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NATURE METHODS
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 70-+Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41592-022-01683-0
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Using rational design, we developed a 17 kDa cyanobacteriochrome-based near-infrared (NIR-I) fluorescent protein, miRFP718nano, which efficiently binds endogenous biliverdin chromophore and emits bright fluorescence in mammalian cells and tissues. With a maximal emission at 718 nm and an emission tail in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) region, miRFP718nano enables deep-penetrating off-peak fluorescence imaging in vivo. We demonstrated the superiority of miRFP718nano-enabled SWIR imaging in various applications, including imaging of microbes in the mouse digestive tract, mammalian cells injected into the mouse mammary gland, and NF-kB activity in a mouse model of liver inflammation.
Applying rational design, we developed 17 kDa cyanobacteriochrome-based near-infrared (NIR-I) fluorescent protein, miRFP718nano. miRFP718nano efficiently binds endogenous biliverdin chromophore and brightly fluoresces in mammalian cells and tissues. miRFP718nano has maximal emission at 718 nm and an emission tail in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) region, allowing deep-penetrating off-peak fluorescence imaging in vivo. The miRFP718nano structure reveals the molecular basis of its red shift. We demonstrate superiority of miRFP718nano-enabled SWIR imaging over NIR-I imaging of microbes in the mouse digestive tract, mammalian cells injected into the mouse mammary gland and NF-kB activity in a mouse model of liver inflammation.
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