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Nanobody-directed targeting of optogenetic tools to study signaling in the primary cilium

  1. Jan Niklas Hansen
  2. Fabian Kaiser
  3. Christina Klausen
  4. Birthe Stüven
  5. Raymond Chong
  6. Wolfgang Bönigk
  7. David U Mick
  8. Andreas Möglich
  9. Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi
  10. Florian I Schmidt  Is a corresponding author
  11. Dagmar Wachten  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Bonn, Institute of Innate Immunity, Medical Faculty, Germany
  2. Center of Advanced European Studies and Research, Germany
  3. Saarland University School of Medicine, Germany
  4. Universität Bayreuth, Germany
  5. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
  6. University of Bonn, Medical Faculty, Germany
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.57907
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  1. Jan Niklas Hansen
  2. Fabian Kaiser
  3. Christina Klausen
  4. Birthe Stüven
  5. Raymond Chong
  6. Wolfgang Bönigk
  7. David U Mick
  8. Andreas Möglich
  9. Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi
  10. Florian I Schmidt
  11. Dagmar Wachten
(2020)
Nanobody-directed targeting of optogenetic tools to study signaling in the primary cilium
eLife 9:e57907.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.57907
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Abstract

Compartmentalization of cellular signaling forms the molecular basis of cellular behavior. The primary cilium constitutes a subcellular compartment that orchestrates signal transduction independent from the cell body. Ciliary dysfunction causes severe diseases, termed ciliopathies. Analyzing ciliary signaling has been challenging due to the lack of tools investigate ciliary signaling. Here, we describe a nanobody-based targeting approach for optogenetic tools in mammalian cells and in vivo in zebrafish to specifically analyze ciliary signaling and function. Thereby, we overcome the loss of protein function observed after fusion to ciliary targeting sequences. We functionally localized modifiers of cAMP signaling, the photo-activated adenylate cyclase bPAC and the light-activated phosphodiesterase LAPD, and the cAMP biosensor mlCNBD-FRET to the cilium. Using this approach, we studied the contribution of spatial cAMP signaling in controlling cilia length. Combining optogenetics with nanobody-based targeting will pave the way to the molecular understanding of ciliary function in health and disease.

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All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript and are available through the following doi 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4792248. The analysis workflow to study cilia length and fluorescence signal with its custom-written ImageJ plug-ins ('CiliaQ') is available through the following link https://github.com/hansenjn/CiliaQ.

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  1. Jan Niklas Hansen

    University of Bonn, Institute of Innate Immunity, Medical Faculty, Bonn, Germany
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  2. Fabian Kaiser

    University of Bonn, Institute of Innate Immunity, Medical Faculty, Bonn, Germany
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  3. Christina Klausen

    University of Bonn, Institute of Innate Immunity, Medical Faculty, Bonn, Germany
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  4. Birthe Stüven

    University of Bonn, Institute of Innate Immunity, Medical Faculty, Bonn, Germany
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  5. Raymond Chong

    University of Bonn, Institute of Innate Immunity, Medical Faculty, Bonn, Germany
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  6. Wolfgang Bönigk

    Abteilung Molekulare Neurosensorik, Center of Advanced European Studies and Research, Bonn, Germany
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  7. David U Mick

    Center of Human and Molecular Biology, Saarland University School of Medicine, Homburg, Germany
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  8. Andreas Möglich

    Bayreuth Center for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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  9. Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi

    Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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  10. Florian I Schmidt

    Institute of Innate Immunity, University of Bonn, Medical Faculty, Bonn, Germany
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  11. Dagmar Wachten

    University of Bonn, Institute of Innate Immunity, Medical Faculty, Bonn, Germany
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    dwachten@uni-bonn.de
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Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SPP 1926)

  • Andreas Möglich
  • Dagmar Wachten

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SPP1726)

  • Dagmar Wachten

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (TRR83/SFB)

  • Dagmar Wachten

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaftgemeinschaft (Germany's Excellence Strategy - EXC2151 - 390873048)

  • Florian I Schmidt
  • Dagmar Wachten

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (FOR2743)

  • Dagmar Wachten

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Emmy Noether)

  • Florian I Schmidt

Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (PhD fellowship)

  • Jan Niklas Hansen

Samarbeidsorganet Helse Midt-Norge (grant)

  • Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB894/TP-A22)

  • David U Mick

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: The animal facilities and maintenance of the zebrafish, Danio rerio, were approved by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (19/175222).

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© 2020, Hansen et al.

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  1. Jan Niklas Hansen
  2. Fabian Kaiser
  3. Christina Klausen
  4. Birthe Stüven
  5. Raymond Chong
  6. Wolfgang Bönigk
  7. David U Mick
  8. Andreas Möglich
  9. Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi
  10. Florian I Schmidt
  11. Dagmar Wachten
(2020)
Nanobody-directed targeting of optogenetic tools to study signaling in the primary cilium
eLife 9:e57907.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.57907

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