Grk1 expression in transgenic mouse lines. (A) The mouse lines were generated by transgenesis with a BAC containing the full-length mouse Grk1 gene and its entire flanking sequences. The eye expression levels were quantified in the three strains using real-time RT-PCR (empty bars) and quantitative immunoblotting (filled bars). For real-time RT-PCR and quantitative immunoblots the data from individual mouse samples in triplicates were averaged at various RNA or protein loads to ensure consistency. The error bars represent SEM. Relative Grk1 expression in Grk1+/− were quantified previously by Doan et al. at 0.32 ± 0.03 the WT levels using quantitative immunoblots. 11 (B) Immunoblot shows overexpression of GRK1 bands in the overexpressing Grk1+ and Grk1+b strains. The immunoblot was probed with monoclonal antibody D11 against an amino terminal domain epitope, which recognizes both full-length and presumably the alternatively spliced truncated form of GRK1 previously described. 37,38 For ...

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Vision requires the photoreceptors in the eye to rapidly respond to changes in light intensity. These processes are accomplished within rod photoreceptors by the visual pigment rhodopsin that initiates a downstream signaling cascade called phototransduction. Rhodopsin is composed of an apoprotein opsin that is covalently bonded with light sensitive 11-cis retinal. Rhodopsin is activated when 11-cis retinal is photoisomerized into all-trans retinal. This isomerization initiates the phototransduction cascade that culminates in a change in current at the plasma membrane. Rhodopsin, once activated (bleached), can no longer absorb photons to activate phototransduction, and must be regenerated through the visual cycle. To enable the photoreceptors to respond to rapid changes in light intensities, phototransduction must terminate in a timely manner. Deactivation involves phosphorylation of activated rhodopsin by rhodopsin kinase, and then binding of visual arrestin. Exposing rods to daylight bleaches ...

Vision requires the photoreceptors in the eye to rapidly respond to changes in light intensity. These processes are accomplished within rod photoreceptors by the visual pigment rhodopsin that initiates a downstream signaling cascade called phototransduction. Rhodopsin is composed of an apoprotein opsin that is covalently bonded with light sensitive 11-cis retinal. Rhodopsin is activated when 11-cis retinal is photoisomerized into all-trans retinal. This isomerization initiates the phototransduction cascade that culminates in a change in current at the plasma membrane. Rhodopsin, once activated (bleached), can no longer absorb photons to activate phototransduction, and must be regenerated through the visual cycle. To enable the photoreceptors to respond to rapid changes in light intensities, phototransduction must terminate in a timely manner. Deactivation involves phosphorylation of activated rhodopsin by rhodopsin kinase, and then binding of visual arrestin. Exposing rods to daylight bleaches ...

Stimulation of Gi-coupled receptors leads to the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAP kinases). In several cell types, this appears to be dependent on the activation of p21ras (Ras). Which G-protein subunit(s ...

Fuchs S, Nakazawa M, Maw M, Tamai M, Oguchi Y, Gal A. A homozygous 1-base pair deletion in the arrestin gene is a frequent cause of Oguchi disease in Japanese. Nat Genet. 1995 Jul;10(3):360-2.. ...

May play a role in phototransduction. May dephosphorylate photoactivated rhodopsin. May function as a calcium sensing regulator of ionic currents, energy production or synaptic transmission.

Light stimulates rhodopsin in a retinal rod to activate the G protein transducin, which binds to phosphodiesterase (PDE), relieving PDE inhibition and decreasing guanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) concentration. The decrease in cGMP closes outer segment channels, producing the rod electrical response. Prolonged exposure to light decreases sensitivity and accelerates response kinetics in a process known as light adaptation, mediated at least in part by a decrease in outer segment Ca2+. Recent evidence indicates that one of the mechanisms of adaptation in mammalian rods is down-regulation of PDE. To investigate the effect of light and a possible role of rhodopsin kinase (G protein-coupled receptor kinase 1 [GRK1]) and the GRK1-regulating protein recoverin on PDE modulation, we used transgenic mice with decreased expression of GTPase-accelerating proteins (GAPs) and, consequently, a less rapid decay of the light response. This slowed decay made the effects of genetic manipulation of ...

