Probes for Luminescence-based Superresolution Microscopy
Probes for Luminescence-based Superresolution Microscopy
批准号:
9982629
负责人:
Nathan Christopher Shaner
金额:
$31.07万
依托单位国家:
美国
项目类别:
财政年份:
2017
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2017-02-16 至 2021-01-31
关键词:
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The goal of the proposed research is to generate genetically encoded bioluminescent tags for live-cell
luminescence-based photoactivated localization microscopy (L-PALM). This revolutionary mode of
superresolution imaging will maintain all of the benefits of fluorescence PALM (fPALM) but will eliminate the
need for excitation light. fPALM is largely unsuitable for imaging live cells because it requires high excitation
intensities that lead to phototoxicity. Because luminescence generates light without the need for external
excitation, L-PALM will not suffer from this limitation. The latest generation of genetically encoded
bioluminescent labels are well suited for widefield microscopy of subcellular structures, but are still
approximately 1000-fold too dim to be used for single-molecule localization on practical time scales. To remedy
this deficiency, this study is designed to produce bioluminescent probes with photon output rates
sufficient to localize ~100,000 molecules in one minute. To generate this increased output, luciferases will
first be coupled to our brightest fluorescent proteins to maximize luminescence quantum yield via the Förster
resonance energy transfer mechanism. Once maximal output is achieved in this first step, the luciferase
portion of the fusion will then be subjected to structure-guided directed evolution targeted at lowering
oxyluciferin binding affinity and thus increasing the catalytic rate of the enzyme. Such alterations are predicted
to reduce the luminescence quantum yield of the luciferase, but energy transfer to a fluorescent protein will
rescue the luminescence, allowing much faster enzymes to be engineered with this strategy. To be useful for
live-cell L-PALM, bioluminescent probes must also be capable of switching on and off controllably to
prevent signal overlap between individual molecules in each image frame. Two independent mechanisms for
producing switchable light output will be pursued in this project: (1) optimization of energy transfer between
luciferases and photoswitchable fluorescent proteins, followed by directed evolution to increase light output
and improve switching kinetics;; (2) insertion of light-modulated domains into split luciferases in order to
allosterically control enzyme activity. Throughout the project, heavy emphasis will be placed on Rosetta-based
structure-guided computational design for generating novel luciferase-fluorescent protein fusion topologies,
altering luciferase active site environments, and engineering allosterically-regulated luciferases. Directed
evolution with image-based screening will then be the primary approach for improving the properties of probes
under development in each aim. The end products of this project will be a set of genetically encoded
bioluminescent probes with brightness and photoswitching properties suitable for the development of L-
PALM methodologies. Beyond their ultimate utility for L-PALM imaging, many of the probes created in the
course of this project will be the brightest and highest-performing bioluminescent tags yet developed, and as
such will highly useful in numerous other live-cell and whole-organism imaging applications.
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Fluorescent proteins for superresolution imaging
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批准号:8672022
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$36.25万
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财政年份:2014
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负责人:Nathan Christopher Shaner
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依托单位:
Fluorescent proteins for superresolution imaging
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批准号:9340224
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项目类别:
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资助金额:$34.82万
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财政年份:2014
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负责人:Nathan Christopher Shaner
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依托单位:
海外基金