超解像機能イメージングを可能にする新規蛍光タンパク質プローブの開発

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Functional imaging in a living system at nanoscopic level is difficult due to unavailability of suitable fluorescent protein (FP)-based probe. Reversibly photoswitchable fluorescent proteins (RSFPs)-based probe is the best option. However due to the poor performance of conventional RSFPs, we tried to develop an RSFP that has fast photoswitching, high photostability and superior brightness. After site-directed mutagenesis and several random mutagenesis cycles, finally, we developed an RSFP, Kohinoor that contains seven mutations in its parental RSFP Padron. Kohinoor has the fastest switching speed and the highest photostability, which produce ~25 times more switching on-off cycles than its parental Padron RSFP. The quantum yield of Kohinoor was 0.71, which is highest among all RSFPs. Using kohinooor, we successfully observed nanoscale paxillin dynamics in focal adhesion by PALM method. In reversible saturable optical fluorescence transition nanoscopy, Kohinoor could obtain super-resolved images of vimentin using a simpler optical setup and much lower laser power than has previously been possible. We have now started developing RSFP based Ca+2 indicator using Kohinoor for functional Ca+2 imaging.