| Visualization of ATP levels inside single living cells with fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based genetically encoded indicators. | |
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PMID: 19720993 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) is the major energy currency of cells and is involved in many cellular processes. However, there is no method for real-time monitoring of ATP levels inside individual living cells. To visualize ATP levels, we generated a series of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based indicators for ATP that were composed of the epsilon subunit of the bacterial F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase sandwiched by the cyan- and yellow-fluorescent proteins. The indicators, named ATeams, had apparent dissociation constants for ATP ranging from 7.4 muM to 3.3 mM. By targeting ATeams to different subcellular compartments, we unexpectedly found that ATP levels in the mitochondrial matrix of HeLa cells are significantly lower than those of cytoplasm and nucleus. We also succeeded in measuring changes in the ATP level inside single HeLa cells after treatment with inhibitors of glycolysis and/or oxidative phosphorylation, revealing that glycolysis is the major ATP-generating pathway of the cells grown in glucose-rich medium. This was also confirmed by an experiment using oligomycin A, an inhibitor of F(o)F(1)-ATP synthase. In addition, it was demonstrated that HeLa cells change ATP-generating pathway in response to changes of nutrition in the environment. |
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Authors:
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Hiromi Imamura; Kim P Huynh Nhat; Hiroko Togawa; Kenta Saito; Ryota Iino; Yasuyuki Kato-Yamada; Takeharu Nagai; Hiroyuki Noji |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2009-08-31 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Volume: 106 ISSN: 1091-6490 ISO Abbreviation: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. Publication Date: 2009 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-10-06 Completed Date: 2009-11-13 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7505876 Medline TA: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 15651-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Precursory Research for Embryonic Science, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 5 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan. imamura@sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp |
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Adenosine Triphosphate
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metabolism* Bacterial Proteins / chemistry, genetics, metabolism Bacterial Proton-Translocating ATPases / chemistry, genetics, metabolism Cell Compartmentation Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer / methods* Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry, metabolism Green Fluorescent Proteins / chemistry, genetics, metabolism Hela Cells Humans Luminescent Proteins / chemistry, genetics, metabolism Microscopy, Fluorescence Models, Molecular Oxidative Phosphorylation Recombinant Fusion Proteins / chemistry, genetics, metabolism |
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0/Bacterial Proteins; 0/Cyan Fluorescent Protein; 0/Fluorescent Dyes; 0/Luminescent Proteins; 0/Recombinant Fusion Proteins; 0/yellow fluorescent protein, Bacteria; 147336-22-9/Green Fluorescent Proteins; 56-65-5/Adenosine Triphosphate; EC 3.6.1.-/Bacterial Proton-Translocating ATPases |
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