
- Regenerative Medicine InstituteNational University of Ireland GalwayIreland
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- Systems Biology IrelandNUI GalwayIreland
- BiochemistrySchool of Natural Sciences and Centre for Chromosome BiologyNational University of Ireland GalwayIreland
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Hoischen C, Yavas S, Wohland T, Diekmann S. CENP-C/H/I/K/M/T/W/N/L and hMis12 but not CENP-S/X participate in complex formation in the nucleoplasm of living human interphase cells outside centromeres. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0192572. [PMID: 29509805 PMCID: PMC5839545 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Kinetochore proteins assemble onto centromeric chromatin and regulate DNA segregation during cell division. The inner kinetochore proteins bind centromeres while most outer kinetochore proteins assemble at centromeres during mitosis, connecting the complex to microtubules. Here, we measured the co-migration between protein pairs of the constitutive centromere associated network (CCAN) and hMis12 complexes by fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) in the nucleoplasm outside centromeres in living human interphase cells. FCCS is a method that can tell if in living cells two differently fluorescently labelled molecules migrate independently, or co-migrate and thus are part of one and the same soluble complex. We also determined the apparent dissociation constants (Kd) of the hetero-dimers CENP-T/W and CENP-S/X. We measured co-migration between CENP-K and CENP-T as well as between CENP-M and CENP-T but not between CENP-T/W and CENP-S/X. Furthermore, CENP-C co-migrated with CENP-H, and CENP-K with CENP-N as well as with CENP-L. Thus, in the nucleoplasm outside centromeres, a large fraction of the CENP-H/I/K/M proteins interact with CENP-C, CENP-N/L and CENP-T/W but not with CENP-S/X. Our FCCS analysis of the Mis12 complex showed that hMis12, Nsl1, Dsn1 and Nnf1 also form a complex outside centromeres of which at least hMis12 associated with the CENP-C/H/I/K/M/T/W/N/L complex.
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- Christian Hoischen
- Molecular Biology, Leibniz Institute on Aging-Friz-Lipmann-Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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- Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry and Centre of Bioimaging Sciences, Lee Wee Kheng Buildung, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry and Centre of Bioimaging Sciences, Lee Wee Kheng Buildung, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Molecular Biology, Leibniz Institute on Aging-Friz-Lipmann-Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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Kaliszewski MJ, Shi X, Hou Y, Lingerak R, Kim S, Mallory P, Smith AW. Quantifying membrane protein oligomerization with fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy. Methods 2018; 140-141:40-51. [PMID: 29448037 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2018.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Revised: 12/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) is an advanced fluorescence technique that can quantify protein-protein interactions in vivo. Due to the dynamic, heterogeneous nature of the membrane, special considerations must be made to interpret FCCS data accurately. In this study, we describe a method to quantify the oligomerization of membrane proteins tagged with two commonly used fluorescent probes, mCherry (mCH) and enhanced green (eGFP) fluorescent proteins. A mathematical model is described that relates the relative cross-correlation value (fc) to the degree of oligomerization. This treatment accounts for mismatch in the confocal volumes, combinatoric effects of using two fluorescent probes, and the presence of non-fluorescent probes. Using this model, we calculate a ladder of fc values which can be used to determine the oligomer state of membrane proteins from live-cell experimental data. Additionally, a probabilistic mathematical simulation is described to resolve the affinity of different dimeric and oligomeric protein controls.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA
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- Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA.
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Liu C, Liu YL, Perillo EP, Dunn AK, Yeh HC. Single-Molecule Tracking and Its Application in Biomolecular Binding Detection. IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS : A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS SOCIETY 2016; 22:6804013. [PMID: 27660404 PMCID: PMC5028128 DOI: 10.1109/jstqe.2016.2568160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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In the past two decades significant advances have been made in single-molecule detection, which enables the direct observation of single biomolecules at work in real time and under physiological conditions. In particular, the development of single-molecule tracking (SMT) microscopy allows us to monitor the motion paths of individual biomolecules in living systems, unveiling the localization dynamics and transport modalities of the biomolecules that support the development of life. Beyond the capabilities of traditional camera-based tracking techniques, state-of-the-art SMT microscopies developed in recent years can record fluorescence lifetime while tracking a single molecule in the 3D space. This multiparameter detection capability can open the door to a wide range of investigations at the cellular or tissue level, including identification of molecular interaction hotspots and characterization of association/dissociation kinetics between molecules. In this review, we discuss various SMT techniques developed to date, with an emphasis on our recent development of the next generation 3D tracking system that not only achieves ultrahigh spatiotemporal resolution but also provides sufficient working depth suitable for live animal imaging. We also discuss the challenges that current SMT techniques are facing and the potential strategies to tackle those challenges.
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- Cong Liu
- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78703 USA
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Evidence for Homodimerization of the c-Fos Transcription Factor in Live Cells Revealed by Fluorescence Microscopy and Computer Modeling. Mol Cell Biol 2015; 35:3785-98. [PMID: 26303532 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00346-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2015] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The c-Fos and c-Jun transcription factors, members of the activator protein 1 (AP-1) complex, form heterodimers and bind to DNA via a basic leucine zipper and regulate the cell cycle, apoptosis, differentiation, etc. Purified c-Jun leucine zipper fragments could also form stable homodimers, whereas c-Fos leucine zipper homodimers were found to be much less stable in earlier in vitro studies. The importance of c-Fos overexpression in tumors and the controversy in the literature concerning c-Fos homodimerization prompted us to investigate Fos homodimerization. Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) and molecular brightness analysis of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy data from live HeLa cells transfected with fluorescent-protein-tagged c-Fos indicated that c-Fos formed homodimers. We developed a method to determine the absolute concentrations of transfected and endogenous c-Fos and c-Jun, which allowed us to determine dissociation constants of c-Fos homodimers (Kd = 6.7 ± 1.7 μM) and c-Fos-c-Jun heterodimers (on the order of 10 to 100 nM) from FRET titrations. Imaging fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (SPIM-FCCS) and molecular dynamics modeling confirmed that c-Fos homodimers were stably associated and could bind to the chromatin. Our results establish c-Fos homodimers as a novel form of the AP-1 complex that may be an autonomous transcription factor in c-Fos-overexpressing tissues and could contribute to tumor development.
