Express your neurodegenerative-associated protein of interest with bright fluorescent biosensors for cell stress and signaling in your favorite neuronal culture or cell line.
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”Live-cell assays for cell stress responses reveal new patterns of cell signaling”
Identify cell stress from misfolded proteins in the ER and cytoplasm
n.s. = not significant, * = pval < 0.05, ** = pval < 0.01
Detection of cell stress using the ratiometric cell stress biosensor (#U0901G).
Left: Stress detection in cells expressing WT and mutant rhodopsin, which folds in the ER.
Right: Stress detection of cells expressing WT and mutant versions of α-synuclein, which folds in the cytoplasm.
Compare cell signaling responses in cells expressing WT or mutant proteins
HEK293T cells expressing the R-GECO Ca2+ biosensor (#U0600R) and WT or mutant P23H rhodopsin were stimulated with carbachol to produce a Gq-dependent Ca2+ signaling response. Mutant rhodopsin expression alters the Ca2+ signaling response
Use optogenetic tools to examine cell signaling in neurodegenerative models
PDE activity profiles in cells expressing WT and A53T mutation α-synuclein protein.
