G02 Identification of functional TRPV1 vanilloid receptor in MCF-7 cells.

The article focuses on a study that identifies whether the TRPV1 vanilloid receptor is expressed by MCF-7 cells since the receptor subtypes for the cannabinoids CB1 and CB2 have already been characterized in their plasma membranes. For this study, MCF-7 cells were plated and cultured to get the number of cells needed to perform binding assay and then re-suspended in binding buffer. The study identified the TRPV1 receptor expression and functionality in epithelial cells of companion animals.