"cAMP sponge": a buffer for cyclic adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate.
BACKGROUND:While intracellular buffers are widely used to study calcium signaling, no such tool exists for the other major second messenger, cyclic AMP (cAMP). METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:Here we describe a genetically encoded buffer for cAMP based on the high-affinity cAMP-binding carboxy-terminus o...
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| author | Konstantinos Lefkimmiatis Mary Pat Moyer Silvana Curci Aldebaran M Hofer |
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| description | BACKGROUND:While intracellular buffers are widely used to study calcium signaling, no such tool exists for the other major second messenger, cyclic AMP (cAMP). METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:Here we describe a genetically encoded buffer for cAMP based on the high-affinity cAMP-binding carboxy-terminus of the regulatory subunit RIbeta of protein kinase A (PKA). Addition of targeting sequences permitted localization of this fragment to the extra-nuclear compartment, while tagging with mCherry allowed quantification of its expression at the single cell level. This construct (named "cAMP sponge") was shown to selectively bind cAMP in vitro. Its expression significantly suppressed agonist-induced cAMP signals and the downstream activation of PKA within the cytosol as measured by FRET-based sensors in single living cells. Point mutations in the cAMP-binding domains of the construct rendered the chimera unable to bind cAMP in vitro or in situ. Cyclic AMP sponge was fruitfully applied to examine feedback regulation of gap junction-mediated transfer of cAMP in epithelial cell couplets. CONCLUSIONS:This newest member of the cAMP toolbox has the potential to reveal unique biological functions of cAMP, including insight into the functional significance of compartmentalized signaling events. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-29689b9056a4419bb71b876dd5e1c56c2022-12-21T18:11:55ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032009-11-01411e764910.1371/journal.pone.0007649"cAMP sponge": a buffer for cyclic adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate.Konstantinos LefkimmiatisMary Pat MoyerSilvana CurciAldebaran M HoferBACKGROUND:While intracellular buffers are widely used to study calcium signaling, no such tool exists for the other major second messenger, cyclic AMP (cAMP). METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:Here we describe a genetically encoded buffer for cAMP based on the high-affinity cAMP-binding carboxy-terminus of the regulatory subunit RIbeta of protein kinase A (PKA). Addition of targeting sequences permitted localization of this fragment to the extra-nuclear compartment, while tagging with mCherry allowed quantification of its expression at the single cell level. This construct (named "cAMP sponge") was shown to selectively bind cAMP in vitro. Its expression significantly suppressed agonist-induced cAMP signals and the downstream activation of PKA within the cytosol as measured by FRET-based sensors in single living cells. Point mutations in the cAMP-binding domains of the construct rendered the chimera unable to bind cAMP in vitro or in situ. Cyclic AMP sponge was fruitfully applied to examine feedback regulation of gap junction-mediated transfer of cAMP in epithelial cell couplets. CONCLUSIONS:This newest member of the cAMP toolbox has the potential to reveal unique biological functions of cAMP, including insight into the functional significance of compartmentalized signaling events.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2766031?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Konstantinos Lefkimmiatis Mary Pat Moyer Silvana Curci Aldebaran M Hofer "cAMP sponge": a buffer for cyclic adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate. PLoS ONE |
| title | "cAMP sponge": a buffer for cyclic adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate. |
| title_full | "cAMP sponge": a buffer for cyclic adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate. |
| title_fullStr | "cAMP sponge": a buffer for cyclic adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate. |
| title_full_unstemmed | "cAMP sponge": a buffer for cyclic adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate. |
| title_short | "cAMP sponge": a buffer for cyclic adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate. |
| title_sort | camp sponge a buffer for cyclic adenosine 3 5 monophosphate |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2766031?pdf=render |
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