Identification of plasma membrane macro- and microdomains from wavelet analysis of FRET microscopy |
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| Authors: | Kobrinsky Evgeny Mager Donald E Bentil Sarah A Murata Shin-Ichi Abernethy Darrell R Soldatov Nikolai M |
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| Affiliation: | National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. |
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| Abstract: | In this study, we sought to characterize functional signaling domains by applying the multiresolution properties of the continuous wavelet transform to fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) microscopic images of plasma membranes. A genetically encoded FRET reporter of protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent phosphorylation was expressed in COS1 cells. Differences between wavelet coefficient matrices revealed several heterogeneous domains (typically ranging from 1 to 5 microm), reflecting the dynamic balance between PKC and phosphatase activity during stimulation with phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate or acetylcholine. The balance in these domains was not necessarily reflected in the overall plasma membrane changes, and observed heterogeneity was absent when cells were exposed to a phosphatase or PKC inhibitor. Prolonged exposure to phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate and acetylcholine yielded more homogeneous FRET distribution in plasma membranes. The proposed wavelet-based image analysis provides, for the first time, a basis and a means of detecting and quantifying dynamic changes in functional signaling domains, and may find broader application in studying fine aspects of cellular signaling by various imaging reporters. |
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