Publications by authors named "Ainhoa Elejaga-Jimeno"

Purpose: After peripheral nerve injury (PNI), prolonged denervation of the target muscle prevents adequate reinnervation even if the nerve is repaired. The aim of this work is to analyze the effect of intramuscular Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) in a denervated muscle due to PNI.Materials and.

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Maximizing the binding properties of thermoresponsive molecularly imprinted nanoparticles (MIN) was aimed to explore their feasibility as antibody substitutes in protein immunoprecipitation (IPP) with magnetic streptavidin beads (MSB). Thermoresponsive MIN targeting the cannabinoid CB receptor were produced by epitope imprinting through solid-phase synthesis. It was intended to determine how different variables influenced physicochemical features, binding behaviour and immunoprecipitation of the target recombinant glutathione S-transferase tagged fusion protein (GST-CTer).

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Article Synopsis
  • The study addresses the challenges of using traditional ligands to measure G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) like the cannabinoid CB receptor, which tend to aggregate in solution due to their hydrophobic nature.
  • Researchers developed soluble and stable recombinant protein constructs (GST-CB1) for use as standards in quantitative Western blot analysis, yielding comparable results to the conventional radioligand binding assays.
  • The findings suggest that this Western blot approach is a viable, simpler, and less hazardous alternative for analyzing GPCR expression across various biological samples.
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The production of artificial anti-CB1 antibodies in nanoparticle format is described using the solid-phase imprinting approach. Instead of whole protein imprinting, a linear C-terminus sequence of the receptor comprising 15 amino acids (458-KVTMSVSTDTSAEAL-472) has been used as template, in accordance with the epitope imprinting approach. This sequence is located intracellularly, and it is involved in coupling to G proteins, being responsible for CB1 receptor desensitisation and internalisation.

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