Park J Genevieve, Palmer Amy E
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309.
Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2015 Jan 5;2015(1):pdb.prot076547. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot076547.
Genetically encoded, ratiometric, fluorescent Ca(2+) biosensors can be used in living cells to quantitatively measure free Ca(2+) concentrations in the cytosol or in organelles. This protocol describes how to perform a calibration of a Ca(2+) sensor expressed in cultured mammalian cells as images are acquired using a widefield fluorescence microscope. This protocol also explains how to calculate Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) ratios from acquired images and how to convert FRET ratios to Ca(2+) concentrations.
基因编码的、比率型荧光钙生物传感器可用于活细胞,以定量测量细胞质或细胞器中的游离钙离子浓度。本实验方案描述了在使用宽场荧光显微镜采集图像时,如何对培养的哺乳动物细胞中表达的钙传感器进行校准。本实验方案还解释了如何从采集的图像中计算福斯特共振能量转移(FRET)比率,以及如何将FRET比率转换为钙离子浓度。