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ArticleJournal of magnetic resonance (San Diego, Calif. : 1997)2024

Exploring the potential of water channels for developing genetically encoded reporters and biosensors for diffusion-weighted MRI.

Asish N Chacko, Austin D C Miller, Kaamini M Dhanabalan, Arnab Mukherjee

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Article in Journal of magnetic resonance (San Diego, Calif. : 1997), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. A genetic reporter for visualizing nitroreductase activity using magnetic resonance imaging.Chemistry methods : new approaches to solving problems in chemistry · 2026
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  7. A programmable genetic platform for engineering noninvasive biosensors.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Asish N ChackoDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080, USA.
Austin D C MillerBiomolecular Science and Engineering Graduate Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080, USA.
Kaamini M DhanabalanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080, USA.
Arnab MukherjeeDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080, USA; Biomolecular Science and Engineering Graduate Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080, USA; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080, USA. Electronic address: arnabm@ucsb.edu.

Funding

Metal-free, genetically encoded reporters for calcium recording with MRIR01NS128278 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI Tod Edward Kippin, Arnab Mukherjee · 2023 to 2026
$1.9M
Engineering fluorescence and magnetic resonance reporter genes for imaging biological function in hypoxic cells and in vivoR35GM133530 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI MUKHERJEE, ARNAB · 2019 to 2023
$1.6M
Engineering a calcium reporter gene for magnetic resonance imaging of neural activityR21EB033989 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI MUKHERJEE, ARNAB · 2022 to 2023
$425k
A genetically encoded MRI reporter for noninvasive imaging of activity-dependent gene expression in neuronsR03DA050971 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI MUKHERJEE, ARNAB · 2021 to 2021
$218k
NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB033989NIDA NIH HHS R03 DA050971NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133530NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS128278
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetically encoded reporters for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offer a valuable technology for making molecular-scale measurements of biological processes within living organisms with high anatomical resolution and whole-organ coverage without relying on ionizing radiation. However, most MRI reporters rely on synthetic contrast agents, typically paramagnetic metals and metal complexes, which often need to be supplemented exogenously to create optimal contrast. To eliminate the need for synthetic contrast agents, we previously introduced aquaporin-1, a mammalian water channel, as a new reporter gene for the fully autonomous detection of genetically labeled cells using diffusion-weighted MRI. In this study, we aimed to expand the toolbox of diffusion-based genetic reporters by modulating aquaporin membrane trafficking and harnessing the evolutionary diversity of water channels across species. We identified a number of new water channels that functioned as diffusion-weighted reporter genes. In addition, we show that loss-of-function variants of yeast and human aquaporins can be leveraged to design first-in-class diffusion-based sensors for detecting the activity of a model protease within living cells.

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Biosensing TechniquesDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingGenes, ReporterAquaporin 1AquaporinsHumansWaterAquaporin 1AquaporinsWaterAquaporinsDiffusion-weighted imagingMRIProtease sensorReporter proteins

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PMCPMC11687277

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