2005
Mouse Taste Buds Use Serotonin as a Neurotransmitter
Huang Y, Maruyama Y, Lu K, Pereira E, Plonsky I, Baur J, Wu D, Roper S. Mouse Taste Buds Use Serotonin as a Neurotransmitter. Journal Of Neuroscience 2005, 25: 843-847. PMID: 15673664, PMCID: PMC6725637, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4446-04.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTaste budsPrimary sensory afferent fibersSensory afferent fibersBitter stimulationTransmitter release mechanismMouse taste budsAfferent fibersTransmitter candidatesGustatory receptor cellsIntracellular Ca2SerotoninSour tastantsReceptor cellsChinese hamster ovary cellsHamster ovary cellsNeurotransmittersSynapsesStimulationOvary cellsReleaseCa2CellsAcetylcholineCNSReceptors
2001
Calcium Responses to Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone and Somatostatin in Phospholipase Cβ3 Knockout Mice
Romoser V, Graves T, Wu D, Jiang H, Hinkle P. Calcium Responses to Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone and Somatostatin in Phospholipase Cβ3 Knockout Mice. Endocrinology 2001, 15: 125-135. PMID: 11145744, DOI: 10.1210/mend.15.1.0588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAortaBlotting, WesternCalciumCells, CulturedFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneIsoenzymesMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMicroscopy, FluorescenceMuscle, Smooth, VascularPituitary GlandSignal TransductionSomatostatinThyrotropin-Releasing HormoneType C PhospholipasesConceptsWild-type miceKnockout micePituitary cellsSmooth muscle cellsCalcium responseIntracellular calciumMuscle cellsAortic smooth muscle cellsThyrotropin-Releasing HormoneCalcium-mobilizing actionGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneInhibited influxMicroM TRHExtracellular calciumSomatostatinPituitary tissueKnockout animalsMiceHormoneSignal pathwayPLCbeta1Phospholipase CbetaPLCbeta3CalciumGalphaq/11
1997
Roles of phospholipase C β2 in chemoattractant-elicited responses
Jiang H, Kuang Y, Wu Y, Xie W, Simon M, Wu D. Roles of phospholipase C β2 in chemoattractant-elicited responses. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1997, 94: 7971-7975. PMID: 9223297, PMCID: PMC21539, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.15.7971.Peer-Reviewed Original Researchα-Latrotoxin Stimulates Exocytosis by the Interaction with a Neuronal G-Protein-Coupled Receptor
Krasnoperov V, Bittner M, Beavis R, Kuang Y, Salnikow K, Chepurny O, Little A, Plotnikov A, Wu D, Holz R, Petrenko A. α-Latrotoxin Stimulates Exocytosis by the Interaction with a Neuronal G-Protein-Coupled Receptor. Neuron 1997, 18: 925-937. PMID: 9208860, DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80332-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBrain ChemistryCalciumCattleChromaffin GranulesCloning, MolecularCOS CellsDimerizationExocytosisGTP-Binding ProteinsMembrane ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataProtein PrecursorsQa-SNARE ProteinsRatsReceptors, Cell SurfaceReceptors, PeptideRecombinant ProteinsSensory Receptor CellsSequence AlignmentSequence Homology, Amino AcidSignal TransductionSpider VenomsTissue DistributionConceptsG protein-coupled receptorsAlpha-latrotoxin receptorNeuronal G protein-coupled receptorNovel orphan G-protein-coupled receptorI alphaCalcium-independent receptorSecretin receptor familyOrphan G protein-coupled receptorRegulation of neurosecretionEndogenous proteolytic cleavageMolecular cloningPrecursor polypeptideSerpentine receptorsCIRLFusion complexExtracellular bindingAlpha-LatrotoxinFunctional expressionReceptor familyProteolytic cleavagePresynaptic receptorsAffinity columnNeurotransmitter releaseStable complexesPresynaptic neurotoxins