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Kim YM, Park S, Choi SY, Oh SB, Jung M, Pack CG, Hwang JJ, Tak E, Lee JY. Clusterin Binding Modulates the Aggregation and Neurotoxicity of Amyloid-β(1-42). Mol Neurobiol 2022; 59:6228-6244. [PMID: 35904715 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-022-02973-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregates in the brain. Clusterin (CLU), also known as apolipoprotein J, is a potent risk factor associated with AD pathogenesis, in which Aβ aggregation is essentially involved. We observed close colocalization of CLU and Aβ(1-42) (Aβ42) in parenchymal amyloid plaques or vascular amyloid deposits in the brains of human amyloid precursor protein (hAPP)-transgenic Tg2576 mice. Therefore, to elucidate the binding interaction between CLU and Aβ42 and its impact on amyloid aggregation and toxicity, the two synthetic proteins were incubated together under physiological conditions, and their structural and morphological variations were investigated using biochemical, biophysical, and microscopic analyses. Synthetic CLU spontaneously bound to different possible variants of Aβ42 aggregates with very high affinity (Kd = 2.647 nM) in vitro to form solid CLU-Aβ42 complexes. This CLU binding prevented further aggregation of Aβ42 into larger oligomers or fibrils, enriching the population of smaller Aβ42 oligomers and protofibrils and monomers. CLU either alleviated or augmented Aβ42-induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis in the neuroblastoma-derived SH-SY5Y and N2a cells, depending on the incubation period and the molar ratio of CLU:Aβ42 involved in the reaction before addition to the cells. Thus, the effects of CLU on Aβ42-induced cytotoxicity were likely determined by the extent to which it bound and sequestered toxic Aβ42 oligomers or protofibrils. These findings suggest that CLU could influence amyloid neurotoxicity and pathogenesis by modulating Aβ aggregation.
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- Yun-Mi Kim
- Department of Medical Science, Asan Medical Institute of Convergence Science and Technology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea.,Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea
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- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medical Science, Asan Medical Institute of Convergence Science and Technology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea.,Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea
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- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea
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- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea
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- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea.,Department of Convergence Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea
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- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea
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- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea.,Department of Convergence Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea
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- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea. .,Department of Convergence Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea.
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Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy and Fluorescence Correlation Methods for the Evaluation of Molecular Interactions. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2021; 1310:1-30. [PMID: 33834430 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-6064-8_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and related microscopic techniques allow a unique and versatile approach to image and analyze living cells due to their specificity and high sensitivity. Among confocal related techniques, fluorescence correlation methods, such as fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and dual-color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS), are highly sensitive biophysical methods for analyzing the complex dynamic events of molecular diffusion and interaction change in live cells as well as in solution by exploiting the characteristics of fluorescence signals. Analytical and quantitative information from FCS and FCCS coupled with fluorescence images obtained from CLSM can now be applied in convergence science such as drug delivery and nanomedicine, as well as in basic cell biology. In this chapter, a brief introduction into the physical parameters that can be obtained from FCS and FCCS is first provided. Secondly, experimental examples of the methods for evaluating the parameters is presented. Finally, two potential FCS and FCCS applications for convergence science are introduced in more detail.
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Sonthanasamy RSA, Sulaiman NMN, Tan LL, Lazim AM. Comprehensive spectroscopic studies of synergism between Gadong starch based carbon dots and bovine serum albumin. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2019; 218:85-96. [PMID: 30954801 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.03.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Carbon dots (C-dots) were used to study the binding mechanisms with serum protein, bovine serum albumin (BSA) by using two notable binding systems known as non-covalent and covalent interaction. Interaction between C-dots and BSA were estimated by Stern-Volmer equation and Double Log Regression Model (DLRM). According to the fluorescent intensity, quenching of model carrier protein by C-dots was due to dynamic quenching for non-covalent and static quenching for covalent binding. The binding site constant, KA and number of binding site, for covalent interaction is 1754.7L/mol and n≈1 (0.6922) were determined by DLRM on fluorescence quenching results. The blue shift of the fluorescence spectrum, from 450nm to 421nm (non-covalent) and 430nm (covalent) and suggested that both the microenvironment of C-dots and protein changed in relation to the protein concentration. The fluorescence intensity results show that protein structure has a significant role in Protein-C-dots interactions and type of binding influence physicochemical properties of C-dots differently. Understanding to this bio interface is important to utilize both quantum dots and biomolecules for biomedical field. It can be a useful guideline to design further applications in biomedical and bioimaging.
