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In-depth Characterization of Firefly Luciferase as a Reporter of Circadian Gene
Expression in Mammalian Cells
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Feeney KA
; Putker M
; Brancaccio M
; O'Neill JS
J Biol Rhythms
2016[Dec]; 31
(6
): 540-550
PMID28112045
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Firefly luciferase (Fluc) is frequently used to report circadian gene expression
rhythms in mammalian cells and tissues. During longitudinal assays it is
generally assumed that enzymatic substrates are in saturating excess, such that
total bioluminescence is directly proportional to Fluc protein level. To test
this assumption, we compared the enzyme kinetics of purified luciferase with its
activity in mammalian cells. We found that Fluc activity in solution has a lower
Michaelis constant (K(m)) for luciferin, lower temperature dependence, and lower
catalytic half-life than Fluc in cells. In consequence, extracellular luciferin
concentration significantly affects the apparent circadian amplitude and phase of
the widely used PER2::LUC reporter in cultured fibroblasts, but not in SCN, and
we suggest that this arises from differences in plasma membrane luciferin
transporter activity. We found that at very high concentrations (>1 mM),
luciferin lengthens circadian period, in both fibroblasts and organotypic SCN
slices. We conclude that the amplitude and phase of circadian gene expression
inferred from bioluminescence recordings should be treated with some caution, and
we suggest that optimal luciferin concentration should be determined empirically
for each luciferase reporter and cell type.