Tracking protein aggregation and mislocalization in cells with flow cytometry
Author(s) -
Yasmin M. Ramdzan,
Saskia Polling,
Cheryl Chia,
Ivan H. W. Ng,
Angelique R. Ormsby,
Nathan P. Croft,
Anthony W. Purcell,
Marie A. Bogoyevitch,
Dominic C.H. Ng,
Paul A. Gleeson,
Danny M. Hatters
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
nature methods
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.469
H-Index - 318
eISSN - 1548-7105
pISSN - 1548-7091
DOI - 10.1038/nmeth.1930
Subject(s) - flow cytometry , golgi apparatus , stress granule , cytoplasm , microbiology and biotechnology , protein aggregation , inclusion bodies , oligomer , granule (geology) , biophysics , chemistry , protein subcellular localization prediction , biology , biochemistry , recombinant dna , endoplasmic reticulum , paleontology , messenger rna , gene , organic chemistry , translation (biology)
We applied pulse-shape analysis (PulSA) to monitor protein localization changes in mammalian cells by flow cytometry. PulSA enabled high-throughput tracking of protein aggregation, translocation from the cytoplasm to the nucleus and trafficking from the plasma membrane to the Golgi as well as stress-granule formation. Combining PulSA with tetracysteine-based oligomer sensors in a cell model of Huntington's disease enabled further separation of cells enriched with monomers, oligomers and inclusion bodies.
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