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Light-mediated Reversible Modulation of the Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Pathway during Cell Differentiation and Xenopus Embryonic Development
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1Department of Biochemistry,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2Department of Comparative Biosciences,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3Neuroscience Program,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 4Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:22Optogenetic Induction of Protein Localization in BHK21 Mammalian Cell Culture
- 04:10Construction of an LED Array for Long-term Light Stimulation in a CO2 Incubator
- 05:05Optogenetic Induction of PC12 Cell Differentiation
- 06:04Optogenetic Control of Kinase Activity in Xenopus Embryos
- 07:22Results: Optogenetic Induction of PC12 Cell Differntiation and Kinase Activity in Live Xenopus Embryos
- 09:00Conclusion
This protocol describes an optogenetic strategy to modulate mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity during cell differentiation and Xenopus embryonic development. This method allows for the reversible activation of the MAPK signaling pathway in mammalian cell culture and in multicellular live organisms, like Xenopus embryos, with high spatial and temporal resolution.
