학술논문

C-Series Coelenterazine-Driven Bioluminescence Signature Imaging
Document Type
article
Source
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 23, Iss 21, p 13047 (2022)
Subject
bioluminescence
signature
intensity pattern
coelenterazine
luciferase
reporter
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Chemistry
QD1-999
Language
English
ISSN
1422-0067
1661-6596
Abstract
The present study introduces a unique BL signature imaging system with novel CTZ analogues named “C-series.” Nine kinds of C-series CTZ analogues were first synthesized, and BL intensity patterns and spectra were then examined according to the marine luciferases. The results show that the four CTZ analogues named C3, C4, C6, and C7, individually or collectively luminesce with completely distinctive BL spectral signatures and intensity patterns according to the luciferases: Renilla luciferase (RLuc), NanoLuc, and artificial luciferase (ALuc). The signatural reporters were multiplexed into a multi-reporter system comprising RLuc8.6-535SG and ALuc16. The usefulness of the signatural reporters was further determined with a multi-probe system that consists of two single-chain probes embedding RLuc8 and ALuc23. This study is a great addition to the study of conventional bioassays with a unique methodology, and for the specification of each signal in a single- or multi-reporter system using unique BL signatures and patterns of reporter luciferases.