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ArticleCell reports2025

Luminescent sensing of conformational integrin activation in living cells.

Giulia Villari, Noemi Gioelli, Marta Gino, Heng Zhang, Kelly Hodge, Francesca Cordero, Sara Zanivan, Jieqing Zhu, Guido Serini

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Giulia VillariDepartment of Oncology, University of Torino School of Medicine, Candiolo, TO, Italy; Candiolo Cancer Institute - Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia (FPO) Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Candiolo, TO, Italy.
Noemi GioelliCandiolo Cancer Institute - Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia (FPO) Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Candiolo, TO, Italy.
Marta GinoDepartment of Oncology, University of Torino School of Medicine, Candiolo, TO, Italy; Candiolo Cancer Institute - Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia (FPO) Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Candiolo, TO, Italy.
Heng ZhangThrombosis and Hemostasis Program, Versiti Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Kelly HodgeCancer Research UK Scotland Institute, Glasgow, UK.
Francesca CorderoDepartment of Computer Science, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Sara ZanivanCancer Research UK Scotland Institute, Glasgow, UK; School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Jieqing ZhuThrombosis and Hemostasis Program, Versiti Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Guido SeriniDepartment of Oncology, University of Torino School of Medicine, Candiolo, TO, Italy; Candiolo Cancer Institute - Fondazione del Piemonte per l'Oncologia (FPO) Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Candiolo, TO, Italy. Electronic address: guido.serini@ircc.it.

Funding

The Immunobiology of Vaccine-induced Immune Thrombotic ThrombocytopeniaP01HL167668 · NHLBI · VERSITI WISCONSIN, INC. · PI Peter J Newman · 2024 to 2026
$10.1M
Structural Transition of Cellular Integrins and Applications ThereofR01HL131836 · NHLBI · VERSITI WISCONSIN, INC. · PI Jieqing Zhu · 2016 to 2026
$5.5M
Non-conventional signaling by α5 integrin in blood and endothelial cellsR01HL175474 · NHLBI · VERSITI WISCONSIN, INC. · PI Jieqing Zhu · 2024 to 2026
$2.2M
Cancer Research UK A17196Cancer Research UK A29800Cancer Research UK A31287NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL167668NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL131836NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL175474
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Integrins are major receptors for secreted extracellular matrix, playing crucial roles in physiological and pathological contexts, such as angiogenesis and cancer. Regulation of the transition between inactive and active conformation is key for integrins to fulfill their functions, and pharmacological control of those dynamics may have therapeutic applications. We create and validate a prototypic luminescent β1 integrin activation sensor (β1IAS) by introducing a split luciferase into an activation reporting site between the βI and the hybrid domains. As a recombinant protein in both solution and living cells, β1IAS accurately reports β1 integrin activation in response to (bio)chemical and physical stimuli. A short interfering RNA (siRNA) high-throughput screening on live β1IAS knockin endothelial cells unveils hitherto unknown regulators of β1 integrin activation, such as β1 integrin inhibitors E3 ligase Pja2 and vascular endothelial growth factor B (VEGF-B). This split-luciferase-based strategy provides an in situ label-free measurement of integrin activation and may be applicable to other β integrins and receptors.

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Integrin beta1Luminescent MeasurementsHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsLuciferasesProtein ConformationRNA, Small InterferingIntegrin beta1LuciferasesRNA, Small Interferingangiogenesisconformational sensorCP: Cell biologyendothelial cellsintegrin activationintegrin inhibitorsluminescence

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PMCPMC11861568

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