A genetically encoded fluorescent biosensor for extracellular L-lactate.
Nasu, Y., Murphy-Royal, C., Wen, Y., Haidey, J.N., Molina, R.S., Aggarwal, A., Zhang, S., Kamijo, Y., Paquet, M.E., Podgorski, K., Drobizhev, M., Bains, J.S., Lemieux, M.J., Gordon, G.R., Campbell, R.E.(2021) Nat Commun 12: 7058-7058
- PubMed: 34873165 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27332-2
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
7E9Y - PubMed Abstract: 
L-Lactate, traditionally considered a metabolic waste product, is increasingly recognized as an important intercellular energy currency in mammals. To enable investigations of the emerging roles of intercellular shuttling of L-lactate, we now report an intensiometric green fluorescent genetically encoded biosensor for extracellular L-lactate. This biosensor, designated eLACCO1.1, enables cellular resolution imaging of extracellular L-lactate in cultured mammalian cells and brain tissue.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.