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Nat Protoc ; 2024 Sep 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39304762

RESUMO

We previously described a protocol for genome engineering of mammalian cultured cells with clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats and associated protein 9 (CRISPR-Cas9) to generate homozygous knock-ins of fluorescent tags into endogenous genes. Here we are updating this former protocol to reflect major improvements in the workflow regarding efficiency and throughput. In brief, we have improved our method by combining high-efficiency electroporation of optimized CRISPR-Cas9 reagents, screening of single cell-derived clones by automated bright-field and fluorescence imaging, rapidly assessing the number of tagged alleles and potential off-targets using digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and automated data analysis. Compared with the original protocol, our current procedure (1) substantially increases the efficiency of tag integration, (2) automates the identification of clones derived from single cells with correct subcellular localization of the tagged protein and (3) provides a quantitative and high throughput assay to measure the number of on- and off-target integrations with digital PCR. The increased efficiency of the new procedure reduces the number of clones that need to be analyzed in-depth by more than tenfold and yields to more than 26% of homozygous clones in polyploid cancer cell lines in a single genome engineering round. Overall, we were able to dramatically reduce the hands-on time from 30 d to 10 d during the overall ~10 week procedure, allowing a single person to process up to five genes in parallel, assuming that validated reagents-for example, PCR primers, digital PCR assays and western blot antibodies-are available.

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Nat Commun ; 14(1): 4312, 2023 07 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37463913

RESUMO

Severe forms of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) are associated with point mutations in the alternative splicing regulator RBM20 that are frequently located in the arginine/serine-rich domain (RS-domain). Such mutations can cause defective splicing and cytoplasmic mislocalization, which leads to the formation of detrimental cytoplasmic granules. Successful development of personalized therapies requires identifying the direct mechanisms of pathogenic RBM20 variants. Here, we decipher the molecular mechanism of RBM20 mislocalization and its specific role in DCM pathogenesis. We demonstrate that mislocalized RBM20 RS-domain variants retain their splice regulatory activity, which reveals that aberrant cellular localization is the main driver of their pathological phenotype. A genome-wide CRISPR knockout screen combined with image-enabled cell sorting identified Transportin-3 (TNPO3) as the main nuclear importer of RBM20. We show that the direct RBM20-TNPO3 interaction involves the RS-domain, and is disrupted by pathogenic variants. Relocalization of pathogenic RBM20 variants to the nucleus restores alternative splicing and dissolves cytoplasmic granules in cell culture and animal models. These findings provide proof-of-principle for developing therapeutic strategies to restore RBM20's nuclear localization in RBM20-DCM patients.


Assuntos
Cardiomiopatia Dilatada , Animais , Cardiomiopatia Dilatada/genética , Cardiomiopatia Dilatada/patologia , Splicing de RNA/genética , Processamento Alternativo/genética , Mutação , Carioferinas/genética
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Nature ; 613(7944): 575-581, 2023 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36599981

RESUMO

Understanding how the nuclear pore complex (NPC) is assembled is of fundamental importance to grasp the mechanisms behind its essential function and understand its role during the evolution of eukaryotes1-4. There are at least two NPC assembly pathways-one during the exit from mitosis and one during nuclear growth in interphase-but we currently lack a quantitative map of these events. Here we use fluorescence correlation spectroscopy calibrated live imaging of endogenously fluorescently tagged nucleoporins to map the changes in the composition and stoichiometry of seven major modules of the human NPC during its assembly in single dividing cells. This systematic quantitative map reveals that the two assembly pathways have distinct molecular mechanisms, in which the order of addition of two large structural components, the central ring complex and nuclear filaments are inverted. The dynamic stoichiometry data was integrated to create a spatiotemporal model of the NPC assembly pathway and predict the structures of postmitotic NPC assembly intermediates.


Assuntos
Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares , Poro Nuclear , Humanos , Interfase , Mitose , Poro Nuclear/química , Poro Nuclear/metabolismo , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/química , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/metabolismo , Espectrometria de Fluorescência
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Mol Biol Cell ; 32(17): 1523-1533, 2021 08 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34191541

RESUMO

Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are large macromolecular machines that mediate the traffic between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. In vertebrates, each NPC consists of ∼1000 proteins, termed nucleoporins, and has a mass of more than 100 MDa. While a pseudo-atomic static model of the central scaffold of the NPC has recently been assembled by integrating data from isolated proteins and complexes, many structural components still remain elusive due to the enormous size and flexibility of the NPC. Here, we explored the power of three-dimensional (3D) superresolution microscopy combined with computational classification and averaging to explore the 3D structure of the NPC in single human cells. We show that this approach can build the first integrated 3D structural map containing both central as well as peripheral NPC subunits with molecular specificity and nanoscale resolution. Our unbiased classification of more than 10,000 individual NPCs indicates that the nuclear ring and the nuclear basket can adopt different conformations. Our approach opens up the exciting possibility to relate different structural states of the NPC to function in situ.


