Bivalent ligands promote endosomal trafficking of the dopamine D3 receptor-neurotensin receptor 1 heterodimer

Bivalent ligands promote endosomal trafficking of the dopamine D3 receptor-neurotensin receptor 1 heterodimer

Budzinski et al use bivalent ligands, BRET assays and radioligand competition to demonstrate a specific interaction between two receptors associated with neuropsychiatric diseases and addiction, dopamine D3 (D3R) and neurotensin receptor 1. They show that the bivalent ligands promote endosomal traff...

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Main Authors: Julian Budzinski, Simone Maschauer, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Pierre Couvineau, Hannah Vogt, Peter Gmeiner, Anna Roggenhofer, Olaf Prante, Michel Bouvier, Dorothee Weikert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02574-4
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Summary:Budzinski et al use bivalent ligands, BRET assays and radioligand competition to demonstrate a specific interaction between two receptors associated with neuropsychiatric diseases and addiction, dopamine D3 (D3R) and neurotensin receptor 1. They show that the bivalent ligands promote endosomal trafficking of D3R, suggesting a potential role for dimerization in vivo.
ISSN:2399-3642

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