title: Endothelins and sarafotoxins: physiological regulation, receptor subtypes and transmembrane signaling.
abstract: The endothelins and sarafotoxins are two structurally related families of potent vasoactive peptides. Although the physiological functions of these peptides are not entirely clear, the endothelins are probably involved in pathophysiological conditions such as hypertension and heart failure. This review summarizes the state of the art in some areas of this intensively studied subject, including: (1) structure-function relationships of ET/SRTX, (2) ET concentrations in plasma, (3) ET/SRTX receptor subtypes and (4) signaling events mediated by the activation of ET/SRTX receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sokolovsky
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016232:Endothelins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014757:Viper Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014757:Viper Venoms; C058085:sarafotoxin receptor; C057354:sarafotoxins s6