A novel imaging method for quantitative Golgi localization reveals differential intra-Golgi trafficking of secretory cargoes Hieng Chiong Tie, Divyanshu Mahajan, Bing Chen, Li Cheng, Antonius M. J. VanDongen, Lei Lu, and Adam Linstedt Molecular Biology of the Cell 2016 27:5, 848-861
Abstract:
Cellular functions of the Golgi are determined by the unique distribution of its resident proteins. Currently, electron microscopy is required for the localization of a Golgi protein at the sub-Golgi level. We developed a quantitative sub-Golgi localization method based on centers of fluorescence masses of nocodazole-induced Golgi ministacks under conventional optical microscopy. Our method is rapid, convenient, and quantitative, and it yields a practical localization resolution of ∼ 30 nm. The method was validated by the previous electron microscopy data. We quantitatively studied the intra-Golgi trafficking of synchronized secretory membrane cargoes and directly demonstrated the cisternal progression of cargoes from the cis- to the trans-Golgi. Our data suggest that the constitutive efflux of secretory cargoes could be restricted at the Golgi stack, and the entry of the trans-Golgi network in secretory pathway could be signal dependent.
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Funding Info:
This work was supported by grants from the National Medical Research Council (NMRC/CBRG/007/2012) and Ministry of Education (AcRF Tier1 RG 18/11 and RG 48/13) to L.L.