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16568270

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-7-7
pubmed:abstractText
Many questions in cell biology and biophysics involve the quantitation of co-localisation and the interaction of proteins tagged with different fluorophores. However, the incomplete separation of the different colour channels due to the presence of autofluorescence, along with cross-excitation and emission "bleed-through" of one colour channel into the other, all combine to render the interpretation of multi-band images ambiguous. Here we introduce a new live-cell epifluorescence spectral imaging and linear unmixing technique for classifying resolution-limited point objects containing multiple fluorophores. We demonstrate the performance of our technique by detecting, at the single-vesicle level, the co-expression of the vesicle-associated membrane protein, VAMP-2 (also called synaptobrevin-2), linked to either enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) or citrine [a less pH-sensitive variant of enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP)], in mouse cortical astrocytes. In contrast, the co-expression of VAMP-2-citrine and the lysosomal transporter sialine fused to EGFP resulted in little overlap. Spectral imaging and linear unmixing permit us to fingerprint the expression of spectrally overlapping fluorescent proteins on single secretory organelles in the presence of a spectrally broad autofluorescence. Our technique provides a robust alternative to error-prone dual- or triple colour co-localisation studies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0175-7571
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
533-47
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Detecting fluorescent protein expression and co-localisation on single secretory vesicles with linear spectral unmixing.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular and Cellular Biophysics of Synaptic Transmission, Laboratory of Neurophysiology and New Microscopies, INSERM U603, CNRS FRE 2500, Université René Descartes (Paris 5), 45 rue des Saints Pères, 75 006, Paris, France. fabien.ropert@univ-paris5.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't