An important difference in the formation of retinol in isolated cells or retina tissues compared with the situation in situ is the absence of its vigorous removal by IRBP. It is possible that the rate constant for retinol formation was substantially increased by its removal by IRBP, and the different types of experiments presented here provide some relevant information. In retina tissue, retinol is not being eliminated, but in the isolated cell, it leaves the cell even in the absence of IRBP (hence, the substantial decrease in fluorescence beginning after approximately 30 minutes). As the data in Table 1 show, the rate constant for retinol formation (parameter f 1) in the isolated cells (0.04-0.08 minute−1) is higher than in whole retinas (0.02-0.05 minute−1). As pointed out before, one contributing factor to this difference is the underestimation of the values of the retinol fraction at low retinol concentrations due to losses during extraction. Consistent with this interpretation, the f 1 ...

Optimization of the pyrrolotriazine series of HER kinase inhibitors led to the identification of BMS-690514, which is highly potent in inhibiting all 3 HER kinases (EGFR, HER2, and HER4). BMS-690514 is, in addition, a potent inhibitor of the VEGF receptor family. Outside of these 2 receptor kinase families, only a small number of additional protein kinases were found to interact with BMS-690514, and none of these other kinases is known to have a role in regulating tumor cell proliferation. In cell assays measuring receptor kinase inhibition, BMS-690514 showed potency that was comparable to its potency in cell proliferation assays, an observation that further confirms its on-target mechanism of action. The potency of BMS-690514 in inhibiting tumor cell proliferation reflects the role of EGFR and HER2 in epithelial cancer. EGFR and HER2 gene amplification in lung, gastric, and breast tumor cells predispose them to inhibition by BMS-690514. In addition, non-small cell lung tumors with activating ...

Nakasone Y, Oguchi K, Sato Y, Okubo Y, Yamauchi K, Aizawa T. Rapid conversion of autoimmune hypophysitis to an empty sella with immediate lowering of the serum IgG4 level. Case Report. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2015 Jan; 36(2): 112-114 ...

Teshima, T., Mitsumori, M., Uno, T., Nakamura, K., Sumi, M., Kenjo, M., Shikama, N., Toita, T., Ogawa, K., Koizumi, M., Onishi, H., Ashino, Y., Oguchi, M., Yamauchi, C., Negoro, Y., Gunbai, T., Sai, H., Nihei, K., Sasaki, Y., Sasaki, T. および24人, Shioyama, Y., Urashima, Y., Saku, M., Yoshitake, T., Sasaki, S., Nishikawa, A., Mitsuhashi, N., Maebayashi, K., Seki, K., Murakami, Y., Domoto, K., Kawakami, H., Tanaka, S., Marino, H., Komiyama, T., Kodaira, T., Shinoda, A., Ohno, Y., Nakamura, M., Takegawa, H., Yoshioka, M., Numasaki, H., Inoue, T. & Ikeda, H., 9 1 2005, ： : Japanese journal of clinical oncology. 35, 9, p. 497-506 10 p.. 研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿 › 評論記事 ...

