Journal
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 144, Issue 4, Pages 459-465Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706093
Keywords
cannabinoid; lipid mediator; acyl ethanolamide; arachidonoyl glycine; arachidonoyl dopamine; oleoyl dopamine; cyclooxygenase
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- NIDA NIH HHS [F32 DA016825, R01 DA013012, K02DA00375, F32DA016825-01, DA13012] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS33247] Funding Source: Medline
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The discovery of the endogenous cannabimimetic lipid mediators, anandamide and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol, opened the door to the discovery of other endogenous lipid mediators similar in structure and function. The majority of these compounds do not bind appreciably to known cannabinoid receptors; yet some of them produce cannabimimetic effects while others exert actions through novel mechanisms that remain to be elucidated. This review explores the growing diversity of recently discovered putative lipid mediators and their relationship to the endogenous cannabinoid system. The possibility that there remain many unidentified signalling lipids coupled with the evidence that many of these yield bioactive metabolites due to actions of known enzymes (e.g. cyclooxygenases, lipoxygenases, cytochrome P450s) suggests the existence of a large and complex family of lipid mediators about which only little is known at this time. The elucidation of the biochemistry and pharmacology of these compounds may provide therapeutic targets for a variety of conditions including sleep dysfunction, eating disorders, cardiovascular disease, as well as inflammation and pain.
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