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ArticleNature chemical biology2020

Organelle membrane-specific chemical labeling and dynamic imaging in living cells.

Tomonori Tamura, Alma Fujisawa, Masaki Tsuchiya, Yuying Shen, Kohjiro Nagao, Shin Kawano, Yasushi Tamura, Toshiya Endo, Masato Umeda, Itaru Hamachi

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Tomonori TamuraDepartment of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1648-9296
Alma FujisawaDepartment of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Masaki TsuchiyaDepartment of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Yuying ShenDepartment of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Kohjiro NagaoDepartment of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Shin KawanoFaculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.
Yasushi TamuraFaculty of Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan.
Toshiya EndoFaculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan.
Masato UmedaDepartment of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5654-4363
Itaru HamachiDepartment of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. ihamachi@sbchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3327-3916
Kyoto University · JPKyoto Sangyo University · JPYamagata University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipids play crucial roles as structural elements, signaling molecules and material transporters in cells. However, the functions and dynamics of lipids within cells remain unclear because of a lack of methods to selectively label lipids in specific organelles and trace their movement by live-cell imaging. We describe here a technology for the selective labeling and fluorescence imaging (microscopic or nanoscopic) of phosphatidylcholine in target organelles. This approach involves the metabolic incorporation of azido-choline, followed by a spatially limited bioorthogonal reaction that enables the visualization and quantitative analysis of interorganelle lipid transport in live cells. More importantly, with live-cell imaging, we obtained direct evidence that the autophagosomal membrane originates from the endoplasmic reticulum. This method is simple and robust and is thus powerful for real-time tracing of interorganelle lipid trafficking.

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AutophagosomesAzidesBiological TransportCarbocyaninesCholineClick ChemistryEndoplasmic ReticulumFluorescent DyesGolgi ApparatusGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHeLa CellsHumansLuminescent ProteinsLysosomesMitochondriaMolecular ImagingAlexa Fluor 647AzidesCarbocyaninesCholineFluorescent DyesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLuminescent ProteinsPhosphatidylcholinesRed Fluorescent ProteinRhodamine 123

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PMID32958953
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