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Pernuš A, Langowski J. Imaging Fos-Jun transcription factor mobility and interaction in live cells by single plane illumination-fluorescence cross correlation spectroscopy. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0123070. [PMID: 25875593 PMCID: PMC4397054 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We collected mobility and interaction maps of c-Fos-eGFP and c-Jun-mRFP1 transcription factors within living cell nuclei. c-Fos dimerizes with c-Jun to form the transcription activator protein-1 (AP-1) which binds to the specific recognition site. To monitor this process, we used fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy on a single plane illumination microscope (SPIM-FCCS), which provides diffusion coefficient and protein-protein interaction data in the whole image plane simultaneously, instead of just one point on conventional confocal FCS. We find a strong correlation between diffusional mobility and interaction: regions of strong interaction show slow mobility. Controls containing either an eGFP-mRFP dimer, separately expressing eGFP and mRPF, or c-Fos-eGFP and c-Jun-mRFP1 mutants lacking dimerization and DNA-binding domains, showed no such correlation. These results extend our earlier findings from confocal FCCS to include spatial information.
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- Agata Pernuš
- Division Biophysics of Macromolecules, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division Biophysics of Macromolecules, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
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Doan-Xuan QM, Szalóki N, Tóth K, Szöllősi J, Bacso Z, Vámosi G. FRET Imaging by Laser Scanning Cytometry on Large Populations of Adherent Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 70:2.23.1-29. [PMID: 25271960 DOI: 10.1002/0471142956.cy0223s70] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The application of FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer) sensors for monitoring protein-protein interactions under vital conditions is attracting increasing attention in molecular and cell biology. Laser-scanning cytometry (LSC), a slide-based sister procedure to flow cytometry, provides an opportunity to analyze large populations of adherent cells or 2-D solid tissues in their undisturbed physiological settings. Here we provide an LSC-based three-laser protocol for high-throughput ratiometric FRET measurements utilizing cyan and yellow fluorescent proteins as a FRET pair. Membrane labeling with Cy5 dye is used for cell identification and contouring. Pixel-by-pixel and single-cell FRET efficiencies are calculated to estimate the extent of the molecular interactions and their distribution in the cell populations examined. We also present a non-high-throughput donor photobleaching FRET application, for obtaining the required instrument parameters for ratiometric FRET. In the biological model presented, HeLa cells are transfected with the ECFP- or EYFP-tagged Fos and Jun nuclear proteins, which heterodimerize to form active AP1 transcription factor.
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- Quang-Minh Doan-Xuan
- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Research Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary; These authors contributed equally to this work
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Wueseke O, Bunkenborg J, Hein MY, Zinke A, Viscardi V, Woodruff JB, Oegema K, Mann M, Andersen JS, Hyman AA. The Caenorhabditis elegans pericentriolar material components SPD-2 and SPD-5 are monomeric in the cytoplasm before incorporation into the PCM matrix. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 25:2984-92. [PMID: 25103243 PMCID: PMC4230587 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-09-0514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Centrosomes are the main microtubule-organizing centers in animal cells. Centrosomes consist of a pair of centrioles surrounded by a matrix of pericentriolar material (PCM) that assembles from cytoplasmic components. In Caenorhabditis elegans embryos, interactions between the coiled-coil proteins SPD-5 and SPD-2 and the kinase PLK-1 are critical for PCM assembly. However, it is not known whether these interactions promote the formation of cytoplasmic complexes that are added to the PCM or whether the components interact only during incorporation into the PCM matrix. Here we address this problem by using a combination of live-cell fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and hydrodynamic techniques to investigate the native state of PCM components in the cytoplasm. We show that SPD-2 is monomeric, and neither SPD-2 nor SPD-5 exists in complex with PLK-1. SPD-5 exists mostly as a monomer but also forms complexes with the PP2A-regulatory proteins RSA-1 and RSA-2, which are required for microtubule organization at centrosomes. These results suggest that the interactions between SPD-2, SPD-5, and PLK-1 do not result in formation of cytoplasmic complexes, but instead occur in the context of PCM assembly.
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- Oliver Wueseke
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Krieger JW, Singh AP, Garbe CS, Wohland T, Langowski J. Dual-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy on a single plane illumination microscope (SPIM-FCCS). OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 22:2358-75. [PMID: 24663528 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.002358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Single plane illumination microscopy based fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (SPIM-FCS) is a new method for imaging FCS in 3D samples, providing diffusion coefficients, flow velocities and concentrations in an imaging mode. Here we extend this technique to two-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (SPIM-FCCS), which allows to measure molecular interactions in an imaging mode. We present a theoretical framework for SPIM-FCCS fitting models, which is subsequently used to evaluate several test measurements of in-vitro (labeled microspheres, several DNAs and small unilamellar vesicles) and in-vivo samples (dimeric and monomeric dual-color fluorescent proteins, as well as membrane bound proteins). Our method yields the same quantitative results as the well-established confocal FCCS, but in addition provides unmatched statistics and true imaging capabilities.
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Ligand binding shifts highly mobile retinoid X receptor to the chromatin-bound state in a coactivator-dependent manner, as revealed by single-cell imaging. Mol Cell Biol 2014; 34:1234-45. [PMID: 24449763 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01097-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Retinoid X receptor (RXR) is a promiscuous nuclear receptor forming heterodimers with several other receptors, which activate different sets of genes. Upon agonist treatment, the occupancy of its genomic binding regions increased, but only a modest change in the number of sites was revealed by chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing, suggesting a rather static behavior. However, such genome-wide and biochemical approaches do not take into account the dynamic behavior of a transcription factor. Therefore, we characterized the nuclear dynamics of RXR during activation in single cells on the subsecond scale using live-cell imaging. By applying fluorescence recovery after photobleaching and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), techniques with different temporal and spatial resolutions, a highly dynamic behavior could be uncovered which is best described by a two-state model (slow and fast) of receptor mobility. In the unliganded state, most RXRs belonged to the fast population, leaving ∼ 15% for the slow, chromatin-bound fraction. Upon agonist treatment, this ratio increased to ∼ 43% as a result of an immediate and reversible redistribution. Coactivator binding appears to be indispensable for redistribution and has a major contribution to chromatin association. A nuclear mobility map recorded by light sheet microscopy-FCS shows that the ligand-induced transition from the fast to the slow population occurs throughout the nucleus. Our results support a model in which RXR has a distinct, highly dynamic nuclear behavior and follows hit-and-run kinetics upon activation.
