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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

SPLICEIT Fluorescent Sensor for Integrating Dopamine Release with Cellular Resolution.

Steven M Havens, Brian Georgis, Jian Weng, Jessi Rodriguez, Hannah Rivett, Shadan Alrawi, Peng Li, Wenjing Wang

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Steven M HavensLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, 210 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2796-4059
Brian GeorgisLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, 210 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Jian WengLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, 210 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Jessi RodriguezLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, 210 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Hannah RivettLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, 210 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Shadan AlrawiLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, 210 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Peng LiLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, 210 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Wenjing WangLife Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, 210 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6025-9848

Funding

Michigan Chemistry-Biology Interface Training ProgramT32GM132046 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Emily E Scott, Wenjing Wang · 2019 to 2026
$4.1M
New classes of optogenetic and chemogenetic tools with a feedback controlDP2MH132939 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI WANG, WENJING · 2022 to 2025
$2.3M
Dissecting neural circuits for breathing patternsR01AT011652 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LI, PENG · 2021 to 2025
$2.1M
Design of genetically encoded sensors for detecting endogenous opioid peptidesR01DA053200 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Wenjing Wang · 2022 to 2026
$1.7M
Neural circuit control of sighingR01HL156989 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LI, PENG · 2022 to 2025
$1.5M
Camille Dreyfus and Henry Foundation TC-23-084NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT011652NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL156989NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA053200NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM132046NIH HHS DP2MH132939NIH HHS R01DA053200NIMH NIH HHS DP2 MH132939Sloan Research Fellowships FG-2024-22156
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter essential for motor control, reward processing, and motivation through G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling. Recent GPCR-based real-time sensors allow for optical monitoring of dopamine release in behaving animals. However, there is still a need for high resolution mapping of dopamine release across large mouse brain volume for systemic studies. To fill this need, we have developed a new chimeric GPCR-based sensor to detect dopamine with a permanent green fluorescent mark through a combination of computational modeling and rational design. This new sensor, named "Single-chain Protein-based Ligand Indication through a Chimerically-Engineered Integrator Tool" (SPLICEIT), detects dopamine at cellular-resolution with high specificity and a fourfold signal-to-background ratio. We also developed a version of SPLICEIT whose signal can be normalized for varying sensor expression in cell culture and in vivo. This paves the way for further studies into dopamine release across the brain and enables the possibility of whole-brain dopamine mapping.

Indexed as

Biosensing TechniquesDopamineFluorescent DyesReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledAnimalsBrainHEK293 CellsHumansMiceDopamineFluorescent DyesReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledChimericCpGFPDopamineFluorescent sensorGPCR

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PMID40493779
PMCPMC12338402

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