Assuntos
Microscopia de Fluorescência/métodos , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/ultraestrutura , Poro Nuclear/ultraestrutura , Animais , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Humanos , Poro Nuclear/metabolismo , Poro Nuclear/fisiologia , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/metabolismo
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Nat Methods ; 17(3): 279-282, 2020 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32066961

RESUMO

We introduce an engineered nanobody whose affinity to green fluorescent protein (GFP) can be switched on and off with small molecules. By controlling the cellular localization of GFP fusion proteins, the engineered nanobody allows interrogation of their roles in basic biological processes, an approach that should be applicable to numerous previously described GFP fusions. We also outline how the binding affinities of other nanobodies can be controlled by small molecules.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/química , Fragmentos de Imunoglobulinas/química , Nanopartículas/química , Anticorpos de Domínio Único/química , Cristalografia por Raios X , DNA/química , Bases de Dados de Proteínas , Escherichia coli , Transferência Ressonante de Energia de Fluorescência , Produtos do Gene gag/química , Células HEK293 , HIV-1/química , Células HeLa , Humanos , Cinética , Ligantes , Microscopia de Fluorescência , Mitose , Domínios Proteicos , Produtos do Gene nef do Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana/química
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Nat Commun ; 10(1): 4580, 2019 10 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31594948

RESUMO

Photoactivatable fluorophores are important for single-particle tracking and super-resolution microscopy. Here we present a photoactivatable fluorophore that forms a bright silicon rhodamine derivative through a light-dependent protonation. In contrast to other photoactivatable fluorophores, no caging groups are required, nor are there any undesired side-products released. Using this photoactivatable fluorophore, we create probes for HaloTag and actin for live-cell single-molecule localization microscopy and single-particle tracking experiments. The unusual mechanism of photoactivation and the fluorophore's outstanding spectroscopic properties make it a powerful tool for live-cell super-resolution microscopy.


Assuntos
Corantes Fluorescentes/efeitos da radiação , Microscopia Intravital/métodos , Rodaminas/efeitos da radiação , Silício/efeitos da radiação , Imagem Individual de Molécula/métodos , Animais , Células COS , Chlorocebus aethiops , Corantes Fluorescentes/química , Células HeLa , Humanos , Luz , Microscopia de Fluorescência/métodos , Processos Fotoquímicos/efeitos da radiação , Prótons , Rodaminas/química , Silício/química
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Nat Methods ; 16(10): 1045-1053, 2019 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31562488

RESUMO

Quantitative fluorescence and superresolution microscopy are often limited by insufficient data quality or artifacts. In this context, it is essential to have biologically relevant control samples to benchmark and optimize the quality of microscopes, labels and imaging conditions. Here, we exploit the stereotypic arrangement of proteins in the nuclear pore complex as in situ reference structures to characterize the performance of a variety of microscopy modalities. We created four genome edited cell lines in which we endogenously labeled the nucleoporin Nup96 with mEGFP, SNAP-tag, HaloTag or the photoconvertible fluorescent protein mMaple. We demonstrate their use (1) as three-dimensional resolution standards for calibration and quality control, (2) to quantify absolute labeling efficiencies and (3) as precise reference standards for molecular counting. These cell lines will enable the broader community to assess the quality of their microscopes and labels, and to perform quantitative, absolute measurements.


Assuntos
Microscopia de Fluorescência/normas , Poro Nuclear , Linhagem Celular , Humanos , Microscopia de Fluorescência/métodos , Padrões de Referência
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ; 58(37): 13004-13008, 2019 09 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31314157

RESUMO

The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is one of the largest and most complex protein assemblies in the cell and, among other functions, serves as the gatekeeper of nucleocytoplasmic transport. Unraveling its molecular architecture and functioning has been an active research topic for decades with recent cryogenic electron microscopy and super-resolution studies advancing our understanding of the architecture of the NPC complex. However, the specific and direct visualization of single copies of NPC proteins is thus far elusive. Herein, we combine genetically-encoded self-labeling enzymes such as SNAP-tag and HaloTag with DNA-PAINT microscopy. We resolve single copies of nucleoporins in the human Y-complex in three dimensions with a precision of circa 3 nm, enabling studies of multicomponent complexes on the level of single proteins in cells using optical fluorescence microscopy.


