Analysis of intracellular localization of clock protein by means of bioluminescence imaging technique
Project/Area Number |
21590266
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Environmental physiology (including Physical medicine and Nutritional physiology)
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Research Institution | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
Principal Investigator |
NAKAJIMA Yoshihiro 独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所, 健康工学研究部門, 研究グループ長 (10291080)
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Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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Keywords | 生物時計 / ルシフェラーゼ / 発光イメージング / 核内移行 |
Research Abstract |
To visualize intracellular localization of clock protein by means of bioluminescence imaging technique, we have developed an enhanced green-emitting luciferase(ELuc) probe. ELuc exhibits a light signal in mammalian cells that is over 10-fold stronger than that of the firefly luciferase(FLuc), which is the most widely used luciferase reporter gene. We showed that ELuc produces a strong light signal in primary cells and tissues and that it enables the visualization of gene expression with high temporal resolution at the single-cell level. Moreover, we successfully imaged the nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of clock protein(mPER2 and mCRY2) by fusing ELuc at the intracellular level.
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