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Chmykh Y, Nadeau JL. The use of fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) for in situ microbial detection in complex mineral substrates. J Microsc 2024; 294:36-51. [PMID: 38230460 DOI: 10.1111/jmi.13264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 12/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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The utility of fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) for identifying bacteria in complex mineral matrices was investigated. Baseline signals from unlabelled Bacillus subtilis and Euglena gracilis, and Bacillus subtilis labelled with SYTO 9 were obtained using two-photon excitation at 730, 750 and 800 nm, identifying characteristic lifetimes of photosynthetic pigments, unpigmented cellular autofluorescence, and SYTO 9. Labelled and unlabelled B. subtilis were seeded onto marble and gypsum samples containing endolithic photosynthetic cyanobacteria and the ability to distinguish cells from mineral autofluorescence and nonspecific dye staining was examined in parallel with ordinary multichannel confocal imaging. It was found that FLIM enabled discrimination of SYTO 9 labelled cells from background, but that the lifetime of SYTO 9 was shorter in cells on minerals than in pure culture under our conditions. Photosynthetic microorganisms were easily observed using both FLIM and confocal. Unlabelled, nonpigmented bacteria showed weak signals that were difficult to distinguish from background when minerals were present, though cellular autofluorescence consistent with NAD(P)H could be seen in pure cultures, and phasor analysis permitted detection on rocks. Gypsum and marble samples showed similar autofluorescence profiles, with little autofluorescence in the yellow-to-red range. Lifetime or time-gated imaging may prove a useful tool for environmental microbiology. LAY DESCRIPTION: The standard method of bacterial enumeration is to label the cells with a fluorescent dye and count them under high-power fluorescence microscopy. However, this can be difficult when the cells are embedded in soil and rock due to fluorescence from the surrounding minerals and dye binding to ambiguous features of the substrate. The use of fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) can disambiguate these signals and allow for improved detection of bacteria in environmental samples.
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- Yekaterina Chmykh
- Department of Physics, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Physics, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Díaz M, Malacrida L. Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Methods to Study Dynamics of Fluorescent Proteins In Vivo. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2564:53-74. [PMID: 36107337 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2667-2_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Fluorescent proteins are standard tools for addressing biological questions in a cell biology laboratory. The genetic tagging of protein of interest with fluorescent proteins opens the opportunity to follow them in vivo and to understand their interactions and dynamics. In addition, the latest advances in optical microscopy image acquisition and processing allow us to study many cellular processes in vivo. Techniques such as fluorescence lifetime microscopy and hyperspectral imaging provide valuable tools for understanding fluorescent protein interactions and their photophysics. Finally, fluorescence fluctuation analysis opens the possibility to address questions of molecular diffusion, protein-protein interactions, and oligomerization, among others, yielding quantitative information on the subject of study. This chapter will cover some of the more important advances in cutting-edge technologies and methods that, combined with fluorescent proteins, open new frontiers for biological studies.
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- Marcela Díaz
- Advanced Bioimaging Unit, Institut Pasteur of Montevideo & Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Advanced Bioimaging Unit, Institut Pasteur of Montevideo & Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
- Departamento de Fisiopatología, Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Aguilar-Benitez D, Casimiro-Soriguer I, Ferrandiz C, Torres AM. Study and QTL mapping of reproductive and morphological traits implicated in the autofertility of faba bean. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:175. [PMID: 35387612 PMCID: PMC8985305 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03499-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Autofertility describes the ability of faba bean flowers to self-fertilize thereby ensuring the productivity of this crop in the absence of pollinators or mechanical disturbance. In the legume crop faba bean (Vicia faba L.), lack of autofertility in a context of insufficient pollination can lead to a severe decrease in grain yield. Here we performed the first QTL analysis aimed at identifying the genomic regions controlling autofertility in this crop. We combined pod and seed setting scores from a recombinant inbred population (RIL) segregating for autofertility in different environments and years with measurements of morphological floral traits and pollen production and viability. This approach revealed 19 QTLs co-localizing in six genomic regions. Extensive co-localization was evident for various floral features whose QTLs clustered in chrs. I, II and V, while other QTLs in chrs. III, IV and VI revealed co-localization of flower characteristics and pod and seed set data. The percentage of phenotypic variation explained by the QTLs ranged from 8.9 for style length to 25.7 for stigma angle. In the three QTLs explaining the highest phenotypic variation (R 2 > 20), the marker alleles derived from the autofertile line Vf27. We further inspected positional candidates identified by these QTLs which represent a valuable resource for further validation. Our results advance the understanding of autofertility in faba bean and will aid the identification of responsible genes for genomic-assisted breeding in this crop.
