Melatonin site and mechanism of action: Single or multiple?

被引:59
作者
Cardinali, DP [1 ]
Golombek, DA [1 ]
Rosenstein, RE [1 ]
Cutrera, RA [1 ]
Esquifino, AI [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COMPLUTENSE, FAC MED, DEPT BIOQUIM & BIOL MOL 3, E-28040 MADRID, SPAIN
关键词
melatonin receptors; melatonin signaling pathways; melatonin immunomodulation; melatonin antioxidant properties; cytoplasmic effects of melatonin;
D O I
10.1111/j.1600-079X.1997.tb00332.x
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
By affecting the entrainment pathways of the biologic clock, melatonin has a major influence on the circadian and seasonal organization of vertebrates. In addition, a number of versatile functions that far transcend melatonin actions on photoperiodic time measurement and circadian entrainment have emerged. Melatonin is a free radical scavenger and antioxidant and it has a significant immunomodulatory activity, being presumably a major factor in an organism's defense toxic agents and invading organisms. Besides affecting specific receptors in cell membranes to exert its effects, the interaction of melatonin with nuclear receptor sites and with intracellular proteins, like calmodulin or tubulin-associated proteins, as well as the direct antioxidant effects of melatonin, may explain many general functions of the pineal hormone.
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