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. 2019 Nov 8;9:16312. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52540-8

Figure 3.

Figure 3

NTS1R-D2R bivalent ligand induced calcium release in HT22 cells. (a) The applied bivalent ligands consist of three distinct structural elements: NTS1R-agonistic pharmacophore NT(8-13) (red), spacer (blue) and D2R-agonistic (CS142, black-orange) or D2R-antagonistic (CS148, black-cyan) pharmacophore, respectively. (b) Treatment with 0.5–1 µM CS142 resulted in significantly reduced intracellular Ca2+ fluxes in co-expressing compared to NTS1R singly expressing cells (*p < 0.05). (c) The application of CS148 neutralized the diminished Ca2+ release in the NTS1R-D2R co-expressing system. The observed calcium recovery is displayed by non-significant differences between mono- and co-transfected cells for all tested concentrations. Data were analyzed with one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s multiple comparisons test presented as mean ± SEM, n = 6, performed in hexaplicates. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ns = non-significant.