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Szalóki N, Doan-Xuan QM, Szöllősi J, Tóth K, Vámosi G, Bacsó Z. High throughput FRET analysis of protein-protein interactions by slide-based imaging laser scanning cytometry. Cytometry A 2013; 83:818-29. [DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2012] [Revised: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 05/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Nikoletta Szalóki
- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology; Medical and Health Science Center, Research Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen; Nagyerdei krt. 98; H-4032; Debrecen; Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology; Medical and Health Science Center, Research Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen; Nagyerdei krt. 98; H-4032; Debrecen; Hungary
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Biophysics of Macromolecules (B040); Im Neuenheimer Feld 580; D-69120; Heidelberg; Germany
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology; Medical and Health Science Center, Research Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen; Nagyerdei krt. 98; H-4032; Debrecen; Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology; Medical and Health Science Center, Research Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen; Nagyerdei krt. 98; H-4032; Debrecen; Hungary
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DNA-dependent Oct4-Sox2 interaction and diffusion properties characteristic of the pluripotent cell state revealed by fluorescence spectroscopy. Biochem J 2013; 448:21-33. [PMID: 22909387 DOI: 10.1042/bj20120725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Oct4 and Sox2 are two essential transcription factors that co-regulate target genes for the maintenance of pluripotency. However, it is unclear whether they interact prior to DNA binding or how the target sites are accessed in the nucleus. By generating fluorescent protein fusions of Oct4 and Sox2 that are functionally capable of producing iPSCs (induced pluripotent stem cells), we show that their interaction is dependent on the presence of cognate DNA-binding elements, based on diffusion time, complex formation and lifetime measurements. Through fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, the levels of Oct4 and Sox2 in the iPSCs were quantified in live cells and two diffusion coefficients, corresponding to free and loosely bound forms of the protein, were distinguished. Notably, the fraction of slow-diffusing molecules in the iPSCs was found to be elevated, similar to the profile in embryonic stem cells, probably due to a change in the nuclear milieu during reprogramming. Taken together, these findings have defined quantitatively the amount of proteins pertinent to the pluripotent state and revealed increased accessibility to the underlying DNA as a mechanism for Oct4 and Sox2 to find their target binding sites and interact, without prior formation of heterodimer complexes.
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Weidemann T, Schwille P. Dual-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy with continuous laser excitation in a confocal setup. Methods Enzymol 2013; 518:43-70. [PMID: 23276535 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-388422-0.00003-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy evaluates local signal fluctuations arising from stochastic movements of fluorescent particles in solution. The measured fluctuating signal is correlated in time and analyzed with appropriate model functions containing the parameters that describe the underlying molecular behavior. The dual-color extension, fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) allows for a comparison between spectrally well-separated channels to extract codiffusion events that reflect interactions between differently labeled molecules. In addition to solution measurements, FCCS can be applied with subcellular resolution and is therefore a very promising approach for a quantitative biochemical assessment of molecular networks in living cells. To derive thermodynamic and kinetic reaction parameters, the influence of a number of other factors like background noise, illumination intensity profiles, photophysical processes, and cross talk between the channels have to be treated. Here, we provide a roadmap to derive binding reaction data with dual-color FCCS using continuous wave laser excitation, as it is now accessible with many state-of-the-art confocal microscopes.
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- Thomas Weidemann
- Biophysics/BIOTEC, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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Pulsed interleaved excitation (PIE) is the methodology of interleaved or alternating excitation of different fluorophores on the nanosecond timescale, which allows quasi-simultaneous, yet independent measurements to be performed. PIE simplifies quantification of several fluorescence techniques such as FCCS and FRET experiments. Foremost, it allows to specifically filter out spectral emission bleedthrough (crosstalk) and direct excitation without a decrease in the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the experiment. Next, PIE allows determination of the absolute FRET efficiency from FCCS experiments in the case of nonperfect labeling. In recent years, PIE has been utilized in many different advanced FFS techniques. Combining MFD with PIE allows highly accurate and species-specific spFRET analyses to be performed. The combination of scanning FFS techniques with PIE combines the best of both techniques and allows for false-positive free measurements of molecular interactions in vitro and in living cells. In succession, a comprehensive overview of the principle and versatility of the PIE technique is discussed, the theory for analysis with PIE is outlined by comparing CW- and PIE-FCCS and finally, some of the most important applications of the PIE technique in literature are reviewed.
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- Jelle Hendrix
- Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CiPSM) and Center for Nanoscience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Sadamoto H, Muto H. Fluorescence Cross-correlation Spectroscopy (FCCS) to Observe Dimerization of Transcription Factors in Living Cells. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 977:229-41. [PMID: 23436366 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-284-1_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) is an established spectroscopic method to observe the interaction between the different fluorescent molecules. Using FCCS, researchers can assess the interaction of target molecules in the aqueous condition, and can apply the technique in cultured cells. Here, we describe the method of FCCS to demonstrate direct observation of dimerization between transcription factors in a living cell.
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- Hisayo Sadamoto
- Laboratory of Functional Biology, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki, Kagawa, Japan
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Broderick R, Ramadurai S, Tóth K, Togashi DM, Ryder AG, Langowski J, Nasheuer HP. Cell cycle-dependent mobility of Cdc45 determined in vivo by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35537. [PMID: 22536402 PMCID: PMC3334904 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2012] [Accepted: 03/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic DNA replication is a dynamic process requiring the co-operation of specific replication proteins. We measured the mobility of eGFP-Cdc45 by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) in vivo in asynchronous cells and in cells synchronized at the G1/S transition and during S phase. Our data show that eGFP-Cdc45 mobility is faster in G1/S transition compared to S phase suggesting that Cdc45 is part of larger protein complex formed in S phase. Furthermore, the size of complexes containing Cdc45 was estimated in asynchronous, G1/S and S phase-synchronized cells using gel filtration chromatography; these findings complemented the in vivo FCS data. Analysis of the mobility of eGFP-Cdc45 and the size of complexes containing Cdc45 and eGFP-Cdc45 after UVC-mediated DNA damage revealed no significant changes in diffusion rates and complex sizes using FCS and gel filtration chromatography analyses. This suggests that after UV-damage, Cdc45 is still present in a large multi-protein complex and that its mobility within living cells is consistently similar following UVC-mediated DNA damage.