RK2A_LIRTU (Q0G9F5 ), RK2A_POPAL (Q14F95 ), RK2A_SOYBN (P18663 ), RK2B_CHLSC (A6MMI6 ), RK2B_COFAR (A0A398 ), RK2B_LIRTU (Q0G9H8 ), RK2B_POPAL (Q14FB6 ), RK2B_SOYBN (Q2PMM3 ), RK2_ACOAM (A9LYE2 ), RK2_ACOCL (Q3V4X1 ), RK2_ADICA (Q85FI1 ), RK2_AETCO (A4QJF6 ), RK2_AETGR (A4QJP0 ), RK2_AGRST (A1EA50 ), RK2_AMBTC (P60406 ), RK2_ANEMR (B0YPR7 ), RK2_ANGEV (A2T375 ), RK2_ANTFO (Q85B65 ), RK2_ARAHI (A4QK59 ), RK2_ARATH (P56791 ), RK2_BARVE (A4QKE6 ), RK2_BIGNA (Q06J61 ), RK2_BUXMI (A6MM78 ), RK2_CALFG (Q7YJT7 ), RK2_CAPBU (A4QKN3 ), RK2_CARPA (B1A976 ), RK2_CERDE (A8SEE5 ), RK2_CHAGL (Q8M9U7 ), RK2_CHAVU (Q1ACF6 ), RK2_CHLAT (Q19VA8 ), RK2_CHLRE (Q8HTL2 ), RK2_CHLVU (P56367 ), RK2_CITSI (Q09MB2 ), RK2_CRUWA (A4QKX2 ), RK2_CRYJA (B1VKD7 ), RK2_CUCSA (Q4VZK5 ), RK2_CUSEX (A8W3G2 ), RK2_CUSRE (A7M9A4 ), RK2_CYACA (Q9TLT5 ), RK2_CYAM1 (Q85FW0 ), RK2_CYAPA (P15764 ), RK2_CYCTA (A6H5M3 ), RK2_DAUCA (Q0G9P9 ), RK2_DIOEL (A6MMP9 ), RK2_DRANE (A4QL60 ), RK2_DRIGR (Q06GT2 ), RK2_EIMTE (Q7YN79 ), RK2_EMIHU ...

Table 3 Kinetic and Sensitivity Parameters of mouse rods and cones1. 18. Concluding remarks. In the past decade, great progress has been made in using mouse models to elucidate the mechanisms of activation and termination of the rod phototransduction pathway. Although there are still questions to be answered about the rod pathway such as the reproducibility of the single-photon response, the current frontier of phototransduction research lies in cones, which, for human vision, are far more important than rods. The recent success in recording from single mouse cones ushers in a new era in research on vertebrate cone phototransduction. Many long standing questions, e.g., the mechanisms for the enormous ability of cones to adapt to light, and the differences between rods and cones in sensitivity and kinetics, can now be addressed with a combination of mouse genetics and electrophysiology.. 19. References. Aho A.C. et al. Low retinal noise in animals with low body temperature allows high visual ...

FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene is a member of the MER/AXL/TYRO3 receptor kinase family and encodes a transmembrane protein with two fibronectin type-III domains, two Ig-like C2-type (immunoglobulin-like) domains, and one tyrosine kinase domain. Mutations in this gene have been associated with disruption of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) phagocytosis pathway and onset of autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (RP). [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008 ...

FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene is a member of the MER/AXL/TYRO3 receptor kinase family and encodes a transmembrane protein with two fibronectin type-III domains, two Ig-like C2-type (immunoglobulin-like) domains, and one tyrosine kinase domain. Mutations in this gene have been associated with disruption of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) phagocytosis pathway and onset of autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (RP). [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008 ...

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of neuron-specific calcium-binding proteins family found in the retina and brain. It is highly similar to human hippocalcin protein and nearly identical to the rat and mouse hippocalcin like-1 proteins. It may be involved in the calcium-dependent regulation of rhodopsin phosphorylation and may be of relevance for neuronal signalling in the central nervous system. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012 ...

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The retinal response involves recoverin, a neuronal calcium-binding protein which binds onto the photoreceptor cell membrane. Although an approximate binding mechanism has been described, only the latest molecular dynamics simulations made it possible to elucidate in detail its individual stages and unravel the regulatory role of calcium.. Students Štěpán Timr, Roman Pleskot, Jan Kadlec, and others, together with their advisor Pavel Jungwirth shed light on the process in which the binding of two calcium ions to a recoverin molecule promotes the ejection of its hydrophobic myristoyl moiety. This moiety then serves to anchor recoverin to the cell membrane. The specific manner of recoverin binding prevents the action of rhodopsin kinase, the enzyme regulating the rhodopsin cycle. By suppressing the kinase, recoverin makes it ultimately possible for the retina to effectively adapt to changed illumination.. Molecular dynamics simulation has thus proven to be a unique tool to describe the molecular ...

