PMID- 29934970 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191125 LR - 20191125 IS - 1439-7633 (Electronic) IS - 1439-4227 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 4 DP - 2019 Feb 15 TI - A Bioluminescent Ca(2+) Indicator Based on a Topological Variant of GCaMP6s. PG - 516-520 LID - 10.1002/cbic.201800255 [doi] AB - Fluorescent genetically encoded calcium ion indicators (GECIs) enable Ca(2+) dynamics to be monitored in a diverse array of cell types and tissues. One drawback of green fluorescent GECIs, such as the widely used GCaMP6, is that the blue wavelengths of light used to excite the GECI also activate optogenetic actuators such as channelrhodopsins. Accordingly, it is particularly challenging simultaneously to use both optogenetic actuators and GECIs to both control and image cell signaling. Bioluminescence is an alternative imaging modality that circumvents this problem by avoiding the need for illumination for fluorescence excitation. Here, we report the development of a bioluminescent GECI, designated LUCI-GECO1, based on efficient bioluminescent resonance energy transfer (BRET) between the NanoLuc luciferase and a topological variant of GCaMP6s. LUCI-GECO1 is a sensitive ratiometric GECI that retains the highly optimized properties of GCaMP6s, as we demonstrate by imaging of chemically and optogenetically induced Ca(2+) concentration changes in cultured cells and neurons. CI - (c) 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. FAU - Qian, Yong AU - Qian Y AD - University of Alberta, Department of Chemistry, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2, Canada. FAU - Rancic, Vladimir AU - Rancic V AD - University of Alberta, Department of Physiology, 7-55 Medical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7, Canada. FAU - Wu, Jiahui AU - Wu J AD - University of Alberta, Department of Chemistry, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2, Canada. FAU - Ballanyi, Klaus AU - Ballanyi K AD - University of Alberta, Department of Physiology, 7-55 Medical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7, Canada. FAU - Campbell, Robert E AU - Campbell RE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0604-092X AD - University of Alberta, Department of Chemistry, 11227 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2, Canada. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180731 PL - Germany TA - Chembiochem JT - Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology JID - 100937360 RN - 0 (Calmodulin) RN - 0 (enhanced green fluorescent protein) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) RN - EC 1.13.12.- (Luciferases) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Calcium/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Calmodulin/genetics/metabolism MH - *Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Luciferases/genetics/metabolism MH - Neurons/metabolism MH - Optical Imaging MH - Rats OTO - NOTNLM OT - BRET OT - bioluminescence OT - calcium OT - cell imaging OT - indicators EDAT- 2018/06/24 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/26 06:00 CRDT- 2018/06/24 06:00 PHST- 2018/05/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/06/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/06/24 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/cbic.201800255 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chembiochem. 2019 Feb 15;20(4):516-520. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201800255. Epub 2018 Jul 31.