New tools for redox biology: From imaging to manipulation
Redox reactions play a key role in maintaining essential biological processes. Deviations in redox pathways result in the development of various pathologies at cellular and organismal levels. Until recently, studies on transformations in the intracellular redox state have been significantly hampered...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Free radical biology & medicine 2017-08, Vol.109, p.167-188 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Redox reactions play a key role in maintaining essential biological processes. Deviations in redox pathways result in the development of various pathologies at cellular and organismal levels. Until recently, studies on transformations in the intracellular redox state have been significantly hampered in living systems. The genetically encoded indicators, based on fluorescent proteins, have provided new opportunities in biomedical research. The existing indicators already enable monitoring of cellular redox parameters in different processes including embryogenesis, aging, inflammation, tissue regeneration, and pathogenesis of various diseases. In this review, we summarize information about all genetically encoded redox indicators developed to date. We provide the description of each indicator and discuss its advantages and limitations, as well as points that need to be considered when choosing an indicator for a particular experiment. One chapter is devoted to the important discoveries that have been made by using genetically encoded redox indicators.
•Genetically encoded indicators for redox biology research.•Detailed characteristics of each group of indicators.•Examples of studies using redox indicators.
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ISSN: | 0891-5849 1873-4596 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.12.004 |