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NMR Characterization of Surface Receptor Protein Interactions in Live Cells Using Methylcellulose Hydrogels.

ABSTRACT: Interactions of transmembrane receptors with their extracellular ligands are essential for cellular communication and signaling and are therefore a major focus in drug discovery programs. The transition from in?vitro to live cell interaction studies, however, is typically a bottleneck in many drug discovery projects due to the challenge of obtaining atomic-resolution information under near-physiological conditions. Although NMR spectroscopy is ideally suited to overcome this limitation, several experimental impairments are still present. Herein, we propose the use of methylcellulose hydrogels to study extracellular proteins and their interactions with plasma membrane receptors. This approach reduces cell sedimentation, prevents the internalization of membrane receptors, and increases cell survival, while retaining the free tumbling of extracellular proteins.

SUBMITTER: Mateos B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7065066 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

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NMR Characterization of Surface Receptor Protein Interactions in Live Cells Using Methylcellulose Hydrogels.

Mateos Borja B Sealey-Cardona Marco M Balazs Katja K Konrat Judith J Staffler Guenther G Konrat Robert R

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20200129 10

Interactions of transmembrane receptors with their extracellular ligands are essential for cellular communication and signaling and are therefore a major focus in drug discovery programs. The transition from in vitro to live cell interaction studies, however, is typically a bottleneck in many drug discovery projects due to the challenge of obtaining atomic-resolution information under near-physiological conditions. Although NMR spectroscopy is ideally suited to overcome this limitation, several ...[more]

PMID: 31721390

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