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- Regina Sisika A Sonthanasamy
- School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Southest Asia Disaster Preventation Research Initiative (SEADPRI-UKM), Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Kitamura A, Ishida Y, Kubota H, Pack CG, Homma T, Ito S, Araki K, Kinjo M, Nagata K. Detection of substrate binding of a collagen-specific molecular chaperone HSP47 in solution using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 497:279-284. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.02.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Wang Z, Zhao Q, Cui M, Pang S, Wang J, Liu Y, Xie L. Probing Temperature- and pH-Dependent Binding between Quantum Dots and Bovine Serum Albumin by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2017; 7:E93. [PMID: 28441351 PMCID: PMC5449974 DOI: 10.3390/nano7050093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2017] [Revised: 04/15/2017] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Luminescent quantum dots (QDs) with unique optical properties have potential applications in bio-imaging. The interaction between QDs and bio-molecules is important to the biological effect of QDs in vivo. In this paper, we have employed fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) to probe the temperature- and pH-dependent interactions between CdSe QDs with carboxyl (QDs-COOH) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) in buffer solutions. The results have shown that microscopic dissociation constant K'D is in the range of (1.5 ± 0.2) × 10-5 to (8.6 ± 0.1) × 10-7 M, the Hill coefficient n is from 0.4 to 2.3, and the protein corona thickness is from 3.0 to 9.4 nm. Variable-temperature measurements have shown both negative values of ∆H and ∆S for BSA adsorption on QDs-COOH, while pH has a profound effect on the adsorption. Additional, FCS measurement QDs-COOH and proteins in whole mice serum and plasma samples has also been conducted. Finally, simulation results have shown four favored QD binding sites in BSA.
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- Zonghua Wang
- Laboratory of Fiber Materials and Modern Textile, The Growing Base for State Key Laboratory, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Sino-Japanese Center for Collaborative Research of Carbon Nanomaterials, Collaborative Innovation Center for Marine Biomass Fiber Materials and Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China.
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- Laboratory of Fiber Materials and Modern Textile, The Growing Base for State Key Laboratory, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Sino-Japanese Center for Collaborative Research of Carbon Nanomaterials, Collaborative Innovation Center for Marine Biomass Fiber Materials and Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China.
- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China.
- Laboratory for Biological Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- Laboratory for Biological Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Hayakawa Y, Matsuno M, Tanaka M, Wada A, Kitamura K, Takei O, Sasaki R, Mizukami T, Hasegawa M. Complementary DNA display selection of high-affinity peptides binding the vacuolating toxin (VacA) of Helicobacter pylori. J Pept Sci 2015; 21:710-6. [PMID: 26152929 DOI: 10.1002/psc.2795] [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: 04/04/2015] [Revised: 05/24/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Artificial peptides designed for molecular recognition of a bacterial toxin have been developed. Vacuolating cytotoxin A protein (VacA) is a major virulence factor of Helicobacter pylori, a gram-negative microaerophilic bacterium inhabiting the upper gastrointestinal tract, particularly the stomach. This study attempted to identify specific peptide sequences with high affinity for VacA using systematic directed evolution in vitro, a cDNA display method. A surface plasmon resonance-based biosensor and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy to examine binding of peptides with VacA identified a peptide (GRVNQRL) with high affinity. Cyclization of the peptide by attaching cysteine residues to both termini improved its binding affinity to VacA, with a dissociation constant (Kd ) of 58 nm. This study describes a new strategy for the development of artificial functional peptides, which are promising materials in biochemical analyses and medical applications.
