Plasma Membrane Sheets for Studies of B Cell Antigen Internalization from Immune Synapses.
Author(s)
Nowosad, CR
Tolar, P
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Surrogate planar and membrane systems have been employed to study the architecture of immune synapses; however, they often do not recapitulate trans-synaptic extraction and endocytosis of ligands by the immune cells. Transendocytosis (or trogocytosis) of antigen from immune synapses is particularly critical for antigen processing and presentation by B cells. Here we describe a protocol for preparation of plasma membrane sheets (PMSs), which are flexible and fluid membrane substrates that support robust B cell antigen extraction. We show how to attach B cell antigens to the PMSs and how to investigate antigen extraction and endocytosis by fluorescent microscopy and computational image analysis. These techniques should be broadly applicable to studies of transendocytosis in a variety of cellular systems.
Date Issued
2017-03-03
Date Acceptance
2017-03-01
Citation
Methods in Molecular Biology, 2017, 1584, pp.77-88
ISSN
1064-3745
Publisher
Humana Press (Springer Imprint)
Start Page
77
End Page
88
Journal / Book Title
Methods in Molecular Biology
Volume
1584
Copyright Statement
© 2017 Springer Science+Business Media LLC
Sponsor
European Research Council
Identifier
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28255697
Grant Number
Consolidator grant 648228
Subjects
Antigen internalization
B cell receptor
B cells
Cytoskeleton
Immune synapse
Plasma membrane sheets
Signaling
Transendocytosis
Trogocytosis
Developmental Biology
0601 Biochemistry And Cell Biology
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States