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. 2016 Aug 3;5:e17056. doi: 10.7554/eLife.17056

Figure 4. Single-molecule imaging of Sp1 binding to mHtt aggregates.

(A) Single-molecule imaging of cytoplasmic Sp1-mHtt aggregate interaction Top, Epi-fluorescence images of JF549-HaloTag-Sp1 (red) and mHtt-94Q-CFP (green) before single-molecule imaging Middle, 2D molecular interaction map of Sp1 binding to mHtt aggregates. Two-point translocations are color-coded according to the jumping distance shown in (B). 7399 translocations are included in this analysis. See Video 6 for single molecule tracks overlaid on raw data. A total of 215 (trajectories) Sp1 binding events were detected on the surface of the aggregate. Bottom, Diffusion map generated by InferenceMap as shown in Figure 1A. Each pixel in the image is color-coded with the most probable diffusion coefficient for that pixel. (B) Histogram for jumping distances shown in the middle panel of (A). (C) Two-color Airyscan images of ES cells expressing indicated Sp1 fragment (red, JF646) and mHtt-94Q-mEOS3.2-NLS (green). (D) Zoom-in view of mHtt aggregate regions boxed in (C) shows that Sp1-TAD is recruited to mHtt aggregates while Sp1-DBD is excluded. Radial intensity analysis of HaloTag-Sp1, HaloTag-DBD and HaloTag-TAD (Imaging data are shown in Figure 4—figure supplement 1B) shows specific enrichments of Sp1 and Sp1-TAD but depletion of Sp1-DBD at mHtt aggregate regions. Scale bars, 2 µm

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.17056.014

Figure 4.

Figure 4—figure supplement 1. Sp1 non-specifically interacts with mHtt aggregates in live cells.

Figure 4—figure supplement 1.

(A) Live-cell SIM imaging shows nonspecific association of Sp1 (red) to the mHtt aggregates (green) in the cytoplasm. Zoom-In view of the boxed region is on the right. (B) Size-normalized (100 pixel diameter) fluorescence intensity maps for Sp1, Sp1-TAD and Sp1 DBD at mHtt aggregate regions (Imaging data for Figure 4E). For each condition, the intensity maps for identical mHtt aggregate regions are on the top. Average intensity maps for each channel are shown in the left. N for Sp1; 20 regions in 12 cells. N for Sp1-DBD; 18 regions in 10 cells. N for Sp1-TAD; 18 regions in 8 cells. Scale bars, 2 µm