Functionomics: the analysis of a postgenomic concept on the basis of pregenomic pharmacological studies in smooth muscle

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

Aron Jurkiewicz¹  Afonso Caricati-neto¹  Neide H. Jurkiewicz¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de São Paulo Departamento de Farmacologia São Paulo SP ,Brasil

关键词: functionomics;    receptor;    smooth muscle;    genomic;    funcionômica;    receptor;    musculatura lisa;    genômica;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0001-37652009000300022

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The term functionomics (Amin 2003, Neumann et al. 2004) refers to a postgenomic integrated Systems Biology (Attur et al. 2002) using a multidimensional approach for cells, tissues and organs. It considers current or future involvement among genomics, proteomics or metabolomics, including the main factors that cause biological responses and modulation under different conditions. Our objective in the present review is to summarize the contemporary understanding of functionomics of smooth muscle pharmacology, based on the results obtained on the pregenomic era during several years in our laboratory. The present approach is based on the knowledge of the dynamics of the receptor system, which comprises a cascade of phenomena, leading from the drug administration to the final biological response. We will describe several conditions in which the final effect is modified, based on perturbations induced on drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, interaction with receptors and mobilization of second messengers, as well as by interactions with a second receptor system. We will also discuss the gaps that need to be fulfilled in order to obtain a clear and better understanding of the receptor system in smooth muscle, and to narrow the bridge between ourknowledge of the function of biological systems, genomics, and other recently introduced areas.

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