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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2015

A Photostable Silicon Rhodamine Platform for Optical Voltage Sensing.

Yi-Lin Huang, Alison S Walker, Evan W Miller

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 133 papers.

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133 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yi-Lin HuangDepartments of Chemistry, ‡Molecular & Cell Biology, and §Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California , Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Alison S WalkerDepartments of Chemistry, ‡Molecular & Cell Biology, and §Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California , Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Evan W MillerDepartments of Chemistry, ‡Molecular & Cell Biology, and §Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California , Berkeley, California 94720, United States.

Funding

Molecular and optogenetic tools for studying voltage in the brainR00NS078561 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI MILLER, EVAN WALKER · 2013 to 2015
$713k
NINDS NIH HHS R00 NS078561NINDS NIH HHS R00NS078561
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper describes the design and synthesis of a photostable, far-red to near-infrared (NIR) platform for optical voltage sensing. We developed a new, sulfonated silicon rhodamine fluorophore and integrated it with a phenylenevinylene molecular wire to create a Berkeley Red Sensor of Transmembrane potential, or BeRST 1 ("burst"). BeRST 1 is the first member of a class of far-red to NIR voltage sensitive dyes that make use of a photoinduced electron transfer (PeT) trigger for optical interrogation of membrane voltage. We show that BeRST 1 displays bright, membrane-localized fluorescence in living cells, high photostability, and excellent voltage sensitivity in neurons. Depolarization of the plasma membrane results in rapid fluorescence increases (24% ΔF/F per 100 mV). BeRST 1 can be used in conjunction with fluorescent stains for organelles, Ca(2+) indicators, and voltage-sensitive fluorescent proteins. In addition, the red-shifted spectral profile of BeRST 1, relative to commonly employed optogenetic actuators like ChannelRhodopsin2 (ChR2), which require blue light, enables optical electrophysiology in neurons. The high speed, sensitivity, photostability and long-wavelength fluorescence profiles of BeRST 1 make it a useful platform for the noninvasive, optical dissection of neuronal activity.

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Electric ConductivityOptical PhenomenaDrug DesignDrug StabilityFluorescent DyesHEK293 CellsHumansMolecular ImagingNeuronsRhodaminesSiliconSulfonic AcidsFluorescent DyesRhodaminesSiliconSulfonic Acids

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