Circularly permuted fluorescent protein-based indicators: history, principles, and classification

AI Kostyuk, AD Demidovich, DA Kotova… - International journal of …, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Genetically encoded biosensors based on fluorescent proteins (FPs) are a reliable tool for
studying the various biological processes in living systems. The circular permutation of …

Protein kinase C pharmacology: refining the toolbox

AX Wu-Zhang, AC Newton - Biochemical Journal, 2013‏ - portlandpress.com
PKC (protein kinase C) has been in the limelight since the discovery three decades ago that
it acts as a major receptor for the tumour-promoting phorbol esters. Phorbol esters, with their …

Single-fluorophore biosensors for sensitive and multiplexed detection of signalling activities

S Mehta, Y Zhang, RH Roth, J Zhang, A Mo… - Nature cell …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Unravelling the dynamic molecular interplay behind complex physiological processes such
as neuronal plasticity requires the ability to both detect minute changes in biochemical …

GLP-1 stimulates insulin secretion by PKC-dependent TRPM4 and TRPM5 activation

M Shigeto, R Ramracheya, AI Tarasov… - The Journal of …, 2015‏ - Am Soc Clin Investig
Strategies aimed at mimicking or enhancing the action of the incretin hormone glucagon-like
peptide 1 (GLP-1) therapeutically improve glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS); …

Deciphering the molecular mechanism responsible for GCaMP6m's Ca2+-dependent change in fluorescence

LM Barnett, TE Hughes, M Drobizhev - PloS one, 2017‏ - journals.plos.org
The goal of this work is to determine how GCaMP6m's fluorescence is altered in response to
Ca2+-binding. Our detailed spectroscopic study reveals the simplest explanation for how …

Tip-link protein protocadherin 15 interacts with transmembrane channel-like proteins TMC1 and TMC2

R Maeda, KS Kindt, W Mo, CP Morgan… - Proceedings of the …, 2014‏ - National Acad Sciences
The tip link protein protocadherin 15 (PCDH15) is a central component of the
mechanotransduction complex in auditory and vestibular hair cells. PCDH15 is …

Cytoneme delivery of Sonic Hedgehog from ligand-producing cells requires Myosin 10 and a Dispatched-BOC/CDON co-receptor complex

ET Hall, ME Dillard, DP Stewart, Y Zhang, B Wagner… - Elife, 2021‏ - elifesciences.org
Morphogens function in concentration-dependent manners to instruct cell fate during tissue
patterning. The cytoneme morphogen transport model posits that specialized filopodia …

New DAG and cAMP sensors optimized for live-cell assays in automated laboratories

PH Tewson, S Martinka, NC Shaner… - Journal of …, 2016‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Protein-based, fluorescent biosensors power basic research on cell signaling in health and
disease, but their use in automated laboratories is limited. We have now created two live-cell …

Interpretation of presynaptic phenotypes of synaptic plasticity in terms of a two-step priming process

E Neher - Journal of General Physiology, 2023‏ - rupress.org
Studies on synaptic proteins involved in neurotransmitter release often aim at distinguishing
between their roles in vesicle priming (the docking of synaptic vesicles to the plasma …

Photoactivatable genetically encoded calcium indicators for targeted neuronal imaging

S Berlin, EC Carroll, ZL Newman, HO Okada… - Nature …, 2015‏ - nature.com
Circuit map** requires knowledge of both structural and functional connectivity between
cells. Although optical tools have been made to assess either the morphology and …