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Proximity Labeling Expansion Microscopy (PL-ExM) resolves structure of the interactome
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Proximity Labeling Expansion Microscopy (PL-ExM) resolves structure of the interactome

Sohyeon Park, Xiaorong Wang, Xiangpeng Li, Xiao Huang, Katie C. Fong, Clinton Yu, Arthur A. Tran, Lorenzo Scipioni, Zhipeng Dai, Lan Huang, …
bioRxiv
13 Nov 2023
PMID: 38014020
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https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.09.566477View
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Abstract

Bioengineering
Elucidating the spatial relationships within the protein interactome is pivotal to understanding the organization and regulation of protein-protein interactions. However, capturing the 3D architecture of the interactome presents a dual challenge: precise interactome labeling and super-resolution imaging. To bridge this gap, we present the Proximity Labeling Expansion Microscopy (PL-ExM). This innovation combines proximity labeling (PL) to spatially biotinylate interacting proteins with expansion microscopy (ExM) to increase imaging resolution by physically enlarging cells. PL-ExM unveils intricate details of the 3D interactome’s spatial layout in cells using standard microscopes, including confocal and Airyscan. Multiplexing PL-ExM imaging was achieved by pairing the PL with immunofluorescence staining. These multicolor images directly visualize how interactome structures position specific proteins in the protein-protein interaction network. Furthermore, PL-ExM stands out as an assessment method to gauge the labeling radius and efficiency of different PL techniques. The accuracy of PL-ExM is validated by our proteomic results from PL mass spectrometry. Thus, PL-ExM is an accessible solution for 3D mapping of the interactome structure and an accurate tool to access PL quality.

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