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The Oscillating Stimulus Transporter Assay, OSTA: Quantitative functional imaging of transporter protein activity in time and frequency domains.

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Molecular Cell. 2016 Oct 6;64(1):199-212. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.09.001
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The Oscillating Stimulus Transporter Assay, OSTA: Quantitative functional imaging of transporter protein activity in time and frequency domains. Looger Lab
Keller JP, Looger LL
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Abstract

Transmembrane transporter proteins allow the passage of essentially all biologically important molecules across the lipid membranes of cells and organelles and are therefore of central importance to all forms of life. Current methods of transporter measurement, however, are lacking in several dimensions. Herein, a method is presented in which oscillating stimuli are presented to transporter-expressing cells, and activity is measured through imaging the corresponding oscillating responses of intracellular fluorescent sensors. This approach yields continuous temporal readouts of transporter activity and can therefore be used to measure time-dependent responses to drugs and other stimuli. Because of the periodic nature of the response, temporal Fourier transforms can be used to identify and quantify regions of interest in the xy plane and to overcome noise. This technique, called the Oscillating Stimulus Transporter Assay (OSTA), should greatly facilitate both functional characterization of transporters as well as high-throughput screening of drugs for transporters of particular pathophysiological interest.

PMID: 27716484 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Loren Looger
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