PMID- 23035093 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130117 LR - 20230425 IS - 1529-2401 (Electronic) IS - 0270-6474 (Print) IS - 0270-6474 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 40 DP - 2012 Oct 3 TI - Optimization of a GCaMP calcium indicator for neural activity imaging. PG - 13819-40 LID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2601-12.2012 [doi] AB - Genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) are powerful tools for systems neuroscience. Recent efforts in protein engineering have significantly increased the performance of GECIs. The state-of-the art single-wavelength GECI, GCaMP3, has been deployed in a number of model organisms and can reliably detect three or more action potentials in short bursts in several systems in vivo. Through protein structure determination, targeted mutagenesis, high-throughput screening, and a battery of in vitro assays, we have increased the dynamic range of GCaMP3 by severalfold, creating a family of "GCaMP5" sensors. We tested GCaMP5s in several systems: cultured neurons and astrocytes, mouse retina, and in vivo in Caenorhabditis chemosensory neurons, Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction and adult antennal lobe, zebrafish retina and tectum, and mouse visual cortex. Signal-to-noise ratio was improved by at least 2- to 3-fold. In the visual cortex, two GCaMP5 variants detected twice as many visual stimulus-responsive cells as GCaMP3. By combining in vivo imaging with electrophysiology we show that GCaMP5 fluorescence provides a more reliable measure of neuronal activity than its predecessor GCaMP3. GCaMP5 allows more sensitive detection of neural activity in vivo and may find widespread applications for cellular imaging in general. FAU - Akerboom, Jasper AU - Akerboom J AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia 20147, USA. FAU - Chen, Tsai-Wen AU - Chen TW FAU - Wardill, Trevor J AU - Wardill TJ FAU - Tian, Lin AU - Tian L FAU - Marvin, Jonathan S AU - Marvin JS FAU - Mutlu, Sevinc AU - Mutlu S FAU - Calderon, Nicole Carreras AU - Calderon NC FAU - Esposti, Federico AU - Esposti F FAU - Borghuis, Bart G AU - Borghuis BG FAU - Sun, Xiaonan Richard AU - Sun XR FAU - Gordus, Andrew AU - Gordus A FAU - Orger, Michael B AU - Orger MB FAU - Portugues, Ruben AU - Portugues R FAU - Engert, Florian AU - Engert F FAU - Macklin, John J AU - Macklin JJ FAU - Filosa, Alessandro AU - Filosa A FAU - Aggarwal, Aman AU - Aggarwal A FAU - Kerr, Rex A AU - Kerr RA FAU - Takagi, Ryousuke AU - Takagi R FAU - Kracun, Sebastian AU - Kracun S FAU - Shigetomi, Eiji AU - Shigetomi E FAU - Khakh, Baljit S AU - Khakh BS FAU - Baier, Herwig AU - Baier H FAU - Lagnado, Leon AU - Lagnado L FAU - Wang, Samuel S-H AU - Wang SS FAU - Bargmann, Cornelia I AU - Bargmann CI FAU - Kimmel, Bruce E AU - Kimmel BE FAU - Jayaraman, Vivek AU - Jayaraman V FAU - Svoboda, Karel AU - Svoboda K FAU - Kim, Douglas S AU - Kim DS FAU - Schreiter, Eric R AU - Schreiter ER FAU - Looger, Loren L AU - Looger LL LA - eng GR - HHMI/Howard Hughes Medical Institute/United States GR - MC_U105178794/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - R01 NS045193/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Neurosci JT - The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience JID - 8102140 RN - 0 (Fluorescent Dyes) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Astrocytes/chemistry/ultrastructure MH - Caenorhabditis elegans MH - *Calcium Signaling MH - Crystallography, X-Ray MH - Drosophila melanogaster/growth & development MH - Female MH - Fluorescent Dyes/analysis/*chemistry MH - Fluorometry/*methods MH - Genes, Synthetic MH - Genetic Vectors MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/analysis/*chemistry/genetics/isolation & purification MH - HEK293 Cells/chemistry/ultrastructure MH - Hippocampus/chemistry/cytology MH - Humans MH - Larva MH - Lasers MH - Mice MH - Models, Molecular MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Neuroimaging/*methods MH - Neuromuscular Junction/chemistry/ultrastructure MH - Neurons/*chemistry/physiology/ultrastructure MH - Neuropil/chemistry/physiology/ultrastructure MH - Olfactory Receptor Neurons/chemistry/physiology/ultrastructure MH - Peptides/analysis/*chemistry/genetics MH - Photic Stimulation MH - Protein Conformation MH - Rats MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/analysis/chemistry/genetics MH - Retinal Bipolar Cells/chemistry/physiology/ultrastructure MH - *Synaptic Transmission MH - Zebrafish/growth & development PMC - PMC3482105 MID - NIHMS412860 OID - NLM: HHMIMS412860 EDAT- 2012/10/05 06:00 MHDA- 2013/01/18 06:00 PMCR- 2013/04/03 CRDT- 2012/10/05 06:00 PHST- 2012/10/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/10/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/01/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/04/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 32/40/13819 [pii] AID - 3801135 [pii] AID - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2601-12.2012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci. 2012 Oct 3;32(40):13819-40. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2601-12.2012.