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The path to the G protein‐coupled receptor structural landscape: Major milestones and future directions

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
G protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) play a crucial role in cell function by transducing signals from the extracellular environment to the inside of the cell. They mediate the effects of various stimuli, including hormones, neurotransmitters, ions, photons, food tastants and odorants, and are renowned drug targets.
Małgorzata M. Kogut‐Günthel, Zeenat Zara, Alessandro Nicoli, Alexandra Steuer, Marta Lopez‐Balastegui, Jana Selent, Sanjai Karanth, Melanie Koehler, Antonella Ciancetta, Layara Akemi Abiko, Franz Hagn, Antonella Di Pizio   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Glycine Potentiates AMPA Receptor Function through Metabotropic Activation of GluN2A-containing NMDA Receptors

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2016
NMDA receptors are Ca2+-permeable ion channels. The activation of NMDA receptors requires agonist glutamate and co-agonist glycine. Recent evidence indicates that NMDA receptor also has metabotropic function.
Li-Jun Li, Rong Hu, Rong Hu, Brendan Lujan, Juan Chen, Jian-Jian Zhang, Yasuko Nakano, Tian-Yuan Cui, Ming-Xia Liao, Jin-Cao Chen, Hengye Man, Hua Feng, Qi Wan, Qi Wan, Qi Wan, Qi Wan   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stochastic Turing pattern formation in a model with active and passive transport [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
We investigate Turing pattern formation in a stochastic and spatially discretized version of a reaction diffusion advection (RDA) equation, which was previously introduced to model synaptogenesis in \textit{C. elegans}. The model describes the interactions between a passively diffusing molecular species and an advecting species that switches between ...
arxiv  

Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 2,3-dihydro-1H-1,5-benzodiazepin-2-ones; potential imaging agents of the metabotropic glutamate 2 receptor [PDF]

, 2013
A focused library of novel 2,3-dihydro-1H-1,5-benzodiazepin-2-ones containing sites for 11C-, 18F- and 123I-labelling have been prepared and evaluated against membrane expressing human recombinant metabotropic glutamate 2 receptor (mGluR2). The compounds
Barros, Cant, Catarzi, Chaki, Gasparini, Higgins, Jobson, Johnson, Kingston, Klapars, Kolczewski, Liu, Maya, Oswald, Pellicciari, Pimlott, Récasens, Spinelli, Stevenson, Swanson, Tavares, Wang, Woltering, Woltering, Woltering, Woltering   +25 more
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Dimerisation of the VIP receptor VIPR2 is essential to its binding VIP and Gαi proteins, and to its functions in breast cancer cells

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Purpose Several G protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) are known to homodimerise. Dimeric GPCRs may have different properties from their monomers, but the molecular basis and functional significance of GPCR dimerisation remain largely unknown.
Satoshi Asano, Kairi Ozasa, Teru Uehara, Rei Yokoyama, Takanobu Nakazawa, Souichi Yanamoto, Yukio Ago   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular determinants of acute kidney injury [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a condition that leads to a rapid deterioration of renal function associated with impairment to maintain electrolyte and acid balance, and, if left untreated, ultimately irreversible kidney damage and renal ...
Human, Christin, Husi, Holger
core   +2 more sources

Astrocytes Control Neuronal Excitability in the Nucleus Accumbens

The Scientific World Journal, 2007
Though accumulating evidence shows that the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) mediates some of the actions of extracellular glutamate after cocaine use, the cellular events underlying this action are poorly understood.
Tommaso Fellin, Marcello D'Ascenzo, Philip G. Haydon   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transcranial Bipolar Direct Current Stimulation of the Frontoparietal Cortex Reduces Ketamine-Induced Oscillopathies: A Pilot Study in the Sedated Rat [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
Running title: Frontoparietal anodal tDCS reduces ketamine-induced oscillopathies.Abstract: During the prodromal phase of schizophrenia with its complex and insidious clinical picture, electroencephalographic recordings detect widespread oscillation disturbances (or oscillopathies).
arxiv  

Estrogenic regulation of hippocampal inhibitory system across lifespan

Journal of Neuroendocrinology, EarlyView.
Abstract Estrogens produced in peripheral tissues and locally in the brain are potent neuromodulators. The function of the hippocampus, a brain region essential for episodic memory and spatial navigation, relies on the activity of ensembles of excitatory neurons whose activity is temporally and spatially coordinated by a wide diversity of inhibitory ...
Pablo Méndez, Rut de la Vega‐Ruiz, Alberto Montes‐Mellado   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regulation of Neurotransmitter Release by Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors

Journal of Neurochemistry, 2000
: The G protein‐coupled metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors are differentially localized at various synapses throughout the brain. Depending on the receptor subtype, they appear to be localized at presynaptic and/or postsynaptic sites, including ...
J. Cartmell, D. Schoepp
semanticscholar   +1 more source