Abstract
The leukotrienes (cysLTs) are lipid mediators derived from the ubiquitous membrane component arachidonic acid. The plethora of biological activities suggested that they activate different receptors. A number of elegant genetic and biochemical studies have been performed to elucidate the nature of these receptors. Results from classical pharmacological and molecular studies indicate that there are two main classes of leukotriene receptors. One based on the biological activities of leukotriene B4 and related hydroxyacids, referred to as BLT receptors, and a second class identified by the cysteinyl- leukotrienes (cysLTs). Activation of the BLT receptors initially was shown to produce potent chemotactic activities on leukocytes whereas the latter class (CysLT receptors) stimulated smooth muscle as well as other cells. Furthermore, there is now sufficient information from classical pharmacological and biochemical assays as well as molecular investigations to divide both categories into receptor sub-classes, namely, BLT1 and BLT2 as well as CysLT1 and CysLT2 (Table 1).
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Brink, C. (2003). Leukotriene Receptors: State of the Art. In: Yazici, Z., Folco, G.C., Drazen, J.M., Nigam, S., Shimizu, T. (eds) Advances in Prostaglandin, Leukotriene, and other Bioactive Lipid Research. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 525. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9194-2_2
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