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A luciferase prosubstrate and a red bioluminescent calcium indicator for imaging neuronal activity in mice

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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 13, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31673-x

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  1. University of Virginia Start-up Fund
  2. National Institutes of Health [R01DK122253, R01GM129291, RF1AG077773]

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This study establishes a method to bioluminescently image the activity of neuronal ensembles in awake mice using a luciferase prosubstrate activated in vivo by nonspecific esterase and a bioluminescent indicator with responsiveness to calcium ions.
Although fluorescent indicators have been broadly utilized for monitoring bioactivities, fluorescence imaging, when applied to mammals, is limited to superficial targets or requires invasive surgical procedures. Thus, there is emerging interest in developing bioluminescent indicators for noninvasive mammalian imaging. Bioluminescence imaging (BLI) of neuronal activity is highly desired but hindered by insufficient photons needed to digitalize fast brain activities. In this work, we develop a luciferase prosubstrate deliverable at an increased dose and activated in vivo by nonspecific esterase. We further engineer a bright, bioluminescent indicator with robust responsiveness to calcium ions (Ca2+) and appreciable emission above 600 nm. Integration of these advantageous components enables the imaging of the activity of neuronal ensembles in awake mice minimally invasively with excellent signal-to-background and subsecond temporal resolution. This study thus establishes a paradigm for studying brain function in health and disease. Bioluminescence imaging of neuronal activity is desired. Here the authors report a luciferase prosubstrate activatable in vivo by nonspecific esterase and engineer a bioluminescent indicator with responsiveness to calcium ions: integration of these components enabled imaging of neuronal activity in mice.

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