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- Yumiko Hayakawa
- Graduate School of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Tamura 1266, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Tamura 1266, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Tamura 1266, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829, Japan
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- Institute for Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto 1-12-4, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan
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- JANUSYS Co., Ltd., Kamiaoki 3-12-18-508, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 333-0844, Japan
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- Lifetech Co., Ltd., Miyadera 4074, Iruma, Saitama, 358-0014, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Tamura 1266, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Tamura 1266, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Tamura 1266, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829, Japan
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Heat shock-induced interactions among nuclear HSFs detected by fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 463:303-8. [PMID: 26003728 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.05.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The cellular response to stress is primarily controlled in cells via transcriptional activation by heat shock factor 1 (HSF1). HSF1 is well-known to form homotrimers for activation upon heat shock and subsequently bind to target DNAs, such as heat-shock elements, by forming stress granules. A previous study demonstrated that nuclear HSF1 and HSF2 molecules in live cells interacted with target DNAs on the stress granules. However, the process underlying the binding interactions of HSF family in cells upon heat shock remains unclear. This study demonstrate for the first time that the interaction kinetics among nuclear HSF1, HSF2, and HSF4 upon heat shock can be detected directly in live cells using dual color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS). FCCS analyses indicated that the binding between HSFs was dramatically changed by heat shock. Interestingly, the recovery kinetics of interaction between HSF1 molecules after heat shock could be represented by changes in the relative interaction amplitude and mobility.
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Using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) for IFN-g detection: a preliminary study. J Immunol Methods 2014; 407:35-9. [PMID: 24685834 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2014.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Revised: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nowadays, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) antigen triggered interferon-gamma (IFN-g) secretion by blood T cells displays an improved diagnostic value for M. tuberculosis infection. Applications of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) have been explored in various subfields of medicine and molecular biology, including detection of a certain biomarker in liquid instead of ELISA. Here, we present a preliminary study of detecting IFN-g using FCS-based technique.
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Login FH, Heddi A. Insect immune system maintains long-term resident bacteria through a local response. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 59:232-239. [PMID: 22771302 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2012] [Revised: 06/23/2012] [Accepted: 06/27/2012] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Long-term associations between bacteria and animals are widely represented in nature and play an important role in animal adaptation and evolution. In insects thriving on nutritionally unbalanced diets, intracellular symbiotic bacteria (endosymbionts) complement the host nutrients with amino acids and vitamins and interfere with host physiology and reproduction. Endosymbionts permanently infect host cells, called bacteriocytes, which express an adapted local immune response that permits symbiont maintenance and control. Among the immune players in bacteriocytes, the coleoptericin A (ColA) antimicrobial peptide of the cereal weevil, Sitophilus zeamais, was recently found to specifically trigger endosymbionts and to inhibit their cytokinesis, thereby limiting bacterial cell division and dispersion throughout the insect tissues. This review focuses on the biological and evolutionary features of Sitophilus symbiosis, and discusses the possible interactions of ColA with weevil endosymbiont proteins and pathways.
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- Frédéric H Login
- INSA-Lyon, UMR203 BF2I, INRA, Biologie Fonctionnelle Insectes et Interactions, Bat. Louis-Pasteur 20 ave. Albert Einstein, F-69621 Villeurbanne, France
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Shahzad A, Knapp M, Lang I, Köhler G. The use of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) as an alternative biomarker detection technique: a preliminary study. J Cell Mol Med 2011; 15:2706-11. [PMID: 21306559 PMCID: PMC4373439 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2011.01272.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2010] [Accepted: 01/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Biomarkers are essential part of daily medical practice. Currently, biomarkers are being used both for diagnostic and prognostic purposes. There are many approaches e.g. ELISA by which biomarker levels are detected from patient samples. However, all these approaches are laborious, time consuming and expensive. There is therefore a general need for exploring new technique which can overcome these drawbacks. Here, we present a preliminary study for detection of serum biomarkers by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) based diagnostic technique. FCS is a technique basically used for spatial and temporal analysis of molecular interactions of extremely low-concentration biomolecules in solution. FCS is able to measure diffusion time of the fluorescent molecules passing through the open detection volume and it can also measure the average number of fluorescent molecules passing through the detection volume. Because diffusion speed is correlated with shape and molecular mass of the fluorescent molecule, this property makes it possible to study the complex formation between a small fluorescently labelled and a large unlabelled molecule. In this preliminary study, we utilize this FCS property for detection of serum biomarker. Further studies on various pathological serum samples are warranted to explore further aspects of this technique.