Zhu X, Brown B, Li A et al. (2003). GRK1-dependent phosphorylation of S and M opsins and their binding to cone arrestin during cone phototransduction in the mouse retina.. J. Neurosci. 23 (14): 6152-60. PMID 12853434. CS1 održavanje: Eksplicitna upotreba et al. (link) ...

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G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinases: A family of serine-threonine kinases that are specific for G-PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS. They are regulatory proteins that play a role in G-protein-coupled receptor densensitization.

PURPOSE: The interpretation of genetic information has always been challenging, but next-generation sequencing produces data on such a vast scale that many more variants of uncertain pathogenicity will be found. We exemplify this issue with reference to human rhodopsin, in which pathogenic mutations can lead to autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa. METHODS: Rhodopsin variants, with unknown pathogenicity, were found in patients by next-generation and Sanger sequencing and a multidisciplinary approach was used to determine their functional significance. RESULTS: Four variants in rhodopsin were identified: F45L, P53R, R69H, and M39R, with the latter two substitutions being novel. We investigated the cellular transport and photopigment function of all four human substitutions and found that the F45L and R69H variants behave like wild-type and are highly unlikely to be pathogenic. By contrast, P53R (a de novo change) and M39R were retained in the endoplasmic reticulum with significantly reduced

PURPOSE: The interpretation of genetic information has always been challenging, but next-generation sequencing produces data on such a vast scale that many more variants of uncertain pathogenicity will be found. We exemplify this issue with reference to human rhodopsin, in which pathogenic mutations can lead to autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa. METHODS: Rhodopsin variants, with unknown pathogenicity, were found in patients by next-generation and Sanger sequencing and a multidisciplinary approach was used to determine their functional significance. RESULTS: Four variants in rhodopsin were identified: F45L, P53R, R69H, and M39R, with the latter two substitutions being novel. We investigated the cellular transport and photopigment function of all four human substitutions and found that the F45L and R69H variants behave like wild-type and are highly unlikely to be pathogenic. By contrast, P53R (a de novo change) and M39R were retained in the endoplasmic reticulum with significantly reduced

Activation of GPCRs (G-protein-coupled receptors) leads to conformational changes that ultimately initiate signal transduction. Activated GPCRs transiently combine with and activate heterotrimeric G-proteins resulting in GTP replacement of GDP on the G-protein α subunit. Both the detailed structural changes essential for productive GDP/GTP exchange on the G-protein α subunit and the structure of the GPCR-G-protein complex itself have yet to be elucidated. Nevertheless, transient GPCR-G-protein complexes can be trapped by nucleotide depletion, yielding an empty-nucleotide G-protein-GPCR complex that can be isolated. Whereas early biochemical studies indicated formation of a complex between G-protein and activated receptor only, more recent results suggest that G-protein can bind to pre-activated states of receptor or even couple transiently to non-activated receptor to facilitate rapid responses to stimuli. Efficient and reproducible formation of physiologically relevant, conformationally ...

The family of G-protein-coupled receptors includes many well-studied members, such as the adrenergic and the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. These receptors are regulated by multiple mechanisms that serve to adapt their expression and their function to a rapidly changing environment. One of the most intriguing and important regulatory mechanisms involves the phosphorylation of such receptors by a set of specific kinases, termed the G-protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs). This phosphorylation is followed by binding of specific arrestin proteins to the phosphorylated receptors, which uncouples the receptors from their G proteins and thus causes a loss of receptor function. Several isoforms of the GRKs and the arrestins are expressed in the heart. They may be involved in the loss of receptor function in response to drugs. Furthermore, increased expression of one of the GRKs, β-adrenergic receptor kinase-1, has been found in failing hearts, and its increased activity may contribute to the loss of β

The origin of this phenomenon is unknown. Excessive extracellular potassium in the retina has been hypothesized, but not proven as the pathophysiological basis of the Mizuo-Nakamura phenomenon.(5) A case report of retinal detachment seen in a patient with Oguchi disease reported that the detached retina lost its golden reflex, but partially regained the reflex 7 months after segmental buckling surgery. The area of the golden sheen had enlarged during the following 14 months. This result suggested that a connection between the retinal pigment epithelium and sensory retina must be necessary for the abnormal fundus reflex to occur.(8) In another patient with Oguchi disease, diffuse, fine, white particles, which do not exist in normal subjects, were clearly demonstrated in the light-adapted retina with helium-neon laser. These particles were not seen by scanning laser ophthalmoscopy with the use of argon and infrared lasers, suggesting that they appear to be located in the outer retina, retina ...

Frog rod outer segments isolated in suspension can maintain much of their in vivo activity. This observation provides us with a simpler system than the intact retina for correlating biochemical and physiological changes. The relevant physiological process, a decrease of sodium permeability by illumination, is assayed as light suppression of outer segment swelling in a modified Ringers solution. We report here that this decrease is observed over approximately 4 log units of input light intensity and varies with the logarithm of intensity at light levels which bleach between 5.102 and 5.104 rhodopsin molecules/outer segment-second. In this illumination range responsiveness to light decreases as intensity increases. This sensitivity control system may be linked to light-activated rhodopsin phosphorylation, for inhibitors of this reaction increase light sensitivity. The presence of a second system, which controls the maximum amplitude of in vitro response to light, is revealed in experiments with ...

This study was initiated by revealing that two phases of dose-dependent Aβ effects existed in cultured microglial cells. One phase involves Aβ, in the micromolar range, directly inducing microglial TNF-α release as demonstrated previously (Meda et al., 1995). In addition to this known effect produced directly by Aβ, we discovered that, in the subthreshold nanomolar range, soluble Aβ, although insufficient to directly induce TNF-α release, can potentiate, in a dose-dependent manner, TNF-α release induced by other microglial activators, preferentially those that do so via GPCRs. Microglia-mediated inflammation is an important component of AD pathology (McGeer and McGeer, 2001). We showed recently that the ultimate coagulation factor, thrombin, a serine protease with elevated levels in AD brains (Akiyama et al., 1992), can activate microglial cells (as demonstrated by TNF-α induction, inducible nitric oxide synthase, and CD40 upregulation, etc.) via activation of G-protein-coupled PARs (Suo ...

Nitta, N., Sugimura, T., Isozaki, A., Mikami, H., Hiraki, K., Sakuma, S., Iino, T., Arai, F., Endo, T., Fujiwaki, Y., Fukuzawa, H., Hase, M., Hayakawa, T., Hiramatsu, K., Hoshino, Y., Inaba, M., Ito, T., Karakawa, H., Kasai, Y., Koizumi, K. および31人, Lee, S. W., Lei, C., Li, M., Maeno, T., Matsusaka, S., Murakami, D., Nakagawa, A., Oguchi, Y., Oikawa, M., Ota, T., Shiba, K., Shintaku, H., Shirasaki, Y., Suga, K., Suzuki, Y., Suzuki, N., Tanaka, Y., Tezuka, H., Toyokawa, C., Yalikun, Y., Yamada, M., Yamagishi, M., Yamano, T., Yasumoto, A., Yatomi, Y., Yazawa, M., Di Carlo, D., Hosokawa, Y., Uemura, S., Ozeki, Y. & Goda, K., 9 20 2018, ： : Cell. 175, 1, p. 266-276.e13. 研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿 › 記事 ...

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The beta-adrenergic receptor kinase (beta ARK) phosphorylates the agonist-occupied beta-adrenergic receptor to promote rapid receptor uncoupling from Gs, thereby attenuating adenylyl cyclase activity. Beta ARK-mediated receptor desensitization may reflect a general molecular mechanism operative on many G-protein-coupled receptor systems and, particularly, synaptic neurotransmitter receptors. Two distinct cDNAs encoding beta ARK isozymes were isolated from rat brain and sequenced. The regional and cellular distributions of these two gene products, termed beta ARK1 and beta ARK2, were determined in brain by in situ hybridization and by immunohistochemistry at the light and electron microscopic levels. The beta ARK isozymes were found to be expressed primarily in neurons distributed throughout the CNS. Ultrastructurally, beta ARK1 and beta ARK2 immunoreactivities were present both in association with postsynaptic densities and, presynaptically, with axon terminals. The beta ARK isozymes have a ...

