Coupling optogenetic stimulation with NanoLuc-based luminescence (BRET) Ca++ sensing

The coupling of optogenetics with fluorescent Ca2+ sensors is confounded by sensitivity of optogenetic probes to light used to excite the sensors. Here the authors develop a Ca2+ sensor based on bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) that monitors Ca2+fluxes in darkness without excitation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jie Yang, Derrick Cumberbatch, Samuel Centanni, Shu-qun Shi, Danny Winder, Donna Webb, Carl Hirschie Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13268