Authors
RYNEŠ, Jan; Eva IŠTVÁNKOVÁ; Michaela KRAFČÍKOVÁ; Enrico LUCHINAT; Letizia BARBIERI; Lucia BANCI; Kristýna KAMARÝTOVÁ; Tomáš LOJA; Bohumil FAFÍLEK; Gustavo RICO LLANOS; Pavel KREJČÍ; Libor MACUREK; Silvie TRANTÍRKOVÁ and Lukáš TRANTÍREK
Edition
Communications Biology, BERLIN, Nature Research, 2025, 2399-3642
Links
EF18_046/0015974, research and development project. GF21-26400K, research and development project. GX19-26041X, research and development project. LM2023042, research and development project. LM2023050, research and development project. LM2023053, research and development project. LX22NPO5102, research and development project. NU21-06-00512, research and development project. 871037, interní kód Repo.
V originále
Most of our knowledge of protein structure and function originates from experiments performed with purified proteins resuspended in dilute, buffered solutions. However, most proteins function in crowded intracellular environments with complex compositions. Significant efforts have been made to develop tools to study proteins in their native cellular settings. Among these tools, in-cell NMR spectroscopy has been the sole technique for characterizing proteins in the intracellular space of living cells at atomic resolution and physiological temperature. Nevertheless, due to technological constraints, in-cell NMR studies have been limited to asynchronous single-cell suspensions, precluding obtaining information on protein behavior in different cellular states. In this study, we present a methodology that allows for obtaining an atomically resolved NMR readout of protein structure and interactions in living human cells synchronized in specific cell cycle phases and within 3D models of human tissue. The described approach opens avenues for investigating how protein structure or drug recognition responds to cell-cell communication or changes in intracellular space composition during transitions among cell cycle phases.