Measuring Integrin Conformational Change on the Cell Surface with Super-Resolution Microscopy.

ABSTRACT: We use super-resolution interferometric photoactivation and localization microscopy (iPALM) and a constrained photoactivatable fluorescent protein integrin fusion to measure the displacement of the head of integrin lymphocyte function-associated 1 (LFA-1) resulting from integrin conformational change on the cell surface. We demonstrate that the distance of the LFA-1 head increases substantially between basal and ligand-engaged conformations, which can only be explained at the molecular level by integrin extension. We further demonstrate that one class of integrin antagonist maintains the bent conformation, while another antagonist class induces extension. Our molecular scale measurements on cell-surface LFA-1 are in excellent agreement with distances derived from crystallographic and elect

SUBMITTER: Moore TI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5851489 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature