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Engineering Intracellularly Retained Gaussia Luciferase Reporters for Improved Biosensing and Molecular Imaging Applications

Overview of attention for article published in ACS Chemical Biology, August 2017
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Title
Engineering Intracellularly Retained Gaussia Luciferase Reporters for Improved Biosensing and Molecular Imaging Applications
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ACS Chemical Biology, August 2017
DOI 10.1021/acschembio.7b00454
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Shuchi Gaur, Aarohi Bhargava-Shah, Sharon Hori, Rayhaneh Afjei, Thillai V. Sekar, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, Tarik F. Massoud, Ramasamy Paulmurugan

Abstract

Gaussia luciferase (GLUC) is a bioluminescent reporter protein of increasing importance. As a secretory protein it has increased sensitivity in vitro and in vivo (∼20,000-fold, and ∼1,000-fold, respectively) over its competitor, secreted alkaline phosphatase. Unfortunately, this same advantageous secretory nature of GLUC limits its usefulness for many other possible intracellular applications, e.g., imaging signaling pathways in intact cells, in vivo imaging, and in developing molecular imaging biosensors to study protein-protein interactions and protein folding. Hence, to widen the research applications of GLUC, we developed engineered variants that increase its intracellular retention by both modifying the N-terminal secretory signal peptide, and by tagging additional sequences to its C-terminal region. We found that when GLUC was expressed in mammalian cells, its N-terminal secretory signal peptide comprising amino acids 1-16 was essential for GLUC folding and functional activity in addition to its inherent secretory property. Modification of the C-terminal of GLUC by tagging a four amino acid (KDEL) endoplasmic reticulum targeting peptide in multiple repeats significantly improved its intracellular retention, with little impact on its folding and enzymatic activity. We used stable cells expressing this engineered GLUC with KDEL repeats to monitor chemically induced endoplasmic reticulum stress on cells. Additionally, we engineered an apoptotic sensor using modified variants of GLUC containing a four amino acid caspase substrate peptide (DEVD) between the GLUC protein and the KDEL repeats. Its use in cell culture resulted in increased GLUC secretion in the growth medium when cells were treated with the chemotherapeutic drugs doxorubicin, paclitaxel, and carboplatin. We thus successfully engineered a new variant GLUC protein that is retained inside cells rather than secreted extracellularly. We validated this novel reporter by incorporating it in biosensors for detection of cellular endoplasmic reticulum stress and caspase activation. This new molecularly engineered enzymatic reporter has the potential for widespread applications in biological research.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 26 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 19%
Student > Master 4 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 12%
Student > Bachelor 2 8%
Other 1 4%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 9 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 31%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 12%
Chemistry 2 8%
Environmental Science 1 4%
Neuroscience 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 10 38%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 April 2022.
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#4,901,379
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#1,130
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#83,869
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Outputs of similar age from ACS Chemical Biology
#20
of 67 outputs
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