title: Spatial intensity distribution analysis (SpIDA): a new tool for receptor tyrosine kinase activation and transactivation quantification.
abstract: This chapter presents a general approach for the application of spatial intensity distribution analysis (SpIDA) to pharmacodynamic quantification of receptor tyrosine kinase homodimerization in response to direct ligand activation or transactivation by G protein-coupled receptors. A custom graphical user interface developed for MATLAB is used to extract quantal brightness and receptor density information from intensity histograms calculated from single fluorescence microscopy images. This approach allows measurement of monomer/oligomer protein mixtures within subcellular compartments using conventional confocal laser scanning microscopy. Application of quantitative pharmacological analysis to data obtained using SpIDA provides a universal method for comparing studies between cell lines and receptor systems. In addition, because of its compatibility with conventional immunostaining approaches, SpIDA is suitable not only for use in recombinant systems but also for the characterization of mechanisms involving endogenous proteins. Therefore, SpIDA enables these biological processes to be monitored directly in their native cellular environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Canada; Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barbeau
authors.forename: Jody L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Swift
authors.forename: Antoine G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Godin
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: De Koninck
authors.forename: Paul W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Wiseman
authors.forename: Jean-Martin
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Beaulieu
mesh_terms: D001058:Apomorphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D057054:Molecular Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D055503:Protein Multimerization; D011799:Quinazolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D020813:Receptor, trkB / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012984:Software; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D020032:Tyrphostins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D011799:Quinazolines; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D020032:Tyrphostins; C485184:enhanced green fluorescent protein; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; C101044:RTKI cpd; C512478:EGFR protein, human; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D020813:Receptor, trkB; D001058:Apomorphine
keywords: Confocal microscopy; Dimerization; Fluorescence distribution analysis; G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs); Heptahelical receptors (7TM); Image analysis; Receptor transactivation; Receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)