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A method to quantify FRET stoichiometry with phasor plot analysis and acceptor lifetime ingrowth.


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Authors

Chen, WeiYue 
Schlachter, Simon C 
Gielen, Fabrice 
Laine, Romain F 

Abstract

FRET is widely used for the study of protein-protein interactions in biological samples. However, it is difficult to quantify both the FRET efficiency (E) and the affinity (Kd) of the molecular interaction from intermolecular FRET signals in samples of unknown stoichiometry. Here, we present a method for the simultaneous quantification of the complete set of interaction parameters, including fractions of bound donors and acceptors, local protein concentrations, and dissociation constants, in each image pixel. The method makes use of fluorescence lifetime information from both donor and acceptor molecules and takes advantage of the linear properties of the phasor plot approach. We demonstrate the capability of our method in vitro in a microfluidic device and also in cells, via the determination of the binding affinity between tagged versions of glutathione and glutathione S-transferase, and via the determination of competitor concentration. The potential of the method is explored with simulations.

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Keywords

Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Luminescent Proteins, Microfluidics

Journal Title

Biophys J

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Journal ISSN

0006-3495
1542-0086

Volume Title

108

Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/K013629/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/H046593/1)
Wellcome Trust (084812/Z/08/Z)
This work was funded by grants from the Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust, the Alzheimer Research UK Trust, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. W.Y.C. is funded by a China Scholarship Council-Cambridge Scholarship. D.R. is a Principal Research Fellow of the Wellcome Trust.