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Opioid and cannabinoid receptors

T Reisine1, M J Brownstein

  • 1Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.

Current Opinion in Neurobiology
|June 1, 1994
PubMed
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Recent cloning of opioid and cannabinoid receptors advances understanding of their structure and function. This knowledge aids in developing improved opioid and cannabinoid-like drugs with enhanced clinical utility and fewer side effects.

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Area of Science:

  • Pharmacology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Drug Discovery

Background:

  • Opioids and cannabinoids are clinically significant drug classes with notable side effects.
  • Opioid receptors (delta, kappa, mu) and cannabinoid receptors have been recently cloned.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To understand the structural features of opioid and cannabinoid receptors.
  • To facilitate the development of novel therapeutic agents.

Main Methods:

  • Receptor cloning (opioid and cannabinoid subtypes).
  • Structural and functional analysis of cloned receptors.

Main Results:

  • Cloning of major opioid receptor subtypes (delta, kappa, mu).
  • Cloning of endogenous cannabinoids and their receptors.

Conclusions:

  • Advances in receptor cloning enable detailed structural and functional studies.
  • Understanding receptor structure is key to developing improved opioid and cannabinoid-like drugs.

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