Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing , China.
Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences , Peking University , Beijing , China.
J Am Chem Soc. 2019 Feb 6;141(5):1833-1837. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b10286. Epub 2019 Jan 29.
Cell-cell interactions and communications play fundamental roles in life processes but remain largely uncharacterized. We developed an enzyme-mediated proximity cell labeling (EXCELL) strategy as a general method to detect and record cell-cell interactions under living conditions. EXCELL relies on an evolved Staphylococcus aureus transpeptidase sortase A variant (mgSrtA) capable of promiscuous labeling of various cell surface proteins containing a monoglycine residue at the N-terminus. Displaying mgSrtA on the surface of a cell of interest allows the labeling and detection of interacting cells in a proximity-dependent fashion.
细胞间相互作用和通讯在生命过程中发挥着基础性作用,但很大程度上仍未被充分描述。我们开发了一种酶介导的邻近细胞标记(EXCELL)策略,作为一种在活细胞条件下检测和记录细胞间相互作用的通用方法。EXCELL 依赖于一种经过进化的金黄色葡萄球菌转肽酶 SrtA 变体(mgSrtA),该变体能够在 N 端含有单甘氨酸残基的各种细胞表面蛋白上进行混杂标记。在感兴趣的细胞表面展示 mgSrtA,可使相互作用细胞以邻近依赖性方式进行标记和检测。