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Yum, Chorok; Ahn, Taekyoung; Shim, Won-Sik
Development of a Novel Blue Fluorescent Gene-encoded Calcium Indicator Modified from GCaMP3 Journal Article
In: J Fluoresc, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 1287–1293, 2020, ISSN: 1573-4994.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Calcium imaging, GCaMP3, GFP
@article{Yum2020,
title = {Development of a Novel Blue Fluorescent Gene-encoded Calcium Indicator Modified from GCaMP3},
author = {Chorok Yum and Taekyoung Ahn and Won-Sik Shim},
doi = {10.1007/s10895-020-02606-y},
issn = {1573-4994},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-12-00},
urldate = {2020-12-00},
journal = {J Fluoresc},
volume = {30},
number = {6},
pages = {1287--1293},
publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
abstract = {Intracellular calcium can be monitored by various calcium-specific fluorescent dyes including gene-encoded calcium indicators (GECI). GCaMP is a widely-used GECI that emits green fluorescence proportional to the level of intracellular calcium. However, since many tagging proteins also emit green fluorescence, GCaMP cannot be used with another green fluorescent protein. Therefore, it would be ideal to develop a GECI that has a distinct color profile other than green. In this regard, we developed a novel blue fluorescentcalcium indicator modified from GCaMP called Ser222-Ala229-Cys330-BCaMP3. Specifically, a simple threonine to histidine substitution to a green fluorescent Cys330-GCaMP3 successfully changed its fluorescence to blue (Cys330-BCaMP3, B for blue). Furthermore, a couple of additional amino acid substitutions resulted in more enhanced blue fluorescence intensity. Among other Cys330-BCaMP3 variants, it was found that Ser222-Ala229-Cys330-BCaMP3 exhibited the strongest blue fluorescence intensity. When Ser222-Ala229-Cys330-BCaMP3 was co-expressed with TRPA1 – a non-selective cation channel – in HEK293T cells, it showed moderate bluefluorescence. One of the drawbacks of Ser222-Ala229-Cys330-BCaMP3 was that the fluorescence intensity was not enough when cellswere cultured under 37°C. However, this limitation was circumvented by lowering cell culture temperature to 28°C, allowing muchmore enhanced blue fluorescence. Although Ser222-Ala229-Cys330-BCaMP3 mandates further optimization, the present study hasfound a promising blue fluorescent GECI that is derived from GCaMP3.},
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Intracellular calcium can be monitored by various calcium-specific fluorescent dyes including gene-encoded calcium indicators (GECI). GCaMP is a widely-used GECI that emits green fluorescence proportional to the level of intracellular calcium. However, since many tagging proteins also emit green fluorescence, GCaMP cannot be used with another green fluorescent protein. Therefore, it would be ideal to develop a GECI that has a distinct color profile other than green. In this regard, we developed a novel blue fluorescentcalcium indicator modified from GCaMP called Ser222-Ala229-Cys330-BCaMP3. Specifically, a simple threonine to histidine substitution to a green fluorescent Cys330-GCaMP3 successfully changed its fluorescence to blue (Cys330-BCaMP3, B for blue). Furthermore, a couple of additional amino acid substitutions resulted in more enhanced blue fluorescence intensity. Among other Cys330-BCaMP3 variants, it was found that Ser222-Ala229-Cys330-BCaMP3 exhibited the strongest blue fluorescence intensity. When Ser222-Ala229-Cys330-BCaMP3 was co-expressed with TRPA1 – a non-selective cation channel – in HEK293T cells, it showed moderate bluefluorescence. One of the drawbacks of Ser222-Ala229-Cys330-BCaMP3 was that the fluorescence intensity was not enough when cellswere cultured under 37°C. However, this limitation was circumvented by lowering cell culture temperature to 28°C, allowing muchmore enhanced blue fluorescence. Although Ser222-Ala229-Cys330-BCaMP3 mandates further optimization, the present study hasfound a promising blue fluorescent GECI that is derived from GCaMP3.