Assuntos
DNA/química , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/análise , Imagem Individual de Molécula/métodos , Linhagem Celular , Humanos , Microscopia de Fluorescência/métodos , Modelos Moleculares , Imagem Óptica/métodos
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Cell Syst ; 7(4): 398-411.e6, 2018 10 24.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30342881

RESUMO

A long-standing question in quantitative biology is the relationship between mRNA and protein levels of the same gene. Here, we measured mRNA and protein abundance, the phenotypic state, and the population context in thousands of single human cells for 23 genes by combining a unique collection of cell lines with fluorescently tagged endogenous genomic loci and quantitative immunofluorescence with branched DNA single-molecule fluorescence in situ hybridization and computer vision. mRNA and protein abundance displayed a mean single-cell correlation of 0.732 at steady state. Single-cell outliers of linear correlations are in a specific phenotypic state or population context. This is particularly relevant for interpreting mRNA-protein relationships during acute gene induction and turnover, revealing a specific adaptation of gene expression at multiple steps in single cells. Together, we show that single-cell protein abundance can be predicted by multivariate information that integrates mRNA level with the phenotypic state and microenvironment of a particular cell.


Assuntos
Variação Biológica da População , MAP Quinase Quinase 4/genética , RNA Mensageiro/genética , Linhagem Celular , Células Cultivadas , Células HeLa , Humanos , MAP Quinase Quinase 4/metabolismo , Modelos Teóricos , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Análise de Célula Única
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Nature ; 561(7723): 411-415, 2018 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30202089

RESUMO

Essential biological functions, such as mitosis, require tight coordination of hundreds of proteins in space and time. Localization, the timing of interactions and changes in cellular structure are all crucial to ensure the correct assembly, function and regulation of protein complexes1-4. Imaging of live cells can reveal protein distributions and dynamics but experimental and theoretical challenges have prevented the collection of quantitative data, which are necessary for the formulation of a model of mitosis that comprehensively integrates information and enables the analysis of the dynamic interactions between the molecular parts of the mitotic machinery within changing cellular boundaries. Here we generate a canonical model of the morphological changes during the mitotic progression of human cells on the basis of four-dimensional image data. We use this model to integrate dynamic three-dimensional concentration data of many fluorescently knocked-in mitotic proteins, imaged by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy-calibrated microscopy5. The approach taken here to generate a dynamic protein atlas of human cell division is generic; it can be applied to systematically map and mine dynamic protein localization networks that drive cell division in different cell types, and can be conceptually transferred to other cellular functions.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/análise , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Mitose , Edição de Genes , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/análise , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Células HeLa , Humanos , Imageamento Tridimensional , Microscopia de Fluorescência , Imagem Molecular , Fatores de Tempo
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Nat Protoc ; 13(6): 1465-1487, 2018 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29844520

RESUMO

Gene tagging with fluorescent proteins is essential for investigations of the dynamic properties of cellular proteins. CRISPR-Cas9 technology is a powerful tool for inserting fluorescent markers into all alleles of the gene of interest (GOI) and allows functionality and physiological expression of the fusion protein. It is essential to evaluate such genome-edited cell lines carefully in order to preclude off-target effects caused by (i) incorrect insertion of the fluorescent protein, (ii) perturbation of the fusion protein by the fluorescent proteins or (iii) nonspecific genomic DNA damage by CRISPR-Cas9. In this protocol, we provide a step-by-step description of our systematic pipeline to generate and validate homozygous fluorescent knock-in cell lines.We have used the paired Cas9D10A nickase approach to efficiently insert tags into specific genomic loci via homology-directed repair (HDR) with minimal off-target effects. It is time-consuming and costly to perform whole-genome sequencing of each cell clone to check for spontaneous genetic variations occurring in mammalian cell lines. Therefore, we have developed an efficient validation pipeline of the generated cell lines consisting of junction PCR, Southern blotting analysis, Sanger sequencing, microscopy, western blotting analysis and live-cell imaging for cell-cycle dynamics. This protocol takes between 6 and 9 weeks. With this protocol, up to 70% of the targeted genes can be tagged homozygously with fluorescent proteins, thus resulting in physiological levels and phenotypically functional expression of the fusion proteins.