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- Ronan Broderick
- Systems Biology Ireland and Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Systems Biology Ireland and Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Biophysics of Macromolecules, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Nanoscale Biophotonics Laboratory, School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Nanoscale Biophotonics Laboratory, School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Biophysics of Macromolecules, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Systems Biology Ireland and Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Mocsár G, Kreith B, Buchholz J, Krieger JW, Langowski J, Vámosi G. Note: multiplexed multiple-tau auto- and cross-correlators on a single field programmable gate array. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2012; 83:046101. [PMID: 22559587 DOI: 10.1063/1.3700810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We introduce a new multiple-tau hardware correlator design for computing fluorescence correlation functions (CFs) in real time. Use of hardware resources is minimized by scheduling the computation of different segments of the CFs on a single correlator block. Simultaneous calculation of two multiple-tau autocorrelation (ACFs) and two cross-correlation functions (CCFs) is implemented in LabVIEW on a National Instruments field programmable gate array (FPGA) card with a minimal sampling time of 400 ns. Raw data are stored with a time resolution of 50 ns. The design can be easily adapted to other FPGA cards and extended to more inputs.
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- G Mocsár
- Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen 4032, Hungary
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Factors affecting the quantification of biomolecular interactions by fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy. Biophys J 2012; 102:1174-83. [PMID: 22404940 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.01.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2011] [Revised: 01/13/2012] [Accepted: 01/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) is used to determine interactions and dissociation constants (K(d)s) of biomolecules. The determination of a K(d) depends on the accurate measurement of the auto- and cross-correlation function (ACF and CCF) amplitudes. In the case of complete binding, the ratio of the CCF/ACF amplitudes is expected to be 1. However, measurements performed on tandem fluorescent proteins (FPs), in which two different FPs are linked, yield CCF/ACF amplitude ratios of ~0.5 or less for different FCCS schemes. We use single wavelength FCCS and pulsed interleaved excitation FCCS to measure various tandem FPs constituted of different red and green FPs and determine the causes for this suboptimal ratio. The main causes for the reduced CCF/ACF amplitude ratio are differences in observation volumes for the different labels, the existence of dark FPs due to maturation problems, photobleaching, and to a lesser extent Förster (or fluorescence) resonance energy transfer between the labels. We deduce the fraction of nonfluorescent proteins for EGFP, mRFP, and mCherry as well as the differences in observation volumes. We use this information to correct FCCS measurements of the interaction of Cdc42, a small Rho-GTPase, with its effector IQGAP1 in live cell measurements to obtain a label-independent value for the K(d).
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Brazda P, Szekeres T, Bravics B, Tóth K, Vámosi G, Nagy L. Live-cell fluorescence correlation spectroscopy dissects the role of coregulator exchange and chromatin binding in retinoic acid receptor mobility. J Cell Sci 2011; 124:3631-42. [PMID: 22045737 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.086082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The retinoic acid receptor (RAR) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily. This ligand-inducible transcription factor binds to DNA as a heterodimer with the retinoid X receptor (RXR) in the nucleus. The nucleus is a dynamic compartment and live-cell imaging techniques make it possible to investigate transcription factor action in real-time. We studied the diffusion of EGFP-RAR by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) to uncover the molecular interactions determining receptor mobility. In the absence of ligand, we identified two distinct species with different mobilities. The fast component has a diffusion coefficient of D(1)=1.8-6.0 μm(2)/second corresponding to small oligomeric forms, whereas the slow component with D(2)=0.05-0.10 μm(2)/second corresponds to interactions of RAR with the chromatin or other large structures. The RAR ligand-binding-domain fragment also has a slow component, probably as a result of indirect DNA-binding through RXR, with lower affinity than the intact RAR-RXR complex. Importantly, RAR-agonist treatment shifts the equilibrium towards the slow population of the wild-type receptor, but without significantly changing the mobility of either the fast or the slow population. By using a series of mutant forms of the receptor with altered DNA- or coregulator-binding capacity we found that the slow component is probably related to chromatin binding, and that coregulator exchange, specifically the binding of the coactivator complex, is the main determinant contributing to the redistribution of RAR during ligand activation.
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- Peter Brazda
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Centre, Egyetem ter 1. Debrecen, H-4010, Hungary
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Strömqvist J, Johansson S, Xu L, Ohsugi Y, Andersson K, Muto H, Kinjo M, Höglund P, Widengren J. A modified FCCS procedure applied to Ly49A-MHC class I cis-interaction studies in cell membranes. Biophys J 2011; 101:1257-69. [PMID: 21889464 PMCID: PMC3164190 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.06.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2011] [Revised: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 06/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The activity of natural killer (NK) cells is regulated by a fine-tuned balance between activating and inhibitory receptors. Dual-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) was used to directly demonstrate a so-called cis-interaction between a member of the inhibitory NK cell receptor family Ly49 (Ly49A), and its ligand, the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I, within the plasma membrane of the same cell. By a refined FCCS model, calibrated by positive and negative control experiments on cells from the same lymphoid cell line, concentrations and diffusion coefficients of free and interacting proteins could be determined on a collection of cells. Using the intrinsic intercellular variation of their expression levels for titration, it was found that the fraction of Ly49A receptors bound in cis increase with increasing amounts of MHC class I ligand. This increase shows a tendency to be more abrupt than for a diffusion limited - three dimensional bimolecular reaction, which most likely reflects the two-dimensional confinement of the reaction. For the Ly49A- MHC class I interaction it indicates that within a critical concentration range the local concentration level of MHC class I can provide a distinct regulation mechanism of the NK cell activity.
