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A RhoA-FRET Biosensor Mouse for Intravital Imaging in Normal Tissue Homeostasis and Disease Contexts.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Nobis, Max 
Herrmann, David 
Warren, Sean C 
Kadir, Shereen 
Leung, Wilfred 

Abstract

The small GTPase RhoA is involved in a variety of fundamental processes in normal tissue. Spatiotemporal control of RhoA is thought to govern mechanosensing, growth, and motility of cells, while its deregulation is associated with disease development. Here, we describe the generation of a RhoA-fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) biosensor mouse and its utility for monitoring real-time activity of RhoA in a variety of native tissues in vivo. We assess changes in RhoA activity during mechanosensing of osteocytes within the bone and during neutrophil migration. We also demonstrate spatiotemporal order of RhoA activity within crypt cells of the small intestine and during different stages of mammary gestation. Subsequently, we reveal co-option of RhoA activity in both invasive breast and pancreatic cancers, and we assess drug targeting in these disease settings, illustrating the potential for utilizing this mouse to study RhoA activity in vivo in real time.

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Keywords

FLIM-FRET, actin, biosensors, breast cancer, cell biology, development, immunology, intravital imaging, pancreatic cancer, small GTPase RhoA, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Biosensing Techniques, Bone and Bones, Cell Movement, Dasatinib, Erlotinib Hydrochloride, Female, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Gene Expression Regulation, Intestine, Small, Intravital Microscopy, Mammary Glands, Animal, Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental, Mechanotransduction, Cellular, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Neutrophils, Osteocytes, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Time-Lapse Imaging, rho GTP-Binding Proteins, rhoA GTP-Binding Protein

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Cell Rep

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Journal ISSN

2211-1247
2211-1247

Volume Title

21

Publisher

Elsevier BV