Recombinant aequorin as a reporter for receptor-mediated changes of intracellular Ca2+ -levels in Drosophila S2 cells4412

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The bioluminescent Ca(2+)-sensitive reporter protein, aequorin, was employed to develop an insect cell-based functional assay system for monitoring receptor-mediated changes of intracellular Ca(2)(+)-concentrations. Drosophila Schneider 2 (S2) cells were genetically engineered to stably express both apoaequorin and the insect tachykinin-related peptide receptor, STKR. Lom-TK III, an STKR agonist, was shown to elicit concentration-dependent bioluminescent responses in these S2-STKR-Aeq cells. The EC(50) value for the calcium effect detected by means of aequorin appeared to be nearly identica…

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