| Literature DB >> 16985238 |
Mark C Harbeck1, Oleg Chepurny, Viacheslav O Nikolaev, Martin J Lohse, George G Holz, Michael W Roe.
Abstract
Understanding the temporal and spatial integration of the Ca2+ and adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) signaling pathways requires concurrent measurements of both second messengers. Here, we describe an optical technique to simultaneously image cAMP and Ca2+ concentration gradients in MIN6 mouse insulinoma cells using Epac1-camps, a Förster (or fluorescence) resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based cAMP biosensor, and Fura-2, a fluorescent indicator of Ca2+. This real-time imaging method allows investigation of the dynamic organization and integration of multiple levels of signal processing in single living cells.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16985238 PMCID: PMC3140640 DOI: 10.1126/stke.3532006pl6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sci STKE ISSN: 1525-8882