Current and emerging methods for probing neuropeptide transmission

T Qian, H Wang, X Xia, Y Li - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Neuropeptides comprise the most diverse category of neurochemicals in the brain, playing
critical roles in a wide range of physiological and pathophysiological processes. Monitoring …

Noncanonical Amino Acid Tools and Their Application to Membrane Protein Studies

C De Faveri, JM Mattheisen, TP Sakmar… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Methods rooted in chemical biology have contributed significantly to studies of integral
membrane proteins. One recent key approach has been the application of genetic code …

Nonperturbative fluorogenic labeling of immunophilins enables the wash-free detection of immunosuppressants

M Bertolini, L Mendive-Tapia, O Ghashghaei… - ACS Central …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Immunosuppressants are clinically approved drugs to treat the potential rejection of
transplanted organs and require frequent monitoring due to their narrow therapeutic …

Development of a genetically encoded sensor for probing endogenous nociceptin opioid peptide release

X Zhou, C Stine, PO Prada, D Fusca… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Nociceptin/orphanin-FQ (N/OFQ) is a recently appreciated critical opioid peptide
with key regulatory functions in several central behavioral processes including motivation …

Probing PAC1 receptor activation across species with an engineered sensor

RB Cola, SN Niethammer, P Rajamannar, A Gresch… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Abstract Class-B1 G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are an important family of clinically
relevant drug targets that remain difficult to investigate via high-throughput screening and in …

Illuminating the brain-genetically encoded single wavelength fluorescent biosensors to unravel neurotransmitter dynamics

M Kubitschke, OA Masseck - Biological Chemistry, 2024 - degruyter.com
Understanding how neuronal networks generate complex behavior is one of the major goals
of Neuroscience. Neurotransmitter and Neuromodulators are crucial for information flow …

A Bright Future? A Perspective on Class C GPCR Based Genetically Encoded Biosensors

M Otanuly, M Kubitschke… - ACS Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
One of the major challenges in molecular neuroscience today is to accurately monitor
neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, peptides, and various other biomolecules in the brain …

[HTML][HTML] Optical Control of Cell-Surface and Endomembrane-Exclusive β-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling

W Thotamune, S Ubeysinghe, KK Shrestha… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Beta-adrenergic receptors (βARs) are G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that mediate
catecholamine hormone-induced stress responses, such as elevation of heart rate. Besides …

Live imaging of paracrine signaling: Advances in visualization and tracking techniques

E Deguchi, M Matsuda, K Terai - Cell Structure and Function, 2025 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Live imaging techniques have revolutionized our understanding of paracrine signaling, a
crucial form of cell-to-cell communication in biological processes. This review examines …

Mesoscopic Imaging of Neurotransmitters and Neuromodulators with Genetically Encoded Sensors

F Deng, J Feng, H Xie, Y Li - Awake Behaving Mesoscopic Brain Imaging, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Neurotransmitters (NTs) and neuromodulators (NMs) play vital roles in various
physiological and pathological processes. To better understand the transmission …