Relationship between Fluorescence Intensity of GFP and the Expression Level of Prestin in a Prestin-Expressing Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Line
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- IIDA Koji
- Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University
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- NAGAOKA Tomoyuki
- Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University
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- TSUMOTO Kouhei
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Tohoku University
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- IKEDA Katsuhisa
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University School of Medicine
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- KUMAGAI Izumi
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Tohoku University
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- KOBAYASHI Toshimitsu
- Department of Otolaryngology─Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine
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- WADA Hiroshi
- Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University
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Description
Outer hair cells (OHCs) in mammals can elongate and contract at frequencies up to 100kHz in response to changes in their membrane potential. The origin of this unique motility is the motor protein prestin, which is densely packed in the lateral membrane of the OHCs. In a previous work, we constructed a prestin-expressing cell line using Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells to obtain a stable supply of prestin. When we research prestin using constructed cells, it is necessary to estimate the expression level of prestin in the cells easily and non-invasively. As the prestin gene and a green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene were introduced into constructed cells using the same vector, the expression level of prestin and fluorescence intensity of GFP are possibly correlated. Since this correlation is not clear, however, in this study, we therefore investigated whether the expression level of prestin evaluated by patch-clamp recording and the fluorescence intensity of GFP obtained from fluorescence images are correlated or not. As a result, it was demonstrated that they were correlated. The expression level of prestin can therefore be evaluated by measuring the fluorescence intensity of GFP.
Journal
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- JSME International Journal Series C
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JSME International Journal Series C 47 (4), 970-976, 2004
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
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- CRID
- 1390282679655297792
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- NII Article ID
- 110004820825
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- NII Book ID
- AA11179487
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- ISSN
- 1347538X
- 13447653
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- NDL BIB ID
- 7190265
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- Disallowed