RRC ID 28665
Author Ohkura M, Matsuzaki M, Kasai H, Imoto K, Nakai J.
Title Genetically encoded bright Ca2+ probe applicable for dynamic Ca2+ imaging of dendritic spines.
Journal Anal Chem
Abstract G-CaMP is a Ca2+ probe based on a single green fluorescent protein (GFP). G-CaMP shows a large fluorescence increase upon Ca2+ binding, but its fluorescence is dim and pH sensitive, similar to other single GFP-based probes. Here we report an improved G-CaMP, named G-CaMP1.6, which enables easier detection of intracellular Ca2+ signals. G-CaMP1.6 was approximately 40 times more fluorescent than G-CaMP, mainly due to an increase in quantum yield. Furthermore, compared with G-CaMP, G-CaMP1.6 had not only a lower pH sensitivity but also a higher selectivity for divalent cations having an ionic radius similar to Ca2+. Ca2+ sensitivity of G-CaMP1.6 (Kd = 146 nM, Hill coefficient = 3.8, Fmax/Fmin = 4.9) was slightly shifted toward higher affinity compared with that of G-CaMP. When expressed in mammalian cells, G-CaMP1.6 showed large fluorescence changes with drug applications. Notably, local Ca2+ changes in such tiny structures as dendritic spines of neurons were successfully observed with G-CaMP1.6, this being the first observation using a GFP-based probe. Additional mutations in Ca2+-binding sites of G-CaMP1.6 shifted the affinity for Ca2+ and reduced the Ca2+-buffering effect. G-CaMP1.6-CaM(E140K), which has a mutation in the Ca2+ binding site, is an improved probe with its increased brightness and reduced Ca2+-buffering capacity.
Volume 77(18)
Pages 5861-9
Published 2005-9-15
DOI 10.1021/ac0506837
PMID 16159115
MeSH Animals Calcium / analysis* Calcium / metabolism* Cell Line Dendritic Spines / genetics* Dendritic Spines / metabolism* EF Hand Motifs Genetic Variation / genetics Hippocampus / metabolism Humans Rats Sensitivity and Specificity Temperature
IF 6.785
Times Cited 79
WOS Category CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL
Resource
DNA material pN1-G-CaMP1.6 (RDB06749)