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Subtype-Selective Fluorescent Ligands as Pharmacological Research Tools for the Human Adenosine A2A Receptor (2019)
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Comeo, E., Kindon, N. D., Soave, M., Stoddart, L. A., Kilpatrick, L. E., Scammells, P. J., …Kellam, B. (2020). Subtype-Selective Fluorescent Ligands as Pharmacological Research Tools for the Human Adenosine A2A Receptor. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 63(5), 2656-2672. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01856

© 2019 American Chemical Society. Among class A G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR), the human adenosine A2A receptor (hA2AAR) remains an attractive drug target. However, translation of A2AAR ligands into the clinic has proved challenging and an impro... Read More about Subtype-Selective Fluorescent Ligands as Pharmacological Research Tools for the Human Adenosine A2A Receptor.

The effect of two selective A1-receptor agonists and the bitopic ligand VCP746 on heart rate and regional vascular conductance in conscious rats (2019)
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Cooper, S. L., March, J., Sabbatini, A. R., Hill, S. J., Jörg, M., Scammells, P. J., & Woolard, J. (2020). The effect of two selective A1-receptor agonists and the bitopic ligand VCP746 on heart rate and regional vascular conductance in conscious rats. British Journal of Pharmacology, 177(2), 346-359. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.14870

Background and purpose Adenosine is a local mediator that regulates physiological and pathological processes via activation of four G protein‐coupled receptors (A1, A2A, A2B, A3). We have investigated the effect of two A1‐receptor selective agonists... Read More about The effect of two selective A1-receptor agonists and the bitopic ligand VCP746 on heart rate and regional vascular conductance in conscious rats.

NanoBiT Complementation to Monitor Agonist-Induced Adenosine A1 Receptor Internalization (2019)
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Soave, M., Kellam, B., Woolard, J., Briddon, S. J., & Hill, S. J. (2019). NanoBiT Complementation to Monitor Agonist-Induced Adenosine A1 Receptor Internalization. Slas Discovery, https://doi.org/10.1177/2472555219880475

Receptor internalization in response to prolonged agonist treatment is an important regulator of G protein–coupled receptor (GPCR) function. The adenosine A1 receptor (A1AR) is one of the adenosine receptor family of GPCRs, and evidence for its agoni... Read More about NanoBiT Complementation to Monitor Agonist-Induced Adenosine A1 Receptor Internalization.

Optimised insert design for improved single-molecule imaging and quantification through CRISPR-Cas9 mediated knock-in (2019)
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Khan, A. O., White, C. W., Pike, J. A., Yule, J., Slater, A., Hill, S. J., …Morgan, N. V. (2019). Optimised insert design for improved single-molecule imaging and quantification through CRISPR-Cas9 mediated knock-in. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 14219. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50733-9

© 2019, The Author(s). The use of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing to introduce endogenously expressed tags has the potential to address a number of the classical limitations of single molecule localisation microscopy. In this work we present the first sys... Read More about Optimised insert design for improved single-molecule imaging and quantification through CRISPR-Cas9 mediated knock-in.

Modulators of CXCR4 and CXCR7/ACKR3 Function (2019)
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Adlere, I., Caspar, B., Arimont, M., Dekkers, S., Visser, K., Stuijt, J., …Leurs, R. (2019). Modulators of CXCR4 and CXCR7/ACKR3 Function. Molecular Pharmacology, 96(6), 737-752. https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.119.117663

Copyright © 2019 by The Author(s). The two G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) and atypical chemokine receptor 3 (ACKR3) are part of the class A chemokine GPCR family and represent important drug targets for hu... Read More about Modulators of CXCR4 and CXCR7/ACKR3 Function.

