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Robust model-based analysis of single-particle tracking experiments with Spot-On.

Anders S Hansen | Maxime Woringer | Jonathan B Grimm | Luke D Lavis | Robert Tjian | Xavier Darzacq
eLife | 2018

Single-particle tracking (SPT) has become an important method to bridge biochemistry and cell biology since it allows direct observation of protein binding and diffusion dynamics in live cells. However, accurately inferring information from SPT studies is challenging due to biases in both data analysis and experimental design. To address analysis bias, we introduce 'Spot-On', an intuitive web-interface. Spot-On implements a kinetic modeling framework that accounts for known biases, including molecules moving out-of-focus, and robustly infers diffusion constants and subpopulations from pooled single-molecule trajectories. To minimize inherent experimental biases, we implement and validate stroboscopic photo-activation SPT (spaSPT), which minimizes motion-blur bias and tracking errors. We validate Spot-On using experimentally realistic simulations and show that Spot-On outperforms other methods. We then apply Spot-On to spaSPT data from live mammalian cells spanning a wide range of nuclear dynamics and demonstrate that Spot-On consistently and robustly infers subpopulation fractions and diffusion constants.

Pubmed ID: 29300163

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Associated grants

  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U54-DK107980
  • Agency: NIBIB NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U01 EB021236
  • Agency: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States
    Id: 003061
  • Agency: NIDDK NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U54 DK107980
  • Agency: NIH HHS, United States
    Id: UM1 OD023221
  • Agency: NIBIB NIH HHS, United States
    Id: UO1-EB021236

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