Figure 4. Modulation of HCA by tacrine on living cells.
(a) Cartoon of CLASH-AChE/HCA. The acetylcholine esterase (AChE) inhibitor tacrine (T) displaces edrophonium (E) from AChE and benzenesulfonamide (SA) can bind to HCA inducing an increase in FRET efficiency. (b) Structure of the labelling compound. (c) Fluorescence micrographs of HEK293 cells displaying CLASH-AChE/HCA on their surface. In the absence of tacrine Cy3 emission is more intense, while on addition tacrine Cy5 emission increases; scale bars, 50 μm. (d) Changes observed in FRET ratio, donor (Cy3) and acceptor (Cy5) emission on perfusion of HEK293 cells displaying CLASH-AChE/HCA on their surface with 3 mM tacrine.