Abstract
Intracellular redox homeostasis is crucial for many cellular functions, but accurate measurements of cellular compartment-specific redox states remain technically challenging. Genetically encoded biosensors, including the glutathione-specific redox-sensitive yellow fluorescent protein (rxYFP), provide an alternative approach to overcome the limitations of conventional glutathione/glutathione disulfide (GSH/GSSG) redox measurements. In this chapter we describe methods to measure the nuclear rxYFP redox state in human cells by a redox Western blot technique. A nucleus-targeted rxYFP sensor can be used to sense nuclear steady-state and dynamic redox changes in response to oxidative stress. Complementary to existing redox sensors and conventional redox measurements, nucleus-targeted rxYFP sensors provide a novel tool for examining nuclear redox homeostasis in mammalian cells, permitting high-resolution readout of steady glutathione state and dynamics of redox changes. The technique described may be used with minimal variations to study the effects of stress conditions which lead to glutathione redox changes.
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This work was supported by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Institut Curie, and the Comité de l’Essonne de la Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer (to MEH).
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Banach-Latapy, A., Dardalhon, M., Huang, ME. (2015). A Redox-Sensitive Yellow Fluorescent Protein Sensor for Monitoring Nuclear Glutathione Redox Dynamics. In: Hancock, R. (eds) The Nucleus. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1228. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1680-1_13
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