Abstract
We demonstrate a combined univariate and bivariate Getis and Franklin's local point pattern analysis method to investigate the co-clustering of membrane proteins in two-dimensional single-molecule localisation data. This method assesses the degree of clustering of each molecule relative to its own species and relative to a second species. Using simulated data, we show that this approach can quantify the degree of cluster overlap in multichannel point patterns. The method is validated using photo-activated localisation microscopy and direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy data of the proteins Lck and CD45 at the T cell immunological synapse. Analysing co-clustering in this manner is generalizable to higher numbers of fluorescent species and to three-dimensional or live cell data sets.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 605-612 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Histochemistry and Cell Biology |
Volume | 141 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 19 Mar 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2014 |
Keywords
- Cluster analysis
- Super-resolution
- Co-localisation
- PALM
- STORM
- OPTICAL RECONSTRUCTION MICROSCOPY
- PAIR-CORRELATION-ANALYSIS
- COLOCALIZATION ANALYSIS
- PROTEIN HETEROGENEITY
- FLUORESCENT-PROBES
- DIFFRACTION-LIMIT
- PATTERNS