Seeing (and using) the light: recent developments in bioluminescence technology

AC Love, JA Prescher - Cell Chemical Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Bioluminescence has long been used to image biological processes in vivo. This technology
features luciferase enzymes and luciferin small molecules that produce visible light …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging tools for bioluminescence imaging

G Zambito, C Chawda, L Mezzanotte - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioluminescence (BL) relies on the enzymatic reaction between luciferase, a substrate
conventionally named luciferin, and various cofactors. BL imaging has become a widely …

Advances in bioluminescence imaging: new probes from old recipes

Z Yao, BS Zhang, JA Prescher - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Advances in bioluminescent tool production that mirror trends in fluorescent
probe development.•New bioluminescent platforms based on naturally occurring luciferases …

Recent achievements of bioluminescence imaging based on firefly luciferin-luciferase system

S Li, Z Ruan, H Zhang, H Xu - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioluminescence imaging (BLI) is a newly developed noninvasive visual approach which
facilitates the understanding of a plethora of biological processes in vitro and in vivo due to …

Multiplexed bioluminescence microscopy via phasor analysis

Z Yao, CK Brennan, L Scipioni, H Chen, KK Ng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Bioluminescence imaging with luciferase–luciferin pairs is a well-established technique for
visualizing biological processes across tissues and whole organisms. Applications at the …

Building Biological Flashlights: Orthogonal Luciferases and Luciferins for in Vivo Imaging

SJ Williams, JA Prescher - Accounts of chemical research, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Bioluminescence is widely used for real-time imaging in living organisms. This
technology features a light-emitting reaction between enzymes (luciferases) and small …

Coumarin luciferins and mutant luciferases for robust multi-component bioluminescence imaging

Z Yao, DR Caldwell, AC Love, B Kolbaba-Kartchner… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Multi-component bioluminescence imaging requires an expanded collection of luciferase–
luciferin pairs that emit far-red or near-infrared light. Toward this end, we prepared a new …

Bioluminescence-Based Determination of Cytosolic Accumulation of Antibiotics in Escherichia coli

R Dash, KA Holsinger, MD Chordia, MS Gh… - ACS Infectious …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Antibiotic resistance is an alarming public health concern that affects millions of individuals
across the globe each year. A major challenge in the development of effective antibiotics lies …

Intracellular imaging with genetically encoded RNA-based molecular sensors

Z Sun, T Nguyen, K McAuliffe, M You - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Genetically encodable sensors have been widely used in the detection of intracellular
molecules ranging from metal ions and metabolites to nucleic acids and proteins. These …

Sulfonamides are an overlooked class of electron donors in luminogenic luciferins and fluorescent dyes

DK Sharma, ST Adams Jr, KL Liebmann, A Choi… - Organic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Many fluorophores, and all bright light-emitting substrates for firefly luciferase, contain
hydroxyl or amine electron donors. Sulfonamides were found to be capable of serving as …