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- Johan Strömqvist
- Experimental Biomolecular Physics, Department of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Experimental Biomolecular Physics, Department of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Experimental Biomolecular Physics, Department of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Experimental Biomolecular Physics, Department of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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Pollithy A, Romer T, Lang C, Müller FD, Helma J, Leonhardt H, Rothbauer U, Schüler D. Magnetosome expression of functional camelid antibody fragments (nanobodies) in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:6165-71. [PMID: 21764974 PMCID: PMC3165405 DOI: 10.1128/aem.05282-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2011] [Accepted: 06/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Numerous applications of conventional and biogenic magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), such as in diagnostics, immunomagnetic separations, and magnetic cell labeling, require the immobilization of antibodies. This is usually accomplished by chemical conjugation, which, however, has several disadvantages, such as poor efficiency and the need for coupling chemistry. Here, we describe a novel strategy to display a functional camelid antibody fragment (nanobody) from an alpaca (Lama pacos) on the surface of bacterial biogenic magnetic nanoparticles (magnetosomes). Magnetosome-specific expression of a red fluorescent protein (RFP)-binding nanobody (RBP) in vivo was accomplished by genetic fusion of RBP to the magnetosome protein MamC in the magnetite-synthesizing bacterium Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. We demonstrate that isolated magnetosomes expressing MamC-RBP efficiently recognize and bind their antigen in vitro and can be used for immunoprecipitation of RFP-tagged proteins and their interaction partners from cell extracts. In addition, we show that coexpression of monomeric RFP (mRFP or its variant mCherry) and MamC-RBP results in intracellular recognition and magnetosome recruitment of RFP within living bacteria. The intracellular expression of a functional nanobody targeted to a specific bacterial compartment opens new possibilities for in vivo synthesis of MNP-immobilized nanobodies. Moreover, intracellular nanotraps can be generated to manipulate bacterial structures in live cells.
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- Anna Pollithy
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Dept. Biologie I, Bereich Mikrobiologie, Biozentrum der LMU, Großhaderner Str. 2-4, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Dept. Biologie II, Bereich Anthropologie und Humangenetik, Biozentrum der LMU, Großhaderner Str. 2, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
- ChromoTek GmbH, Am Klopferspitz 19, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Dept. Biologie I, Bereich Mikrobiologie, Biozentrum der LMU, Großhaderner Str. 2-4, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Dept. Biologie I, Bereich Mikrobiologie, Biozentrum der LMU, Großhaderner Str. 2-4, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Dept. Biologie II, Bereich Anthropologie und Humangenetik, Biozentrum der LMU, Großhaderner Str. 2, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Dept. Biologie II, Bereich Anthropologie und Humangenetik, Biozentrum der LMU, Großhaderner Str. 2, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Dept. Biologie II, Bereich Anthropologie und Humangenetik, Biozentrum der LMU, Großhaderner Str. 2, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
- ChromoTek GmbH, Am Klopferspitz 19, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Dept. Biologie I, Bereich Mikrobiologie, Biozentrum der LMU, Großhaderner Str. 2-4, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Enzyme digestion of entrapped single-DNA molecules in nanopores. Talanta 2011; 85:2135-41. [PMID: 21872069 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.07.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Revised: 07/12/2011] [Accepted: 07/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The real-time digestion of entrapped single-DNA molecules by λ-exonuclease in nanoporous alumina membranes was observed using an epifluorescence microscope. The alumina membrane provides pL (∼ 10(-12)L) containers for confining single-DNA molecules without immobilization. When one end of the DNA molecule was inserted into a nanopore, it was possible to monitor the digestion process outside, near and inside the pore, where the individual DNA molecules exhibited different characteristic digestion modes. The digestion rates calculated from the decrease in fluorescence intensity showed different values according to the location of the individual molecules. Entrapment rather than immobilization allows the DNA strand to be fully exposed to the enzyme and the reaction buffer. These results confirm that the enzymatic digestion of DNA molecules is affected by their three-dimensional (3D) environment.
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Sadamoto H, Saito K, Muto H, Kinjo M, Ito E. Direct observation of dimerization between different CREB1 isoforms in a living cell. PLoS One 2011; 6:e20285. [PMID: 21673803 PMCID: PMC3105992 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2011] [Accepted: 04/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cyclic AMP-responsive element binding protein 1 (CREB1) plays multiple functions as a transcription factor in gene regulation. CREB1 proteins are also known to be expressed in several spliced isoforms that act as transcriptional activators or repressors. The activator isoforms, possessing the functional domains for kinase induction and for interaction with other transcriptional regulators, act as transcriptional activators. On the other hand, some isoforms, lacking those functional domains, are reported to be repressors that make heterodimers with activator isoforms. The complex and ingenious function for CREB1 arises in part from the variation in their spliced isoforms, which allows them to interact with each other. To date, however, the dimerization between the activator and repressor isoforms has not yet been proved directly in living cells. In this study, we applied fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) to demonstrate direct observation of dimerization between CREB1 activator and repressor. The FCCS is a well established spectroscopic method to determine the interaction between the different fluorescent molecules in the aqueous condition. Using differently labeled CREB1 isoforms, we successfully observed the interaction of CREB1 activator and repressor via dimerization in the nuclei of cultured cells. As a result, we confirmed the formation of heterodimer between CREB1 activator and repressor isoforms in living cells.
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- Hisayo Sadamoto
- Laboratory of Functional Biology, Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki, Japan.
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Chen A, Eberle MM, Lunt EJ, Liu S, Leake K, Rudenko MI, Hawkins AR, Schmidt H. Dual-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy on a planar optofluidic chip. LAB ON A CHIP 2011; 11:1502-1506. [PMID: 21340094 DOI: 10.1039/c0lc00401d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) is a highly sensitive fluorescence technique with distinct advantages in many bioanalytical applications involving interaction and binding of multiple components. Due to the use of multiple beams, bulk optical FCCS setups require delicate and complex alignment procedures. We demonstrate the first implementation of dual-color FCCS on a planar, integrated optofluidic chip based on liquid-core waveguides that can guide liquid and light simultaneously. In this configuration, the excitation beams are delivered in predefined locations and automatically aligned within the excitation waveguides. We implement two canonical applications of FCCS in the optofluidic lab-on-chip environment: particle colocalization and binding/dissociation dynamics. Colocalization is demonstrated in the detection and discrimination of single-color and double-color fluorescently labeled nanobeads. FCCS in combination with fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is used to detect the denaturation process of double-stranded DNA at nanomolar concentration.
