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  • An Expanded Palette of Gene...
    Zhao, Yongxin; Araki, Satoko; Wu, Jiahui; Teramoto, Takayuki; Chang, Yu-Fen; Nakano, Masahiro; Abdelfattah, Ahmed S.; Fujiwara, Manabi; Ishihara, Takeshi; Nagai, Takeharu; Campbell, Robert E.

    Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 09/2011, Letnik: 333, Številka: 6051
    Journal Article

    Engineered fluorescent protein (FP) chimeras that modulate their fluorescence in response to changes in calcium ion (Ca²⁺) concentration are powerful tools for visualizing intracellular signaling activity. However, despite a decade of availability, the palette of single FP-based Ca²⁺ indicators has remained limited to a single green hue. We have expanded this palette by developing blue, improved green, and red intensiometric indicators, as well as an emission ratiometric indicator with an 11,000% ratio change. This series enables improved single-color Ca²⁺ imaging in neurons and transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans. In HeLa cells, Ca²⁺ was imaged in three subcellular compartments, and, in conjunction with a cyan FP—yellow FP—based indicator, Ca²⁺ and adenosine 5′-triphosphate were simultaneously imaged. This palette of indicators paints the way to a colorful new era of Ca²⁺ imaging.