長時間スケールと領域における高空間と時間解像度の生細胞の膜ダイナミクスをイメージするためのアクティブプローブ
Huaimin Wang1, Zhaoqianqi Feng1, Steven J Del Signore2
1Department of Chemistry , Brandeis University , 415 South Street , Waltham , Massachusetts 02453 , United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|February 27, 2018
まとめ
生細胞膜のダイナミクスを直接画像化するための新しい酵素反応プローブを開発した. これらの探査機は高解像度であり,膜異質性およびエクソソーム放出のモニタリングを可能にします.
科学分野:
- 細胞生物学
- 分子イメージング
- 生物化学
背景:
- 現存する分子画像技術では,生細胞膜のダイナミクスを直接視覚化するための探査機が不足しています.
- 細胞膜は複雑なダイナミクスと ナノスケールの異質性を表しており 細胞機能に不可欠です
研究 の 目的:
- 細胞膜のダイナミクスを 高解像度でリアルタイムに 画像化するための新型でアクティブな探査機を開発する
- 新しい探査機を用いて膜異質性,エクソソーム放出,膜タンパク質相互作用を調査する.
主な方法:
- 細胞膜の親和性のための酵素トリガー,フローロフォール,コレステロールを組み込んだ酵素反応性プローブの設計.
- エクトフォスファテーゼの活性を利用して,プラズマ膜の探査装置と光を誘発する.
- 高解像度顕微鏡を用いて 膜の動態と細胞のプロセスを監視する.
主要な成果:
- 新しい探査機は水溶性で 細胞と互換性があり プラズマ膜に素早く組み込まれます
- 探査機はマイクロモラー濃度で強い光を示し,高空間および時間解像度の画像を可能にします.
- ナノスケールの膜異質性,エクソソームの放出,そして生細胞膜のダイナミクスを成功裏にモニタリングした.
結論:
- 開発された探査機は,生細胞膜のダイナミクスと異質性を直接画像化するための簡単な方法を提供します.
- このアプローチは,膜ダイナミクス,細胞プロセス,タンパク質の相互作用の間のリンクを理解することを容易にする.
- 生細胞画像と細胞生物学の研究を進めるための強力なツールです.
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