Genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors illuminate the spatiotemporal regulation of signaling networks

EC Greenwald, S Mehta, J Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cellular signaling networks are the foundation which determines the fate and function of
cells as they respond to various cues and stimuli. The discovery of fluorescent proteins over …

Engineering genetically encoded fluorescent indicators for imaging of neuronal activity: Progress and prospects

Y Shen, Y Nasu, I Shkolnikov, A Kim… - Neuroscience research, 2020 - Elsevier
Genetically encoded fluorescent indicators have transformed the way neuroscientists record
neuronal activities and interrogate the nervous system in vivo. In this review, we discuss …

Organelle-Level Labile Zn2+ Mapping Based on Targetable Fluorescent Sensors

R Liu, T Kowada, Y Du, Y Amagai, T Matsui… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Although many Zn2+ fluorescent probes have been developed, there remains a lack of
consensus on the labile Zn2+ concentrations ([Zn2+]) in several cellular compartments, as …

Absolute measurement of cellular activities using photochromic single-fluorophore biosensors and intermittent quantification

F Bierbuesse, AC Bourges, V Gielen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Genetically-encoded biosensors based on a single fluorescent protein are widely used to
visualize analyte levels or enzymatic activities in cells, though usually to monitor relative …

Tools and techniques for illuminating the cell biology of zinc

EPS Pratt, LJ Damon, KJ Anson, AE Palmer - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Zinc (Zn 2+) is an essential micronutrient that is required for a wide variety of
cellular processes. Tools and methods have been instrumental in revealing the myriad roles …

Human cells experience a Zn2+ pulse in early G1

A Rakshit, SE Holtzen, MN Lo, KA Conway, AE Palmer - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Zinc is an essential micronutrient required for all domains of life. Cells maintain zinc
homeostasis using a network of transporters, buffers, and transcription factors. Zinc is …

Discovery of a ZIP7 inhibitor from a Notch pathway screen

E Nolin, S Gans, L Llamas, S Bandyopadhyay… - Nature chemical …, 2019 - nature.com
The identification of activating mutations in NOTCH1 in 50% of T cell acute lymphoblastic
leukemia has generated interest in elucidating how these mutations contribute to oncogenic …

The multifaceted roles of zinc in neuronal mitochondrial dysfunction

HY Liu, JR Gale, IJ Reynolds, JH Weiss, E Aizenman - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Zinc is a highly abundant cation in the brain, essential for cellular functions, including
transcription, enzymatic activity, and cell signaling. However, zinc can also trigger injurious …

Single cell analysis reveals multiple requirements for zinc in the mammalian cell cycle

MN Lo, LJ Damon, J Wei Tay, S Jia, AE Palmer - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Zinc is widely recognized as essential for growth and proliferation, yet the mechanisms of
how zinc deficiency arrests these processes remain enigmatic. Here we induce subtle zinc …

Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based fluorescence probes for the imaging of lysosomal Zn 2+ and identification of prostate cancer in human tissue

C Du, S Fu, X Wang, AC Sedgwick, W Zhen, M Li… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based fluorescent probes (DPP-C2, LysoDPP-C2, LysoDPP-
C3, and LysoDPP-C4) have been developed for the detection of low pH and Zn2+ in an …