Real-time monitoring of somatostatin receptor-cAMP signaling in live pituitary.

Abstract:

:Fluorescence resonance energy transfer using genetically encoded biosensors has proven to be a powerful technique to monitor the spatiotemporal dynamics of cAMP signals stimulated by G(s)-coupled receptors in living cells. In contrast, real-time imaging of G(i)-mediated cAMP signals under native conditions remains challenging. Here, we describe the use of transgenic mice for cAMP imaging in living pituitary slices and primary pituitary cells. This technique can be widely used to assess the contribution of various pituitary receptors, including individual G(i) protein-coupled somatostatin receptors, to the regulation of cAMP levels under physiologically relevant settings.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Jacobs S,Calebiro D,Nikolaev VO,Lohse MJ,Schulz S

doi

10.1210/en.2010-0341

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-09-01 00:00:00

pages

4560-5

issue

9

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

pii

en.2010-0341

journal_volume

151

pub_type

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