Review Article

Label-Free Biosensors for Cell Biology

Table 2

Receptors, cell lines, and technologies and key points of the studies related to the use of label-free cellular assays for GPCRs.

ReceptorsCellsBiosensorKey findingsRef

Dopamine D3
Muscarinic M1
CHO-D3
CHO-M1
DMRLigand pharmacology characterization [98]

β2-ARA431DMRSystems cell biology of the β2AR [99]
Ligand-directed functional selectivity [100]
Ligand-directed desensitization [101]

PACAP1TM3RT-CESPACAP agonists suppress the proliferation of immature mouse Leydig cell line TM3 [102]

CXCR2NIH-3T3-CXCR2ECISThe role of CXCR2 in cell transformation [103]

Muscarinic M2CHO-M2DMRNovel dualsteric M2 agonists [104]
[105]

Muscarinic M1CHO-M1DMRHT screening identified novel M1 ligands [106]

GPR40/FFA11321N1-GPR40
HEK-GPR43
HEK-GPR41
HEK-GPR40
DMRDiscovery of potent and selective agonists for FFA receptors [107]
GPR41/FFA3 [108]
GPR43/FFA2 [109]

Endogenous muscarinic receptorHEK-293DMRGPCR activation modulates Slack ion channel activity [110]

Cannabinoid CB2CHO-CB2RT- CESLigand pharmacology characterization [111]
mGluR1CHO-mGluR1

Prostaglandin EP2C6G-EP2
HCT15-EP2
DMRCompound nanoparticles act as allosteric potentiators [112]

mGluR7HEK-mGluR7DMRNegative allosteric modulators [113]

GPR55HEK-GPR55DMRGPR55 pleiotropic signaling [114]

Muscarinic M2CHO-M2DMRPathway deconvolution
GPCR pleiotropic signaling
Novel pathways for M3
[115]
β2-ARCHO-β2AR
Muscarinic M3CHO-M3
GPR55HEK-GPR55
CRTH2HEK-CRTH2
EP2/3HEK-EP2/3
GPR40HEK-GPR40
EP receptorsHaCaT
EP receptorsKeratinocytes

Muscarinic M1CHO-M1CDS
BIND
DMR
Label-free reader comparison [116]
Muscarinic M2CHO-M2
CRFCHO-CRF
MC4RCHO-MC4R

CRTH2HEK-CRTH2DMRNovel function of CRTH2 C-terminal [117]

Mu opioidCHO-MORDMRPathway deconvolution [118]
Cannabinoid CB1CHO-CB1
Cannabinoid CB2CHO-CB2
Delta opioidCHO-DOR

PAR1A549DMRLigand-directed functional selectivity on receptor trafficking [119]

GPR35HT29DMRDiscovery of tyrphostins as GPR35 agonists [120]