SUMMARY G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of membrane receptors in humans, and they regulate processes ranging from neurotransmission to cardiovascular biology. Although GPCRs have been studied for decades, current methods for tracking GPCR signaling often suffer from low throughput, modification or overexpression of effector proteins, and low temporal resolution. Here, we introduce a new approach using peroxidase-catalyzed proximity labeling to track GPCR signaling and internalization in living cells. Combination of this technique with isobaric labeling and triple-stage mass spectrometry enables precise, quantitative, and time-resolved measurement of thousands of receptor-proximal proteins at their native levels to comprehensively track GPCR agonist response. Using this technique, we examine the response of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor to both balanced and biased agonists. In addition, we extend the approach to the β2 adrenergic receptor, underscoring the generalizability of this technology.

For reasons that remain insufficiently understood, the brain requires among the highest levels of metals in the body for normal function. The traditional paradigm for this organ and others is that fluxes of alkali and alkaline earth metals are required for signaling, but transition metals are maintained in static, tightly bound reservoirs for metabolism and protection against oxidative stress. Here we show that copper is an endogenous modulator of spontaneous activity, a property of functional neural circuitry. Using Copper Fluor-3 (CF3), a new fluorescent Cu + sensor for one-and twophoton imaging, we show that neurons and neural tissue maintain basal stores of loosely bound copper that can be attenuated by chelation, which define a labile copper pool. Targeted disruption of these labile copper stores by acute chelation or genetic knockdown of the CTR1 (copper transporter 1) copper channel alters the spatiotemporal properties of spontaneous activity in developing hippocampal and retinal circuits. The data identify an essential role for copper neuronal function and suggest broader contributions of this transition metal to cell signaling.copper signaling | fluorescent sensor | molecular imaging | neural activity

In this Part I of a two-part paper, a constitutive model for polymeric cords is proposed in order to represent the thermo-mechanical behavior, such as thermal shrinkage and large deformations during the curing and post-curing process in tires. A series of experiments, including tensile test, free shrinkage test, and shrinkage force test, are performed and compared to the proposed model using the identified material parameters.