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CIL:31917*  Cite 
Description

Localization on the cell surface of Alexa Fluor-488-α factor (left, green in merge) and Abp1-RFP (center; red in merge). Within each box, α-factor spots first appear and are subsequently joined by Abp1p, and then both molecules disappear concomitantly. These observations establish that cortical actin patches are sites of receptor-mediated α-factor internalization. Total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy was used to visualize A488-α factor to reduce background and Abp1-RFP was visualized by epifluorescence. Interval between frames is 2 s. Fig 1D (single frames) and Movie 2 from Toshima et al.

Technical Details

S. cerevisiae (Mata his3-Δ200 leu2-3, 112 ura3-52 bar1Δ::LEU2 ABP1-RFP::HIS3) were grown to an OD600 of 0.2 in 1.25 ml of YPD, briefly centrifuged, and resuspended in 50 μl of synthetic media (SM) with 1% (wt/vol) BSA and 5 μM Alexa-α-factor. After incubation on ice for 2 h, cells were washed into ice-cold SM containing 1% BSA. Internalization was initiated by the addition of ice-cold SM containing 4% Glucose and amino acids and then transferring cells to a glass slide at room temperature. Fluorescence microscopy (used for Abp1-red fluorescent protein) was performed by using an Olympus IX81 microscope equipped with a x100/NA1.4 or a x100/NA 1.45 (Olympus) objective and Orca-ER cooled CCD camera (Hamamatsu). For TIRF illumination (used for Alexa488-α factor), the expanded beam (488 nm) of an argon krypton laser (Melles Griot) was used to excite Alexa Fluor-488. The beam was focused at an off-axis position in the back focal plane of the objective.

Biological Sources
NCBI Organism Classification
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Cellular Component
endocytic vesicle
cytoskeleton
Biological Context
Biological Process
receptor-mediated endocytosis
actin cortical patch assembly
Molecular Function
actin binding
Attribution
Names
Junko Y. Toshima
Jiro Toshima
Marko Kaksonen
Adam C. Martin
David S. King
David G. Drubin
Published
Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2006. 103: 5793-5798.
Pubmed
16574772
Citation
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
doi:10.7295/W9CIL31917
Archival Resource Key (ARK)
ark:/b7295/w9cil31917
Grouping This image is part of a group.
Sample Preparation
Methods
living tissue
Relation To Intact Cell
whole mounted tissue
Dimensions
Spatial Axis Image Size Pixel Size
X 747px ——
Y 249px ——
Time 2 seconds 30