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pHusion – a robust and versatile toolset for automated detection and analysis of exocytosis

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Exocytosis is a fundamental process used by eukaryotes to regulate the composition of the plasma membrane and facilitate cell–cell communication. To investigate exocytosis in neuronal morphogenesis, previously we developed computational tools with a graphical user interface to enable the automatic detection and analysis of exocytic events from fluorescence timelapse images. Although these tools were useful, we found the code was brittle and not easily adapted to different experimental conditions. Here, we developed and validated a robust and versatile toolkit, named pHusion, for the analysis of exocytosis, written in ImageTank, a graphical programming language that combines image visualization and numerical methods. We tested pHusion using a variety of imaging modalities and pH-sensitive fluorophores, diverse cell types and various exocytic markers, to generate a flexible and intuitive package. Using this system, we show that VAMP3-mediated exocytosis occurs 30-times more frequently in melanoma cells compared with primary oligodendrocytes, that VAMP2-mediated fusion events in mature rat hippocampal neurons are longer lasting than those in immature murine cortical neurons, and that exocytic events are clustered in space yet random in time in developing cortical neurons.
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hal-04652803 , version 1 (18-07-2024)

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Ellen C O'Shaughnessy, Mable Lam, Samantha E Ryken, Theresa Wiesner, Kimberly Lukasik, et al.. pHusion – a robust and versatile toolset for automated detection and analysis of exocytosis. Journal of Cell Science, 2024, 137 (20), pp.jcs.261828. ⟨10.1242/jcs.261828⟩. ⟨hal-04652803⟩
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