MT1 and MT2 Melatonin Receptors: Ligands, Models, Oligomers, and Therapeutic Potential

DP Zlotos, R Jockers, E Cecon, S Rivara… - Journal of medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Numerous physiological functions of the pineal gland hormone melatonin are mediated via
activation of two G-protein-coupled receptors, MT1 and MT2. The melatonergic drugs on the …

Differences in binding sites of two melatonin receptors help to explain their selectivity to some melatonin analogs: a molecular modeling study

AO Chugunov, A Farce, P Chavatte… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Numerous diseases have been linked to the malfunction of G-protein coupled receptors (GP-
CRs). Their adequate treatment requires rational design of new high-affinity and high …

Characterization of the various functional pathways elicited by synthetic agonists or antagonists at the melatonin MT1 and MT2 receptors

C Legros, C Dupré, C Brasseur… - Pharmacology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin is a neurohormone that translates the circadian rhythm to the peripheral organs
through a series of binding sites identified as G protein‐coupled receptors MT1 and MT2 …

Melatonin receptor ligands

D Steinhilber, C Carlberg - Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
The hormone melatonin is released following a circardian rhythm with highest levels during
the subjective night. It regulates a variety of physiological and neuroendocrine functions …

In search of novel and therapeutically significant melatoninergic ligands

SM Mody, Y Hu, MKC Ho… - Recent Patents on CNS …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
Melatonin, the pineal gland hormone, is widely distributed in mammalian tissues and exerts
its action via two melatonin receptor sub-types, MT1 and MT2. Melatonin is known to play …

Homology modeling of MT1 and MT2 receptors

A Farce, AO Chugunov, C Logé, A Sabaouni… - European journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Melatonin is a neurohormone synthesized and secreted mainly during the dark period of the
circadian cycle by the pineal gland. It has already been proved to be involved in a number of …

Investigational selective melatoninergic ligands for receptor subtype MT2

N Wan, FF Zhang, J Ju, DZ Liu… - Mini Reviews in …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Melatonin, an endogenous ligand for melatonin receptor, plays an important role in
modulating various physiological activities through acting on different subtypes MT1, MT2 or …

[HTML][HTML] Cardioprotective melatonin: translating from proof-of-concept studies to therapeutic use

OC Baltatu, S Senar, LA Campos… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this review we summarized the actual clinical data for a cardioprotective therapeutic role
of melatonin, listed melatonin and its agonists in different stages of development, and …

Design, synthesis, and pharmacological effects of structurally simple ligands for MT1 and MT2 melatonin receptors

A Carocci, A Catalano, A Lovece, G Lentini… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2010 - Elsevier
A series of phenoxyalkyl and phenylthioalkyl amides were prepared as melatoninergic
ligands. Modulation of affinity of the newly synthesized compound by applying SARs around …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the Heterodimer Interfaces of Melatonin Receptors

LH Tse, YH Wong - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Melatonin receptors are Class AG protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that regulate a
plethora of physiological activities in response to the rhythmic secretion of melatonin from …