Genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors illuminate the spatiotemporal regulation of signaling networks

EC Greenwald, S Mehta, J Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cellular signaling networks are the foundation which determines the fate and function of
cells as they respond to various cues and stimuli. The discovery of fluorescent proteins over …

A guide to fluorescent protein FRET pairs

BT Bajar, ES Wang, S Zhang, MZ Lin, J Chu - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
Förster or fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) technology and genetically
encoded FRET biosensors provide a powerful tool for visualizing signaling molecules in live …

A highly photostable and bright green fluorescent protein

M Hirano, R Ando, S Shimozono, M Sugiyama… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The low photostability of fluorescent proteins is a limiting factor in many applications of
fluorescence microscopy. Here we present StayGold, a green fluorescent protein (GFP) …

Improving FRET dynamic range with bright green and red fluorescent proteins

AJ Lam, F St-Pierre, Y Gong, JD Marshall, PJ Cranfill… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
A variety of genetically encoded reporters use changes in fluorescence (or Förster)
resonance energy transfer (FRET) to report on biochemical processes in living cells. The …

Intravital imaging reveals how BRAF inhibition generates drug-tolerant microenvironments with high integrin β1/FAK signaling

E Hirata, MR Girotti, A Viros, S Hooper… - Cancer cell, 2015 - cell.com
Intravital imaging of BRAF-mutant melanoma cells containing an ERK/MAPK biosensor
reveals how the tumor microenvironment affects response to BRAF inhibition by PLX4720 …

High-sensitivity measurements of multiple kinase activities in live single cells

S Regot, JJ Hughey, BT Bajar, S Carrasco, MW Covert - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Increasing evidence has shown that population dynamics are qualitatively different from
single-cell behaviors. Reporters to probe dynamic, single-cell behaviors are desirable yet …

ERK-mediated mechanochemical waves direct collective cell polarization

N Hino, L Rossetti, A Marín-Llauradó, K Aoki, X Trepat… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
During collective migration of epithelial cells, the migration direction is aligned over a tissue-
scale expanse. Although the collective cell migration is known to be directed by mechanical …

Frequency-modulated pulses of ERK activity transmit quantitative proliferation signals

JG Albeck, GB Mills, JS Brugge - Molecular cell, 2013 - cell.com
Summary The EGF-stimulated ERK/MAPK pathway is a key conduit for cellular proliferation
signals and a therapeutic target in many cancers. Here, we characterize two central …

Accurate information transmission through dynamic biochemical signaling networks

J Selimkhanov, B Taylor, J Yao, A Pilko, J Albeck… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Stochasticity inherent to biochemical reactions (intrinsic noise) and variability in cellular
states (extrinsic noise) degrade information transmitted through signaling networks. We …

Quantifying single-cell ERK dynamics in colorectal cancer organoids reveals EGFR as an amplifier of oncogenic MAPK pathway signalling

B Ponsioen, JB Post, JR Buissant des Amorie… - Nature cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Direct targeting of the downstream mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway to
suppress extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK) activation in KRAS and BRAF mutant …