Quantitative analysis of fluorescent caspase substrate cleavage in intact cells and identification of novel inhibitors of apoptosis

Cell Death and Differentiation
Paul TawaSteven Xanthoudakis

Abstract

Caspase activation and proteolytic cleavage of specific target proteins represents an integral step in the pathway leading to the apoptotic death of cells. Analysis of caspase activity in intact cells, however, has been generally limited to the measurement of end-point biochemical and morphological markers of apoptosis. In an effort to develop a strategy with which to monitor caspase activity, early in the cell death cascade and in real-time, we have generated cell lines that overexpress recombinant GFP-based caspase substrates that display a quantifiable change in their spectral properties when cleaved by group II caspases. Specifically, tandem GFP substrates linked by a caspase-sensitive cleavage site show diminished fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), as a consequence of cleavage, due to physical separation of the GFP moieties in apoptotic cells. We have evaluated the influence of different caspase-sensitive linkers on both FRET efficiency and cleavage by caspase-3. We also demonstrate that caspase activity as well as inhibition by pharmacological agents can be monitored, with minimal manipulation, in intact adherent cells seeded in a 96-well cell culture dish. Finally, we have adapted this technology to a high th...Continue Reading

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