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Reddish FN, Miller CL, Deng X, Dong B, Patel AA, Ghane MA, Mosca B, McBean C, Wu S, Solntsev KM, Zhuo Y, Gadda G, Fang N, Cox DN, Mabb AM, Treves S, Zorzato F, Yang JJ. Rapid subcellular calcium responses and dynamics by calcium sensor G-CatchER . iScience 2021; 24:102129. [PMID: 33665552 PMCID: PMC7900224 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The precise spatiotemporal characteristics of subcellular calcium (Ca2+) transients are critical for the physiological processes. Here we report a green Ca2+ sensor called "G-CatchER+" using a protein design to report rapid local ER Ca2+ dynamics with significantly improved folding properties. G-CatchER+ exhibits a superior Ca2+ on rate to G-CEPIA1er and has a Ca2+-induced fluorescence lifetimes increase. G-CatchER+ also reports agonist/antagonist triggered Ca2+ dynamics in several cell types including primary neurons that are orchestrated by IP3Rs, RyRs, and SERCAs with an ability to differentiate expression. Upon localization to the lumen of the RyR channel (G-CatchER+-JP45), we report a rapid local Ca2+ release that is likely due to calsequestrin. Transgenic expression of G-CatchER+ in Drosophila muscle demonstrates its utility as an in vivo reporter of stimulus-evoked SR local Ca2+ dynamics. G-CatchER+ will be an invaluable tool to examine local ER/SR Ca2+ dynamics and facilitate drug development associated with ER dysfunction.
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Affiliation(s)
- Florence N Reddish
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Advanced Translational Imaging Facility, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Advanced Translational Imaging Facility, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Advanced Translational Imaging Facility, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Advanced Translational Imaging Facility, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.,Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.,Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, General Pathology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Advanced Translational Imaging Facility, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Advanced Translational Imaging Facility, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Advanced Translational Imaging Facility, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Advanced Translational Imaging Facility, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.,Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.,Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, General Pathology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.,Department of Biomedicine, Basel University, Hebelstrasse 20, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Life Sciences, General Pathology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.,Department of Biomedicine, Basel University, Hebelstrasse 20, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Advanced Translational Imaging Facility, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Abstract
Intracellular calcium (Ca2+) transients evoked by extracellular stimuli initiate a multitude of biological processes in living organisms. At the center of intracellular calcium release are the major intracellular calcium storage organelles, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the more specialized sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in muscle cells. The dynamic release of calcium from these organelles is mediated by the ryanodine receptor (RyR) and the inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor (IP3R) with refilling occurring through the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA) pump. A genetically encoded calcium sensor (GECI) called CatchER was created to monitor the rapid calcium release from the ER/SR. Here, the detailed protocols for the transfection and expression of the improved, ER/SR-targeted GECI CatchER+ in HEK293 and C2C12 cells and its application in monitoring IP3R, RyR, and SERCA pump-mediated calcium transients in HEK293 cells using fluorescence microscopy is outlined. The receptor agonist or inhibitor of choice is dispersed in the chamber solution and the intensity changes are recorded in real time. With this method, a decrease in ER calcium is seen with RyR activation with 4-chloro-m-cresol (4-cmc), the indirect activation of IP3R with adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and inhibition of the SERCA pump with cyclopiazonic acid (CPA). We also discuss protocols for determining the in situ Kd and quantifying basal [Ca2+] in C2C12 cells. In summary, these protocols, used in conjunction with CatchER+, can elicit receptor mediated calcium release from the ER with future application in studying ER/SR calcium related pathologies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Florence N Reddish
- Department of Chemistry, Center of Diagnostics and Therapeutics (CDT), Georgia State University
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- Department of Chemistry, Center of Diagnostics and Therapeutics (CDT), Georgia State University
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- Department of Chemistry, Center of Diagnostics and Therapeutics (CDT), Georgia State University
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- Department of Chemistry, Center of Diagnostics and Therapeutics (CDT), Georgia State University;
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Reddish FN, Miller CL, Gorkhali R, Yang JJ. Calcium Dynamics Mediated by the Endoplasmic/Sarcoplasmic Reticulum and Related Diseases. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:E1024. [PMID: 28489021 PMCID: PMC5454937 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18051024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2017] [Revised: 04/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The flow of intracellular calcium (Ca2+) is critical for the activation and regulation of important biological events that are required in living organisms. As the major Ca2+ repositories inside the cell, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of muscle cells are central in maintaining and amplifying the intracellular Ca2+ signal. The morphology of these organelles, along with the distribution of key calcium-binding proteins (CaBPs), regulatory proteins, pumps, and receptors fundamentally impact the local and global differences in Ca2+ release kinetics. In this review, we will discuss the structural and morphological differences between the ER and SR and how they influence localized Ca2+ release, related diseases, and the need for targeted genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) to study these events.
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Affiliation(s)
- Florence N Reddish
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics (CDT), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics (CDT), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics (CDT), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Diagnostics and Therapeutics (CDT), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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