Confocal fluorescence anisotropy and FRAP imaging of α-synuclein amyloid aggregates in living cells
We assessed the intracellular association states of the Parkinson's disease related protein α-synuclein (AS) in living cells by transfection with a functional recombinant mutant protein (AS-C4) bearing a tetracysteine tag binding the fluorogenic biarsenical ligands FlAsH and ReAsH, The aggregat...
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paperaa:paper_19326203_v6_n8_p_Roberti2023-06-12T16:51:31Z Confocal fluorescence anisotropy and FRAP imaging of α-synuclein amyloid aggregates in living cells PLoS ONE 2011;6(8) Roberti, M.J. Jovin, T.M. Jares-Erijman, E. alpha synuclein amyloid cysteine FIAsH ligand ligand membrane protein monomer REAsH ligand recombinant mutant protein recombinant protein tetracysteine unclassified drug alpha synuclein amyloid cysteine fluorescent dye hybrid protein anisotropy article brightness chemical structure confocal fluorescence anisotropy controlled study diffusion coefficient fluorescence microscopy fluorescence recovery after photobleaching genetic transfection human human cell human tissue in situ hybridization molecular density molecular dynamics Parkinson disease protein aggregation protein structure quantitative analysis translation regulation algorithm chemistry confocal microscopy fluorescence fluorescence polarization genetics kinetics metabolism methodology mutation single cell analysis tumor cell line Algorithms alpha-Synuclein Amyloid Cell Line, Tumor Cysteine Fluorescence Fluorescence Polarization Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching Fluorescent Dyes Humans Kinetics Microscopy, Confocal Mutation Recombinant Fusion Proteins Single-Cell Analysis Transfection We assessed the intracellular association states of the Parkinson's disease related protein α-synuclein (AS) in living cells by transfection with a functional recombinant mutant protein (AS-C4) bearing a tetracysteine tag binding the fluorogenic biarsenical ligands FlAsH and ReAsH, The aggregation states of AS-C4 were assessed by in situ microscopy of molecular translational mobility with FRAP (fluorescence recovery after photobleaching) and of local molecular density with confocal fluorescence anisotropy (CFA). FRAP recovery was quantitative and rapid in regions of free protein, whereas AS in larger aggregates was>80% immobile. A small 16% recovery characterized by an apparent diffusion constant of 0.03-0.04 μm 2/s was attributed to the dynamics of smaller, associated forms of AS-C4 and the exchange of mobile species with the larger immobile aggregates. By CFA, the larger aggregates exhibited high brightness and very low anisotropy, consistent with homoFRET between closely packed AS, for which a Förster distance (R o) of 5.3 nm was calculated. Other bright regions had high anisotropy values, close to that of monomeric AS, and indicative of membrane-associated protein with both low mobility and low degree of association. The anisotropy-fluorescence intensity correlations also revealed regions of free protein or of small aggregates, undetectable by conventional fluorescence imaging alone. The combined strategy (FRAP+CFA) provides a highly sensitive means for elucidating both the dynamics and structural features of protein aggregates and other intracellular complexes in living cells, and can be extended to other amyloid systems and to drug screening protocols. © 2011 Roberti et al. Fil:Roberti, M.J. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Jares-Erijman, E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2011 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_19326203_v6_n8_p_Roberti |
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alpha synuclein amyloid cysteine FIAsH ligand ligand membrane protein monomer REAsH ligand recombinant mutant protein recombinant protein tetracysteine unclassified drug alpha synuclein amyloid cysteine fluorescent dye hybrid protein anisotropy article brightness chemical structure confocal fluorescence anisotropy controlled study diffusion coefficient fluorescence microscopy fluorescence recovery after photobleaching genetic transfection human human cell human tissue in situ hybridization molecular density molecular dynamics Parkinson disease protein aggregation protein structure quantitative analysis translation regulation algorithm chemistry confocal microscopy fluorescence fluorescence polarization genetics kinetics metabolism methodology mutation single cell analysis tumor cell line Algorithms alpha-Synuclein Amyloid Cell Line, Tumor Cysteine Fluorescence Fluorescence Polarization Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching Fluorescent Dyes Humans Kinetics Microscopy, Confocal Mutation Recombinant Fusion Proteins Single-Cell Analysis Transfection |
