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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Calcium-permeable channelrhodopsins for the photocontrol of calcium signalling |
| Creators Name: | Fernandez Lahore, R.G., Pampaloni, N.P., Schiewer, E., Heim, M.M., Tillert, L., Vierock, J., Oppermann, J., Walther, J., Schmitz, D., Owald, D., Plested, A.J.R., Rost, B.R. and Hegemann, P. |
| Abstract: | Channelrhodopsins are light-gated ion channels used to control excitability of designated cells in large networks with high spatiotemporal resolution. While ChRs selective for H(+), Na(+), K(+) and anions have been discovered or engineered, Ca(+)-selective ChRs have not been reported to date. Here, we analyse ChRs and mutant derivatives with regard to their Ca(+) permeability and improve their Ca(+) affinity by targeted mutagenesis at the central selectivity filter. The engineered channels, termed CapChR1 and CapChR2 for calcium-permeable channelrhodopsins, exhibit reduced sodium and proton conductance in connection with strongly improved Ca(+) permeation at negative voltage and low extracellular Ca(+) concentrations. In cultured cells and neurons, CapChR2 reliably increases intracellular Ca(+) concentrations. Moreover, CapChR2 can robustly trigger Ca(+) signalling in hippocampal neurons. When expressed together with genetically encoded Ca(+) indicators in Drosophila melanogaster mushroom body output neurons, CapChRs mediate light-evoked Ca(+) entry in brain explants. |
| Keywords: | Cellular Neuroscience, Optogenetics, Permeation and Transport, Animals, Drosophila Melanogaster |
| Source: | Nature Communications |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Page Range: | 7844 |
| Date: | 21 December 2022 |
| Additional Information: | Erratum in : Nat Commun 15(1):3958. |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35373-4 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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