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Live Cell Imaging of CEACAM1 Dynamics and Self-association during Bacterial Binding

The carcinoembryonic antigen-related cellular adhesion molecule 1 (CEACAM1) is a human receptor that facilitates adhesion with neighbouring cells, as well as with certain pathogens. CEACAM1 at the cell surface exists as a mixture of monomers and dimers in a heterogeneous distribution that is thought to regulate the balance of its functions, including those associated with pathogen binding. We used live cell fluorescence and homogeneous Förster resonance energy transfer (homo-FRET) microscopy on a combined total internal reflection fluorescence polarization (TIRFPM) confocal microscopy platform to investigate the distribution, dynamics, and monomer-dimer equilibrium of CEACAM1-4L-EYFP on live cells that were parachuted onto surfaces coated with CEACAM1-binding Neisseria gonorrhoea. Both CEACAM1-4L-EYFP and a monomeric mutant form of the receptor are rapidly recruited to bacteria and lead to downstream effector recruitment. Homo-FRET data indicate that wild-type CEACAM1-4L-EYFP was predominantly monomeric at bacterial contact sites. Preferential monomeric binding during bacterial adhesion controls the infection process.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/42829
Date22 November 2013
CreatorsDownie, Kelsey Jean
ContributorsYip, Christopher M.
Source SetsUniversity of Toronto
Languageen_ca
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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