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- Title
Real-time monitoring of receptor and G-protein interactions in living cells.
- Authors
Galés, Céline; Rebois, R Victor; Hogue, Mireille; Trieu, Phan; Breit, Andreas; Hébert, Terence E; Bouvier, Michel
- Abstract
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent the largest family of proteins involved in signal transduction. Here we present a bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) assay that directly monitors in real time the early interactions between human GPCRs and their cognate G-protein subunits in living human cells. In addition to detecting basal precoupling of the receptors to Galpha-, Gbeta- and Ggamma-subunits, BRET measured very rapid ligand-induced increases in the interaction between receptor and Galphabetagamma-complexes (t(1/2) approximately 300 ms) followed by a slower (several minutes) decrease, reflecting receptor desensitization. The agonist-promoted increase in GPCR-Gbetagamma interaction was highly dependent on the identity of the Galpha-subunit present in the complex. Therefore, this G protein-activity biosensor provides a novel tool to directly probe the dynamics and selectivity of receptor-mediated, G-protein activation-deactivation cycles that could be advantageously used to identify ligands for orphan GPCRs.
- Publication
Nature methods, 2005, Vol 2, Issue 3, p177
- ISSN
1548-7091
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nmeth743