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- Aamir Shahzad
- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Department of Structural Biology and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Denatured proteins facilitate the formation of the football-shaped GroEL-(GroES)2 complex. Biochem J 2010; 427:247-54. [PMID: 20121703 DOI: 10.1042/bj20091845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Controversy exists over whether the chaperonin GroEL forms a GroEL-(GroES)2 complex (football-shaped complex) during its reaction cycle. We have revealed previously the existence of the football-shaped complex in the chaperonin reaction cycle using a FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer) assay [Sameshima, Ueno, Iizuka, Ishii, Terada, Okabe and Funatsu (2008) J. Biol. Chem. 283, 23765-23773]. Although denatured proteins alter the ATPase activity of GroEL and the dynamics of the GroEL-GroES interaction, the effect of denatured proteins on the formation of the football-shaped complex has not been characterized. In the present study, a FRET assay was used to demonstrate that denatured proteins facilitate the formation of the football-shaped complex. The presence of denatured proteins was also found to increase the rate of association of GroES to the trans-ring of GroEL. Furthermore, denatured proteins decrease the inhibitory influence of ADP on ATP-induced association of GroES to the trans-ring of GroEL. From these findings we conclude that denatured proteins facilitate the dissociation of ADP from the trans-ring of GroEL and the concomitant association of ATP and the second GroES.
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Ohtake N, Niikura K, Suzuki T, Nagakawa K, Mikuni S, Matsuo Y, Kinjo M, Sawa H, Ijiro K. Low pH-Triggered Model Drug Molecule Release from Virus-Like Particles. Chembiochem 2010; 11:959-62. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201000094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Shao L, Dong C, Sang F, Qian H, Ren J. Studies on Interaction of CdTe Quantum Dots with Bovine Serum Albumin Using Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy. J Fluoresc 2008; 19:151-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s10895-008-0396-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2007] [Accepted: 06/23/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Fujii F, Horiuchi M, Ueno M, Sakata H, Nagao I, Tamura M, Kinjo M. Detection of prion protein immune complex for bovine spongiform encephalopathy diagnosis using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy. Anal Biochem 2007; 370:131-41. [PMID: 17825783 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2007] [Revised: 07/03/2007] [Accepted: 07/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) are powerful techniques to measure molecular interactions with high sensitivity in homogeneous solution and living cells. In this study, we developed methods for the detection of prion protein (PrP) using FCS and FCCS. A combination of a fluorescent-labeled Fab' fragment and another anti-PrP monoclonal antibody (mAb) enabled us to detect recombinant bovine PrP (rBoPrP) using FCS because there was a significant difference in the diffusion coefficients between the labeled Fab' fragment and the trimeric immune complex consisting of rBoPrP, labeled Fab' fragment, and another anti-PrP mAb. On the other hand, FCCS detected rBoPrP using two mAbs labeled with different fluorescence dyes. The detection limit for PrP in FCCS was approximately threefold higher than that in FCS. The sensitivity of FCCS in detection of abnormal isoform of PrP (PrP(Sc)) was comparable to that of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Because FCS and FCCS detect the PrP immune complex in homogeneous solution of only microliter samples with a single mixing step and without any washing steps, these features of measurement may facilitate automating bovine spongiform encephalopathy diagnosis.
