2023
Multiple Subthreshold GPCR Signals Combined by the G-Proteins Gαq and Gαs Activate the Caenorhabditis elegans Egg-Laying Muscles
Olson A, Butt A, Christie N, Shelar A, Koelle M. Multiple Subthreshold GPCR Signals Combined by the G-Proteins Gαq and Gαs Activate the Caenorhabditis elegans Egg-Laying Muscles. Journal Of Neuroscience 2023, 43: 3789-3806. PMID: 37055179, PMCID: PMC10219013, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2301-22.2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsG protein-coupled receptorsMultiple G protein-coupled receptorsMuscle cellsMuscle activitySerotonin G protein-coupled receptorsDesigner G protein-coupled receptorsIntact animalsG proteinsEndogenous G protein-coupled receptorsIndividual G protein-coupled receptorsGPCR signalsCalcium activityEgg-laying musclesSerotoninIndividual neuronsDouble knockoutNeuronsBehavioral outcomesMuscleMost cellsG protein GαqCellsSubthreshold signalEgg-laying systemSER-1
2005
Caenorhabditus elegans Arrestin Regulates Neural G Protein Signaling and Olfactory Adaptation and Recovery*
Palmitessa A, Hess HA, Bany IA, Kim YM, Koelle MR, Benovic JL. Caenorhabditus elegans Arrestin Regulates Neural G Protein Signaling and Olfactory Adaptation and Recovery*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2005, 280: 24649-24662. PMID: 15878875, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m502637200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedArrestinBenzaldehydesBlotting, NorthernCaenorhabditis elegansCell LineCells, CulturedChemotaxisClathrinCOS CellsDiacetylEndocytosisExonsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsGTP-Binding ProteinsHumansImmunohistochemistryModels, GeneticMolecular Sequence DataMutationNeuronsOdorantsOlfactory PathwaysPentanolsPhenotypePhylogenyProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiarySequence Analysis, DNASignal TransductionTime FactorsConceptsARR-1Receptor endocytosisG protein signalingG protein-coupled receptorsOlfactory adaptationVolatile odorantsProtein-coupled receptorsPotential mechanistic basisEndocytic machineryCaenorhabditis elegansNull mutantsHSN neuronsProtein signalingReceptor kinaseAdaptation defectRecovery defectArrestin functionChemosensory neuronsEnvironmental cuesBind proteinsMechanistic basisVivo linkTransgenic expressionArrestinNormal chemotaxis