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标题：Visualization and quantification of dynamic STAT3 homodimerization in living cells using homoFluoppi
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作者：Yusuke Okada ; Taku Watanabe ; Toru Shoji 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：2385
DOI：10.1038/s41598-018-20234-2
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：Dimerization in signal transduction is a dynamically regulated process and a key regulatory mechanism. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) dimerizes after tyrosine phosphorylation upon cytokine stimulation. Because only the STAT3 dimer possesses the trans-activation activity, dimerization is an indispensable process for cytokine signaling. Here we report the detection of dynamic STAT3 dimerization in living cells using the homoFluoppi system. This method allowed us to validate the presence of an intact Src homology 2 domain and STAT3 Tyr705 phosphorylation, which facilitate puncta formation and homodimerization. Puncta formation was reversible, as determined by a decreased punctate signal after washout of oncostatin M. We analyzed STAT3 mutants, which have been reported in patients with hyper IgE syndrome and inflammatory hepatocellular adenoma (IHCA). Analysis of the IHCA mutants using homoFluoppi revealed constitutive activity independent of cytokine stimulation and novel insight into kinetics of dimer dissociation process. Next, we used homoFluoppi to screen for inhibitors of STAT3 dimerization, and identified 3,4-methylenedioxy-β-nitrostyrene as a novel inhibitor. The results of this study show that homoFluoppi is a useful research tool for the analysis of proteins like STAT3 that dynamically dimerize, and is applicable for the screening of dimerization modulators.