Shechtman Yoav, Gustavsson Anna-Karin, Petrov Petar N, Dultz Elisa, Lee Maurice Y, Weis Karsten, Moerner W E
Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 375 North-South Mall, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Currently with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000 Israel.
Biomed Opt Express. 2017 Nov 21;8(12):5735-5748. doi: 10.1364/BOE.8.005735. eCollection 2017 Dec 1.
We report the observation of chromatin dynamics in living budding yeast () cells, in three-dimensions (3D). Using dual color localization microscopy and employing a Tetrapod point spread function, we analyze the spatio-temporal dynamics of two fluorescently labeled DNA loci surrounding the locus. From the measured trajectories, we obtain different dynamical characteristics in terms of inter-loci distance and temporal variance; when the locus is activated, the 3D inter-loci distance and temporal variance increase compared to the inactive state. These changes are visible in spite of the large thermally- and biologically-driven heterogeneity in the relative motion of the two loci. Our observations are consistent with current euchromatin vs. heterochromatin models.
我们报告了在活的出芽酵母()细胞中对染色质动力学进行的三维(3D)观察。使用双色定位显微镜并采用四脚架点扩散函数,我们分析了围绕基因座的两个荧光标记DNA位点的时空动力学。从测量的轨迹中,我们在基因座间距离和时间方差方面获得了不同的动力学特征;当基因座被激活时,与非激活状态相比,三维基因座间距离和时间方差增加。尽管两个位点的相对运动存在由热和生物驱动的巨大异质性,但这些变化仍然可见。我们的观察结果与当前的常染色质与异染色质模型一致。