Advanced imaging and labelling methods to decipher brain cell organization and function

D Choquet, M Sainlos, JB Sibarita - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
The brain is arguably the most complex organ. The branched and extended morphology of
nerve cells, their subcellular complexity, the multiplicity of brain cell types as well as their …

Endogenous opioid peptides in the descending pain modulatory circuit

EE Bagley, SL Ingram - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
The opioid epidemic has led to a serious examination of the use of opioids for the treatment
of pain. Opioid drugs are effective due to the expression of opioid receptors throughout the …

Photoproximity labeling of endogenous receptors in the live mouse brain in minutes

M Takato, S Sakamoto, H Nonaka… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding how protein–protein interaction networks in the brain give rise to cognitive
functions necessitates their characterization in live animals. However, tools available for this …

Chemical tools for endogenous protein labeling and profiling

K Shiraiwa, R Cheng, H Nonaka, T Tamura… - Cell Chemical …, 2020 - cell.com
Protein analysis under biological conditions is now regarded as indispensable for
understanding the structure and function of proteins, in addition to in vitro studies using …

Recent progress of self-immobilizing and self-precipitating molecular fluorescent probes for higher-spatial-resolution imaging

J Yan, H Liu, Y Wu, B Niu, X Deng, L Zhang, Q Dang… - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
Flourished in the past two decades, fluorescent probe technology provides researchers with
accurate and efficient tools for in situ imaging of biomarkers in living cells and tissues and …

Bioorthogonal chemical labeling of endogenous neurotransmitter receptors in living mouse brains

H Nonaka, S Sakamoto, K Shiraiwa… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Neurotransmitter receptors are essential components of synapses for communication
between neurons in the brain. Because the spatiotemporal expression profiles and …

[HTML][HTML] Increased mu-opioid receptor expression is associated with reduced disease-free and overall survival in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

H Zhang, M Sun, D Zhou, A Gorur, Z Sun… - British journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Expression of the mu-opioid receptor (MOR) is associated with poor long-term
outcomes in various types of cancer. The association between MOR expression and clinical …

Platform reagents enable synthesis of ligand-directed covalent probes: study of cannabinoid receptor 2 in live cells

M Kosar, DA Sykes, AEG Viray, RM Vitale… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Pharmacological modulation of cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2R) holds promise for the
treatment of neuroinflammatory disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. Despite the …

N-Acyl-N-Alkyl Sulfonamide Probes for Ligand-Directed Covalent Labeling of GPCRs: The Adenosine A2B Receptor as Case Study

BLH Beerkens, V Andrianopoulou, X Wang… - ACS Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Small molecular tool compounds play an essential role in the study of G protein-coupled
receptors (GPCRs). However, tool compounds most often occupy the orthosteric binding …

Therapeutic potential of opioid receptor heteromers in chronic pain and associated comorbidities

M Gaborit, D Massotte - British Journal of Pharmacology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic pain affects 20% to 45% of the global population and is often associated with the
development of anxio‐depressive disorders. Treatment of this debilitating condition remains …