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Date: Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Subject: Visualizing protease activity in living cells: from two dimensions to four dimensions.
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[1]Curr Protoc Cell Biol. 2008 Jun; Chapter 4: Unit 4.20
Jedeszko C, Sameni M, Olive MB, Moin K, Sloane BF
Proteolytic degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM) components by cells is an important metabolic activity as cells grow, remodel, and migrate through the ECM. The ability to analyze ECM degradation can be valuable in the study of developmental processes as well as pathologies, such as cancer. In this unit we describe an in vitro live cell-based method to image and quantitatively measure the degradation of ECM components by live cells. Cells are grown in the presence of fluorescent dye-quenched protein substrates (DQ-gelatin, DQ-collagen I, and DQ-collagen IV) that are mixed with protein matrices. Upon proteolytic cleavage, fluorescence is released that directly reflects the level of proteolysis by the cells. Using confocal microscopy and advanced imaging software, the fluorescence is detected and accurate measurements of proteolytic degradation in three and four dimensions can be assessed.
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Source: http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18551423
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From: HubMed - cancer <rssfwd@rssfwd.com>
Date: Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Subject: Visualizing protease activity in living cells: from two dimensions to four dimensions.
To: mesothelioma77@gmail.com
[1]Curr Protoc Cell Biol. 2008 Jun; Chapter 4: Unit 4.20
Jedeszko C, Sameni M, Olive MB, Moin K, Sloane BF
Proteolytic degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM) components by cells is an important metabolic activity as cells grow, remodel, and migrate through the ECM. The ability to analyze ECM degradation can be valuable in the study of developmental processes as well as pathologies, such as cancer. In this unit we describe an in vitro live cell-based method to image and quantitatively measure the degradation of ECM components by live cells. Cells are grown in the presence of fluorescent dye-quenched protein substrates (DQ-gelatin, DQ-collagen I, and DQ-collagen IV) that are mixed with protein matrices. Upon proteolytic cleavage, fluorescence is released that directly reflects the level of proteolysis by the cells. Using confocal microscopy and advanced imaging software, the fluorescence is detected and accurate measurements of proteolytic degradation in three and four dimensions can be assessed.
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Source: http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18551423
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