Abstract
The localization of proteins to the Golgi complex is a dynamic process requiring sorting signals in the cytosolic domains of resident Golgi proteins and retrograde vesicular trafficking. Disruptions in these signals or in the retrograde pathways often lead to mislocalization of Golgi proteins to the vacuole in budding yeast. The extent of vacuolar mislocalization can be quantified through colocalization of GFP-tagged Golgi proteins with fluorescent dyes that mark either the vacuole limiting membrane or the vacuole lumen. Manders’ colocalization coefficient (MCC) is a useful tool for quantifying the degree of colocalization. However, the dilution of fluorescence signal intensity that occurs when GFP-tagged Golgi proteins mislocalize to the much larger vacuole is problematic for thresholding the images prior to calculating the MCC. In this chapter, we describe the use of Multi-Otsu thresholding in ImageJ to quantify the degree of GFP-tagged protein mislocalization to the vacuole. Furthermore, these methods can be applied to other colocalization events within the cell.
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This work was supported by NIH grant 1R35GM144123 to TRG. MJ was supported by NIH training grant T32MH064913.
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Jimenez, M., Best, J.T., Date, S.S., Graham, T.R. (2023). Quantification of Golgi Protein Mislocalization to the Budding Yeast Vacuole. In: Wang, Y., Lupashin, V.V., Graham, T.R. (eds) Golgi. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2557. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2639-9_2
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