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ArticleScientific reports2015

Fast-Response Calmodulin-Based Fluorescent Indicators Reveal Rapid Intracellular Calcium Dynamics.

Nordine Helassa, Xiao-hua Zhang, Ianina Conte, John Scaringi, Elric Esposito, Jonathan Bradley, Thomas Carter, David Ogden, Martin Morad, Katalin Török

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Nordine HelassaInstitute of Cardiovascular and Cell Science, St George's, University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK.
Xiao-hua ZhangDepartment of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston SC 29425, USA.
Ianina ConteInstitute of Cardiovascular and Cell Science, St George's, University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK.
John ScaringiDepartment of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston SC 29425, USA.
Elric EspositoLaboratoire de Physiologie Cérébrale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France.
Jonathan BradleyLaboratoire de Physiologie Cérébrale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France.
Thomas CarterInstitute of Cardiovascular and Cell Science, St George's, University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK.
David OgdenLaboratoire de Physiologie Cérébrale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France.
Martin MoradDepartment of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston SC 29425, USA.
Katalin TörökInstitute of Cardiovascular and Cell Science, St George's, University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_13053Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 094385/Z/10/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Faithful reporting of temporal patterns of intracellular Ca(2+) dynamics requires the working range of indicators to match the signals. Current genetically encoded calmodulin-based fluorescent indicators are likely to distort fast Ca(2+) signals by apparent saturation and integration due to their limiting fluorescence rise and decay kinetics. A series of probes was engineered with a range of Ca(2+) affinities and accelerated kinetics by weakening the Ca(2+)-calmodulin-peptide interactions. At 37 °C, the GCaMP3-derived probe termed GCaMP3fast is 40-fold faster than GCaMP3 with Ca(2+) decay and rise times, t1/2, of 3.3 ms and 0.9 ms, respectively, making it the fastest to-date. GCaMP3fast revealed discreet transients with significantly faster Ca(2+) dynamics in neonatal cardiac myocytes than GCaMP6f. With 5-fold increased two-photon fluorescence cross-section for Ca(2+) at 940 nm, GCaMP3fast is suitable for deep tissue studies. The green fluorescent protein serves as a reporter providing important novel insights into the kinetic mechanism of target recognition by calmodulin. Our strategy to match the probe to the signal by tuning the affinity and hence the Ca(2+) kinetics of the indicator is applicable to the emerging new generations of calmodulin-based probes.

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AnimalsAnimals, NewbornCalciumCalcium SignalingCalmodulinCells, CulturedFluorescenceGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHEK293 CellsHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsIntracellular SpaceKineticsMicroscopy, ConfocalMutationMyocytes, CardiacCalciumCalmodulinGreen Fluorescent Proteins

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PMID26527405
PMCPMC4630588

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