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ArticleiScience2021

A nanoluciferase biosensor to investigate endogenous chemokine secretion and receptor binding.

Carl W White, Laura E Kilpatrick, Kevin D G Pfleger, Stephen J Hill

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Article in iScience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Luciferase complementation for cellular assays beyond protein-protein interactions.Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Carl W WhiteCell Signalling and Pharmacology Research Group, Division of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
Laura E KilpatrickCentre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors, University of Birmingham and University of Nottingham, The Midlands, UK.
Kevin D G PflegerHarry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and Centre for Medical Research, The University of Western Australia, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia.
Stephen J HillCell Signalling and Pharmacology Research Group, Division of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
Australian Research Council · AUUniversity of Nottingham · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/N020081/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Secreted chemokines are critical mediators of cellular communication that elicit intracellular signaling by binding membrane-bound receptors. Here we demonstrate the development and use of a sensitive real-time approach to quantify secretion and receptor binding of native chemokines in live cells to better understand their molecular interactions and function. CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing was used to tag the chemokine CXCL12 with the nanoluciferase fragment HiBiT. CXCL12 secretion was subsequently monitored and quantified by luminescence output. Binding of tagged CXCL12 to either chemokine receptors or membrane glycosaminoglycans could be monitored due to the steric constraints of nanoluciferase complementation. Furthermore, binding of native CXCL12-HiBiT to AlexaFluor488-tagged CXCR4 chemokine receptors could also be distinguished from glycosaminoglycan binding and pharmacologically analyzed using BRET. These live cell approaches combine the sensitivity of nanoluciferase with CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to detect, quantify, and monitor binding of low levels of native secreted proteins in real time.

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BiotechnologyMolecular InteractionTechniques in Genetics

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PMID33490919
PMCPMC7809502
OpenAlexW3117007955

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