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

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-fluor...

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Main Authors: Max Nobis, David Herrmann, Sean C. Warren, Shereen Kadir, Wilfred Leung, Monica Killen, Astrid Magenau, David Stevenson, Morghan C. Lucas, Nadine Reischmann, Claire Vennin, James R.W. Conway, Alice Boulghourjian, Anaiis Zaratzian, Andrew M. Law, David Gallego-Ortega, Christopher J. Ormandy, Stacey N. Walters, Shane T. Grey, Jacqueline Bailey, Tatyana Chtanova, Julian M.W. Quinn, Paul A. Baldock, Peter I. Croucher, Juliane P. Schwarz, Agata Mrowinska, Lei Zhang, Herbert Herzog, Andrius Masedunskas, Edna C. Hardeman, Peter W. Gunning, Gonzalo del Monte-Nieto, Richard P. Harvey, Michael S. Samuel, Marina Pajic, Ewan J. McGhee, Anna-Karin E. Johnsson, Owen J. Sansom, Heidi C.E. Welch, Jennifer P. Morton, Douglas Strathdee, Kurt I. Anderson, Paul Timpson
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Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
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author Max Nobis
David Herrmann
Sean C. Warren
Shereen Kadir
Wilfred Leung
Monica Killen
Astrid Magenau
David Stevenson
Morghan C. Lucas
Nadine Reischmann
Claire Vennin
James R.W. Conway
Alice Boulghourjian
Anaiis Zaratzian
Andrew M. Law
David Gallego-Ortega
Christopher J. Ormandy
Stacey N. Walters
Shane T. Grey
Jacqueline Bailey
Tatyana Chtanova
Julian M.W. Quinn
Paul A. Baldock
Peter I. Croucher
Juliane P. Schwarz
Agata Mrowinska
Lei Zhang
Herbert Herzog
Andrius Masedunskas
Edna C. Hardeman
Peter W. Gunning
Gonzalo del Monte-Nieto
Richard P. Harvey
Michael S. Samuel
Marina Pajic
Ewan J. McGhee
Anna-Karin E. Johnsson
Owen J. Sansom
Heidi C.E. Welch
Jennifer P. Morton
Douglas Strathdee
Kurt I. Anderson
Paul Timpson
spellingShingle Max Nobis
David Herrmann
Sean C. Warren
Shereen Kadir
Wilfred Leung
Monica Killen
Astrid Magenau
David Stevenson
Morghan C. Lucas
Nadine Reischmann
Claire Vennin
James R.W. Conway
Alice Boulghourjian
Anaiis Zaratzian
Andrew M. Law
David Gallego-Ortega
Christopher J. Ormandy
Stacey N. Walters
Shane T. Grey
Jacqueline Bailey
Tatyana Chtanova
Julian M.W. Quinn
Paul A. Baldock
Peter I. Croucher
Juliane P. Schwarz
Agata Mrowinska
Lei Zhang
Herbert Herzog
Andrius Masedunskas
Edna C. Hardeman
Peter W. Gunning
Gonzalo del Monte-Nieto
Richard P. Harvey
Michael S. Samuel
Marina Pajic
Ewan J. McGhee
Anna-Karin E. Johnsson
Owen J. Sansom
Heidi C.E. Welch
Jennifer P. Morton
Douglas Strathdee
Kurt I. Anderson
Paul Timpson
A RhoA-FRET Biosensor Mouse for Intravital Imaging in Normal Tissue Homeostasis and Disease Contexts
Cell Reports
intravital imaging
pancreatic cancer
breast cancer
actin
small GTPase RhoA
FLIM-FRET
biosensors
immunology
development
cell biology
author_facet Max Nobis
David Herrmann
Sean C. Warren
Shereen Kadir
Wilfred Leung
Monica Killen
Astrid Magenau
David Stevenson
Morghan C. Lucas
Nadine Reischmann
Claire Vennin
James R.W. Conway
Alice Boulghourjian
Anaiis Zaratzian
Andrew M. Law
David Gallego-Ortega
Christopher J. Ormandy
Stacey N. Walters
Shane T. Grey
Jacqueline Bailey
Tatyana Chtanova
Julian M.W. Quinn
Paul A. Baldock
Peter I. Croucher
Juliane P. Schwarz
Agata Mrowinska
Lei Zhang
Herbert Herzog
Andrius Masedunskas
Edna C. Hardeman
Peter W. Gunning
Gonzalo del Monte-Nieto
Richard P. Harvey
Michael S. Samuel
Marina Pajic
Ewan J. McGhee
Anna-Karin E. Johnsson
Owen J. Sansom
Heidi C.E. Welch
Jennifer P. Morton
Douglas Strathdee
Kurt I. Anderson
Paul Timpson
author_sort Max Nobis
title A RhoA-FRET Biosensor Mouse for Intravital Imaging in Normal Tissue Homeostasis and Disease Contexts
title_short A RhoA-FRET Biosensor Mouse for Intravital Imaging in Normal Tissue Homeostasis and Disease Contexts
title_full A RhoA-FRET Biosensor Mouse for Intravital Imaging in Normal Tissue Homeostasis and Disease Contexts
title_fullStr A RhoA-FRET Biosensor Mouse for Intravital Imaging in Normal Tissue Homeostasis and Disease Contexts
title_full_unstemmed A RhoA-FRET Biosensor Mouse for Intravital Imaging in Normal Tissue Homeostasis and Disease Contexts
title_sort rhoa-fret biosensor mouse for intravital imaging in normal tissue homeostasis and disease contexts
publisher Elsevier
series Cell Reports
issn 2211-1247
publishDate 2017-10-01
description 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.
topic intravital imaging
pancreatic cancer
breast cancer
actin
small GTPase RhoA
FLIM-FRET
biosensors
immunology
development
cell biology
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124717312974
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UKCancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden, Glasgow G611BD, UKSignalling Programme, Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB223AT, UKCancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden, Glasgow G611BD, UKCancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Switchback Road, Bearsden, Glasgow G611BD, UKFrancis Crick Institute, London NW11AT, UKThe Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St. Vincent’s Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2010, AustraliaThe 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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124717312974intravital imagingpancreatic cancerbreast canceractinsmall GTPase RhoAFLIM-FRETbiosensorsimmunologydevelopmentcell biology