Cannabinoids and cannabinoid receptors: The story so far

F Shahbazi, V Grandi, A Banerjee, JF Trant - IScience, 2020‏ - cell.com
Like most modern molecular biology and natural product chemistry, understanding
cannabinoid pharmacology centers around molecular interactions, in this case, between the …

Endocannabinoid binding to the cannabinoid receptors: what is known and what remains unknown

PH Reggio - Current medicinal chemistry, 2010‏ - ingentaconnect.com
The cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors are Class AG protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).
While many Class A GPCRs have endogenous ligands that are hydrophilic cations (eg, the …

A genetically encoded fluorescent sensor for rapid and specific in vivo detection of norepinephrine

J Feng, C Zhang, JE Lischinsky, M **g, J Zhou… - Neuron, 2019‏ - cell.com
Norepinephrine (NE) is a key biogenic monoamine neurotransmitter involved in a wide
range of physiological processes. However, its precise dynamics and regulation remain …

Monitoring norepinephrine release in vivo using next-generation GRABNE sensors

J Feng, H Dong, JE Lischinsky, J Zhou, F Deng… - Neuron, 2024‏ - cell.com
Norepinephrine (NE) is an essential biogenic monoamine neurotransmitter. The first-
generation NE sensor makes in vivo, real-time, cell-type-specific and region-specific NE …

Smallest near-infrared fluorescent protein evolved from cyanobacteriochrome as versatile tag for spectral multiplexing

OS Oliinyk, AA Shemetov, S Pletnev… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
From a single domain of cyanobacteriochrome (CBCR) we developed a near-infrared (NIR)
fluorescent protein (FP), termed miRFP670nano, with excitation at 645 nm and emission at …

A lipid pathway for ligand binding is necessary for a cannabinoid G protein-coupled receptor

DP Hurst, A Grossfield, DL Lynch, S Feller… - Journal of Biological …, 2010‏ - jbc.org
Recent isothiocyanate covalent labeling studies have suggested that a classical
cannabinoid,(−)-7′-isothiocyanato-11-hydroxy-1′, 1′ dimethylheptyl …

Lighting up the brain: genetically encoded fluorescent sensors for imaging neurotransmitters and neuromodulators

H Wang, M **g, Y Li - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Genetically-encoded fluorescent sensors are essential for studying
neurotransmission.•Today's sensors are limited in certain aspects, especially for in vivo …

[HTML][HTML] Fluorescent approaches for understanding interactions of ligands with G protein coupled receptors

R Sridharan, J Zuber, SM Connelly, E Mathew… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
G protein coupled receptors are responsible for a wide variety of signaling responses in
diverse cell types. Despite major advances in the determination of structures of this class of …

Chemical probes shed light on protein function

HM O'Hare, K Johnsson, A Gautier - Current opinion in structural biology, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Site-specific protein labeling with synthetic dyes is an emerging technique for live cell
imaging. A protein or peptide tag fused to the protein of interest provides the means for …

Surveying polypeptide and protein domain conformation and association with FlAsH and ReAsH

NW Luedtke, RJ Dexter, DB Fried… - Nature chemical …, 2007‏ - nature.com
Recombinant polypeptides and protein domains containing two cysteine pairs located distal
in primary sequence but proximal in the native folded or assembled state are labeled …