A technique for simultaneous measurement of Ca2+, FRET fluorescence and force in intact mouse small arteries
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Abstract
FRET (Forster resonance energy transfer)-based biosensor molecules are powerful tools to reveal specific molecular interactions in cells. Typically however, they are used in cultured cells that (inevitably) express different genes than their counterparts in intact organisms. In such cells it may be impossible to administer physiological stimuli and measure physiological outputs. Here, through the use of transgenic mice that express a FRET-based myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) biosensor molecule, we report a technique for dynamically observing activation and regulation of MLCK within the smooth muscle cells of intact, functioning small arteries, together with measurement of arterial force production and intracellular [Ca2+].
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| Authors | W. Gil Wier,M. A. Rizzo,Hema Raina,Joseph Zacharia;W. Gil Wier;M. A. Rizzo;Hema Raina;Joseph Zacharia; |
| Journal | the journal of physiology |
| Year | 2008 |
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10.1113/jphysiol.2008.151522
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