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Li J, Barylko B, Eichorst JP, Mueller JD, Albanesi JP, Chen Y. Association of Endophilin B1 with Cytoplasmic Vesicles. Biophys J 2017; 111:565-576. [PMID: 27508440 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Revised: 06/14/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Endophilins are SH3- and BAR domain-containing proteins implicated in membrane remodeling and vesicle formation. Endophilins A1 and A2 promote the budding of endocytic vesicles from the plasma membrane, whereas endophilin B1 has been implicated in vesicle budding from intracellular organelles, including the trans-Golgi network and late endosomes. We previously reported that endophilins A1 and A2 exist almost exclusively as soluble dimers in the cytosol. Here, we present results of fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy analyses indicating that, in contrast, the majority of endophilin B1 is present in multiple copies on small, highly mobile cytoplasmic vesicles. Formation of these vesicles was enhanced by overexpression of wild-type dynamin 2, but suppressed by expression of a catalytically inactive dynamin 2 mutant. Using dual-color heterospecies partition analysis, we identified the epidermal growth factor receptor on endophilin B1 vesicles. Moreover, a proportion of endophilin B1 vesicles also contained caveolin, whereas clathrin was almost undetectable on those vesicles. These results raise the possibility that endophilin B1 participates in dynamin 2-dependent formation of a population of transport vesicles distinct from those generated by A-type endophilins.
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- Jinhui Li
- Department of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Bulseco DA, Wolf DE. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy: molecular complexing in solution and in living cells. Methods Cell Biol 2014; 114:489-524. [PMID: 23931520 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-407761-4.00021-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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This chapter describes how the microscope can be used to measure a fluorescence signal from a small, confined volume of the sample-the confocal volume-and how these measurements are used to quantitate the dynamics and complexing of molecules, the technique of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). FCS represents a significant example of how the microscope can be used to extract information beyond the resolution limit of classical optics. FCS enables studying events at the level of single molecules. With FCS, one can measure the diffusion times and the interaction of macromolecules, the absolute concentration of fluorescently labeled particles, and the kinetics of chemical reactions. Practical applications of FCS include studies on ligand-receptor binding, protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions, and the aggregation of fluorescently labeled particles. The chapter focuses on the principles of FCS, demonstrates how FCS is used to study macromolecular interactions in solution and in living cells, and examines critical experimental parameters that must be considered. The chapter also discusses the minimum requirements for building a microscope-based FCS instrument and illustrates the key criteria for both instrument sensitivity and analysis of FCS data. It can be used to study single molecules both in solution and in living cells and can be used to monitor a variety of macromolecular interactions. When used as an in vitro technique, FCS measurements are easy to conduct and can be made on simplified instrumentation. When used in vivo on living cells, many additional factors must be considered when evaluating experimental data. Despite these concerns, FCS represents a new approach that has broad applicability for the determination of molecular stoichiometry both in vivo and in vitro for a variety of membrane and soluble receptor systems.
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Li J, Barylko B, Johnson J, Mueller JD, Albanesi JP, Chen Y. Molecular brightness analysis reveals phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase IIβ association with clathrin-coated vesicles in living cells. Biophys J 2012; 103:1657-65. [PMID: 23083708 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2012] [Revised: 08/31/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Mammalian cells express two classes of phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase (PI4K), designated as Types II and III, that phosphorylate phosphatidylinositol to generate PI4P. A number of studies have indicated that these enzymes are important for Golgi trafficking and both early and late stages of endocytosis. In this study, we focus on PI4KIIβ, a protein that is evenly distributed between membrane and soluble fractions, and is believed to participate in stimulus-dependent phosphoinositide signaling. Using molecular brightness analysis, we found that EGFP-tagged PI4KIIβ exists as two distinct species in the cytoplasm: a soluble monomer and a high-order complex enriched with multiple copies of PI4KIIβ. This observation was confirmed by an autocorrelation analysis that identified two species with distinct mobilities. We further demonstrate that the high-order complex enriched with PI4KIIβ is sensitive to inhibition of palmitoylation, indicating that it is associated with membranes, very likely vesicles. Indeed, we show that the high-order PI4KIIβ complex is sensitive to expression of dynamin 2 (K44A), a dominant-negative inhibitor of endocytosis. Using dual-color heterospecies partition analysis, we directly detected that PI4KIIβ comoves with clathrin light chain on vesicles. This analysis allows us to isolate the comobile species in the presence of strong background contribution from the monomeric pool of PI4KIIβ. Our results strongly suggest that PI4KIIβ is involved in an early stage of endocytosis and is associated with clathrin-coated vesicles. Moreover, we establish molecular brightness as a powerful tool for characterizing cellular cytosolic vesicles that are otherwise difficult to characterize by other techniques.