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- Fumihiko Fujii
- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute of Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
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Marchenko NI, Marchenkov VV, Kaĭsheva AL, Kashparov IA, Kotova NV, Kaliman PA, Semisotnov GV. Affinity chromatography of GroEL chaperonin based on denatured proteins: role of electrostatic interactions in regulation of GroEL affinity for protein substrates. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2007; 71:1357-64. [PMID: 17223789 DOI: 10.1134/s000629790612011x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The chaperonin GroEL of the heat shock protein family from Escherichia coli cells can bind various polypeptides lacking rigid tertiary structure and thus prevent their nonspecific association and provide for acquisition of native conformation. In the present work we studied the interaction of GroEL with six denatured proteins (alpha-lactalbumin, ribonuclease A, egg lysozyme in the presence of dithiothreitol, pepsin, beta-casein, and apocytochrome c) possessing negative or positive total charge at neutral pH values and different in hydrophobicity (affinity for a hydrophobic probe ANS). To prevent the influence of nonspecific association of non-native proteins on their interaction with GroEL and make easier the recording of the complexing, the proteins were covalently attached to BrCN-activated Sepharose. At low ionic strength (lower than 60 mM), tight binding of the negatively charged denatured proteins with GroEL (which is also negatively charged) needed relatively low concentrations (approximately 10 mM) of bivalent cations Mg2+ or Ca2+. At the high ionic strength (approximately 600 mM), a tight complex was produced also in the absence of bivalent cations. In contrast, positively charged denatured proteins tightly interacted with GroEL irrespectively of the presence of bivalent cations and ionic strength of the solution (from 20 to 600 mM). These features of GroEL interaction with positively and negatively charged denatured proteins were confirmed by polarized fluorescence (fluorescence anisotropy). The findings suggest that the affinity of GroEL for denatured proteins can be determined by the balance of hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions.
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- N Iu Marchenko
- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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Konno H, Murakami-Fuse T, Fujii F, Koyama F, Ueoka-Nakanishi H, Pack CG, Kinjo M, Hisabori T. The regulator of the F1 motor: inhibition of rotation of cyanobacterial F1-ATPase by the epsilon subunit. EMBO J 2006; 25:4596-604. [PMID: 16977308 PMCID: PMC1589999 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2006] [Accepted: 08/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The chloroplast-type F(1) ATPase is the key enzyme of energy conversion in chloroplasts, and is regulated by the endogenous inhibitor epsilon, tightly bound ADP, the membrane potential and the redox state of the gamma subunit. In order to understand the molecular mechanism of epsilon inhibition, we constructed an expression system for the alpha(3)beta(3)gamma subcomplex in thermophilic cyanobacteria allowing thorough investigation of epsilon inhibition. epsilon Inhibition was found to be ATP-independent, and different to that observed for bacterial F(1)-ATPase. The role of the additional region on the gamma subunit of chloroplast-type F(1)-ATPase in epsilon inhibition was also determined. By single molecule rotation analysis, we succeeded in assigning the pausing angular position of gamma in epsilon inhibition, which was found to be identical to that observed for ATP hydrolysis, product release and ADP inhibition, but distinctly different from the waiting position for ATP binding. These results suggest that the epsilon subunit of chloroplast-type ATP synthase plays an important regulator for the rotary motor enzyme, thus preventing wasteful ATP hydrolysis.
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- Hiroki Konno
- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
- ATP System Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
- ATP System Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
- ATP System Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- ATP System Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
- ATP System Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan
- Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta 4259-R1-8, Midori-Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan. Tel.: +81 45 924 5234; Fax: +81 45 924 5277; E-mail:
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Pack C, Saito K, Tamura M, Kinjo M. Microenvironment and effect of energy depletion in the nucleus analyzed by mobility of multiple oligomeric EGFPs. Biophys J 2006; 91:3921-36. [PMID: 16950841 PMCID: PMC1630477 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.079467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Four different tandem EGFPs were constructed to elucidate the nuclear microenvironment by quantifying its diffusional properties in both aqueous solution and the nuclei of living cells. Diffusion of tandem EGFP was dependent on the length of the protein as a rod-like molecule or molecular ruler in solution. On the other hand, we found two kinds of mobility, fast diffusional mobility and much slower diffusional mobility depending on cellular compartments in living cells. Diffusion in the cytoplasm and the nucleoplasm was mainly measured as fast diffusional mobility. In contrast, diffusion in the nucleolus was complex and mainly much slower diffusional mobility, although both the fast and the slow diffusional mobilities were dependent on the protein length. Interestingly, we found that diffusion in the nucleolus was clearly changed by energy depletion, even though the diffusion in the cytoplasm and the nucleoplasm was not changed. Our results suggest that the nucleolar microenvironment is sensitive to energy depletion and very different from the nucleoplasm.
