title: Spatiotemporal control of fibroblast growth factor receptor signals by blue light.
abstract: Fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) regulate diverse cellular behaviors that should be exquisitely controlled in space and time. We engineered an optically controlled FGFR (optoFGFR1) by exploiting cryptochrome 2, which homointeracts upon blue light irradiation. OptoFGFR1 can rapidly and reversibly control intracellular FGFR1 signaling within seconds by illumination with blue light. At the subcellular level, localized activation of optoFGFR1 induced cytoskeletal reorganization. Utilizing the high spatiotemporal precision of optoFGFR1, we efficiently controlled cell polarity and induced directed cell migration. OptoFGFR1 provides an effective means to precisely control FGFR signaling and is an important optogenetic tool that can be used to study diverse biological processes both in vitro and in vivo.
authors: Center for Cognition and Sociality, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
authors: Nury
authors: N
authors: Kim
authors: Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
authors: Jin Man
authors: JM
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
authors: Minji
authors: M
authors: Lee
authors: Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
authors: Cha Yeon
authors: CY
authors: Kim
authors: Center for Cognition and Sociality, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
authors: Ki-Young
authors: KY
authors: Chang
authors: Center for Cognition and Sociality, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea; Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: wondo@kaist.ac.kr.
authors: Won Do
authors: WD
authors: Heo
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000528:radiation effects; D016764:Cell Polarity / Q000528:radiation effects; D056931:Cryptochromes / Q000737:chemistry; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008958:Models, Molecular; D062308:Optogenetics / Q000379:methods*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D015202:Protein Engineering; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D062211:Spatio-Temporal Analysis
chemical_list: D056931:Cryptochromes; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor