Red and far-red cleavable fluorescent dyes for self-labelling enzyme protein tagging and interrogation of GPCR co-internalization
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Author(s)
Roßmann, Kilian
Birke, Ramona
Levitz, Joshua
Jones, Ben
Broichhagen, Johannes
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Post-labelling cleavable substrates for self-labelling protein tags, such as SNAP- and Halo-tags, can be used to study cell surface receptor trafficking events by stripping dyes from non-internalized protein pools. Since the complexity of receptor biology requires the use of multiple and orthogonal approaches to simultaneously probe multiple receptor pools, we report the development of four membrane impermeable probes that covalently bind to either the SNAP- or the Halo-tag in the red to far-red range. These molecules bear a disulfide bond to release the non-internalized probe using the reducing agent sodium 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate (MESNA). As such, our approach allows the simultaneous visualization of multiple internalized cell surface proteins in two colors which we showcase using G protein-coupled receptors. We use this approach to detect internalized group II metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluRs), homo- and heterodimers, and to reveal unidirectional crosstalk between co-expressed glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1R) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptors (GIPR). In these applications, we translate our method to both high resolution imaging and quantitative, high throughput assays, demonstrating the value of our approach for a wide range of applications.
Date Issued
2025-01-01
Date Acceptance
2024-11-15
Citation
RSC Chemical Biology, 2025, 6 (1), pp.11-20
ISSN
2633-0679
Publisher
The Royal Society of Chemistry
Start Page
11
End Page
20
Journal / Book Title
RSC Chemical Biology
Volume
6
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2025 The Author(s). Published by the Royal Society of Chemistry Open Access Article This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
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Published
Date Publish Online
2024-11-18