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ReviewJournal of neuroscience methods2021

Genetically encoded sensors towards imaging cAMP and PKA activity in vivo.

Crystian I Massengill, Julian Day-Cooney, Tianyi Mao, Haining Zhong

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Review in Journal of neuroscience methods, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Constellation of Fluorescent Biosensors to Illuminate the Galaxy of Protein Kinases.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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  2. Metabolic Brain Disorders: Prodromes, Symptoms, and Syndromes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  4. Sensitive and Selective Next-Generation FRET-based PKA Biosensors.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  6. Cerebral blood flow is modulated by astrocytic cAMP elevation independently of IPProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Crystian I MassengillVollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Julian Day-CooneyVollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Tianyi MaoVollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA. Electronic address: mao@ohsu.edu.
Haining ZhongVollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA. Electronic address: zhong@ohsu.edu.
Oregon Health & Science University · US

Funding

Multiplex imaging of neuronal activity and signaling dynamics underlying learning in discrete amygdala circuits of behaving mice.R01NS104944 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI LI, BO, MAO, TIANYI · 2018 to 2022
$5.0M
Genetic and physiological dissection of the circuit mechanisms in the striatum.R01NS081071 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI MAO, TIANYI · 2013 to 2023
$3.6M
Cell-Specific Visualization of Endogenous ProteinsRF1MH120119 · NIMH · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI MAO, TIANYI, ZHONG, HAINING · 2019 to 2019
$2.8M
NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH120119NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS081071NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS104944
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is a universal second messenger that plays a crucial role in diverse biological functions, ranging from transcription to neuronal plasticity, and from development to learning and memory. In the nervous system, cAMP integrates inputs from many neuromodulators across a wide range of timescales - from seconds to hours - to modulate neuronal excitability and plasticity in brain circuits during different animal behavioral states. cAMP signaling events are both cell-specific and subcellularly compartmentalized. The same stimulus may result in different, sometimes opposite, cAMP dynamics in different cells or subcellular compartments. Additionally, the activity of protein kinase A (PKA), a major cAMP effector, is also spatiotemporally regulated. For these reasons, many laboratories have made great strides toward visualizing the intracellular dynamics of cAMP and PKA. To date, more than 80 genetically encoded sensors, including original and improved variants, have been published. It is starting to become possible to visualize cAMP and PKA signaling events in vivo, which is required to study behaviorally relevant cAMP/PKA signaling mechanisms. Despite significant progress, further developments are needed to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio and practical utility of these sensors. This review summarizes the recent advances and challenges in genetically encoded cAMP and PKA sensors with an emphasis on in vivo imaging in the brain during behavior.

Indexed as

BrainSignal TransductionAnimalsLearningNeuronal PlasticityPhosphorylationEpac-based cAMP sensorFluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM)Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)Genetically encoded cAMP sensorsIn vivo imagingNeuromodulationProtein kinase A (PKA) sensorssubcellular signaling

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PMID34339753
PMCPMC8659126
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