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ArticleNature chemical biology2025

Sensitive fluorescent biosensor reveals differential subcellular regulation of PKC.

Qi Su, Jing Zhang, Wei Lin, Jin-Fan Zhang, Alexandra C Newton, Sohum Mehta, Jing Yang, Jin Zhang

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Oncogenic Gα signaling requires AP-3-dependent recruitment to the endolysosomal compartment.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  4. A Constellation of Fluorescent Biosensors to Illuminate the Galaxy of Protein Kinases.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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  5. Sensing and Reprogramming Surface Receptor Activation With Synthetic Transcriptional Circuits.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Qi SuDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Jing Zhang *Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Wei Lin *Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2128-241X
Jin-Fan ZhangShu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Alexandra C NewtonDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2906-3705
Sohum MehtaDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Jing YangDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Jin ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. jzhang32@health.ucsd.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7145-7823

Funding

Live-cell Activity Architecture in CancerR35CA197622 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Jin Zhang · 2015 to 2026
$11.2M
Molecular Mechanisms of Cell SignalingR35GM122523 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ALEXANDRA C. NEWTON · 2017 to 2026
$6.7M
Regulation of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix StiffnessR01CA174869 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Jing Yang · 2015 to 2026
$4.3M
Ultrasensitive kinase biosensors for multiplex imaging of coordinated spatiotemporal signaling in cancer-immune interactionsR01CA262815 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Yingxiao Wang, Jin Zhang · 2022 to 2026
$3.3M
EPHA2 Receptor Signaling in Breast Cancer MechanotransductionR01CA262794 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI ELENA B PASQUALE, Jing Yang · 2022 to 2026
$2.9M
Development of kinase biosensors for multiplex neuronal imaging of signaling pathways in behaving miceRF1MH126707 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HUGANIR, RICHARD L, ZHANG, JIN · 2022 to 2022
$2.4M
Apical-basal polarity in tumor progression and metastasisR01CA236386 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI YANG, JING · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA174869NCI NIH HHS R01 CA236386NCI NIH HHS R01 CA262794NCI NIH HHS R01 CA262815NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197622NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122523NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH126707Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) T32FT5342U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) MH126707U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | NCI | Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics) CA174869U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | NCI | Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics) CA197622U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | NCI | Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics) CA236386U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | NCI | Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics) CA262794U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | NCI | Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics) CA262815
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The protein kinase C (PKC) family of serine and threonine kinases, consisting of three distinctly regulated subfamilies, has been established as critical for various cellular functions. However, how PKC enzymes are regulated at different subcellular locations, particularly at emerging signaling hubs, is unclear. Here we present a sensitive excitation ratiometric C kinase activity reporter (ExRai-CKAR2) that enables the detection of minute changes (equivalent to 0.2% of maximum stimulation) in subcellular PKC activity. Using ExRai-CKAR2 with an enhanced diacylglycerol (DAG) biosensor, we uncover that G-protein-coupled receptor stimulation triggers sustained PKC activity at the endoplasmic reticulum and lysosomes, differentially mediated by Ca

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Biosensing TechniquesFluorescent DyesProtein Kinase CAnimalsCalciumDiglyceridesEndoplasmic ReticulumHEK293 CellsHumansLysosomesCalciumDiglyceridesFluorescent DyesProtein Kinase C

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