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- Jinhui Li
- Physics Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Bulseco DA, Wolf DE. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy: molecular complexing in solution and in living cells. Methods Cell Biol 2007; 81:525-59. [PMID: 17519183 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(06)81025-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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- Dylan A Bulseco
- Sensor Technologies, LLC, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545, USA
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Hombrouck A, Hantson A, van Remoortel B, Michiels M, Vercammen J, Rhodes D, Tetz V, Engelborghs Y, Christ F, Debyser Z, Witvrouw M. Selection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 resistance against the pyranodipyrimidine V-165 points to a multimodal mechanism of action. J Antimicrob Chemother 2007; 59:1084-95. [PMID: 17470918 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES We have previously identified the pyranodipyrimidines (PDPs) as a new class of integrase (IN) inhibitors. The most potent congener V-165 inhibits HIV-1 integration at low micromolar concentrations by inhibiting the binding of IN to the DNA. As part of pre-clinical studies with PDP, we wanted to investigate HIV resistance development against V-165 and to further characterize the physicochemical properties of the compound. METHODS We selected PDP-resistant HIV-1 strains by growing the virus in the presence of increasing concentrations of V-165. The selected strains were analysed genotypically and phenotypically. Mutant IN enzymes were generated and evaluated in an enzymatic oligonucleotide-based assay for their activity and sensitivity to the different IN inhibitors. In addition, the antiviral effect of the compound on viral entry and integration was measured using quantitative PCR. RESULTS Numerous mutations were detected in the RT, IN and env genes of the virus selected in the presence of V-165. Although V-165 inhibited integration in vivo as indicated by a decrease in the number of integrated proviruses, the compound also inhibited viral entry at a concentration of 19 microM. V-165 was poorly recovered from human hepatic microsomal matrix and 1% BSA. CONCLUSIONS These data point to a multimodal mechanism of action. A quest for derivatives of V-165 that specifically target IN should be pursued.
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- A Hombrouck
- Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Drug Discovery, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium
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Geys J, Coenegrachts L, Vercammen J, Engelborghs Y, Nemmar A, Nemery B, Hoet PHM. In vitro study of the pulmonary translocation of nanoparticles: a preliminary study. Toxicol Lett 2005; 160:218-26. [PMID: 16137845 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2005.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2005] [Revised: 07/13/2005] [Accepted: 07/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Recent studies indicate that inhaled ultrafine particles can pass into the circulation. To study this translocation in an in vitro model three types of pulmonary epithelial cells were examined. The integrity of the cell monolayer was verified by measuring the transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) and passage of sodium fluorescein. TEER was too low in A549 cells. In these preliminary experiments, TEER values of 1007+/-300 and 348+/-62 Omega cm2 were reached for the Calu-3 cell line, using permeable membranes of 0.4 and 3 microm pore size, respectively. Growing primary rat type II pneumocytes on 0.4 microm pores, a TEER value of 241+/-90 Omega cm2 was reached on day 5; on 3 microm pores, no acceptable high TEER value was obtained. Translocation studies were done using 46 nm fluorescent polystyrene particles. When incubating polystyrene particles on membranes without a cellular monolayer, significant translocation was only observed using 3 microm pores: 67.5% and 52.7% for carboxyl- and amine-modified particles, respectively. Only the Calu-3 cell line was used in an initial experiment to investigate the translocation: on 0.4 microm pores no translocation was observed, on 3 microm pores approximately 6% translocation was observed both for carboxyl- and amine-modified particles.
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- J Geys
- Laboratory of Pneumology, Unit of Lung Toxicology, K.U. Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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Busschots K, Vercammen J, Emiliani S, Benarous R, Engelborghs Y, Christ F, Debyser Z. The interaction of LEDGF/p75 with integrase is lentivirus-specific and promotes DNA binding. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:17841-7. [PMID: 15749713 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m411681200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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We have previously shown that the p75 isoform of the transcriptional co-activator lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF) interacts tightly with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 integrase (IN) and is essential for nuclear targeting of this protein in human cells (Cherepanov, P., Maertens, G., Proost, P., Devreese, B., Van Beeumen, J., Engelborghs, Y., De Clercq, E., and Debyser, Z. (2003) J. Biol. Chem. 278, 372-381; Maertens, G., Cherepanov, P., Pluymers, W., Busschots, K., De Clercq, E., Debyser, Z., and Engelborghs, Y. (2003) J. Biol. Chem. 278, 33528-33539). Here the interaction between recombinant LEDGF/p75 and HIV-1 IN was examined in a pull-down binding test. LEDGF/p75 was shown to increase the solubility of HIV-1 IN. Next, fluorescent correlation spectroscopy was used to measure the interaction of LEDGF/p75 or the complex of HIV-1 IN and LEDGF/p75 with a specific double-stranded DNA oligonucleotide. Whereas LEDGF/p75 displayed only a moderate affinity for DNA, it strongly promoted the binding of HIV-1 IN to DNA. This effect was specific for the p75 isoform of LEDGF and was not seen with p52. In the pull-down assay LEDGF/p75 interacted with HIV-1, HIV-2, and feline immunodeficiency virus IN, but not with the IN of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 2, Moloney murine leukemia virus, or Rous sarcoma virus. These results strongly suggest that the interaction of LEDGF/p75 with IN is specific to lentiviridae. LEDGF/p75 stimulated the binding of HIV-1 and HIV-2 IN, but not Moloney murine leukemia virus or Rous sarcoma virus IN, to an aspecific DNA. These results provide supporting evidence for our hypothesis that LEDGF/p75 plays a role in the tethering of lentiviral IN to the chromosomal DNA.
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- Katrien Busschots
- Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Gene Therapy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Interdisciplinary Research Center Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Campus Kortrijk, Kapucijnenvoer 33, B-3000 Leuven, Flanders, Belgium
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Skakun VV, Hink MA, Digris AV, Engel R, Novikov EG, Apanasovich VV, Visser AJWG. Global analysis of fluorescence fluctuation data. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2005; 34:323-34. [PMID: 15711810 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-004-0453-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2004] [Revised: 11/30/2004] [Accepted: 11/30/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Over the last decade the number of applications of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) has grown rapidly. Here we describe the development and application of a software package, FCS Data Processor, to analyse the acquired correlation curves. The algorithms combine strong analytical power with flexibility in use. It is possible to generate initial guesses, link and constrain fit parameters to improve the accuracy and speed of analysis. A global analysis approach, which is most effective in analysing autocorrelation curves determined from fluorescence fluctuations of complex biophysical systems, can also be implemented. The software contains a library of frequently used models that can be easily extended to include user-defined models. The use of the software is illustrated by analysis of different experimental fluorescence fluctuation data sets obtained with Rhodamine Green in aqueous solution and enhanced green fluorescent protein in vitro and in vivo.
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- Victor V Skakun
- Department of Systems Analysis, Belarusian State University, Minsk 220050, Belarus
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Bulseco DA, Wolf DE. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy: molecular complexing in solution and in living cells. Methods Cell Biol 2004; 72:465-98. [PMID: 14719345 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(03)72022-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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FCS is an important technique for biophysicists, biochemists, and cell biologists. FCS represents an example of how one can make use of the microscope and electronics to extract information beyond the resolution limit of classical optics. It can be used to study single-molecules both in solution and in living cells and can be used to monitor a wide variety of macromolecular interactions. When used as an in vitro technique, FCS measurements are easy to conduct and can be made on simplified instrumentation. When used in vivo on living cells, many additional factors must be considered when evaluating experimental data. Despite these concerns, FCS represents a new approach that has broad applicability for the determination of molecular stoichiometry both in vivo and in vitro for a variety of membrane and soluble receptor systems.
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- Dylan A Bulseco
- Sensor Technologies, LLC, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545, USA
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Vercammen J, Maertens G, Gerard M, De Clercq E, Debyser Z, Engelborghs Y. DNA-induced polymerization of HIV-1 integrase analyzed with fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:38045-52. [PMID: 12147698 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m205842200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) integrase is essential for viral replication. Integrase inserts the viral DNA into the host DNA. We studied the association of integrase to fluorescently labeled oligonucleotides using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. The binding of integrase to the fluorescent oligonucleotides resulted in the appearance of bright spikes during fluorescence correlation spectroscopy measurements. These spikes arise from the formation of high molecular mass protein-DNA complexes. The fluorescence of the free DNA was separated from the spikes with a statistical method. From the decrease of the concentration of free oligonucleotides, a site association constant was determined. The DNA-protein complexes were formed rapidly in a salt-dependent manner with site association constants ranging between 5 and 40 microm(-1) under different conditions. We also analyzed the kinetics of the DNA-protein complex assembly and the effect of different buffer components. The formation of the fluorescent protein-DNA complex was inhibited by guanosine quartets, and the inhibition constant was determined at 1.8 +/- 0.6 x 10(8) m(-1). Displacement of bound DNA with G-quartets allowed the determination of the dissociation rate constant and proves the reversibility of the association process.
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- Jo Vercammen
- Laboratory of Biomolecular Dynamics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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