Antidepressants enter cells, organelles, and membranes

Z Blumenfeld, K Bera, E Castrén… - …, 2024 - nature.com
We begin by summarizing several examples of antidepressants whose therapeutic actions
begin when they encounter their targets in the cytoplasm or in the lumen of an organelle …

Genetically encoded tools for in vivo G‐protein‐coupled receptor agonist detection at cellular resolution

KE Kroning, W Wang - Clinical and Translational Medicine, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
G‐protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the most abundant receptor type in the human
body and are responsible for regulating many physiological processes, such as sensation …

Unlocking opioid neuropeptide dynamics with genetically encoded biosensors

C Dong, R Gowrishankar, Y Jin, XJ He, A Gupta… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Neuropeptides are ubiquitous in the nervous system. Research into neuropeptides has
been limited by a lack of experimental tools that allow for the precise dissection of their …

Discovery and structure of a widespread bacterial ABC transporter specific for ergothioneine

Y Zhang, G Gonzalez-Gutierrez, KA Legg… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract L-Ergothioneine (ET), the 2-thioimidazole derivative of trimethylhistidine, is
biosynthesized by select fungi and bacteria, notably Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and …

Development of a novel testis-on-a-chip that demonstrates reciprocal crosstalk between Sertoli and Leydig cells in testicular tissue

SR Park, MG Kook, SR Kim, CM Lee, JW Lee… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
The reciprocal crosstalk between testicular Sertoli and Leydig cells plays a vital role in
supporting germ cell development and maintaining testicular characteristics and …

Three mutations convert the selectivity of a protein sensor from nicotinic agonists to S-methadone for use in cells, organelles, and biofluids

AK Muthusamy, CH Kim, SC Virgil… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report a reagentless, intensity-based S-methadone fluorescent sensor, iS-
methadoneSnFR, consisting of a circularly permuted GFP inserted within the sequence of a …

Portably and Visually Sensing Cytisine through Smartphone Scanning Based on a Post‐Modified Luminescence Center Strategy in Zinc‐Organic Frameworks

XS Li, J Zhao, ZH Jiao, XY Zhao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cytisine (CTS) is a useful medicine for treating nervous disorders and smoking addiction,
and exploring a convenient method to detect CTS is of great significance for long‐term/home …

Allosteric modulation of fluorescence revealed by hydrogen bond dynamics in a genetically encoded maltose biosensor

M Berksoz, C Atilgan - Proteins: Structure, Function, and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors (GEFBs) proved to be reliable tracers for many
metabolites and cellular processes. In the simplest case, a fluorescent protein (FP) is …

A microscale 3D organ on a chip for recapitulating reciprocal neuroendocrine crosstalk between the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland

SR Park, MG Kook, SR Kim, JW Lee, YS Yu… - …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Conventional 2D or even recently developed 3D in vitro culture models for hypothalamus
and pituitary gland cannot successfully recapitulate reciprocal neuroendocrine …

Unlocking opioid neuropeptide dynamics with genetically-encoded biosensors

L Tian, C Dong, R Gowrishankar, Y Jin, X He, A Gupta… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Neuropeptides are ubiquitous in the nervous system. Research into neuropeptides has
been limited by a lack of experimental tools that allow for the precise dissection of their …