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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-7-27
pubmed:abstractText
Although unnatural amino acids (Uaas) have been genetically encoded in bacterial, fungal, and mammalian cells using orthogonal transfer RNA (tRNA)/aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase pairs, applications of this method to a wider range of specialized cell types, such as stem cells, still face challenges. While relatively straightforward in stem cells, transient expression lacks sufficient temporal resolution to afford reasonable levels of Uaa incorporation and to allow for the study of the longer term differentiation process of stem cells. Moreover, Uaa incorporation may perturb differentiation. Here, we describe a lentiviral-based gene delivery method to stably incorporate Uaas into proteins expressed in neural stem cells, specifically HCN-A94 cells. The transduced cells differentiated into neural progenies in the same manner as the wild-type cells. By genetically incorporating a fluorescent Uaa into a voltage-dependent membrane lipid phosphatase, we show that this Uaa optically reports the conformational change of the voltage-sensitive domain in response to membrane depolarization. The method described here should be generally applicable to other stem cells and membrane proteins.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1549-4918
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011 AlphaMed Press.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1231-40
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Alanine, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Benzophenones, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Dansyl Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Genetic Engineering, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Lentivirus, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Neural Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Phenylalanine, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Time-Lapse Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:21681861-Tyrosine-tRNA Ligase
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetically encoding unnatural amino acids in neural stem cells and optically reporting voltage-sensitive domain changes in differentiated neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
The Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural