摘要:
The invention relates to a method for detection of ligands (agonists or antagonists) specific to a receptor (RCPG) coupled to a G protein, comprising the following steps; 1) bring a receptor marked with a member of a donor/acceptor pair into contact with a Gα or Gß? sub-unit of a G protein marked with the other member of the donor/acceptor pair and 2) measure the transfer by proximity effect between the donor and acceptor. The above is of application to the screening of novel medicaments.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of determining a biological process using a FRET measurement. The inventive method comprises the following steps consisting in: providing a measurement medium containing a lipid membrane with (i) a biological entity X which is coupled to a first member of a pair of FRET partners and (ii) a second biological entity Y which is coupled to the second member of the FRET pair, whereby the energy-donor FRET pair member has a long lifespan and the members of said FRET pair are located on either side of the lipid membrane; exciting the measurement medium at the excitation wavelength of the energy donor member; and measuring the FRET signal or variations in the signal emitted in the culture medium. The invention can be used to detect interactions between biological entities in order to explain biological and pathological processes and to screen novel medicaments.
摘要:
The invention relates to inositol-phosphate derivatives, in which the inositol-phosphate is substituted by one or two reactive groups G or one or two conjugated molecules M or substances, said reactive group(s) G or said substance(s) or molecule(s) M being linked to IPI via a linkage group L. According to the invention, M is selected from the following group: a tracer, an immunogen, a member of a pair of binding partners, a solid support. The invention is suitable for tools that are used to study the cycle of inositols-phosphates and thus, indirectly, to study seven-domain transmembrane receptors that are coupled to the phospholipase C, receptors having a tyrosine-kinase activity and, generally, enzymes involved in variations in IPI intracellular concentration.
摘要:
A method for detecting the internalization of a transmembrane protein of interest expressed at the surface of a cell, comprising the following steps: a) labelling the protein of interest with a fluorescent metal complex, the lifetime of which is greater than 0.1 ms; b) adding to the reaction medium a composition capable of causing the internalization of the protein of interest; c) adding to the reaction medium a modulating agent selected from: a. a fluorescent or nonfluorescent FRET acceptor compound compatible with said fluorescent metal complex, the final concentration of which in the reaction medium is greater than 10 ‑7 M; b. a reducing agent, the redox potential of which is less than +0.1 V and preferably between 0.25 and 0.75 V; c. an agent which binds specifically, by noncovalent bonding, with the fluorescent metal complex; d. a metal ion which competes with the rare earth so as to form a nonfluorescent metal complex; d) measuring the luminescence emitted by the reaction medium at the emission wavelength of the fluorescent metal complex and/or at the emission wavelength of the modulating compound when said compound is a fluorescent acceptor compound; e) comparing the signal measured in step d) with a reference signal measured on cells having been subjected only to steps a) and c). Use: Method for detecting membrane protein internalization.