Using the Flp-In™ T-Rex™ System to Regulate GPCR Expression

  • Richard J. Ward
  • Elisa Alvarez-Curto
  • Graeme Milligan
Protocol
Part of the Methods in Molecular Biology book series (MIMB, volume 746)

Abstract

The development of a cell-based system that allows the integration of a gene of interest (GOI), such as a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), into a specific site on the genome, has made the generation of mammalian cell lines able to express such proteins easy and efficient. Flp-In™ stable cell lines are isogenic and hence protein expression is constant across a population of cells. A useful addition to the Flp-In™ system (Flp-In™ T-Rex™) allows this expression to be controlled by the addition of a small molecule inducer to the cell culture medium. Stable cell lines generated as described here can be used to great advantage in the study of receptor pharmacology signalling and oligomerisation.

Key words

Flp-In™ T-Rex™ GPCR expression Inducible locus Stable expression Doxycycline induction Tet repressor 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Richard J. Ward
  • Elisa Alvarez-Curto
  • Graeme Milligan
    • 1
  1. 1.College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, Molecular Pharmacology GroupUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowUK

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