Cell-Specific Visualization of Endogenous Proteins
Cell-Specific Visualization of Endogenous Proteins
批准号:
9805046
负责人:
Tianyi Mao
金额:
$276.95万
依托单位国家:
美国
项目类别:
财政年份:
2019
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2019-08-01 至 2023-07-31
关键词:
AffectAnimal BehaviorAnimalsAntibodiesArray tomographyAttenuatedAutopsyBRAIN initiativeBrainBrain imagingBypassC-terminalCatalytic DomainCellsClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsColorCommunitiesCyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesDetectionExonsFluorescenceFunctional disorderFundingFutureGenerationsGenesGeneticGlutamate ReceptorGoalsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumanImageImageryIn VitroIndividualIntrabodyKnock-inKnowledgeLabelMediatingMethodsMicroscopeMolecularMonitorMusN-terminalNMDA receptor A1NeuronsNeurosciencesPhysiologicalPropertyProtein DynamicsProtein OverexpressionProteinsReagentResearch PersonnelSamplingSideSignal TransductionSignaling ProteinSuperantigensSynapsesSynaptophysinTimeTissuesTransgenic MiceVirusWorkbasebrain tissuecell typeexperimental studyfluorophoregephyrinhuman diseaseimprovedin vivo imaginginnovationinterestmouse modelmultiplexed imagingnoveloff-label useoverexpressionpostsynapticpresynapticprotein biomarkersred fluorescent proteinspatiotemporalstoichiometrytraffickingtwo-photonvesicle-associated membrane protein
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PROJECT SUMMARY
A major goal of the BRAIN initiative is to understand neuronal connectivity and plasticity in the context of
animal behavior. The functions and connectivity of neurons are established and manifested by their constituent
proteins. Monitoring the organization of individual proteins in specific neuronal subtypes in behaving animals
may therefore provide an important readout of cellular and circuit properties underlying animal behavior.
However, it remains challenging to visualize endogenous synaptic protein organization in individual neurons in
living animals. Most studies rely on the overexpression of fluorescently tagged proteins of interest. Protein
overexpression can alter protein stoichiometry, trafficking, subcellular localization, and cell signaling, ultimately
affecting cellular and circuit functions. Although ‘knock-in’ strategies can in principle bypass problems
associated with protein overexpression, they result in global expression of the labeled protein, leading to high
fluorescence background and a lack of cell-specific contrast. Other alternative labeling methods for visualizing
endogenous proteins, such as the intracellular expression of fluorescently tagged intrabodies and CRISPR-
mediated gene editing, also have their own limitations, including potential off-target effects.
To solve the above problems, we recently developed a novel genetic strategy called endogenous labeling via
exon duplication (ENABLED). We have used this method to label the critical postsynaptic marker protein PSD-
95 with the yellow fluorescent protein mVenus in all neurons, in a sparse subset of neurons, or in specific
neuronal subtypes. Unlike the conventional approach to visualizing PSD-95 via overexpression, our strategy
does not result in altered neuronal functions, and, for the first time, allows for the monitoring of PSD-95 at
endogenous levels in individual neurons in living mice. Despite these advantages, the ENABLED strategy can
be further optimized to broaden its applicability and to enhance its sensitivity. Furthermore, to comprehensively
examine neuronal functions and connectivity, additional synaptic proteins will need to be labeled at both the
presynaptic and postsynaptic sides. Here, we request funds to optimize the ENABLED strategy and use it to
label 12 additional critical synaptic proteins in mice. We will also generate ENABLED mice in which the
synaptic proteins can be labeled using different colors for simultaneous imaging. The reagents we generate will
be made available to the neuroscience community to provide researchers with an unprecedented ability to
monitor synaptic connectivity and plasticity under physiological conditions in behaving animals.
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