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- A Chen
- School of Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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Fluorescence Correlation and Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy Using Fluorescent Proteins for Measurements of Biomolecular Processes in Living Organisms. FLUORESCENT PROTEINS II 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/4243_2011_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2022]
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Worch R, Bökel C, Höfinger S, Schwille P, Weidemann T. Focus on composition and interaction potential of single-pass transmembrane domains. Proteomics 2010; 10:4196-208. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201000208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Glauner H, Ruttekolk IR, Hansen K, Steemers B, Chung YD, Becker F, Hannus S, Brock R. Simultaneous detection of intracellular target and off-target binding of small molecule cancer drugs at nanomolar concentrations. Br J Pharmacol 2010; 160:958-70. [PMID: 20590591 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00732.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In vitro assays that determine activities of drug candidates with isolated targets have only limited predictive value for activities in cellular assays. Poor membrane permeability and off-target binding are major reasons for such discrepancies. However, it still difficult to directly analyse off-target binding at the same time as target binding, on a subcellular level. Here, we present a combination of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) as a solution to this problem. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH The well-established dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor methotrexate and the kinase inhibitors PD173956 and purvalanol B were conjugated via polyethylene glycol linkers with the fluorophore Cy5. The cellular uptake and subcellular distribution of these compounds in single human cancer-derived cells were investigated by confocal laser scanning microscopy. In addition, molecular interactions inside the cell with the respective target proteins and off-target binding were detected simultaneously in the nanomolar range by FCCS and FCS, respectively, using cells expressing green fluorescent protein fusion proteins of dihydrofolate reductase and Abelson kinase 1. KEY RESULTS Large differences in the interaction patterns were found for these compounds. For methotrexate-Cy5, drug-target interactions could be detected and dissociation constants determined. In contrast, PD173956-Cy5 showed strong interactions with intracellular high-molecular weight structures, other than its target. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS The combination of FCS and FCCS provides a powerful means to assess subcellular pharmacokinetics and dynamics of drug candidates at nanomolar concentrations.
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- Heike Glauner
- Department of Biochemistry, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Sisan DR, Yarar D, Waterman CM, Urbach JS. Event ordering in live-cell imaging determined from temporal cross-correlation asymmetry. Biophys J 2010; 98:2432-41. [PMID: 20513386 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.02.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2009] [Revised: 01/10/2010] [Accepted: 02/12/2010] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We use the temporal asymmetry of the cross-correlation function to determine the temporal ordering of spatially localized cellular events in live-cell multichannel fluorescence imaging. The analysis is well suited to noisy, stochastic systems where the temporal order may not be apparent in the raw data. The approach is applicable to any biochemical reaction not in chemical equilibrium, including protein complex assembly, sequential enzymatic processes, gene regulation, and other cellular signaling events. As an automated quantitative measure, this approach allows the data to be readily interpreted statistically with minimal subjective biases. We first test the technique using simulations of simple biophysical models with a definite temporal ordering. We then demonstrate the approach by extracting the temporal ordering of three proteins-actin, sorting nexin 9, and clathrin-in the endocytic pathway.
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- Daniel R Sisan
- Department of Physics, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
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Chudakov DM, Matz MV, Lukyanov S, Lukyanov KA. Fluorescent proteins and their applications in imaging living cells and tissues. Physiol Rev 2010; 90:1103-63. [PMID: 20664080 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00038.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 939] [Impact Index Per Article: 67.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria and its homologs from diverse marine animals are widely used as universal genetically encoded fluorescent labels. Many laboratories have focused their efforts on identification and development of fluorescent proteins with novel characteristics and enhanced properties, resulting in a powerful toolkit for visualization of structural organization and dynamic processes in living cells and organisms. The diversity of currently available fluorescent proteins covers nearly the entire visible spectrum, providing numerous alternative possibilities for multicolor labeling and studies of protein interactions. Photoactivatable fluorescent proteins enable tracking of photolabeled molecules and cells in space and time and can also be used for super-resolution imaging. Genetically encoded sensors make it possible to monitor the activity of enzymes and the concentrations of various analytes. Fast-maturing fluorescent proteins, cell clocks, and timers further expand the options for real time studies in living tissues. Here we focus on the structure, evolution, and function of GFP-like proteins and their numerous applications for in vivo imaging, with particular attention to recent techniques.
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Time-resolved luminescence resonance energy transfer imaging of protein-protein interactions in living cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:13582-7. [PMID: 20643966 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1002025107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) with fluorescent proteins permits high spatial resolution imaging of protein-protein interactions in living cells. However, substantial non-FRET fluorescence background can obscure small FRET signals, making many potential interactions unobservable by conventional FRET techniques. Here we demonstrate time-resolved microscopy of luminescence resonance energy transfer (LRET) for live-cell imaging of protein-protein interactions. A luminescent terbium complex, TMP-Lumi4, was introduced into cultured cells using two methods: (i) osmotic lysis of pinocytic vesicles; and (ii) reversible membrane permeabilization with streptolysin O. Upon intracellular delivery, the complex was observed to bind specifically and stably to transgenically expressed Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase (eDHFR) fusion proteins. LRET between the eDHFR-bound terbium complex and green fluorescent protein (GFP) was detected as long-lifetime, sensitized GFP emission. Background signals from cellular autofluorescence and directly excited GFP fluorescence were effectively eliminated by imposing a time delay (10 micros) between excitation and detection. Background elimination made it possible to detect interactions between the first PDZ domain of ZO-1 (fused to eDHFR) and the C-terminal YV motif of claudin-1 (fused to GFP) in single microscope images at subsecond time scales. We observed a highly significant (P<10(-6)), six-fold difference between the mean, donor-normalized LRET signal from cells expressing interacting fusion proteins and from control cells expressing noninteracting mutants. The results show that time-resolved LRET microscopy with a selectively targeted, luminescent terbium protein label affords improved speed and sensitivity over conventional FRET methods for a variety of live-cell imaging and screening applications.
