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ArticleBritish journal of pharmacology2007

Towards a receptor for nocistatin?

E E Johnson, M Connor

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Article in British journal of pharmacology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 58% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

E E JohnsonPain Management Research Institute, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, E25 Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.
M Connor
Royal North Shore Hospital · AUUniversity of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nocistatin is a peptide derived from the pronociceptin precursor, the source of nociceptin, the endogenous ligand for the nociceptin (NOP or ORL1). Despite nocistatin showing activity in a wide range of assays for nociception and other CNS activities, there is a dearth of information regarding the cellular actions of this peptide in the brain, and no receptor for nocistatin has been identified. In a study published in this issue of the British Journal of Pharmacology, Fantin and colleagues demonstrate that nocistatin inhibits 5-HT release from cortical synaptosomes in a concentration-dependent and Pertussis toxin-sensitive manner. The actions of nocistatin are independent of activity at NOP receptors. This study represents the first unambiguous demonstration of nocistatin agonist actions in brain and, taken together with previous work in the spinal cord, provides strong evidence that there is an as yet unidentified G protein-coupled receptor for nocistatin.

Indexed as

Analgesics, OpioidAnimalsDose-Response Relationship, DrugGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-GoHumansNeocortexOpioid PeptidesPertussis ToxinSerotoninSynaptosomesAnalgesics, OpioidGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-GonocistatinOpioid PeptidesPertussis ToxinSerotonin

Identifiers

PMID17618302
PMCPMC2050824
OpenAlexW2022828190

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