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Lockyer JL et al. (2024) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A "Selective optogenetic inhibition of Gα_q or Gα_i signaling by minimal RGS domains disrupts circuit functionality and circuit formation."

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10.1073/pnas.2411846121

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Lockyer JL, Reading A, Vicenzi S, Zbela A, Viswanathan S, Delandre C, Newland JW, McMullen JPD, Marshall OJ, Gasperini R, Foa L, & Lin JY (2024). Selective optogenetic inhibition of Gα_q or Gα_i signaling by minimal RGS domains disrupts circuit functionality and circuit formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 121, e2411846121. doi:10.1073/pnas.2411846121

Optogenetic techniques provide genetically targeted, spatially and temporally precise approaches to correlate cellular activities and physiological outcomes. In the nervous system, G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have essential neuromodulatory functions through binding extracellular ligands to induce intracellular signaling cascades. In this work, we develop and validate an optogenetic tool that disrupts Gαq signaling through membrane recruitment of a minimal regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) domain. This approach, Photo-induced Gα Modulator-Inhibition of Gαq (PiGM-Iq), exhibited potent and selective inhibition of Gαq signaling. Using PiGM-Iq we alter the behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila with outcomes consistent with GPCR-Gαq disruption. PiGM-Iq changes axon guidance in cultured dorsal root ganglia neurons in response to serotonin. PiGM-Iq activation leads to developmental deficits in zebrafish embryos and larvae resulting in altered neuronal wiring and behavior. Furthermore, by altering the minimal RGS domain, we show that this approach is amenable to Gαi signaling. Our unique and robust optogenetic Gα inhibiting approaches complement existing neurobiological tools and can be used to investigate the functional effects neuromodulators that signal through GPCR and trimeric G proteins.

Authors: Lockyer JL, Reading A, Vicenzi S, Zbela A, Viswanathan S, Delandre C, Newland JW, McMullen JPD, Marshall OJ, Gasperini R, Foa L, Lin JY

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Lockyer JL et al. (2024) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A "Selective optogenetic inhibition of Gαq or Gαi signaling by minimal RGS domains disrupts circuit functionality and circuit formation."

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Lockyer JL et al. (2024) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A "Selective optogenetic inhibition of Gα_q or Gα_i signaling by minimal RGS domains disrupts circuit functionality and circuit formation."

Lockyer JL et al. (2024) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A "Selective optogenetic inhibition of Gα_q or Gα_i signaling by minimal RGS domains disrupts circuit functionality and circuit formation."

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