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- Changi Pack
- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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Ohsugi Y, Saito K, Tamura M, Kinjo M. Lateral mobility of membrane-binding proteins in living cells measured by total internal reflection fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Biophys J 2006; 91:3456-64. [PMID: 16891361 PMCID: PMC1614500 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.074625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Total internal reflection fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (TIR-FCS) allows us to measure diffusion constants and the number of fluorescent molecules in a small area of an evanescent field generated on the objective of a microscope. The application of TIR-FCS makes possible the characterization of reversible association and dissociation rates between fluorescent ligands and their receptors in supported phospholipid bilayers. Here, for the first time, we extend TIR-FCS to a cellular application for measuring the lateral diffusion of a membrane-binding fluorescent protein, farnesylated EGFP, on the plasma membranes of cultured HeLa and COS7 cells. We detected two kinds of diffusional motion-fast three-dimensional diffusion (D(1)) and much slower two-dimensional diffusion (D(2)), simultaneously. Conventional FCS and single-molecule tracking confirmed that D(1) was free diffusion of farnesylated EGFP close to the plasma membrane in cytosol and D(2) was lateral diffusion in the plasma membrane. These results suggest that TIR-FCS is a powerful technique to monitor movement of membrane-localized molecules and membrane dynamics in living cells.
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- Yu Ohsugi
- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Hirose M, Tohda H, Giga-Hama Y, Tsushima R, Zako T, Iizuka R, Pack C, Kinjo M, Ishii N, Yohda M. Interaction of a Small Heat Shock Protein of the Fission Yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, with a Denatured Protein at Elevated Temperature. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:32586-93. [PMID: 16055437 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m504121200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have expressed, purified, and characterized one small heat shock protein of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, SpHsp16.0. SpHsp16.0 was able to protect citrate synthase from thermal aggregation at 45 degrees C with high efficiency. It existed as a hexadecameric globular oligomer near the physiological growth temperature. At elevated temperatures, the oligomer dissociated into small species, probably dimers. The dissociation was completely reversible, and the original oligomer reformed immediately after the temperature dropped. Large complexes of SpHsp16.0 and denatured citrate synthase were observed by size exclusion chromatography and electron microscopy following incubation at 45 degrees C and then cooling. However, such large complexes did not elute from the size exclusion column incubated at 45 degrees C. The denatured citrate synthase protected from aggregation was trapped by a GroEL trap mutant at 45 degrees C. These results suggest that the complex of SpHsp16.0 and denatured citrate synthase at elevated temperatures is in the transient state and has a hydrophobic nature. Analyses of the interaction between SpHsp16.0 and denatured citrate synthase by fluorescence cross-correlation spectrometry have also shown that the characteristics of SpHsp16.0-denatured citrate synthase complex at the elevated temperature are different from those of the large complex obtained after the shift to lowered temperatures.
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- Maya Hirose
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8588
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Leffers KW, Schell J, Jansen K, Lucassen R, Kaimann T, Nagel-Steger L, Tatzelt J, Riesner D. The structural transition of the prion protein into its pathogenic conformation is induced by unmasking hydrophobic sites. J Mol Biol 2005; 344:839-53. [PMID: 15533449 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.09.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2004] [Accepted: 09/24/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A series of structural intermediates in the putative pathway from the cellular prion protein PrP(C) to the pathogenic form PrP(Sc) was established by systematic variation of low concentrations (<0.1%) of the detergent sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) or by the interaction with the bacterial chaperonin GroEL. Most extended studies were carried out with recombinant PrP (90-231) corresponding to the amino acid sequence of hamster prions PrP 27-30. Similar results were obtained with full-length recombinant PrP, hamster PrP 27-30 and PrP(C) isolated from transgenic, non-infected CHO cells. Varying the incubation conditions, i.e. the concentration of SDS, the GroEL and GroEL/ES, but always at neutral pH and room temperature, different conformations could be established. The conformations were characterized with respect to secondary structure as determined by CD spectroscopy and to molecular mass, as determined by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and analytical ultracentrifugation: alpha-helical monomers, soluble alpha-helical dimers, soluble but beta-structured oligomers of a minimal size of 12-14 PrP molecules, and insoluble multimers were observed. A high activation barrier was found between the alpha-helical dimers and beta-structured oligomers. The numbers of SDS-molecules bound to PrP in different conformations were determined: Partially denatured, alpha-helical monomers bind 31 SDS molecules per PrP molecule, alpha-helical dimers 21, beta-structured oligomers 19-20, and beta-structured multimers show very strong binding of five SDS molecules per PrP molecule. Binding of only five molecules of SDS per molecule of PrP leads to fast formation of beta-structures followed by irreversible aggregation. It is discussed that strongest binding of SDS has an effect identical with or similar to the interaction with GroEL thereby inducing identical or very similar transitions. The interaction with GroEL/ES stabilizes the soluble, alpha-helical conformation. The structure and their stabilities and particularly the induction of transitions by interaction of hydrophobic sites of PrP are discussed in respect to their biological relevance.
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- K-W Leffers
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Saito K, Wada I, Tamura M, Kinjo M. Direct detection of caspase-3 activation in single live cells by cross-correlation analysis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 324:849-54. [PMID: 15474505 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.09.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Dual color fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) provides information about the coincidence of spectrally well-defined two fluorescent molecules in a small observation area at the single-molecule level. To evaluate the activity of caspase-3 in vivo directly, FCCS was applied to single live cells. We constructed chimeric proteins that consisted of tandemly fused enhanced green FP (EGFP) and monomeric red FP (mRFP). In control experiments, the protease reaction was monitored in solution, where a decrease in cross-correlation amplitude was observed due to specific cleavage of the amino acid sequence between EGFP and mRFP. Moreover, a decrease in cross-correlation amplitude could be detected in a live cell, where caspase-3 activation was induced by apoptosis. This is the first report of FP-based in vivo cross-correlation analysis. FP-based FCCS may become the most versatile method for analysis of protein-protein interactions in live cells.
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- Kenta Saito
- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, N12W6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan
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Saito K, Ito E, Takakuwa Y, Tamura M, Kinjo M. In situ observation of mobility and anchoring of PKCbetaI in plasma membrane. FEBS Lett 2003; 541:126-31. [PMID: 12706832 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(03)00324-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We employed fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) to analyze the characteristics of biomolecules in living cells. Protein kinase C (PKC) changes its subcellular localization from cytosol to the plasma membrane by its ligand. Using FCS, we found PKCbetaI labeled with enhanced green fluorescent protein freely diffusing in cytosol. Upon 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate activation, a large part of PKCbetaI is anchored in the plasma membrane but some PKCbetaI still moves freely near the plasma membrane. These results indicate that a diffusion-driven transport mechanism is appropriate for the molecular mechanism of the PKCbetaI localization change.
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- Kenta Saito
- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Medina MA, Schwille P. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy for the detection and study of single molecules in biology. Bioessays 2002; 24:758-64. [PMID: 12210537 DOI: 10.1002/bies.10118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The recent development of single molecule detection techniques has opened new horizons for the study of individual macromolecules under physiological conditions. Conformational subpopulations, internal dynamics and activity of single biomolecules, parameters that have so far been hidden in large ensemble averages, are now being unveiled. Herein, we review a particular attractive solution-based single molecule technique, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). This time-averaging fluctuation analysis which is usually performed in Confocal setups combines maximum sensitivity with high statistical confidence. FCS has proven to be a very versatile and powerful tool for detection and temporal investigation of biomolecules at ultralow concentrations on surfaces, in solution, and in living cells. The introduction of dual-color cross-correlation and two-photon excitation in FCS experiments is currently increasing the number of promising applications of FCS to biological research.
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- Miguel Angel Medina
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Málaga, Spain.
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Doi N, Takashima H, Kinjo M, Sakata K, Kawahashi Y, Oishi Y, Oyama R, Miyamoto-Sato E, Sawasaki T, Endo Y, Yanagawa H. Novel fluorescence labeling and high-throughput assay technologies for in vitro analysis of protein interactions. Genome Res 2002; 12:487-92. [PMID: 11875038 PMCID: PMC155293 DOI: 10.1101/gr.218802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We developed and tested a simple method for fluorescence labeling and interaction analysis of proteins based on a highly efficient in vitro translation system combined with high-throughput technologies such as microarrays and fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS). By use of puromycin analogs linked to various fluorophores through a deoxycytidylic acid linker, a single fluorophore can be efficiently incorporated into a protein at the carboxyl terminus during in vitro translation. We confirmed that the resulting fluorescently labeled proteins are useful for probing protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions by means of pulldown assay, DNA microarrays, and FCCS in model experiments. These fluorescence assay systems can be easily extended to highly parallel analysis of protein interactions in studies of functional genomics.
