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Vol. 51, Issue 3, 503-532, September 1999

The delta -Opioid Receptor: Molecular Pharmacology, Signal Transduction, and the Determination of Drug Efficacy

Raymond M. Quock, Thomas H. Burkey1, Eva Varga, Yoshiaki Hosohata, Keiko Hosohata, Scott M. Cowell, Cheryl A. Slate, Frederick J. Ehlert, William R. Roeske and Henry I. Yamamura2

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University College of Pharmacy, Pullman, Washington (R.M.Q.); Department of Pharmacology, University of California-Irvine College of Medicine, Irvine, California (F.J.E.); and Departments of Pharmacology (T.H.B., E.V., Y.H., K.H., S.C., C.S., W.R.R., H.I.Y.), Biochemistry (H.I.Y.), Medicine (W.R.R.), and Psychiatry (H.I.Y.) and the Program in Neuroscience (W.R.R., H.I.Y.), University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona

I. Introduction
II. Role of delta -Opioid Receptors in Antinociception
III. The delta -Opioid Receptor
    A. Endogenous delta -Opioid Receptors
    B. Cloned delta -Opioid Receptors
IV. Molecular Biology of delta -Opioid Receptors
    A. Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotide Gene Knockdown
    B. Receptor Knockout Studies in Transgenic Animals
    C. Identification of delta -Opioid Receptor Domains Mediating Receptor Function
        1. Identification of Ligand-Binding Domains.
        2. delta -Opioid Receptor Domains Mediating Down-Regulation.
        3. delta -Opioid Receptor Domains Mediating Signal Transduction Cascades.
V. Opioid Signal Transduction
    A. G Protein Activity
    B. delta -Opioid Receptors Inhibit cAMP Production in Cells and Tissues
    C. Protein Kinases
    D. Ion Channels
        1. Calcium Flux.
        2. K+ Conductance.
    E. Summary
VI. delta -Opioid Receptor-Selective Agonist Efficacy
    A. Evolution of the Concept of Efficacy
        1. Ariëns' Concept of Intrinsic Activity.
        2. Stephenson's Concept of Efficacy.
        3. Furchgott's Concept of Intrinsic Efficacy.
        4. Estimation of Relative Efficacy Using the Formula of Ehlert.
        5. Summary.
    B. Relative Efficacy of delta -Selective Drugs in Transfected Cells That Stably Express the Human delta -Opioid Receptor
        1. delta -Opioid Receptor-Selective Agonists.
        2. Comparison of Stephenson Efficacy and Ehlert Relative Efficacy Calculations.
        3. Summary: Drug Efficacy Determinations in Transfected Cell Lines.
VII. Conclusions and Future Directions
Acknowledgments
References


1   Co-principal author.
2   Address for correspondence: Dr. Henry I. Yamamura, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ 85724-5050. E-mail: hiy{at}u.arizona.edu


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