PixFRET, an ImageJ plug-in for FRET calculation that can accommodate variations in spectral bleed-throughs.
Détails
ID Serval
serval:BIB_DB90881204B8
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
PixFRET, an ImageJ plug-in for FRET calculation that can accommodate variations in spectral bleed-throughs.
Périodique
Microscopy Research and Technique
ISSN
1059-910X[print], 1059-910X[linking]
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2005
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
68
Numéro
1
Pages
51-58
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) allows the user to investigate interactions between fluorescent partners. One crucial issue when calculating sensitized emission FRET is the correction for spectral bleed-throughs (SBTs), which requires to calculate the ratios between the intensities in the FRET and in the donor or acceptor settings, when only the donor or acceptor are present. Theoretically, SBT ratios should be constant. However, experimentally, these ratios can vary as a function of fluorophore intensity, and assuming constant values may hinder precise FRET calculation. One possible cause for such a variation is the use of a microscope set-up with different photomultipliers for the donor and FRET channels, a set-up allowing higher speed acquisitions on very dynamic fluorescent molecules in living cells. Herein, we show that the bias introduced by the differential response of the two PMTs can be circumvented by a simple modeling of the SBT ratios as a function of fluorophore intensity. Another important issue when performing FRET is the localization of FRET within the cell or a population of cells. We hence developed a freely available ImageJ plug-in, called PixFRET, that allows a simple and rapid determination of SBT parameters and the display of normalized FRET images. The usefulness of this modeling and of the plug-in are exemplified by the study of FRET in a system where two interacting nuclear receptors labeled with ECFP and EYFP are coexpressed in living cells.
Mots-clé
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer/methods, Fluorescent Dyes, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods, Microscopy, Fluorescence/methods, Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/analysis, Staining and Labeling
Pubmed
Web of science
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