Comparison of the ligand‐binding properties of fluorescent VEGF‐A isoforms to VEGF receptor 2 in living cells and membrane preparations using NanoBRET (2019)
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Peach, C. J., Kilpatrick, L. E., Woolard, J., & Hill, S. J. (2019). Comparison of the ligand‐binding properties of fluorescent VEGF‐A isoforms to VEGF receptor 2 in living cells and membrane preparations using NanoBRET. British Journal of Pharmacology, 176(17), 3220-3235. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.14755

Background and Purpose: Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A (VEGF-A) is a key mediator of angiogenesis. A striking feature of the binding of a fluorescent analogue of VEGF165a to NanoLuciferase-tagged VEGF Receptor 2 (VEGFR2) in living cells is that... Read More about Comparison of the ligand‐binding properties of fluorescent VEGF‐A isoforms to VEGF receptor 2 in living cells and membrane preparations using NanoBRET.

Probe dependency in the determination of ligand binding kinetics at a prototypical G protein-coupled receptor (2019)
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Bosma, R., Stoddart, L. A., Georgi, V., Bouzo-Lorenzo, M., Bushby, N., Inkoom, L., …Leurs, R. (2019). Probe dependency in the determination of ligand binding kinetics at a prototypical G protein-coupled receptor. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 7906. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44025-5

© 2019, The Author(s). Drug-target binding kinetics are suggested to be important parameters for the prediction of in vivo drug-efficacy. For G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the binding kinetics of ligands are typically determined using associat... Read More about Probe dependency in the determination of ligand binding kinetics at a prototypical G protein-coupled receptor.

Complex formation between VEGFR2 and the β2-adrenoceptor (2019)
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Kilpatrick, L. E., Alcobia, D. C., White, C. W., Peach, C. J., Glenn, J. R., Zimmerman, K., …Hill, S. J. (2019). Complex formation between VEGFR2 and the β2-adrenoceptor. Cell Chemical Biology, 26(6), 830-841.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.02.014

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an important mediator of endothelial cell proliferation and angiogenesis via its receptor VEGFR2. A common tumor associated with elevated VEGFR2 signaling is infantile hemangioma that is caused by a rapid... Read More about Complex formation between VEGFR2 and the β2-adrenoceptor.

A live cell NanoBRET binding assay allows the study of ligand-binding kinetics to the adenosine A3 receptor (2019)
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Bouzo-Lorenzo, M., Stoddart, L. A., Xia, L., Jerzman, A. P., Heitman, L. H., Briddon, S. J., & Hill, S. J. (2019). A live cell NanoBRET binding assay allows the study of ligand-binding kinetics to the adenosine A3 receptor. Purinergic Signalling, 15(2), 139–153. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11302-019-09650-9

There is a growing interest in understanding the binding kinetics of compounds that bind to G proteincoupled receptors prior to progressing a lead compound into clinical trials. The widely expressed adenosine A3 receptor (A3AR) has been implicated in... Read More about A live cell NanoBRET binding assay allows the study of ligand-binding kinetics to the adenosine A3 receptor.

Probe dependence of allosteric enhancers on the binding affinity of adenosine A1‐receptor agonists at rat and human A1‐receptors measured using NanoBRET (2019)
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Cooper, S. L., Soave, M., Jörg, M., Scammells, P. J., Woolard, J., & Hill, S. J. (2019). Probe dependence of allosteric enhancers on the binding affinity of adenosine A1‐receptor agonists at rat and human A1‐receptors measured using NanoBRET. British Journal of Pharmacology, 176(7), 864-878. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.14575

Background and Purpose: Adenosine is a local mediator that regulates a number of physiological and pathological processes via activation of adenosine A1‐receptors. The activity of adenosine can be regulated at the level of its target receptor via dru... Read More about Probe dependence of allosteric enhancers on the binding affinity of adenosine A1‐receptor agonists at rat and human A1‐receptors measured using NanoBRET.

Binding kinetics of ligands acting at GPCRs (2019)
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Sykes, D. A., Stoddart, L. A., Kilpatrick, L. E., & Hill, S. J. (2019). Binding kinetics of ligands acting at GPCRs. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 485, 9-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2019.01.018

The influence of drug-receptor binding kinetics has often been overlooked during the development of new therapeutics that target G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Over the last decade there has been a growing understanding that an in-depth knowled... Read More about Binding kinetics of ligands acting at GPCRs.