Measurement of monomer-oligomer distributions via fluorescence moment image analysis.

Abstract:

:We present higher-order moment analysis of fluorescence intensity fluctuations from individual laser scanning microscopy images applied to study monomer-oligomer distributions. We demonstrate that the number densities and brightness ratios of a mixed population of monomers and oligomers can be determined by analyzing higher-order moments of the fluorescence intensity fluctuations from individual images for specific ranges of densities and particle brightness ratios. Computer simulations and experiments with fluorescent microspheres and cells were performed to illustrate the detection limits and accuracy of this statistical approach. The simulation results show that the concentration of the dimer or oligomer population should be less than or equal to the monomeric concentration for the method to provide accurate results, and that the upper density detection limit of the population of monomers is one order-of-magnitude higher than the concentration of the oligomers. We implemented this technique to resolve two populations of fluorescent microspheres with different brightness ratios and we also applied the moment-analysis method to examine the distribution of aggregation states of PDGF-beta receptors in human fibroblast cells. The method was able to resolve a tetrameric population of the PDGF-beta receptors relative to the background distribution of nonspecifically bound fluorophore.

journal_name

Biophys J

journal_title

Biophysical journal

authors

Sergeev M,Costantino S,Wiseman PW

doi

10.1529/biophysj.106.091181

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-11-15 00:00:00

pages

3884-96

issue

10

eissn

0006-3495

issn

1542-0086

pii

S0006-3495(06)72100-2

journal_volume

91

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