Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Organized cannabinoid receptor distribution in neurons revealed by super-resolution fluorescence imaging

  • Hui Li,
  • Jie Yang,
  • Cuiping Tian,
  • Min Diao,
  • Quan Wang,
  • Simeng Zhao,
  • Shanshan Li,
  • Fangzhi Tan,
  • Tian Hua,
  • Ya Qin,
  • Chao-Po Lin,
  • Dylan Deska-Gauthier,
  • Garth J. Thompson,
  • Ying Zhang,
  • Wenqing Shui,
  • Zhi-Jie Liu,
  • Tong Wang,
  • Guisheng Zhong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19510-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Despite the importance of G-protein-coupled receptors in many cellular functions, their intracellular organisation is largely unknown. The authors identified periodically repeating clusters of cannabinoid receptor 1 hotspots within neuronal axons that are dynamically regulated by CB1 agonists.