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- David Aguilar-Benitez
- Área de Mejora y Biotecnología, IFAPA Centro "Alameda del Obispo", Apdo. 3092, 14080, Córdoba, Spain
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- Área de Mejora y Biotecnología, IFAPA Centro "Alameda del Obispo", Apdo. 3092, 14080, Córdoba, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Área de Mejora y Biotecnología, IFAPA Centro "Alameda del Obispo", Apdo. 3092, 14080, Córdoba, Spain
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Malacrida L, Ranjit S, Jameson DM, Gratton E. The Phasor Plot: A Universal Circle to Advance Fluorescence Lifetime Analysis and Interpretation. Annu Rev Biophys 2021; 50:575-593. [PMID: 33957055 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-062920-063631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
The phasor approach to fluorescence lifetime imaging has become a common method to analyze complicated fluorescence signals from biological samples. The appeal of the phasor representation of complex fluorescence decays in biological systems is that a visual representation of the decay of entire cells or tissues can be used to easily interpret fundamental biological states related to metabolism and oxidative stress. Phenotyping based on autofluorescence provides new avenues for disease characterization and diagnostics. The phasor approach is a transformation of complex fluorescence decays that does not use fits to model decays and therefore has the same information content as the original data. The phasor plot is unique for a given system, is highly reproducible, and provides a robust method to evaluate the existence of molecular interactions such as Förster resonance energy transfer or the response of ion indicators. Recent advances permitquantification of multiple components from phasor plots in fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, which is not presently possible using data fitting methods, especially in biological systems.
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- Leonel Malacrida
- Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA; .,Departamento de Fisiopatología, Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, 11600 Montevideo, Uruguay.,Advanced Bioimaging Unit, Institut Pasteur Montevideo and Universidad de la República-Uruguay, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA; .,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
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- Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA;
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Okamoto K, Sako Y. Recent advances in FRET for the study of protein interactions and dynamics. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2017; 46:16-23. [PMID: 29800904 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2017.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Revised: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Förster/fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) has been extensively used to detect the binding state or conformation of biomolecules. In the past few decades, various in vitro and in vivo applications of FRET measurement have been developed, including FRET probes, in-cell measurements, single-molecule measurements, and combination with computer simulation. In this review, we describe recent advances in FRET methods for examining biomolecular interactions and dynamics: (i) phasor plot analysis for quantitative analysis of protein interactions, (ii) single-molecule FRET measurement for detecting conformational dynamics in live cells, and (iii) data assimilation using molecular dynamics simulation to evaluate conformation of the whole protein.
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- Kenji Okamoto
- Cellular Informatics Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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- Cellular Informatics Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Liu HT, Lin WL, Feng YL, Lin Y, Chen YC. Multidie LED combined with homogenizing optics to improve frequency response and intensity for FLIM applications. J Microsc 2017; 266:324-334. [PMID: 28294329 DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12541] [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] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Application of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in frequency-domain fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) has been limited by the trade-off between modulation frequency and illumination intensity of LEDs, which affects the signal-to-noise ratio in fluorescence lifetime measurements. To increase modulation frequency without sacrificing output power of LEDs, we propose to use LEDs with multiple dice connected in series. The LED capacitance was reduced with series connection; therefore, the frequency response of multidie LED was significantly increased. LEDs in visible light, including blue, green, amber and red, were all applicable in FLIM. We also present a homogenizing optics design, so that multidie LEDs produced uniform illumination on the same focal spot. When the homogenizing optics was combined with multicolour emitters, it provides multiple colour selection in a compact and convenient design.
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- H-T Liu
- Institute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics, National Chiao Tung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics, National Chiao Tung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Photonic System, National Chiao Tung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics, National Chiao Tung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics, National Chiao Tung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Chanoca A, Burkel B, Kovinich N, Grotewold E, Eliceiri KW, Otegui MS. Using fluorescence lifetime microscopy to study the subcellular localization of anthocyanins. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 88:895-903. [PMID: 27500780 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Revised: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Anthocyanins are flavonoid pigments that accumulate in most seed plants. They are synthesized in the cytoplasm but accumulate inside the vacuoles. Anthocyanins are pigmented at the lower vacuolar pH, but in the cytoplasm they can be visualized based on their fluorescence properties. Thus, anthocyanins provide an ideal system for the development of new methods to investigate cytoplasmic pools and association with other molecular components. We have analyzed the fluorescence decay of anthocyanins by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), in both in vitro and in vivo conditions, using wild-type and mutant Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. Within plant cells, the amplitude-weighted mean fluorescence lifetime (τm ) correlated with distinct subcellular localizations of anthocyanins. The vacuolar pool of anthocyanins exhibited shorter τm than the cytoplasmic pool. Consistently, lowering the pH of anthocyanins in solution shortened their fluorescence decay. We propose that FLIM is a useful tool for understanding the trafficking of anthocyanins and, potentially, for estimating vacuolar pH inside intact plant cells.
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- Alexandra Chanoca
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1525 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation (LOCI), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1675 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Center for Applied Plant Sciences (CAPS), Department of Molecular Genetics and Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, 012 Rightmire Hall, 1060 Carmack Rd, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Center for Applied Plant Sciences (CAPS), Department of Molecular Genetics and Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, 012 Rightmire Hall, 1060 Carmack Rd, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1525 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation (LOCI), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1675 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1525 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 425 Henry Mall, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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Buntru A, Trepte P, Klockmeier K, Schnoegl S, Wanker EE. Current Approaches Toward Quantitative Mapping of the Interactome. Front Genet 2016; 7:74. [PMID: 27200083 PMCID: PMC4854875 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2016.00074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) play a key role in many, if not all, cellular processes. Disease is often caused by perturbation of PPIs, as recently indicated by studies of missense mutations. To understand the associations of proteins and to unravel the global picture of PPIs in the cell, different experimental detection techniques for PPIs have been established. Genetic and biochemical methods such as the yeast two-hybrid system or affinity purification-based approaches are well suited to high-throughput, proteome-wide screening and are mainly used to obtain qualitative results. However, they have been criticized for not reflecting the cellular situation or the dynamic nature of PPIs. In this review, we provide an overview of various genetic methods that go beyond qualitative detection and allow quantitative measuring of PPIs in mammalian cells, such as dual luminescence-based co-immunoprecipitation, Förster resonance energy transfer or luminescence-based mammalian interactome mapping with bait control. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of different techniques and their potential applications in biomedical research.
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- Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin, Germany
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- Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin, Germany
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Chen W, Avezov E, Schlachter SC, Gielen F, Laine RF, Harding HP, Hollfelder F, Ron D, Kaminski CF. A method to quantify FRET stoichiometry with phasor plot analysis and acceptor lifetime ingrowth. Biophys J 2016; 108:999-1002. [PMID: 25762312 PMCID: PMC4375440 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Revised: 11/23/2014] [Accepted: 01/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
FRET is widely used for the study of protein-protein interactions in biological samples. However, it is difficult to quantify both the FRET efficiency (E) and the affinity (Kd) of the molecular interaction from intermolecular FRET signals in samples of unknown stoichiometry. Here, we present a method for the simultaneous quantification of the complete set of interaction parameters, including fractions of bound donors and acceptors, local protein concentrations, and dissociation constants, in each image pixel. The method makes use of fluorescence lifetime information from both donor and acceptor molecules and takes advantage of the linear properties of the phasor plot approach. We demonstrate the capability of our method in vitro in a microfluidic device and also in cells, via the determination of the binding affinity between tagged versions of glutathione and glutathione S-transferase, and via the determination of competitor concentration. The potential of the method is explored with simulations.
