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in vitro Reconstitution

Single-molecule in vitro reconstitution assay for Kinesin-1 driven membrane dynamics

Main Reference #1

Du, W., & Su, Q. P. (2019). Single-molecule in vitro reconstitution assay for kinesin-1-driven membrane dynamics. Biophysical Reviews, 1-7.
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-019-00531-4

Abstract
Intracellular membrane dynamics, especially the nano-tube formation, plays important roles in vesicle transportation and organelle biogenesis. Regarding the regulation mechanisms, it is well known that during the nano-tube formation, motor proteins act as the driven force moving along the cytoskeleton, lipid composition and its associated proteins serve as the linkers and key mediators, and the vesicle sizes play as one of the important regulators. In this review, we summarized the in vitro reconstitution assay method, which has be applied to reconstitute the nano-tube dynamics during autophagic lysosomal regeneration (ALR) and the morphology dynamics during mitochondria network formation (MNF) in a mimic and pure in vitro system. Combined with the single-molecule microscopy, the advantage of the in vitro reconstitution system is to study the key questions at a single-molecule or single-vesicle level with precisely tuned parameters and conditions, such as the motor mutation, ion concentration, lipid component, ATP/GTP concentration and even in vitro protein knock-out, which cannot easily be achieved by in vivo or intracellular studies.

Main Reference #2

Wanqing Du, Xiangjun Di and Qian Peter Su. Studying mitochondrial network formation by in vivo and in vitro reconstitution assay, in: Methods in Molecular Biology, Springer Protocols. Mitochondrial Medicine, 2nd edition, V. Weissig, M. Edeas, Editors. Humana Press, Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London, 2020, in print.
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Abstract
Mitochondria change their morphologies from small isolated vesicles to large continuous networks across the cell cycles. The mitochondrial network formation (MNF) plays an important role in maintaining mitochondrial DNA integrity and interchanging mitochondrial materials. The disruption of the mitochondrial network affects mitochondrial functions, such as ATP production, integration of metabolism, calcium homeostasis and regulation of apoptosis, leading to the abnormal development and several human diseases including neurodegenerative disease. In this unit, we describe the method of studying MNF, which is driven by microtubule-dependent motor protein, by in vivo imaging and single-molecule in vitroreconstitution assays.

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  • Home
  • Our research
    • Autophagy and Mitochondria
    • Chromatin DNA Structure
    • Cardiovascular Interactome
    • Single-Mol and Super-Res Tech
  • Publications
  • Our Team
    • Team Members
    • About Peter Su
    • Team Photos
    • Our Collaborators
  • Lab News
  • Resources
    • Facility and Infrastructure
    • Surface Cleaning
    • Antibody Labelling
    • Chromatin DNA Labelling
    • Immunostaining
    • Actin Fluorescent Labelling
    • Motor Protein Purification
    • in vitro Reconstitution
    • Single-molecule Tracking
    • Super-resolution Mapping
    • Codes for SM and SR
  • Contact us
  • Mix Bag
  • Intranet