Applications of bioluminescence in biotechnology and beyond

AJ Syed, JC Anderson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioluminescence is the fascinating natural phenomenon by which living creatures produce
light. Bioluminescence occurs when the oxidation of a small-molecule luciferin is catalysed …

NanoBRET: the bright future of proximity-based assays

NC Dale, EKM Johnstone, CW White… - … in bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) is a biophysical technique used to
monitor proximity within live cells. BRET exploits the naturally occurring phenomenon of …

Fluorescent ligands: Bringing light to emerging GPCR paradigms

M Soave, SJ Briddon, SJ Hill… - British Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, several novel aspects of GPCR pharmacology have been described, which
are thought to play a role in determining the in vivo efficacy of a compound. Fluorescent …

Development of fluorescent AF64394 analogues enables real-time binding studies for the orphan class A GPCR GPR3

M Bresinsky, A Shahraki, P Kolb, S Pockes… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The orphan G protein-coupled receptor (oGPCR) GPR3 represents a potential drug target
for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and metabolic disorders. However, the limited …

Pulmonary myeloid cell uptake of biodegradable nanoparticles conjugated with an anti-fibrotic agent provides a novel strategy for treating chronic allergic airways …

A Chakraborty, AA Pinar, M Lam, JE Bourke, SG Royce… - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Asthma (chronic allergic airways disease, AAD) is characterized by airway inflammation (AI),
airway remodeling (AWR) and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). Current treatments for …

The relaxin family peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1): An emerging player in human health and disease

TY Chen, X Li, CH Hung… - … Genetics & Genomic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Relaxin/relaxin family peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1) signaling is important for
both normal physiology and disease. Strong preclinical evidence supports relaxin as a …

NanoBRET binding assay for histamine H2 receptor ligands using live recombinant HEK293T cells

L Grätz, K Tropmann, M Bresinsky, C Müller… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Fluorescence/luminescence-based techniques play an increasingly important role in the
development of test systems for the characterization of future drug candidates, especially in …

Development of a synthetic relaxin-3/INSL5 chimeric peptide ligand for NanoBiT complementation binding assays

H Wu, BL Hoare, TNG Handley, MA Hossain… - Biochemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
INSL5 and relaxin-3 are relaxin family peptides with important roles in gut and brain
function, respectively. They mediate their actions through the class A GPCRs RXFP4 and …

[HTML][HTML] Red-shifted bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer: Improved tools and materials for analytical in vivo approaches

F Weihs, H Dacres - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (BRET) has been proven as a highly
sensitive optical transduction system for bio-imaging and a variety of analytical approaches …

Functional crosstalk between angiotensin receptors (types 1 and 2) and relaxin family peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1): Implications for the therapeutic targeting of fibrosis

CS Samuel, Y Li, Y Wang… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Class A, rhodopsin‐like, G‐protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) are by far the largest class
of GPCRs and are integral membrane proteins used by various cells to convert extracellular …