A genetically encoded Ca2+ indicator based on circularly permutated sea anemone red fluorescent protein eqFP578.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Genetically encoded calcium ion (Ca2+) indicators (GECIs) are indispensable tools for measuring Ca2+ dynamics and neuronal activities in vitro and in vivo. Red fluorescent protein (RFP)-based GECIs have inherent advantages relative to green fluorescent protein-based GECIs due to the longer wavelength light used for excitation. Longer wavelength light is associated with decreased phototoxicity and deeper penetration through tissue. Red GECI can also enable multicolor visualization with blue- or cyan-excitable fluorophores. RESULTS:Here we report the development, structure, and validation of a new RFP-based GECI, K-GECO1, based on a circularly permutated RFP derived from the sea anemone Entacmaea quadricolor. We have characterized the performance of K-GECO1 in cultured HeLa cells, dissociated neurons, stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes, organotypic brain slices, zebrafish spinal cord in vivo, and mouse brain in vivo. CONCLUSION:K-GECO1 is the archetype of a new lineage of GECIs based on the RFP eqFP578 scaffold. It offers high sensitivity and fast kinetics, similar or better than those of current state-of-the-art indicators, with diminished lysosomal accumulation and minimal blue-light photoactivation. Further refinements of the K-GECO1 lineage could lead to further improved variants with overall performance that exceeds that of the most highly optimized red GECIs.

journal_name

BMC Biol

journal_title

BMC biology

authors

Shen Y,Dana H,Abdelfattah AS,Patel R,Shea J,Molina RS,Rawal B,Rancic V,Chang YF,Wu L,Chen Y,Qian Y,Wiens MD,Hambleton N,Ballanyi K,Hughes TE,Drobizhev M,Kim DS,Koyama M,Schreiter ER,Campbell RE

doi

10.1186/s12915-018-0480-0

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-01-16 00:00:00

pages

9

issue

1

issn

1741-7007

pii

10.1186/s12915-018-0480-0

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16

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