Abstract
Inhibitory PAS domain protein (IPAS) is a dual function protein acting as a transcriptional repressor and as a pro-apoptotic protein. Simultaneous dual-color single-molecule imaging of EGFP-IPAS coexpressed with Mit-TagRFP-T in living HeLa cells revealed that fraction of EGFP-IPAS was arrested in the nucleus and on mitochondria. Transiently expressed Cerulean-IPAS in HEK293T cells was present in nuclear speckles when coexpressed with Citrine-HIF-1α or Citrine-HLF. Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) analysis of Citrine-IPAS-Cerulean in living CHO-K1 cells clarified the presence of intramolecular FRET. Reduced lifetimes of the donor were partially restored by coexpression of HIF-1α or Bcl-xL, binding proteins of IPAS in the nucleus and mitochondria, respectively. This alteration in lifetimes demonstrates that conformational changes occurred in IPAS by their binding.
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