Design and synthesis of fluorescent probes for GPR54

Autor: Nobutaka Fujii, Ryosuke Misu, Hiroaki Ohno, Shinya Oishi, Akira Hirasawa, Nahoko Ieda, Kei-ichiro Maeda, Masato Kaneda, Hiroko Tsukamura, Yoshihisa Uenoyama
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 22:3325-3330
ISSN: 0968-0896
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2014.04.052
Popis: Kisspeptins are neuropeptides that induce the secretion of gonadotropin-releasing hormone via the activation of the cognate receptor, G-protein coupled receptor 54 (GPR54). The kisspeptin-GPR54 axis is associated with the onset of puberty and the maintenance of the reproductive system. In this study, several fluorescent probes have been designed and synthesized for rat GPR54 through the modification of the N-terminus of rat kisspeptins to allow for the visualization of the expression and localization of kisspeptin receptor(s) in living cells and native tissues. The tetramethylrhodamine (TMR) and rhodamine green (RG)-labeled kisspeptins exhibited good binding and agonistic activities towards GPR54, and the results of the application studies demonstrated that these fluorescent probes could be used effectively for the detection of GPR54 receptors in flow cytometry and confocal microscopy experiments.
Databáze: OpenAIRE