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Multidimensional Super-Resolution Microscopy Unveils Nanoscale Surface Aggregates in the Aging of FUS Condensates

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
卷 145, 期 44, 页码 24240-24248

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08674

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The study reveals nanoscale heterogeneities in FUS condensates and their evolution over aging using multidimensional super-resolution microscopy tools. Hydrophobic nanodomains and amyloid aggregates are identified at the condensate surface, which significantly impede local diffusion. These nanoaggregates progressively expand on the condensate surface upon aging or mechanical shears, leading to a growing low-diffusivity shell while maintaining diffusion in the condensate interior.
The intracellular liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of biomolecules gives rise to condensates that act as membrane-less organelles with vital functions. FUS, an RNA-binding protein, natively forms condensates through LLPS and further provides a model system for the often disease-linked liquid-to-solid transition of biomolecular condensates during aging. However, the mechanism of such maturation processes, as well as the structural and physical properties of the system, remains unclear, partly attributable to difficulties in resolving the internal structures of the micrometer-sized condensates with diffraction-limited optical microscopy. Harnessing a set of multidimensional super-resolution microscopy tools that uniquely map out local physicochemical parameters through single-molecule spectroscopy, here, we uncover nanoscale heterogeneities in FUS condensates and elucidate their evolution over aging. Through spectrally resolved single-molecule localization microscopy (SR-SMLM) with a solvatochromic dye, we unveil distinct hydrophobic nanodomains at the condensate surface. Through SMLM with a fluorogenic amyloid probe, we identify these nanodomains as amyloid aggregates. Through single-molecule displacement/diffusivity mapping (SMdM), we show that such nanoaggregates drastically impede local diffusion. Notably, upon aging or mechanical shears, these nanoaggregates progressively expand on the condensate surface, thus leading to a growing low-diffusivity shell while leaving the condensate interior diffusion-permitting. Together, beyond uncovering fascinating structural arrangements and aging mechanisms in the single-component FUS condensates, the demonstrated synergy of multidimensional super-resolution approaches in this study opens new paths for understanding LLPS systems at the nanoscale.

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