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- WeiYue Chen
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- The Wellcome Trust Medical Research Council Institute of Metabolic Science and National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- The Wellcome Trust Medical Research Council Institute of Metabolic Science and National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- The Wellcome Trust Medical Research Council Institute of Metabolic Science and National Institute for Health Research, Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Sun Y, Periasamy A. Localizing protein-protein interactions in living cells using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1251:83-107. [PMID: 25391796 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2080-8_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
In the past decade, advances in fluorescence lifetime imaging have extensively applied in the life sciences, from fundamental biological investigations to advanced clinical diagnosis. Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) is now routinely used in the biological sciences to monitor dynamic signaling events inside living cells, e.g., Protein-Protein interactions. In this chapter, we describe the calibration of both time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) and frequency domain (FD) FLIM systems and the acquisition and analysis of FLIM-FRET data for investigating Protein-Protein interactions in living cells.
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- Yuansheng Sun
- W.M. Keck Center for Cellular Imaging, Biology, University of Virginia, B005 Physical and Life Sciences Building, White Head Road, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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Fereidouni F, Blab GA, Gerritsen HC. Phasor based analysis of FRET images recorded using spectrally resolved lifetime imaging. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2014; 2:035001. [DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/2/3/035001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Measuring changes in a molecule's fluorescence emission is a common technique to study complex biological systems such as cells and tissues. Although the steady-state fluorescence intensity is frequently used, measuring the average amount of time that a molecule spends in the excited state (the fluorescence lifetime) reveals more detailed information about its local environment. The lifetime is measured in the time domain by detecting directly the decay of fluorescence following excitation by short pulse of light. The lifetime can also be measured in the frequency domain by recording the phase and amplitude of oscillation in the emitted fluorescence of the sample in response to repetitively modulated excitation light. In either the time or frequency domain, the analysis of data to extract lifetimes can be computationally intensive. For example, a variety of iterative fitting algorithms already exist to determine lifetimes from samples that contain multiple fluorescing species. However, recently a method of analysis referred to as the polar plot (or phasor plot) is a graphical tool that projects the time-dependent features of the sample's fluorescence in either the time or frequency domain into the Cartesian plane to characterize the sample's lifetime. The coordinate transformations of the polar plot require only the raw data, and hence, there are no uncertainties from extensive corrections or time-consuming fitting in this analysis. In this chapter, the history and mathematical background of the polar plot will be presented along with examples that highlight how it can be used in both cuvette-based and imaging applications.
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- John Paul Eichorst
- Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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Nosi D, Mercatelli R, Chellini F, Soria S, Pini A, Formigli L, Quercioli F. A molecular imaging analysis of Cx43 association with Cdo during skeletal myoblast differentiation. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2013; 6:612-621. [PMID: 22930637 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201200063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Revised: 07/12/2012] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Cell-to-cell contacts are crucial for cell differentiation. The promyogenic cell surface protein, Cdo, functions as a component of multiprotein clusters to mediate cell adhesion signaling. Connexin 43, the main connexin forming gap junctions, also plays a key role in myogenesis. At least part of its effects is independent of the intercellular channel function, but the mechanisms underlying are unknown. Here, using multiple optical approaches, we provided the first evidence that Cx43 physically interacts with Cdo to form dynamic complexes during myoblast differentiation, offering clues for considering this interaction a structural basis of the channel-independent function of Cx43.
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- Daniele Nosi
- Dipartimento di Anatomia, Istologia e Medicina Legale, Università di Firenze, Largo Brambilla 3 - Firenze, Italy
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Sun Y, Rombola C, Jyothikumar V, Periasamy A. Förster resonance energy transfer microscopy and spectroscopy for localizing protein-protein interactions in living cells. Cytometry A 2013; 83:780-93. [PMID: 23813736 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Revised: 04/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The fundamental theory of Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) was established in the 1940s. Its great power was only realized in the past 20 years after different techniques were developed and applied to biological experiments. This success was made possible by the availability of suitable fluorescent probes, advanced optics, detectors, microscopy instrumentation, and analytical tools. Combined with state-of-the-art microscopy and spectroscopy, FRET imaging allows scientists to study a variety of phenomena that produce changes in molecular proximity, thereby leading to many significant findings in the life sciences. In this review, we outline various FRET imaging techniques and their strengths and limitations; we also provide a biological model to demonstrate how to investigate protein-protein interactions in living cells using both intensity- and fluorescence lifetime-based FRET microscopy methods.
