NDLI: Coexisting conformations of fibronectin in cell culture imaged using fluorescence resonance energy transfer

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Author	Baneyx, Gretchen Baugh, Loren Vogel, Viola
Copyright Year	2001
Abstract	Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between fluorophores attached to single proteins provides a tool to study the conformation of proteins in solution and in cell culture. As a protein unfolds, nanometer-scale increases in distance between donor and acceptor fluorophores cause decreases in FRET. Here we demonstrate the application of FRET to imaging coexisting conformations of fibronectin (Fn) in cell culture. Fn is a flexible 440-kDa extracellular matrix protein, with functional sites that are regulated by unfolding events. Fn was labeled with multiple donor and acceptor fluorophores such that intramolecular FRET could be used to distinguish a range of Fn conformations. The sensitivity of FRET to unfolding was tested by progressively denaturing labeled Fn using guanidium chloride. To investigate Fn conformation changes during cell binding and matrix assembly, we added labeled Fn to the culture medium of NIH 3T3 fibroblasts. Coexisting conformations of Fn were visualized using fluorescence microscopy, and spectra from specific features were measured with an attached spectrometer. Using FRET as an indicator of Fn conformation, Fn diffusely bound to cells was in a compact state, whereas Fn in matrix fibrils was highly extended. Matrix fibrils exhibited a range of FRET that suggested some degree of unfolding of Fn's globular modules. Fn in cell-associated clusters that preceded fibril formation appeared more extended than diffuse cell-bound Fn but less extended than fibrillar Fn, suggesting that Fn undergoes extension after cell binding and before polymerization. FRET thus provides an approach to gain insight into the integrin-mediated pathway of Fn fibrillogenesis.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.251422998
Ending Page	14468
Page Count	5
Starting Page	14464
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00278424
e-ISSN	10916490
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Issue Number	25
Volume Number	98
Language	English
Publisher	The National Academy of Sciences
Publisher Date	2001-12-04
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	The National Academy of Sciences
Subject Keyword	General Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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