RRC ID |
82131
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Author |
Ohta Y, Furuta T, Nagai T, Horikawa K.
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Title |
Red fluorescent cAMP indicator with increased affinity and expanded dynamic range.
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Journal |
Sci Rep
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Abstract |
cAMP is one of the most important second messengers in biological processes. Cellular dynamics of cAMP have been investigated using a series of fluorescent indicators; however, their sensitivity was sub-optimal for detecting cAMP dynamics at a low concentration range, due to a low ligand affinity and/or poor dynamic range. Seeking an indicator with improved detection sensitivity, we performed insertion screening of circularly permuted mApple, a red fluorescent protein, into the cAMP-binding motif of PKA regulatory subunit Iα and developed an improved cAMP indicator named R-FlincA (Red Fluorescent indicator for cAMP). Its increased affinity (Kd = 0.3 μM) and expanded dynamic range (860% at pH 7.2) allowed the detection of subtle changes in the cellular cAMP dynamics at sub-μM concentrations, which could not be easily observed with existing indicators. Increased detection sensitivity also strengthened the advantages of using R-FlincA as a red fluorescent indicator, as it permits a series of applications, including multi-channel/function imaging of multiple second messengers and combinatorial imaging with photo-manipulation. These results strongly suggest that R-FlincA is a promising tool that accelerates cAMP research by revealing unobserved cAMP dynamics at a low concentration range.
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Volume |
8(1)
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Pages |
1866
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Published |
2018-1-30
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DOI |
10.1038/s41598-018-20251-1
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PII |
10.1038/s41598-018-20251-1
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PMID |
29382930
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PMC |
PMC5789972
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MeSH |
Calcium / metabolism
Cells, Cultured
Cyclic AMP / metabolism*
Dictyostelium / metabolism*
Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
Humans
Insulin-Secreting Cells / metabolism*
Luminescent Proteins / metabolism*
Molecular Imaging / methods*
Red Fluorescent Protein
Spectrometry, Fluorescence
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Resource |
Human and Animal Cells |
293T(RCB2202) |