Abstract
Inhibitory PAS domain protein (IPAS) is a dual function protein acting as a transcriptional repressor and as a pro-apoptotic protein. Simultaneous dual-color singlemolecule imaging of EGFP-IPAS coexpressed with Mit-TagRFP-T in living HeLa cells revealed that fraction of EGFP-IPAS was arrested in the nucleus and on mitochondria. Transiently expressed Cerulean-IPAS in HEK293T cells was present in nuclear speckles when coexpressed with Citrine-HIF-1a or Citrine-HLF. Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) analysis of Citrine-IPAS-Cerulean in living CHO-K1 cells clarified the presence of intramolecular FRET. Reduced lifetimes of the donor were partially restored by coexpression of HIF-1α or Bcl-xL, binding proteins of IPAS in the nucleus and mitochondria, respectively. This alteration in lifetimes demonstrates that conformational changes occurred in IPAS by their binding.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 291-296 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Biochemistry |
Volume | 161 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Conformational change
- Dual-color single molecule imaging
- FLIM-FRET analysis