Development of a Dual Reporter System to Simultaneously Visualize Ca2+ Signals and AMPK Activity.
ACS Sens
; 2024 Aug 21.
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ABSTRACT
In this study, we introduce a new separation of phases-based activity reporter of kinase (SPARK) for AMP-activated kinase (AMPK), named AMPK-SPARK, which reports the AMPK activation by forming bright fluorescent clusters. Furthermore, we introduce a dual reporter system, named GCaMP-AMPK-SPARK, by incorporating a single-fluorescent protein (FP)-based Ca2+ biosensor, GCaMP6f, into our initial design, enabling simultaneous monitoring of Ca2+ levels and AMPK activity. This system offers the essential quality of information by single-channel fluorescence microscopy without the need for coexpression of different biosensors and elaborate filter layouts to overcome spectral limitations. We used AMPK-SPARK to map endogenous AMPK activity in different cell types and visualized the dynamics of AMPK activation in response to various stimuli. Using GCaMP-AMPK-SPARK, we revealed cell-to-cell heterogeneities in AMPK activation by Ca2+ mobilization. We anticipate that this dual reporter strategy can be employed to study the intricate interplays between different signaling networks and kinase activities.
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ACS Sens
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2024
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Austria
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Estados Unidos