The C-terminal helix 9 motif in rat cannabinoid receptor type 1 regulates axonal trafficking and surface expression

A Fletcher-Jones, KL Hildick, AJ Evans, Y Nakamura… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Cannabinoid type one receptor (CB1R) is only stably surface expressed in axons, where it
downregulates neurotransmitter release. How this tightly regulated axonal surface polarity is …

Protein interactors and trafficking pathways that regulate the cannabinoid type 1 receptor (CB1R)

A Fletcher-Jones, KL Hildick, AJ Evans… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) acts as a negative feedback mechanism to suppress
synaptic transmission and plays a major role in a diverse range of brain functions including …

An essential role for constitutive endocytosis, but not activity, in the axonal targeting of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor

NA McDonald, CM Henstridge, CN Connolly… - Molecular …, 2007 - ASPET
In central neurons, the cell-surface distribution of cannabinoid receptor subtype-1 (CB1) is
highly polarized toward axons and is associated with synaptic terminals, in which it is well …

The F238L point mutation in the cannabinoid type 1 receptor enhances basal endocytosis via lipid rafts

M Wickert, KL Hildick, GL Baillie, R Jelinek… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Defining functional domains and amino acid residues in G protein coupled receptors
(GPCRs) represent an important way to improve rational drug design for this major class of …

SGIP1 binding to the α-helical H9 domain of cannabinoid receptor 1 promotes axonal surface expression

A Fletcher-Jones, E Spackman, TJ Craig… - Journal of Cell …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Endocannabinoid signalling mediated by cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1R, also known as
CNR1) is critical for homeostatic neuromodulation of both excitatory and inhibitory synapses …

Constitutive activation drives compartment-selective endocytosis and axonal targeting of type 1 cannabinoid receptors

C Leterrier, J Lainé, M Darmon, H Boudin… - Journal of …, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
The type 1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1R) is one of the most abundant G-protein-coupled
receptors (GPCRs) in the brain, predominantly localized to axons of GABAergic neurons …

Altered surface trafficking of presynaptic cannabinoid type 1 receptor in and out synaptic terminals parallels receptor desensitization

L Mikasova, L Groc, D Choquet… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Presynaptic cannabinoid type 1 receptors (CB1Rs) are major mediators of retrograde
synaptic plasticity at both excitatory and inhibitory synapses and participate in a plethora of …

CB1 Cannabinoid Receptors: Molecular Biology, Second Messenger Coupling and Polarized Trafficking in Neurons

AJ Irving, NA McDonald, T Harkany - Cannabinoids and the Brain, 2008 - Springer
The type 1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1 receptor) is considered to be the most abundant G
protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) in the mammalian brain. The presence and highly …

Activation-dependent subcellular distribution patterns of CB1 cannabinoid receptors in the rat forebrain

K Thibault, D Carrel, D Bonnard, K Gallatz… - Cerebral …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Chronic cannabinoid exposure results in tolerance due to region-specific desensitization
and down-regulation of CB1 cannabinoid receptors (CB1Rs). For most G-protein-coupled …

Subcellular localization of type 1 cannabinoid receptors in the rat basal ganglia

F Mátyás, Y Yanovsky, K Mackie, W Kelsch, U Misgeld… - Neuroscience, 2006 - Elsevier
Endocannabinoids, acting via type 1 cannabinoid receptors (CB1), are known to be involved
in short-term synaptic plasticity via retrograde signaling. Strong depolarization of the …