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Leptin-regulated endocannabinoids are involved in maintaining food intake
- V. Marzo, S. Goparaju, +8 authors G. Kunos
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature
- 12 April 2001
Leptin is the primary signal through which the hypothalamus senses nutritional state and modulates food intake and energy balance. Leptin reduces food intake by upregulating anorexigenic… Expand
2-Arachidonoylglycerol: a possible endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand in brain.
- T. Sugiura, S. Kondo, +5 authors K. Waku
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Biochemical and biophysical research…
- 4 October 1995
The effects of anadamide, 2-arachidonoylglycerol and related compounds on the specific binding of a radiolabeled cannabinoid receptor ligand,[3H]CP55940, to synaptosomal membranes were examined.… Expand
Identification of GPR55 as a lysophosphatidylinositol receptor.
- S. Oka, K. Nakajima, A. Yamashita, S. Kishimoto, T. Sugiura
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Biochemical and biophysical research…
- 3 November 2007
GPR55 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor. In this study, we explored a possible endogenous ligand for GPR55 using HEK293 cells which expressed GPR55. We found that lysophosphatidylinositol… Expand
Synaptically Driven Endocannabinoid Release Requires Ca2+-Assisted Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 1 to Phospholipase C β4 Signaling Cascade in the Cerebellum
- T. Maejima, S. Oka, +6 authors M. Kano
- Biology, Medicine
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- 20 July 2005
Endocannabinoids mediate retrograde signaling and modulate synaptic transmission in various regions of the CNS. Depolarization-induced elevation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration causes… Expand
Biochemistry, pharmacology and physiology of 2-arachidonoylglycerol, an endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand.
- T. Sugiura, S. Kishimoto, S. Oka, Maiko Gokoh
- Biology, Medicine
- Progress in lipid research
- 1 September 2006
2-Arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) is a unique molecular species of monoacylglycerol isolated in 1995 from rat brain and canine gut as an endogenous ligand for the cannabinoid receptors. 2-AG is rapidly… Expand
Evidence That 2-Arachidonoylglycerol but Not N-Palmitoylethanolamine or Anandamide Is the Physiological Ligand for the Cannabinoid CB2 Receptor
- T. Sugiura, S. Kondo, +6 authors K. Waku
- Chemistry, Medicine
- The Journal of Biological Chemistry
- 7 January 2000
We examined the effect of 2-arachidonoylglycerol, an endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand, on the intracellular free Ca2+ concentrations in HL-60 cells that express the cannabinoid CB2 receptor. We… Expand
Biosynthesis and degradation of anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol and their possible physiological significance.
- T. Sugiura, Y. Kobayashi, S. Oka, K. Waku
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty…
- 1 February 2002
N -arachidonoylethanolamine (anandamide) was the first endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand to be discovered. Dual synthetic pathways for anandamide have been proposed. One is the formation from… Expand
Evidence That the Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Is a 2-Arachidonoylglycerol Receptor
- T. Sugiura, T. Kodaka, +8 authors Y. Ishima
- Chemistry, Medicine
- The Journal of Biological Chemistry
- 29 January 1999
An endogenous cannabimimetic molecule, 2-arachidonoylglycerol, induces a rapid, transient increase in intracellular free Ca2+ concentrations in NG108–15 cells through a cannabinoid CB1… Expand
Acyltransferases and transacylases involved in fatty acid remodeling of phospholipids and metabolism of bioactive lipids in mammalian cells.
- A. Yamashita, T. Sugiura, K. Waku
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of biochemistry
- 1 July 1997
Over 100 different phospholipid molecular species are known to be present in mammalian cells and tissues. Fatty acid remodeling systems for phospholipids including acyl-CoA: lysophospholipid… Expand
2-Arachidonoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoinositol: a possible natural ligand for GPR55.
- S. Oka, T. Toshida, K. Maruyama, K. Nakajima, A. Yamashita, T. Sugiura
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of biochemistry
- 25 October 2008
GPR55 is a G protein-coupled receptor. Recently, we obtained evidence that lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI) is a possible endogenous ligand for GPR55. However, no information is currently available… Expand