Assuntos
Edição de Genes/métodos , Técnicas de Introdução de Genes/métodos , Coloração e Rotulagem/métodos , Proteína 9 Associada à CRISPR/metabolismo , Repetições Palindrômicas Curtas Agrupadas e Regularmente Espaçadas , Células HeLa , Humanos , Proteínas Luminescentes/análise , Proteínas Luminescentes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/análise , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/genética
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J Cell Biol ; 217(7): 2309-2328, 2018 07 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29632028

RESUMO

The two Condensin complexes in human cells are essential for mitotic chromosome structure. We used homozygous genome editing to fluorescently tag Condensin I and II subunits and mapped their absolute abundance, spacing, and dynamic localization during mitosis by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FSC)-calibrated live-cell imaging and superresolution microscopy. Although ∼35,000 Condensin II complexes are stably bound to chromosomes throughout mitosis, ∼195,000 Condensin I complexes dynamically bind in two steps: prometaphase and early anaphase. The two Condensins rarely colocalize at the chromatid axis, where Condensin II is centrally confined, but Condensin I reaches ∼50% of the chromatid diameter from its center. Based on our comprehensive quantitative data, we propose a three-step hierarchical loop model of mitotic chromosome compaction: Condensin II initially fixes loops of a maximum size of ∼450 kb at the chromatid axis, whose size is then reduced by Condensin I binding to ∼90 kb in prometaphase and ∼70 kb in anaphase, achieving maximum chromosome compaction upon sister chromatid segregation.


Assuntos
Adenosina Trifosfatases/genética , Segregação de Cromossomos/genética , Cromossomos/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Mitose/genética , Complexos Multiproteicos/genética , Anáfase/genética , Cromátides/genética , Edição de Genes , Humanos
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Nat Struct Mol Biol ; 25(1): 21-28, 2018 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29323269

RESUMO

The nuclear envelope has to be reformed after mitosis to create viable daughter cells with closed nuclei. How membrane sealing of DNA and assembly of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are achieved and coordinated is poorly understood. Here, we reconstructed nuclear membrane topology and the structures of assembling NPCs in a correlative 3D EM time course of dividing human cells. Our quantitative ultrastructural analysis shows that nuclear membranes form from highly fenestrated ER sheets whose holes progressively shrink. NPC precursors are found in small membrane holes and dilate radially during assembly of the inner ring complex, forming thousands of transport channels within minutes. This mechanism is fundamentally different from that of interphase NPC assembly and explains how mitotic cells can rapidly establish a closed nuclear compartment while making it transport competent.


Assuntos
Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Membrana Nuclear/metabolismo , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares/química , Poro Nuclear/metabolismo , Animais , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Cromossomos , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Tomografia com Microscopia Eletrônica , Retículo Endoplasmático/metabolismo , Edição de Genes , Células HeLa , Humanos , Interfase , Cinética , Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura , Mitose , Xenopus
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EMBO J ; 36(24): 3573-3599, 2017 12 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29217591

RESUMO

Mammalian genomes are spatially organized into compartments, topologically associating domains (TADs), and loops to facilitate gene regulation and other chromosomal functions. How compartments, TADs, and loops are generated is unknown. It has been proposed that cohesin forms TADs and loops by extruding chromatin loops until it encounters CTCF, but direct evidence for this hypothesis is missing. Here, we show that cohesin suppresses compartments but is required for TADs and loops, that CTCF defines their boundaries, and that the cohesin unloading factor WAPL and its PDS5 binding partners control the length of loops. In the absence of WAPL and PDS5 proteins, cohesin forms extended loops, presumably by passing CTCF sites, accumulates in axial chromosomal positions (vermicelli), and condenses chromosomes. Unexpectedly, PDS5 proteins are also required for boundary function. These results show that cohesin has an essential genome-wide function in mediating long-range chromatin interactions and support the hypothesis that cohesin creates these by loop extrusion, until it is delayed by CTCF in a manner dependent on PDS5 proteins, or until it is released from DNA by WAPL.


Assuntos
Fator de Ligação a CCCTC/metabolismo , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Cromatina/genética , Proteínas Cromossômicas não Histona/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/metabolismo , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo , Fator de Ligação a CCCTC/genética , Proteínas de Transporte/genética , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Proteínas Cromossômicas não Histona/genética , Cromossomos/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Genoma Humano/genética , Células HeLa , Humanos , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Coesinas
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