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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 86, Issue 17, Pages 8593-8602Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac501127r
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- DFG [SFB 944]
- European Community [223608]
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Unraveling the spatiotemporal organization of signaling complexes within the context of plasma membrane nanodomains has remained a highly challenging task. Here, we have applied super-resolution image correlation based on tracking and localization microscopy (TALM) for probing transient confinement as well as ligand binding and intracellular effector recruitment of the type I interferon (IFN) receptor in the plasma membrane of live cells. Ligand and receptor were labeled with monofunctional quantum dots, thus allowing long-term tracking with very high spatial and temporal resolution without an artificial receptor cross-linking at the cell surface. Dual-color TALM was employed for visualizing protein protein interactions involved in IFN signaling at both sides of the plasma membrane with high spatial and temporal resolution. By pair correlation analyses based on time-lapse TALM images (pcTALM), complex assembly within dynamic submicroscopic zones was identified. Strikingly, recruitment of the IFN effector protein signal transducer and activator of transcription 2 (STAT2) into these dynamic signaling zones could be observed. The results suggest that confined diffusion zones in the plasma membrane are employed as transient platforms for the assembly of signaling complexes.
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