Binding of the immunomodulatory drug Bz-423 to mitochondrial FoF1-ATP synthase in living cells by FRET acceptor photobleaching

Ilka Starke; Kathryn M. Johnson; Jan Petersen; Peter Gräber; Anthony W. Opipari Jr.; Gary D. Glick; Michael Börsch

doi:10.1117/12.2209645

14 March 2016 Binding of the immunomodulatory drug Bz-423 to mitochondrial F_oF₁-ATP synthase in living cells by FRET acceptor photobleaching

Ilka Starke, Kathryn M. Johnson, Jan Petersen, Peter Gräber, Anthony W. Opipari Jr., Gary D. Glick, Michael Börsch

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Proceedings Volume 9712, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVI; 97120P (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2209645
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Bz-423 is a promising new drug for treatment of autoimmune diseases. This small molecule binds to subunit OSCP of the mitochondrial enzyme F_oF₁-ATP synthase and modulates its catalytic activities. We investigate the binding of Bz-423 to mitochondria in living cells and how subunit rotation in F_oF₁-ATP synthase, i.e. the mechanochemical mechanism of this enzyme, is affected by Bz-423. Therefore, the enzyme was marked selectively by genetic fusion with the fluorescent protein EGFP to the C terminus of subunit γ. Imaging the threedimensional arrangement of mitochondria in living yeast cells was possible at superresolution using structured illumination microscopy, SIM. We measured uptake and binding of a Cy5-labeled Bz-423 derivative to mitochondrial F_oF₁-ATP synthase in living yeast cells using FRET acceptor photobleaching microscopy. Our data confirmed the binding of Cy5-labeled Bz-423 to the top of the F₁ domain of the enzyme in mitochondria of living Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells.

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Ilka Starke, Kathryn M. Johnson, Jan Petersen, Peter Gräber, Anthony W. Opipari Jr., Gary D. Glick, and Michael Börsch "Binding of the immunomodulatory drug Bz-423 to mitochondrial F_oF₁-ATP synthase in living cells by FRET acceptor photobleaching", Proc. SPIE 9712, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVI, 97120P (14 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2209645

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