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Gerken M, Krippner-Heidenreich A, Steinert S, Willi S, Neugart F, Zappe A, Wrachtrup J, Tietz C, Scheurich P. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy reveals topological segregation of the two tumor necrosis factor membrane receptors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2010; 1798:1081-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2009] [Revised: 02/16/2010] [Accepted: 02/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Savatier J, Jalaguier S, Ferguson ML, Cavaillès V, Royer CA. Estrogen receptor interactions and dynamics monitored in live cells by fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy. Biochemistry 2010; 49:772-81. [PMID: 20039662 DOI: 10.1021/bi9013006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Quantitative characterization of protein interactions in live cells remains one of the most important challenges in modern biology. In the present work we have used two-photon, two-color, fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) in transiently transfected COS-7 cells to measure the concentrations and interactions of estrogen receptor (ER) subtypes alpha and beta with one of their transcriptional coactivator proteins, TIF2, as well as heterodimerization between the two ER subtypes. Using this approach in a systematic fashion, we observed a strong ligand-dependent modulation of receptor-coactivator complexation, as well as strong protein concentration dependence for complex formation in the absence of ligand. These quantitative values for protein and complex concentrations provide the first estimates for the ER-TIF2 K(d) for the full-length proteins and in a cellular context (agonist, < approximately 6 nM; antagonist, > approximately 3 microM; unliganded, approximately 200 nM). Coexpression of the two ER subtypes revealed substantial receptor heterodimer formation. They also provide, for the first time, estimated homo- and heterodimerization constants found to be similar and in the low nanomolar range. These results underscore the importance of receptor and coregulator expression levels and stability in the tissue-dependent modulation of receptor function under normal and pathological conditions.
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- Julien Savatier
- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, INSERM U554, and CNRS UMR5048, Université Montpellier 1 and 2, Montpellier F-34090, France
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Vámosi G, Damjanovich S, Szöllosi J, Vereb G. Measurement of molecular mobility with fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; Chapter 2:Unit2.15. [PMID: 19816923 DOI: 10.1002/0471142956.cy0215s50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) is a fluctuation method established three decades ago, whose application to cellular systems became popular in the last decade. Fluctuations of fluorescence emission are observed from a small, femtoliter to sub-femtoliter, usually confocal volume at high time resolution. A time-dependent autocorrelation function is generated and evaluated to obtain time constants of photophysical and photochemical reactions, as well as of molecular diffusion and in the observation volume. Molecules in various subcellular compartments-including the nucleus, the cytoplasm, and the membrane-can be observed after labeling them with antibodies, ligands, or fluorescent proteins. The anomaly of diffusion, the local concentration, and the average fluorescence per diffusing particle can also be determined, all of which can be characteristic of molecular interactions. A two-color version of FCS, fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy, can also be applied to observe co-diffusion, i.e., stable association of two distinct molecular species in their cellular environment.
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- György Vámosi
- Cell Biology and Signaling Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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The in vitro biological activity of the HLA-DR-binding clinical IgG4 antibody 1D09C3 is a consequence of the disruption of cell aggregates and can be abrogated by Fab arm exchange. Mol Immunol 2009; 46:3269-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2009] [Revised: 07/27/2009] [Accepted: 07/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Shi X, Foo YH, Sudhaharan T, Chong SW, Korzh V, Ahmed S, Wohland T. Determination of dissociation constants in living zebrafish embryos with single wavelength fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy. Biophys J 2009; 97:678-86. [PMID: 19619483 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2009] [Revised: 04/27/2009] [Accepted: 05/01/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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The quantification of biological interactions is very important in life sciences. Here we report for the first time, to our knowledge, the determination of a biomolecular dissociation constant (K(D)) in living zebrafish embryos at physiological protein expression levels. For that purpose, we extend the application of single wavelength fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy into small organisms and measure the interaction of Cdc42, a small Rho-GTPase, and IQGAP1, an actin-binding scaffolding protein. Cdc42 and IQGAP1 were labeled with monomeric red fluorescent protein and enhanced green fluorescent protein, respectively. Both fluorophores were excited at a single wavelength of 514 nm, simplifying the fluorescence spectroscopy measurements and allowing quantification. For the determination of the interaction, we used two Cdc42 mutants, the constitutively active Cdc42(G12V) which is in a predominantly GTP-bound form and the dominant-negative GDP-bound Cdc42(T17N). While Cdc42(G12V) binds to IQGAP1 with an apparent K(D) of approximately 100 nM, Cdc42(T17N) has at least a one-order-of-magnitude lower affinity for the same protein. As a comparison, we measure the same protein-protein interactions in Chinese hamster ovary cell cultures but observe significant differences in protein mobility and K(D) from the zebrafish measurements, supporting the notion that bimolecular interactions depend on the biological system under investigation and are best performed under physiologically relevant conditions.
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- Xianke Shi
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Gaggiotti MC, Del Boca M, Castro G, Caputto BL, Borioli GA. The immediate-early oncoproteins Fra-1, c-Fos, and c-Jun have distinguishable surface behavior and interactions with phospholipids. Biopolymers 2009; 91:710-8. [PMID: 19384981 DOI: 10.1002/bip.21212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This work explores the surface properties of the transcription factor Fra-1 and compares them with those of two other immediate early proteins, c-Fos and c-Jun, to establish generalities and differences in the surface behavior and interaction with phospholipids of this type of proteins. We present several experimental clues of the flexible nature of Fra-1, c-Fos, and c-Jun that support sequence-based predictions of their intrinsical disorder. The values of surface parameters for Fra-1 are similar in general to those of c-Fos and c-Jun. However, we find differences in the interactions of the three proteins with phospholipids. The closely related Fra-1 and c-Fos share affinity for anionic lipids but the former has more affinity for a condensed phase and senses a change in DPPC phase, while the latter has more affinity for an expanded phase. These features are in contrast with our previous finding that c-Jun is not selective for phospholipid polar head group or charge. We show here that at least some immediate early transcription factors can interact with membrane phospholipids in a distinguishable manner, and this shall provide a basis for their potential capacity to regulate membrane-mediated cellular processes.
