Identification of GPR55 as a lysophosphatidylinositol receptor

Saori Oka, Keisuke Nakajima, Atsushi Yamashita, +2

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Molecular PhysiologySignal TransductionG Protein-coupled ReceptorMedicineFunctional Selectivity +4

Synaptically Driven Endocannabinoid Release Requires Ca²+-Assisted Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 1 to Phospholipase C β4 Signaling Cascade in the Cerebellum

Takashi Maejima, Saori Oka, Yuki Hashimotodani, +6

Journal of Neuroscience

Synaptic TransmissionNeurotransmitterNeurotransmissionCellular NeurobiologySynaptic Signaling +16

2-Arachidonoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoinositol: A Possible Natural Ligand for GPR55

Saori Oka, T. Toshida, Keiji Maruyama, +3

The Journal of Biochemistry

Molecular PharmacologyMolecular PhysiologyTrue Natural LigandBiochemistryStearic Acid +8

GPR35 is a novel lysophosphatidic acid receptor

Saori Oka, Ryo Ota, Mitsuru Shima, +2

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Molecular PhysiologySignal TransductionBiochemistryG Protein-coupled ReceptorMedicine +3

2-Arachidonoylglycerol Induces the Migration of HL-60 Cells Differentiated into Macrophage-like Cells and Human Peripheral Blood Monocytes through the Cannabinoid CB2 Receptor-dependent Mechanism

Seishi Kishimoto, Maiko Gokoh, Saori Oka, +4

Journal of Biological Chemistry

2-Arachidonoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate, an arachidonic acid-containing lysophosphatidic acid: occurrence and rapid enzymatic conversion to 2-arachidonoyl-sn-glycerol, a cannabinoid receptor ligand, in rat brain

Shinji Nakane, Saori Oka, Shunsuke Arai, +4

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Cannabis UseCannabinoid Receptor LigandBiochemistryFunctional SelectivityMedicine +9

Involvement of the Cannabinoid CB2 Receptor and Its Endogenous Ligand 2-Arachidonoylglycerol in Oxazolone-Induced Contact Dermatitis in Mice

Saori Oka, Junichi Wakui, Shinobu Ikeda, +5

The Journal of Immunology

2-Arachidonoylglycerol, an endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand, induces the migration of EoL-1 human eosinophilic leukemia cells and human peripheral blood eosinophils

Saori Oka, Shinobu Ikeda, Seishi Kishimoto, +4

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Lysophosphatidylinositol induces rapid phosphorylation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and activating transcription factor 2 in HEK293 cells expressing GPR55 and IM-9 lymphoblastoid cells

Saori Oka, Shoji Kimura, T. Toshida, +3

The Journal of Biochemistry

Ether‐linked analogue of 2‐arachidonoylglycerol (noladin ether) was not detected in the brains of various mammalian species

Saori Oka, Akiko Tsuchie, Akira Tokumura, +5

Journal of Neurochemistry