Creating a GPCR family activated by an inert ligand
🧪 Evolved muscarinic GPCRs, responsive only to CNO
⚙️ Achieved cell signaling without native ligands
📊 Used mutant receptors to study signaling pathways for msd
#GPCR #MolecularEvolution #DREADD #Pharmacology #CellEngineering
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Directed molecular evolution of muscarinic receptors
📉 Evolved GPCRs activated by CNO, not acetylcholine
🧪 CNO activates M3 with 20-30 nM potency
🔬 hM4D receptor induces neuronal silencing for mtd
#GCPR #CNO #DREADD #hM3D #hM4D #molecularEvolution
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Harnessing Designer Muscarinic GPCRs for Research
🧩 DREADD technology enables specific signal modulation
#GPCRs #DREADD #Neuroscience #Pharmacology #Science
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Harnessing Designer Muscarinic GPCRs for Research
🧩 DREADD technology enables specific signal modulation
#GPCRs #DREADD #Neuroscience #Pharmacology #Science
https://tnyp.me/kGMOwdqN/m #Pub2Post
Innovative GPCR design with inert activation:
🔑 Engineered GPCRs are activated by clozapine-N-oxide.
👨🔬 Validated in yeast and human cells.
🧪 Successfully expressed in human artery cells.
🔍 Proved valuable in neuronal studies.
Suweb Reza