Real-time single cell analysis of molecular mechanism of apoptosis and proliferation using FRET technique

Bcl-2 family proteins (such as Bid and Bak/Bax) and 14-3-3 proteins play a key role in the mitochondria-mediated cell apoptosis induced by cell death factors such as TNF-α and lower power laser irradiation (LPLI). In this report, fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) has been used to study the molecular mechanism of apoptosis in living cells on a fluorescence scanning confocal microscope. Based on the genetic code technique and the green fluorescent proteins (GFPs), single-cell dynamic analysis of caspase3 activation, caspase8 activation, and PKCs activation are performed during apoptosis induced by laser irradiation in real-time. To investigate the cellular effect and mechanism of laser irradiation, human lung adenocarcinoma cells (ASTC-a-1) transfected with plasmid SCAT3 (pSCAT3)/ CKAR FRET reporter, were irradiated and monitored noninvasively with both FRET imaging. Our results show that high fluence lower power laser irradiation (HFLPLI) can induce an increase of caspase3 activation and a decrease of PKCs activation, and that LPLI induces the ASTC-a-1 cell proliferation by specifically activating PKCs.

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