Noninvasive quantitative imaging of protein-protein interactions in living subjects.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 99(5): 3105-10, 2002 Mar 05.
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ABSTRACT
We are developing methods to image molecular and cellular events in living subjects. In this study, we validate imaging of protein-protein interactions in living mice by using bioluminescent optical imaging. We use the well studied yeast two-hybrid system adapted for mammalian cells and modify it to be inducible. We employ the NF-kappaB promoter to drive expression of two fusion proteins (VP16-MyoD and GAL4-ID). We modulate the NF-kappaB promoter through tumor necrosis factor alpha. Firefly luciferase reporter gene expression is driven by the interaction of MyoD and ID through a transcriptional activation strategy. We demonstrate the ability to detect this induced protein-protein interaction in cell culture and image this induced interaction in living mice by using transiently transfected cells. The current approach will be a valuable and potentially generalizable tool to noninvasively and quantitatively image protein-protein interactions in living subjects. The approaches validated should have important implications for the study of protein-protein interactions in cells maintained in their natural in vivo environment as well as for the in vivo evaluation of new pharmaceuticals targeted to modulate protein-protein interactions.
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Proteínas Represoras
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Factores de Transcripción
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Proteínas
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Proteína MioD
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Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Proteínas de Unión al ADN
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Animals
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos