We recently developed a simultaneous in situ quantitative imaging technique for cholesterol in both leaflets of the plasma membrane of mammalian cells. This ratiometric fluorescence technique allows real-time monitoring of the cholesterol transporter activity of plasma membrane-resident proteins in living cells. When applied to the hedgehog signaling system, it enables direct quantitative measurement of the cholesterol transporter activity of Patched1 and the effect of the hedgehog ligand on this activity.
Keywords: Cholesterol quantification; Cholesterol transporter; Fluorescence assay; Patched.
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