Search Results - "Javitch, Jonathan A."
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Synthetic and Receptor Signaling Explorations of the Mitragyna Alkaloids: Mitragynine as an Atypical Molecular Framework for Opioid Receptor Modulators
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (01-06-2016)“…Mu-opioid receptor agonists represent mainstays of pain management. However, the therapeutic use of these agents is associated with serious side effects,…”
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Extrapyramidal side effects of antipsychotics are linked to their association kinetics at dopamine D2 receptors
Published in Nature communications (02-10-2017)“…Atypical antipsychotic drugs (APDs) have been hypothesized to show reduced extrapyramidal side effects (EPS) due to their rapid dissociation from the dopamine…”
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Single-molecule analysis of ligand efficacy in β2AR–G-protein activation
Published in Nature (London) (06-07-2017)“…G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)-mediated signal transduction is central to human physiology and disease intervention, yet the molecular mechanisms…”
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Roles of the Akt/GSK-3 and Wnt Signaling Pathways in Schizophrenia and Antipsychotic Drug Action
Published in American Journal of Psychiatry (01-04-2010)“…AbstractDopamine D2 receptor antagonism is a unifying property of all antipsychotic drugs in clinical use. Remarkably, the effector molecules through which…”
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The role of kinetic context in apparent biased agonism at GPCRs
Published in Nature communications (24-02-2016)“…Biased agonism describes the ability of ligands to stabilize different conformations of a GPCR linked to distinct functional outcomes and offers the prospect…”
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CrossTalk opposing view: Weighing the evidence for class A GPCR dimers, the jury is still out
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Potentiating SLC transporter activity: Emerging drug discovery opportunities
Published in Biochemical pharmacology (01-07-2017)“…[Display omitted] Maintaining the integrity of cellular membranes is critical to protecting metabolic activities and genetic information from the environment…”
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The Mechanism of a Neurotransmitter:Sodium Symporter—Inward Release of Na + and Substrate Is Triggered by Substrate in a Second Binding Site
Published in Molecular cell (20-06-2008)“…Eukaryotic neurotransmitter:sodium symporters (NSSs), targets for antidepressants and psychostimulants, terminate neurotransmission by sodium-driven reuptake…”
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Accumbens dopamine D2 receptors increase motivation by decreasing inhibitory transmission to the ventral pallidum
Published in Nature communications (14-03-2018)“…Dopamine D2 receptors (D2Rs) in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) regulate motivated behavior, but the underlying neurobiological mechanisms remain unresolved. Here,…”
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What can crystal structures of aminergic receptors tell us about designing subtype-selective ligands?
Published in Pharmacological reviews (01-01-2015)“…G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are integral membrane proteins that represent an important class of drug targets. In particular, aminergic GPCRs interact…”
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Allosteric communication between protomers of dopamine class A GPCR dimers modulates activation
Published in Nature Chemical Biology (01-09-2009)“…A major obstacle to understanding the functional importance of dimerization between class A G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) has been the methodological…”
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Elucidating the molecular logic of a metabotropic glutamate receptor heterodimer
Published in Nature communications (03-10-2024)“…Metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptor protomers can heterodimerize, leading to different pharmacology compared to their homodimeric counterparts. Here, we use…”
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Genetically Targeted Optical Control of an Endogenous G Protein-Coupled Receptor
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (24-07-2019)“…G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are membrane proteins that play important roles in biology. However, our understanding of their function in complex living…”
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Tianeptine promotes lasting antiallodynic effects in a mouse model of neuropathic pain
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-10-2023)“…Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), such as desipramine (DMI), are effective at managing neuropathic pain symptoms but often take several weeks to become…”
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Single-molecule dynamics of gating in a neurotransmitter transporter homologue
Published in Nature (London) (13-05-2010)“…Neurotransmitter:Na + symporters (NSS) remove neurotransmitters from the synapse in a reuptake process that is driven by the Na + gradient. Drugs that…”
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Optical Control of Dopamine Receptors Using a Photoswitchable Tethered Inverse Agonist
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (27-12-2017)“…Family A G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) control diverse biological processes and are of great clinical relevance. Their archetype rhodopsin becomes…”
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Dopamine D2 receptors form higher order oligomers at physiological expression levels
Published in The EMBO journal (03-09-2008)“…G‐protein‐coupled receptors are generally thought to be organized as dimers; whether they form higher order oligomers is a topic of much controversy. We…”
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Monitoring the function of membrane transport proteins in detergent-solubilized form
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (27-02-2007)“…Transport proteins constitute [almost equal to]10% of most proteomes and play vital roles in the translocation of solutes across membranes of all organisms…”
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Conformational dynamics of ligand-dependent alternating access in LeuT
Published in Nature structural & molecular biology (01-05-2014)“…LeuT is a Na + -coupled amino acid transporter that is similar in sequence and function to eukaryotic neurotransmitter/sodium symporters, which are active in…”
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Cortical overgrowth in a preclinical forebrain organoid model of CNTNAP2-associated autism spectrum disorder
Published in Nature communications (01-09-2021)“…We utilized forebrain organoids generated from induced pluripotent stem cells of patients with a syndromic form of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with a…”
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