Selenomethionine incorporation in proteins of individual mammalian cells determined with a genetically encoded fluorescent sensor
Free Radical Biology and Medicine(2022)
摘要
Selenomethionine (SeMet) randomly replaces methionine (Met) in protein translation. Because of strongly differing redox properties of SeMet and Met, SeMet mis-incorporation may have detrimental effects on protein function, possibly compromising the use of nutritional SeMet supplementation as an anti-oxidant. Studying the functional impact of SeMet in proteins on a cellular level is hampered by the lack of accurate and efficient methods for estimating the SeMet incorporation level in individual viable cells. Here we introduce and apply a method to measure the extent of SeMet incorporation in cellular proteins by utilizing a genetically encoded fluorescent methionine oxidation probe. Supplementation of SeMet in mammalian culture medium resulted in >84% incorporation of SeMet, and SeMet labeling as low as 5% was readily measured. Kinetics and extent of SeMet incorporation on the single-cell level under live-cell imaging conditions provided direct access to protein turn-over kinetics and SeMet redox properties in a cellular context. The method is furthermore suited for experiments utilizing high-throughput fluorescence microplate readers or fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis.
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Green fluorescent protein,Methionine oxidation,Single-cell analysis,Fluorescence imaging,Methionine selenoxide,GEPMO
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