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Acta Physiologica 2007; Volume 190, Supplement 655
XXXIV Congress of The Spanish Society for Physiological Sciences
7/3/2007-7/7/2007
Valladolid, Spain


SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS OF [CA2+] IN DIFFERENT ORGANELLA WITH GREEN AND RED AEQUORINS
Abstract number: O10

Manjarres1 IM, Gallego-Sandin1 S, Alonso1 MT, Garcia-Sancho1 J

1Instituto de Biologa y Gentica Molecular (IBGM), Universidad de Valladolid-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientficas (CSIC)

Accurate measurements of Ca2+ inside organella are essential for a comprehensive analysis of the Ca2+ redistribution upon cell stimulation. The genetically-encoded Ca2+ indicators allow specific Ca2+ measurements within subcellular compartments. Aequorin-based Ca2+ chemiluminescence combine high specificity of targeting with large dynamic range from micromolar to milimolar levels and high signal-to-noise ratio. It has been shown that fusion of aequorin to the green fluorescence protein (GA) improves stability and increases light yield (Baubet et al, PNAS 97: 7260-5, 2000). Here we have used two different aequorin chimeras, one with GFP and the other with monomeric red fluorescence protein (mRFP) targeted to organella such as nucleus, mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum. The aim was to monitor simultaneous and independently subcellular Ca2+ in the same cells by spectral separation of the red and green chemiluminescence. The correct expression of the fusion proteins was determined by western blotting and subcellular localization of the fluorescent indicators. Using this novel technology we find that Ca2+ transients in mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum are different in size and kinetics as compared to cytosol and nucleus in stimulated HEK293 cells.

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Acta Physiologica 2007; Volume 190, Supplement 655 :O10

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