Detection and quantification of Na,K-ATPase dimers in the plasma membrane of living cells by FRET-FCSShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects, ISSN 0304-4165, E-ISSN 1872-8006, Vol. 1868, no 7, article id 130619Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The sodium potassium pump, Na,K-ATPase (NKA), is an integral plasma membrane protein, expressed in all eukaryotic cells. It is responsible for maintaining the transmembrane Na+ gradient and is the major determinant of the membrane potential. Self-interaction and oligomerization of NKA in cell membranes has been proposed and discussed but is still an open question. Here, we have used a combination of FRET and Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, FRET-FCS, to analyze NKA in the plasma membrane of living cells. Click chemistry was used to conjugate the fluorescent labels Alexa 488 and Alexa 647 to non-canonical amino acids introduced in the NKA α1 and β1 subunits. We demonstrate that FRET-FCS can detect an order of magnitude lower concentration of green-red labeled protein pairs in a single-labeled red and green background than what is possible with cross-correlation (FCCS). We show that a significant fraction of NKA is expressed as a dimer in the plasma membrane. We also introduce a method to estimate not only the number of single and double labeled NKA, but the number of unlabeled, endogenous NKA and estimate the density of endogenous NKA at the plasma membrane to 1400 ± 800 enzymes/μm2.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2024. Vol. 1868, no 7, article id 130619
Keywords [en]
FRET-FCS, NaK-ATPase, Non-canonical amino acids
National Category
Biochemistry Molecular Biology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-346157DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2024.130619ISI: 001235008700001PubMedID: 38643888Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85191150723OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-346157DiVA, id: diva2:1855942
Note
QC 20240626
2024-05-032024-05-032025-02-20Bibliographically approved