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ArticleNature biotechnology2026

Far-red chemigenetic kinase biosensors enable multiplexed and super-resolved imaging of signaling networks.

Michelle S Frei, Samantha A Sanchez, Xinchang He, Longwei Liu, Falk Schneider, Zichen Wang, Hiroyuki Hakozaki, Yajuan Li, Anne C Lyons, Theresa V Rohm and 7 more

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Michelle S FreiDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. michelle.frei@org.chem.ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4799-4554
Samantha A Sanchez *Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2151-5962
Xinchang He *Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-5567-1564
Longwei LiuShu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-9066
Falk SchneiderTranslational Imaging Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0502-9139
Zichen WangDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Hiroyuki HakozakiDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Yajuan LiShu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Anne C LyonsDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Theresa V RohmDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8498-1018
Jerrold M OlefskyDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Lingyan ShiShu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1373-3206
Johannes SchönebergDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Scott E FraserAlfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5377-0223
Sohum MehtaDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Yingxiao WangShu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Jin ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. jzhang32@health.ucsd.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7145-7823

Funding

Transgenic & Knock-out MouseP30DK063491 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI PETER J TONTONOZ · 2003 to 2026
$40.4M
Live-cell Activity Architecture in CancerR35CA197622 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Jin Zhang · 2015 to 2026
$11.2M
Mechanisms of Compartmentalized cAMP SignalingR01DK073368 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Jin Zhang · 2006 to 2026
$7.6M
Role of Spatiotemporal Epigenetic Dynamics in Regulating Endothelial Gene Expressions under FlowsR01HL121365 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CHIEN, SHU, WANG, YINGXIAO · 2014 to 2025
$7.5M
Ultrasensitive kinase biosensors for multiplex imaging of coordinated spatiotemporal signaling in cancer-immune interactionsR01CA262815 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Yingxiao Wang, Jin Zhang · 2022 to 2026
$3.3M
Single Cell Tracking of 3D Epigenetic Landscape Evolution During Embryonic DevelopmentR01HD107206 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Yingxiao Wang, Sheng Zhong · 2022 to 2026
$3.2M
Acoustothermogenetics for Cell EngineeringR35GM140929 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI WANG, YINGXIAO · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
AMPK Regulation of ACE2 in Endothelial Health and DiseaseR01HL162302 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SHYY, JOHN YJ, ZHANG, JIN · 2022 to 2025
$2.7M
Development of kinase biosensors for multiplex neuronal imaging of signaling pathways in behaving miceRF1MH126707 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HUGANIR, RICHARD L, ZHANG, JIN · 2022 to 2022
$2.4M
Signal Transduction by PI3K/mTORR01DE030497 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GUTKIND, JORGE SILVIO, ZHANG, JIN · 2021 to 2025
$2.4M
Ultrasound-controlled remote activation of CAR T cells for localized tumor immunotherapyR01EB029122 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI WANG, YINGXIAO · 2020 to 2023
$1.7M
Sugar Probed SRS Volumetric imaging of Metabolic ActivitiesR01GM149976 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Lingyan Shi · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) LT000404/2021-LNCI NIH HHS R01 CA262815NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197622NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL121365NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL162302NIBIB NIH HHS K01 EB035649NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB029122NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD107206NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE030497NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK063491NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK073368NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK101395NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM149976NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM140929NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH126707NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS125395U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) P30DK063491U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) R01DK101395
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluorescent biosensors have advanced biomedical research by enabling direct live-cell measurements of signaling activities. However, current technology offers limited resolution and dimensionality, impeding our ability to resolve and interrogate spatiotemporally regulated networks of signaling activities. Here we introduce highly sensitive chemigenetic kinase activity biosensors that combine the genetically encodable self-labeling tag, HaloTag7, with far-red-emitting synthetic fluorophores. This technology enables both four-dimensional activity imaging and functional super-resolution imaging using stimulated emission depletion and other high-resolution microscopy techniques, permitting signaling activity to be detected across scales with the necessary resolution. Stimulated emission depletion imaging enabled the investigation of protein kinase A activity at individual clathrin-coated pits. We further demonstrate imaging of up to five analytes in single living cells, an increase in the dimensionality of biosensor multiplexing. Multiplexed imaging of cellular responses to the activation of different G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) allowed quantitative measurements of spatiotemporal network states downstream of individual GPCR-ligand pairs.

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Biosensing TechniquesSignal TransductionHEK293 CellsHumansReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

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PMID40258957
PMCPMC13193679

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