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ArticleCell reports methods2022

Four-color single-molecule imaging with engineered tags resolves the molecular architecture of signaling complexes in the plasma membrane.

Junel Sotolongo Bellón, Oliver Birkholz, Christian P Richter, Florian Eull, Hella Kenneweg, Stephan Wilmes, Ulrich Rothbauer, Changjiang You, Mark R Walter, Rainer Kurre and 1 more

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Article in Cell reports methods, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Junel Sotolongo BellónDepartment of Biology and Center for Cellular Nanoanalytics (CellNanOs), Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany.
Oliver BirkholzDepartment of Biology and Center for Cellular Nanoanalytics (CellNanOs), Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany.
Christian P RichterDepartment of Biology and Center for Cellular Nanoanalytics (CellNanOs), Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany.
Florian EullDepartment of Biology and Center for Cellular Nanoanalytics (CellNanOs), Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany.
Hella KennewegDepartment of Biology and Center for Cellular Nanoanalytics (CellNanOs), Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany.
Stephan WilmesDepartment of Biology and Center for Cellular Nanoanalytics (CellNanOs), Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany.
Ulrich RothbauerPharmaceutical Biotechnology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany.
Changjiang YouDepartment of Biology and Center for Cellular Nanoanalytics (CellNanOs), Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany.
Mark R WalterDepartment of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Rainer KurreDepartment of Biology and Center for Cellular Nanoanalytics (CellNanOs), Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany.
Jacob PiehlerDepartment of Biology and Center for Cellular Nanoanalytics (CellNanOs), Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany.
Osnabrück University · DENatural and Medical Sciences Institute · DEUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

Improved RhCMV/SIV vaccine efficacy via IL-10 pathway modulationR01AI143554 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI HARTIGAN-O'CONNOR, DENNIS J. · 2018 to 2022
$4.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI143554
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Localization and tracking of individual receptors by single-molecule imaging opens unique possibilities to unravel the assembly and dynamics of signaling complexes in the plasma membrane. We present a comprehensive workflow for imaging and analyzing receptor diffusion and interaction in live cells at single molecule level with up to four colors. Two engineered, monomeric GFP variants, which are orthogonally recognized by anti-GFP nanobodies, are employed for efficient and selective labeling of target proteins in the plasma membrane with photostable fluorescence dyes. This labeling technique enables us to quantitatively resolve the stoichiometry and dynamics of the interferon-γ (IFNγ) receptor signaling complex in the plasma membrane of living cells by multicolor single-molecule imaging. Based on versatile spatial and spatiotemporal correlation analyses, we identify ligand-induced receptor homo- and heterodimerization. Multicolor single-molecule co-tracking and quantitative single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer moreover reveals transient assembly of IFNγ receptor heterotetramers and confirms its structural architecture.

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Fluorescence Resonance Energy TransferSingle Molecule ImagingCell MembraneFluorescent DyesProteinsFluorescent DyesProteinscell surface labelingcytokine receptorlive-cell imagingmulticolor imagingplasma membrane dynamicsreceptor dimerizationsingle-molecule fluorescence microscopysingle-molecule FRETsingle molecule trackingtype II interferon receptor

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