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Live cell imaging of phosphoinositides with expressed inositide binding protein domains.

ABSTRACT: Inositol lipids and calcium signaling has been inseparable twins during the 1980s when the molecular details of phospholipase C-mediated generation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) and its Ca2+ mobilizing action were discovered. Since then, both the Ca2+ and inositol lipid signaling fields have hugely expanded and the tools allowing dissection of the finest details of their molecular organization also followed closely. Although phosphoinositides regulate many cell functions unrelated to Ca2+ signaling there are still many open questions even in the Ca2+ field that would benefit from single cell monitoring of PtdIns(4,5)P2 or InsP3 changes during agonist stimulation. This chapter is designed to provide practical guidance as well as some theoretical background on measurements of phosphoinositides in live cells using protein domain-GFP chimeras that could be also useful for people working on calcium signaling.

SUBMITTER: Varnai P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2644460 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Live cell imaging of phosphoinositides with expressed inositide binding protein domains.

Várnai Péter P Balla Tamas T

Methods (San Diego, Calif.) 20081016 3

Inositol lipids and calcium signaling has been inseparable twins during the 1980s when the molecular details of phospholipase C-mediated generation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) and its Ca2+ mobilizing action were discovered. Since then, both the Ca2+ and inositol lipid signaling fields have hugely expanded and the tools allowing dissection of the finest details of their molecular organization also followed closely. Although phosphoinositides regulate many cell functions unrelated to C ...[more]

PMID: 18930153

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Project description:BackgroundPhosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PtdIns(4,5)P2] is a critically important regulatory phospholipid found in the plasma membrane of all eukaryotic cells. In addition to being a precursor of important second messengers, PtdIns(4,5)P2 also regulates ion channels and transporters and serves the endocytic machinery by recruiting clathrin adaptor proteins. Visualization of the localization and dynamic changes in PtdIns(4,5)P2 levels in living cells is critical to understanding the biology of PtdIns(4,5)P2. This has been mostly achieved with the use of the pleckstrin homology (PH) domain of PLCdelta1 fused to GFP. Here we report on a comparative analysis of several recently-described yeast PH domains as well as the mammalian Tubby domain to evaluate their usefulness as PtdIns(4,5)P2 imaging tools.ResultsAll of the yeast PH domains that have been previously shown to bind PtdIns(4,5)P2 showed plasma membrane localization but only a subset responded to manipulations of plasma membrane PtdIns(4,5)P2. None of these domains showed any advantage over the PLCdelta1PH-GFP reporter and were compromised either in their expression levels, nuclear localization or by causing peculiar membrane structures. In contrast, the Tubby domain showed high membrane localization consistent with PtdIns(4,5)P2 binding and displayed no affinity for the soluble headgroup, Ins(1,4,5)P3. Detailed comparison of the Tubby and PLCdelta1PH domains showed that the Tubby domain has a higher affinity for membrane PtdIns(4,5)P2 and therefore displays a lower sensitivity to report on changes of this lipid during phospholipase C activation.ConclusionThese results showed that both the PLCdelta1PH-GFP and the GFP-Tubby domain are useful reporters of PtdIns(4,5)P2 changes in the plasma membrane, with distinct advantages and disadvantages. While the PLCdelta1PH-GFP is a more sensitive reporter, its Ins(1,4,5)P3 binding may compromise its accuracy to measure PtdIns(4,5)P2 changes. The Tubby domain is more accurate to report on PtdIns(4,5)P2 but its higher affinity and lower sensitivity may limit its utility when phospholipase C activation is only moderate. These studies also demonstrated that similar changes in PtdIns(4,5)P2 levels in the plasma membrane can differentially regulate multiple effectors if they display different affinities to PtdIns(4,5)P2.

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Live cell imaging of phosphoinositides with expressed inositide binding protein domains.

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Live cell imaging of phosphoinositides with expressed inositide binding protein domains.

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