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

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...

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Main Authors: Xiaodong Tian, Yiyu Zhang, Xinyu Li, Ying Xiong, Tianchen Wu, Hui-Wang Ai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31673-x
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2041-1723