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- Nobuhide Doi
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan
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Hess ST, Huang S, Heikal AA, Webb WW. Biological and chemical applications of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy: a review. Biochemistry 2002; 41:697-705. [PMID: 11790090 DOI: 10.1021/bi0118512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 446] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Samuel T Hess
- Department of Physics and School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Clark Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Muto T, Saito K, Tamura M, Kinjo M. Microenvironment Analysis in Squid Axons Using Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy and Laser Scanning Microscopy. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2002. [DOI: 10.1267/ahc.35.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Takuya Muto
- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University
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Thirumalai D, Lorimer GH. Chaperonin-mediated protein folding. ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE 2001; 30:245-69. [PMID: 11340060 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.30.1.245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 332] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Molecular chaperones are required to assist folding of a subset of proteins in Escherichia coli. We describe a conceptual framework for understanding how the GroEL-GroES system assists misfolded proteins to reach their native states. The architecture of GroEL consists of double toroids stacked back-to-back. However, most of the fundamentals of the GroEL action can be described in terms of the single ring. A key idea in our framework is that, with coordinated ATP hydrolysis and GroES binding, GroEL participates actively by repeatedly unfolding the substrate protein (SP), provided that it is trapped in one of the misfolded states. We conjecture that the unfolding of SP becomes possible because a stretching force is transmitted to the SP when the GroEL particle undergoes allosteric transitions. Force-induced unfolding of the SP puts it on a higher free-energy point in the multidimensional energy landscape from which the SP can either reach the native conformation with some probability or be trapped in one of the competing basins of attraction (i.e., the SP undergoes kinetic partitioning). The model shows, in a natural way, that the time scales in the dynamics of the allosteric transitions are intimately coupled to folding rates of the SP. Several scenarios for chaperonin-assisted folding emerge depending on the interplay of the time scales governing the cycle. Further refinement of this framework may be necessary because single molecule experiments indicate that there is a great dispersion in the time scales governing the dynamics of the chaperonin cycle.
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- D Thirumalai
- Center for Biomolecular Structure and Organization, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Collge Park, Maryland 20742,
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Gong JP, Kurokawa T, Narita T, Kagata G, Osada Y, Nishimura G, Kinjo M. Synthesis of hydrogels with extremely low surface friction. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:5582-3. [PMID: 11389644 DOI: 10.1021/ja003794q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Yoshida N, Kinjo M, Tamura M. Microenvironment of endosomal aqueous phase investigated by the mobility of microparticles using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 280:312-8. [PMID: 11162516 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.4115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Temporal observation of the dynamic behavior of molecules in cells gives information about the physiological environment at the region of interest. Here we report the direct measurement of the mobility of rhodamine-labeled microparticles (14 and 35 nm in diameter) ingested in endosomes of cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). The fluctuation of fluorescent signals from microparticles were measured by FCS. Obtained autocorrelation functions (FAFs) were analyzed by the 2-D multicomponent model according to an evaluation procedure we newly developed. It was found that microparticles moved freely in endosomes with average diffusion coefficients of 4.3 x 10(-8) and 2.7 x 10(-8) cm2 s(-1) for 14 and 35 nm, which were 45% slower than in water. This result implies that the endosomal aqueous phase is homogeneous with the viscosity about 2.2 times of water. Our study also proposes the new use of FCS for investigation of the internal space of organelles.
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- N Yoshida
- Laboratory of Supramolecular Biophysics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, N12W6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan.
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Yoshida N, Tamura M, Kinjo M. Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy: A New Tool for Probing the Microenvironment of the Internal Space of Organelles. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/1438-5171(200012)1:4<279::aid-simo279>3.0.co;2-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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