Next Generation Fluorescent Tools for Measuring Autophagy Dynamics in Cells

用于测量细胞自噬动态的下一代荧光工具

• 批准号: DP240100465
• 负责人: A/Prof Yuning Hong
• 金额: $ 37.65万
• 依托单位: La Trobe University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP240100465
• 关键词: Next; Generation; Fluorescent; Tools; Measuring

This project aims to create new molecular tools for detecting a crucial cell survival process called autophagy. Specifically, this project will develop small molecule fluorescent probes that are specific to autophagy, for the first time, by interacting with the key autophagy marker proteins or cargos. This will allow researchers to visualise and quantify autophagy activity in living cells without disrupting the system, which is not currently possible. This project represents a major technical and knowledge advance that will improve our understanding of autophagy in fundamental biology and ultimately contribute to the development of new intervention strategies for diseases like neurodegeneration and cancers.

该项目旨在创建新的分子工具，用于检测称为自噬的关键细胞存活过程。具体而言，该项目将通过与关键的自噬标记蛋白或cargos相互作用，从而开发出针对自噬特定的小分子荧光探针。这将使研究人员能够可视化和量化活细胞中的自噬活性，而不会破坏系统，而目前是不可能的。该项目代表了一项重大的技术和知识进步，它将提高我们对基本生物学自噬的理解，并最终为神经变性和癌症等疾病的新干预策略的制定做出贡献。