Communications Biology (Feb 2021)

High-throughput screening and validation of antibodies against synaptic proteins to explore opioid signaling dynamics

  • Mariana Lemos Duarte,
  • Nikita A. Trimbake,
  • Achla Gupta,
  • Christine Tumanut,
  • Xiaomin Fan,
  • Catherine Woods,
  • Akila Ram,
  • Ivone Gomes,
  • Erin N. Bobeck,
  • Deborah Schechtman,
  • Lakshmi A. Devi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01744-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Lemos Duarte et al. describe a strategy to produce, validate, and utilize highly-specific recombinant antibodies. As a proof of principle, they demonstrate development and validation of a panel of antibodies against proteins relevant to signaling by opiates. Their antibody-based tool can be useful in understanding the spatio-temporal dynamics of opioid signaling.