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alpha synuclein amyloid cysteine FIAsH ligand ligand membrane protein monomer REAsH ligand recombinant mutant protein recombinant protein tetracysteine unclassified drug alpha synuclein amyloid cysteine fluorescent dye hybrid protein anisotropy article brightness chemical structure confocal fluorescence anisotropy controlled study diffusion coefficient fluorescence microscopy fluorescence recovery after photobleaching genetic transfection human human cell human tissue in situ hybridization molecular density molecular dynamics Parkinson disease protein aggregation protein structure quantitative analysis translation regulation algorithm chemistry confocal microscopy fluorescence fluorescence polarization genetics kinetics metabolism methodology mutation single cell analysis tumor cell line Algorithms alpha-Synuclein Amyloid Cell Line, Tumor Cysteine Fluorescence Fluorescence Polarization Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching Fluorescent Dyes Humans Kinetics Microscopy, Confocal Mutation Recombinant Fusion Proteins Single-Cell Analysis Transfection Roberti, M.J. Jovin, T.M. Jares-Erijman, E. Confocal fluorescence anisotropy and FRAP imaging of α-synuclein amyloid aggregates in living cells |
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alpha synuclein amyloid cysteine FIAsH ligand ligand membrane protein monomer REAsH ligand recombinant mutant protein recombinant protein tetracysteine unclassified drug alpha synuclein amyloid cysteine fluorescent dye hybrid protein anisotropy article brightness chemical structure confocal fluorescence anisotropy controlled study diffusion coefficient fluorescence microscopy fluorescence recovery after photobleaching genetic transfection human human cell human tissue in situ hybridization molecular density molecular dynamics Parkinson disease protein aggregation protein structure quantitative analysis translation regulation algorithm chemistry confocal microscopy fluorescence fluorescence polarization genetics kinetics metabolism methodology mutation single cell analysis tumor cell line Algorithms alpha-Synuclein Amyloid Cell Line, Tumor Cysteine Fluorescence Fluorescence Polarization Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching Fluorescent Dyes Humans Kinetics Microscopy, Confocal Mutation Recombinant Fusion Proteins Single-Cell Analysis Transfection |
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We assessed the intracellular association states of the Parkinson's disease related protein α-synuclein (AS) in living cells by transfection with a functional recombinant mutant protein (AS-C4) bearing a tetracysteine tag binding the fluorogenic biarsenical ligands FlAsH and ReAsH, The aggregation states of AS-C4 were assessed by in situ microscopy of molecular translational mobility with FRAP (fluorescence recovery after photobleaching) and of local molecular density with confocal fluorescence anisotropy (CFA). FRAP recovery was quantitative and rapid in regions of free protein, whereas AS in larger aggregates was>80% immobile. A small 16% recovery characterized by an apparent diffusion constant of 0.03-0.04 μm 2/s was attributed to the dynamics of smaller, associated forms of AS-C4 and the exchange of mobile species with the larger immobile aggregates. By CFA, the larger aggregates exhibited high brightness and very low anisotropy, consistent with homoFRET between closely packed AS, for which a Förster distance (R o) of 5.3 nm was calculated. Other bright regions had high anisotropy values, close to that of monomeric AS, and indicative of membrane-associated protein with both low mobility and low degree of association. The anisotropy-fluorescence intensity correlations also revealed regions of free protein or of small aggregates, undetectable by conventional fluorescence imaging alone. The combined strategy (FRAP+CFA) provides a highly sensitive means for elucidating both the dynamics and structural features of protein aggregates and other intracellular complexes in living cells, and can be extended to other amyloid systems and to drug screening protocols. © 2011 Roberti et al. |
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Roberti, M.J. Jovin, T.M. Jares-Erijman, E. |
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Confocal fluorescence anisotropy and FRAP imaging of α-synuclein amyloid aggregates in living cells |
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Confocal fluorescence anisotropy and FRAP imaging of α-synuclein amyloid aggregates in living cells |
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Confocal fluorescence anisotropy and FRAP imaging of α-synuclein amyloid aggregates in living cells |
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Confocal fluorescence anisotropy and FRAP imaging of α-synuclein amyloid aggregates in living cells |
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Confocal fluorescence anisotropy and FRAP imaging of α-synuclein amyloid aggregates in living cells |
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confocal fluorescence anisotropy and frap imaging of α-synuclein amyloid aggregates in living cells |
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