Two-Dimensional Trap for Ultrasensitive Quantification of Transient Protein Interactions

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Abstract

We present an ultrasensitive technique for quantitative protein-protein interaction analysis in a two-dimensional format based on phase-separated, micropatterned membranes. Interactions between proteins captured to lipid probes via an affinity tag trigger partitioning into the liquid-ordered phase, which is readily quantified by fluorescence imaging. Based on a calibration with well-defined low-affinity protein-protein interactions, equilibrium dissociation constants >1 mM were quantified. Direct capturing of proteins from mammalian cell lysates enabled us to detect homo- and heterodimerization of signal transducer and activator of transcription proteins. Using the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) as a model system, quantification of low-affinity interactions between different receptor domains contributing to EGFR dimerization was achieved. By exploitation of specific features of the membrane-based assay, the regulation of EGFR dimerization by lipids was demonstrated.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9783-9791
Number of pages9
JournalACS Nano
Volume9
Issue number10
Publication statusPublished - 27 Oct 2015
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 84946101374
PubMed 26331529
ORCID /0000-0003-4375-3144/work/142255258
ORCID /0000-0003-2083-0506/work/148607245

Keywords

Keywords

  • fluorescence microscopy, lipid phase separation, polymer-supported membrane, protein-lipid interaction, protein-protein interaction, signaling complexes