| Title | Optogenetic Control of Ras/Erk Signaling Using the Phy-PIF System. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2017 |
| Authors | Goglia, AG, Wilson, MZ, DiGiorno, DB, Toettcher, JE |
| Journal | Methods Mol Biol |
| Volume | 1636 |
| Pagination | 3-20 |
| Date Published | 2017 |
| ISSN | 1940-6029 |
| Keywords | Animals, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, Biosensing Techniques, Cell Line, Tumor, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases, Humans, Mice, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Molecular Imaging, Optogenetics, Phytochrome B, ras Proteins, Signal Transduction, Statistics as Topic, Transduction, Genetic |
| Abstract | <p>The Ras/Erk signaling pathway plays a central role in diverse cellular processes ranging from development to immune cell activation to neural plasticity to cancer. In recent years, this pathway has been widely studied using live-cell fluorescent biosensors, revealing complex Erk dynamics that arise in many cellular contexts. Yet despite these high-resolution tools for measurement, the field has lacked analogous tools for control over Ras/Erk signaling in live cells. Here, we provide detailed methods for one such tool based on the optical control of Ras activity, which we call "Opto-SOS." Expression of the Opto-SOS constructs can be coupled with a live-cell reporter of Erk activity to reveal highly quantitative input-to-output maps of the pathway. Detailed herein are protocols for expressing the Opto-SOS system in cultured cells, purifying the small molecule cofactor necessary for optical stimulation, imaging Erk responses using live-cell microscopy, and processing the imaging data to quantify Ras/Erk signaling dynamics.</p> |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7154-1_1 |
| Alternate Journal | Methods Mol Biol |
| PubMed ID | 28730469 |
| Grant List | DP2 EB024247 / EB / NIBIB NIH HHS / United States F30 CA206408 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States |