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The major finding of this study is that GIT1 is an important regulator of vascular remodeling. Specifically, we found that GIT1 depletion inhibited intima formation after carotid ligation by 50%. In vivo and in vitro analysis showed a key role for GIT1 in VSMC proliferation, migration, and apoptosis during vascular remodeling (Figure III in the online-only Data Supplement). Furthermore, GIT1 is required for VSMC proliferation through PLCγ and ERK1/2 by regulating the expression of cell cycle-related proteins, such as cyclin D1. GIT1 is also essential for cell survival by regulating VSMC apoptosis through PLCγ and cell migration through PLCγ and ERK1/2.. VSMC proliferation and migration are key components in vascular remodeling.1,2 The present study shows that GIT1 expression is highly regulated by AngII and PDGF in vitro, and during vascular remodeling in vivo. The role of GIT1 in mediating VSMC proliferation was demonstrated by several assays, including in vitro cell count, [3H]-thymidine ...

Rhodopsin is a member of an ancient class of receptors that transduce signals through their interaction with guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G proteins). We have mapped the sites of interaction of rhodopsin with its G protein, which by analogy suggests how other members of this class of receptors may interact with their G proteins. Three regions of rhodopsins cytoplasmic surface interact with the rod cell G protein transducin (Gt). These are (i) the second cytoplasmic loop, which connects rhodopsin helices III and IV, (ii) the third cytoplasmic loop, which connects rhodopsin helices V and VI, and (iii) a putative fourth cytoplasmic loop formed by amino acids 310-321, as the carboxyl-terminal sequence emerges from helix VII and anchors to the lipid bilayer via palmitoylcysteines 322 and 323. Evidence for these regions of interaction of rhodopsin and Gt comes from the ability of synthetic peptides comprising these regions to compete with metarhodopsin II for binding to Gt. A spectroscopic ...

Background: Migration of leukocytes towards sites of inflammation, such as atherosclerotic lesions, is guided through chemokines, which interact with G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) on leukocytes. This process is controlled by phosphorylation of these receptors through GPCR kinases (GRK). GRKs dampen the response of the chemokine signaling and as such regulate the migration of leukocytes towards the lesion. Given the major role of CCR1, CCR2, and CCR5 in atherogenesis, we focussed on GRK2 in this study, and assessed the role of GRK2 deficiency in haematopoietic cells on the atherogenic response in LDLr−/− mice.. Methods & Results: A bone marrow transplant was performed to generate LDLr−/− chimeras with a partial GRK2 deficiency in the haematopoietic lineage. GRK2+/− chimeras developed smaller lesions compared with wild-type controls (WT 585.0 ± 56.4x103 μm2 vs GRK2+/− 403.0 ± 43.8x103 μm2; p=0.017). Moreover, lesions in the GRK2+/− mice also had a 78% reduction in necrotic ...

Transcript Variant: This variant (7) has multiple differences compared to variant 1. These differences result in a distinct 5 UTR, 3 UTR, and 3 coding region, and cause translation initiation from a downstream start codon. The encoded isoform (g) has a shorter N-terminus and a distinct and shorter C-terminus, compared to isoform a ...

In chronic heart failure (HF), sympathetic nervous system overdrive induces the upregulation of G-protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) with a consequent β-adrenergic receptor downregulation/desensitization. Importantly, in failing myocardium, β-adrenergic receptor dysregulation is clinically seen by loss of inotropic reserve. Currently, β-blockers represent a solid pillar of HF therapy that at the molecular level efficiently counteracts both β-adrenergic receptor downregulation and GRK2 upregulation. GRK2 inhibition represents a promising new strategy to rescue the failing heart, and we have recently demonstrated that in some animal models, it could be used as a substitute for or in conjunction with β-blockers. GRK2 inhibition may be effective by interfering with other intracellular processes. The present study provides the first evidence of a direct and GRK2-dependent interaction between the β1-adrenergic receptor and the sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1PR1). We show that the ...

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