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- María Cecilia Gaggiotti
- Centro de Investigaciones en Química Biológica de Córdoba, (CIQUIBIC, UNC-CONICET), Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, X5000HUA, Córdoba, República Argentina
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Weidtkamp-Peters S, Felekyan S, Bleckmann A, Simon R, Becker W, Kühnemuth R, Seidel CAM. Multiparameter fluorescence image spectroscopy to study molecular interactions. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2009; 8:470-80. [PMID: 19337660 DOI: 10.1039/b903245m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Multiparameter Fluorescence Image Spectroscopy (MFIS) is used to monitor simultaneously a variety of fluorescence parameters in confocal fluorescence microscopy. As the photons are registered one by one, MFIS allows for fully parallel recording of Fluorescence Correlation/Cross Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS/FCCS), fluorescence lifetime and pixel/image information over time periods of hours with picosecond accuracy. The analysis of the pixel fluorescence information in higher-dimensional histograms maximizes the selectivity of fluorescence microscopic methods. Moreover it facilitates a statistically-relevant data analysis of the pixel information which makes an efficient detection of heterogeneities possible. The reliability of MFIS has been demonstrated for molecular interaction studies in different complex environments: (I) detecting the heterogeneity of diffusion properties of the dye Rhodamine 110 in a sepharose bead, (II) Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) studies in mammalian HEK293 cells, and (III) FRET study of the homodimerisation of the transcription factor BIM1 in plant cells. The multidimensional analysis of correlated changes of several parameters measured by FRET, FCS, fluorescence lifetime and anisotropy increases the robustness of the analysis significantly. The economic use of photon information allows one to keep the expression levels of fluorescent protein-fusion proteins as low as possible (down to the single-molecule level).
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- Stefanie Weidtkamp-Peters
- Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Physikalische Chemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Noda Y, Horikawa S, Kanda E, Yamashita M, Meng H, Eto K, Li Y, Kuwahara M, Hirai K, Pack C, Kinjo M, Okabe S, Sasaki S. Reciprocal interaction with G-actin and tropomyosin is essential for aquaporin-2 trafficking. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 182:587-601. [PMID: 18678705 PMCID: PMC2500142 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200709177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Trafficking of water channel aquaporin-2 (AQP2) to the apical membrane and its vasopressin and protein kinase A (PKA)–dependent regulation in renal collecting ducts is critical for body water homeostasis. We previously identified an AQP2 binding protein complex including actin and tropomyosin-5b (TM5b). We show that dynamic interactions between AQP2 and the actin cytoskeleton are critical for initiating AQP2 apical targeting. Specific binding of AQP2 to G-actin in reconstituted liposomes is negatively regulated by PKA phosphorylation. Dual color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy reveals local AQP2 interaction with G-actin in live epithelial cells at single-molecule resolution. Cyclic adenosine monophosphate signaling and AQP2 phosphorylation release AQP2 from G-actin. In turn, AQP2 phosphorylation increases its affinity to TM5b, resulting in reduction of TM5b bound to F-actin, subsequently inducing F-actin destabilization. RNA interference–mediated knockdown and overexpression of TM5b confirm its inhibitory role in apical trafficking of AQP2. These findings indicate a novel mechanism of channel protein trafficking, in which the channel protein itself critically regulates local actin reorganization to initiate its movement.
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- Yumi Noda
- Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
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Suissa M, Place C, Goillot E, Freyssingeas E. Internal dynamics of a living cell nucleus investigated by dynamic light scattering. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2008; 26:435-48. [PMID: 19230214 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2007-10346-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Recent progresses in cellular biology have shown that the nucleus of a living cell is a structured integration of many functional domains with a complex spatial organization. This organization, as well as molecular and biochemical processes, is time regulated. In the past years many investigations have been performed using fluorescent microscopy techniques to study the internal dynamics of the nucleus of a living cell. These investigations, however, have never focussed on the global internal dynamics of the nucleus, which is still unknown. In this article we present an original light scattering experimental device that we built to investigate this dynamics during biological processes. By means of this experimental set-up, we investigated the global dynamics of the nucleus of a living cell treated with a DNA replication inhibitor. This dynamics presents different and independent kinds of relaxation well separated in time that vary as a function of the cell cycle phases.
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- M Suissa
- Université de Lyon, Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France
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Ruan Q, Tetin SY. Applications of dual-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy in antibody binding studies. Anal Biochem 2008; 374:182-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2007] [Revised: 10/30/2007] [Accepted: 11/04/2007] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Hink MA, Shah K, Russinova E, de Vries SC, Visser AJ. Fluorescence fluctuation analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana somatic embryogenesis receptor-like kinase and brassinosteroid insensitive 1 receptor oligomerization. Biophys J 2008; 94:1052-62. [PMID: 17905839 PMCID: PMC2186235 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2007] [Accepted: 08/31/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Receptor kinases play a key role in the cellular perception of signals. To verify models for receptor activation through dimerization, an experimental system is required to determine the precise oligomerization status of proteins within living cells. Here we show that photon counting histogram analysis and dual-color fluorescence cross correlation spectroscopy are able to monitor fluorescently labeled proteins at the single-molecule detection level in living plant cells. In-frame fusion proteins of the brassinosteroid insensitive 1 (BRI1) receptor and the Arabidopsis thaliana somatic embryogenesis receptor-like kinases 1 and 3 (AtSERK1 and 3) to the enhanced cyan or yellow fluorescent protein were transiently expressed in plant cells. Although no oligomeric structures were detected for AtSERK3, 15% (AtSERK1) to 20% (BRI1) of the labeled proteins in the plasma membrane was found to be present as homodimers, whereas no evidence was found for higher oligomeric complexes.
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- Mark A. Hink
- MicroSpectroscopy Centre, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- MicroSpectroscopy Centre, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- MicroSpectroscopy Centre, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- MicroSpectroscopy Centre, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- MicroSpectroscopy Centre, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Structural Biology, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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