Multiple opiate receptors in peripheral tissue preparations.
Multiple opiate receptors in peripheral tissue preparations.
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-2952(81)90194-5
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发表时间:
1981-07
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
M. Wüster;Rüdiger Schulz;Albert Herz
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作者:
M. Wüster;Rüdiger Schulz;Albert Herz
Major interest in the field of opiate research focuses on the issue of a heterogeneity of receptors for opioids. Although the molecular structure of the opioid receptor macromolecule remains unknown, two separable functions have to be postulated:(1) the ability of the receptor to recognize a specific drug and (2) the capacity to translate a received signal. Thus, during recent years both the recognition of an opioid as well as the pharmacologic response have been employed for the characterization of opiate receptors. However, one has to keep in mind that description of recognition sites, which in general relates to binding studies conducted with radioactively labelled compounds, is limited in its value as. compared to the ability of the receptor both to recognize and to mediate a specific information received. In fact, the concept of multiple opiate receptors originates from careful observations of different pharmacological effects being elicited by morphine and structurally related compounds [l, 21. More recently, following the discovery of the opioid peptides, this concept gained further attention as documented by numerous papers, putting emphasis on the differentiation of opiate recognition sites particularly in the central nervous system (CNS). These findings have been comprehensively reviewed by others [3-51. Apparently, further distinctions between opiate binding sites can be achieved by their selective protection with specific opioids against alkylating inhibitors of binding [6, 71, with sodium ions or with the guanine nucleotide GTP [8]. Significant contributions to the concept of multiple opiate receptors come from isolated preparations. The classical preparation for investigation into the action of opioids is the electrically stimulated guinea-pig ileum (GPI). More recently, the mouse vas deferens (MVD) and later the rat vas deferens (RVD) received particular attention as they exhibit specific sensitivity to opioid peptides. Since the potency of a number of opioids does not vary in parallel between these tissues, a different receptor population was proposed to be inherent in each tissue.