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ArticleLife science alliance2022

LuminoCell: a versatile and affordable platform for real-time monitoring of luciferase-based reporters.

Kamila Weissová, Bohumil Fafílek, Tomasz Radaszkiewicz, Canan Celiker, Petra Macháčková, Tamara Čechová, Jana Šebestíková, Aleš Hampl, Vítězslav Bryja, Pavel Krejčí and 1 more

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Article in Life science alliance, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kamila WeissováDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Bohumil FafílekInstitute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic.
Tomasz RadaszkiewiczDepartment of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-4850-9933
Canan CelikerDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Petra MacháčkováCellular Imaging Core Facility, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Tamara ČechováDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Jana ŠebestíkováDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Aleš HamplDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Vítězslav BryjaDepartment of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Pavel KrejčíInstitute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic.
Tomáš BártaDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic tbarta@med.muni.cz.ORCID 0000-0003-0703-066X
Masaryk University · CZCentral European Institute of Technology · CZ

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Luciferase reporter assays represent a simple and sensitive experimental system in cell and molecular biology to study multiple biological processes. However, the application of these assays is often limited by the costs of conventional luminometer instruments and the versatility of their use in different experimental conditions. Therefore, we aimed to develop a small, affordable luminometer allowing continuous measurement of luciferase activity, designed for inclusion into various kinds of tissue culture incubators. Here, we introduce LuminoCell-an open-source platform for the construction of an affordable, sensitive, and portable luminometer capable of real-time monitoring in-cell luciferase activity. The LuminoCell costs $40, requires less than 1 h to assemble, and it is capable of performing real-time sensitive detection of both magnitude and duration of the activity of major signalling pathways in cell cultures, including receptor tyrosine kinases (EGF and FGF), WNT/β-catenin, and NF-κB. In addition, we show that the LuminoCell is suitable to be used in cytotoxicity assays as well as for monitoring periodic circadian gene expression.

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NF-kappa BSignal TransductionLuciferasesLuciferasesNF-kappa B

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PMID35440493
PMCPMC9018015
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