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Visualizing Cellular Gibberellin Levels Using the nlsGPS1 Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) Biosensor.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Walia, Ankit 
Tang, Bijun 
Jones, Alexander M 

Abstract

The phytohormone gibberellin (GA) is a small, mobile signaling molecule that plays a key role in seed germination, cellular elongation, and developmental transitions in plants. Gibberellin Perception Sensor 1 (GPS1) is the first Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based biosensor that allows monitoring of cellular GA levels in vivo. By measuring a fluorescence emission ratio of nuclear localized-GPS1 (nlsGPS1), spatiotemporal mapping of endogenously and exogenously supplied GA gradients in different tissue types is feasible at a cellular scale. This protocol will describe how to image nlsGPS1 emission ratios in three example experiments: steady-state, before-and-after exogenous gibberellin A4 (GA4) treatments, and over a treatment time-course. We also provide methods to analyze nlsGPS1 emission ratios using both Fiji and a commercial three-dimensional (3-D) micrograph visualization and analysis software and explain the limitations and likely pitfalls of using nlsGPS1 to quantify gibberellin levels.

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Keywords

Arabidopsis, Biosensing Techniques, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Gibberellins, Perfusion, Plant Roots, Signal Transduction

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J Vis Exp

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1940-087X
1940-087X

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Publisher

MyJove Corporation
Sponsorship
European Research Council (759282)
European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement n° 759282)