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- Yuansheng Sun
- The W.M. Keck Center for Cellular Imaging (KCCI), Department of Biology, Physical and Life Sciences Building, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Hoppe AD, Scott BL, Welliver TP, Straight SW, Swanson JA. N-way FRET microscopy of multiple protein-protein interactions in live cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e64760. [PMID: 23762252 PMCID: PMC3675202 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2013] [Accepted: 04/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) microscopy has emerged as a powerful tool to visualize nanoscale protein-protein interactions while capturing their microscale organization and millisecond dynamics. Recently, FRET microscopy was extended to imaging of multiple donor-acceptor pairs, thereby enabling visualization of multiple biochemical events within a single living cell. These methods require numerous equations that must be defined on a case-by-case basis. Here, we present a universal multispectral microscopy method (N-Way FRET) to enable quantitative imaging for any number of interacting and non-interacting FRET pairs. This approach redefines linear unmixing to incorporate the excitation and emission couplings created by FRET, which cannot be accounted for in conventional linear unmixing. Experiments on a three-fluorophore system using blue, yellow and red fluorescent proteins validate the method in living cells. In addition, we propose a simple linear algebra scheme for error propagation from input data to estimate the uncertainty in the computed FRET images. We demonstrate the strength of this approach by monitoring the oligomerization of three FP-tagged HIV Gag proteins whose tight association in the viral capsid is readily observed. Replacement of one FP-Gag molecule with a lipid raft-targeted FP allowed direct observation of Gag oligomerization with no association between FP-Gag and raft-targeted FP. The N-Way FRET method provides a new toolbox for capturing multiple molecular processes with high spatial and temporal resolution in living cells.
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- Adam D Hoppe
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America.
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Fereidouni F, Reitsma K, Gerritsen HC. High speed multispectral fluorescence lifetime imaging. OPTICS EXPRESS 2013; 21:11769-82. [PMID: 23736399 DOI: 10.1364/oe.21.011769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We report a spectrally resolved fluorescence lifetime imaging system based on time gated single photon detection with a fixed gate width of 200 ps and 7 spectral channels. Time gated systems can operate at high count rates but usually have large gate widths and sample only part of the fluorescence decay curve. In the system presented in this work, the fluorescence signal is sampled using a high speed transceiver. An error analysis is carried out to characterize the performance of both lifetime and spectral detection. The effect of gate width and spectral channel width on the accuracy of estimated lifetimes and spectral widths is described. The performance of the whole instrument is evaluated at count rates of up to 12 MHz. Accurate fluorescence lifetimes (error < 2%) are recorded at count rates as high as 5 MHz. This is limited by the PMT performance, not by the electronics. Analysis of the large spectral lifetime image sets is challenging and time-consuming. Here, we demonstrate the use of lifetime and spectral phasors for analyzing images of fibroblast cells with 2 different labeled components. The phasor approach provides a fast and intuitive way of analyzing the results of spectrally resolved fluorescence lifetime imaging experiments.
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- Farzad Fereidouni
- Molecular Biophysics, Debye Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Eichorst JP, Clegg RM, Wang Y. Red-shifted fluorescent proteins monitor enzymatic activity in live HT-1080 cells with fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM). J Microsc 2012; 248:77-89. [PMID: 22971220 PMCID: PMC3872149 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2012.03652.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) is a membrane-tethered collagenase primarily involved in the mechanical destruction of extracellular matrix proteins. MT1-MMP has also been shown to be upregulated in several types of cancers. Many coordinated functions of MT1-MMP during migration and invasion remain to be determined. In this paper, live cells from the invasive cell line HT-1080 were imaged using an intracellular Förster resonance energy transfer-based biosensor specific for MT1-MMP; a substrate specific for MT1-MMP was hybridized with the mOrange2 and mCherry fluorescent proteins to form the Förster resonance energy transfer-based sensor. The configuration of the biosensor was determined with fluorescence lifetime-resolved imaging microscopy using both a polar plot-based analysis and a rapid data acquisition modality of fluorescence lifetime-resolved imaging microscopy known as phase suppression. Both configurations of the biosensor (with or without cleavage by MT1-MMP) were clearly resolvable in the same cell. Changes in the configuration of the MT1-MMP biosensor were observed primarily along the edge of the cell following the removal of the MMP inhibitor GM6001. The intensities highlighted by phase suppression correlated well with the fractional intensities derived from the polar plot.
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Affiliation(s)
- J P Eichorst
- Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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