Faculty Opinions recommendation of Structure-Based Optimization Strategies for G Protein-Coupled Receptor (GPCR) Allosteric Modulators: A Case Study from Analyses of New Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 (mGlu5) X-ray Structures.

Author(s):  
Dario Doller
2000 ◽  
Vol 275 (49) ◽  
pp. 38213-38220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianne B. Dale ◽  
Moshmi Bhattacharya ◽  
Pieter H. Anborgh ◽  
Barbara Murdoch ◽  
Mickie Bhatia ◽  
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2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 571-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingxin Zhang ◽  
Dianne Kowal ◽  
Angela Kramer ◽  
John Dunlop

We have evaluated the FLIPR Calcium 3 Assay Kit (Calcium 3), a new no-wash fluorescence calcium indicator dye reagent, for the measurement of agonist-stimulated calcium signaling in cells expressing the serotonin 2C (5-HT2C), metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) and the vasopressin 2 (V2) G-protein-coupled receptors. Calcium 3 yielded equivalent (5-HT2C) or superior (mGluR5 and V2) sensitivity to FLUO-4 as indexed by the change in fluorescence counts following agonist application. Assay variability, indexed by CV, using Calcium 3 or FLUO-4 was equivalent with 5-HT2C receptor responses although CVs were reduced using Calcium 3 in the examples of the mGluR5 and V2 receptors. Receptor pharmacologies based on agonist EC50 values were identical when either Calcium 3 or FLUO-4 were utilized. Our results validate Calcium 3 as a compel-ling alternative to FLUO-4 in the choice of fluorescent dye reagent for studying G-protein-coupled receptors, providing the advantage of a homogenous, no-wash assay format. ( Journal of Biomolecular Screening 2003:571-577)


2004 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 1103-1110 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Iacovelli ◽  
L. Capobianco ◽  
M. Iula ◽  
V. Di Giorgi Gerevini ◽  
A. Picascia ◽  
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