PMID- 37163937 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230529 LR - 20230531 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 665 DP - 2023 Jul 12 TI - FNCaMP, ratiometric green calcium indicator based on mNeonGreen protein. PG - 169-177 LID - S0006-291X(23)00545-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.04.108 [doi] AB - Neurobiologists widely use green genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) for visualization of neuronal activity. Among them, ratiometric GECIs allow imaging of both active and non-active neuronal populations. However, they are not popular, since their properties are inferior to intensiometric GCaMP series of GECIs. The most characterized and developed ratiometric green GECI is FGCaMP7. However, the dynamic range and sensitivity of its large Stock's shift green (LSS-Green) form is significantly lower than its Green form and its molecular design is not optimal. To address these drawbacks, we engineered a ratiometric green calcium indicator, called FNCaMP, which is based on bright mNeonGreen protein and calmodulin from A. niger and has optimal NTnC-like design. We compared the properties of the FNCaMP and FGCaMP7 indicators in vitro, in mammalian cells, and in neuronal cultures. Finally, we obtained and analyzed X-ray structure of the FNCaMP indicator. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Subach, Oksana M AU - Subach OM AD - Complex of NBICS Technologies, National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, 123182, Russia. Electronic address: subach_om@nrcki.ru. FAU - Varfolomeeva, Larisa AU - Varfolomeeva L AD - Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Centre of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia. Electronic address: l.varfolomeeva@fbras.ru. FAU - Vlaskina, Anna V AU - Vlaskina AV AD - Complex of NBICS Technologies, National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, 123182, Russia. Electronic address: vlaskina_av@nrcki.ru. FAU - Agapova, Yulia K AU - Agapova YK AD - Complex of NBICS Technologies, National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, 123182, Russia. Electronic address: agapova.jk@gmail.com. FAU - Nikolaeva, Alena Y AU - Nikolaeva AY AD - Complex of NBICS Technologies, National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, 123182, Russia; Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Centre of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia. Electronic address: nikolaeva_ay@nrcki.ru. FAU - Piatkevich, Kiryl D AU - Piatkevich KD AD - School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, China; Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Hangzhou, 310024, China; Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, 310024, China. Electronic address: kiryl.piatkevich@westlake.edu.cn. FAU - Patrushev, Maxim V AU - Patrushev MV AD - Complex of NBICS Technologies, National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, 123182, Russia. Electronic address: patrushev_mv@nrcki.ru. FAU - Boyko, Konstantin M AU - Boyko KM AD - Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Centre of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia. Electronic address: kmb@inbi.ras.ru. FAU - Subach, Fedor V AU - Subach FV AD - Complex of NBICS Technologies, National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, 123182, Russia. Electronic address: subach_fv@nrcki.ru. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230428 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) RN - 0 (Calmodulin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism MH - *Calcium/metabolism MH - *Calmodulin/metabolism MH - Neurons/metabolism MH - Calcium Signaling MH - Mammals/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Calcium imaging OT - Chromophore OT - Crystal structure OT - Genetically encoded calcium indicators OT - Green fluorescent ratiometric FNCaMP indicator COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/05/11 00:41 MHDA- 2023/05/29 06:42 CRDT- 2023/05/10 18:06 PHST- 2023/04/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/04/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/04/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/05/29 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/11 00:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/10 18:06 [entrez] AID - S0006-291X(23)00545-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.04.108 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2023 Jul 12;665:169-177. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.04.108. Epub 2023 Apr 28.