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It is largely to the credit of Ehrlich (1908) that early in the development of the receptor concept it was realized that agents that can cause the same biological effect (e.g., trypanocidal dyes) could bind to receptors that display a strict chemical specificity to react with one family of compounds but not another. This fundamental concept formed the basis of work that led to the clear-cut distinction among receptors for agents such as histamine, acetylcholine, and angiotensin, all of which cause contraction in smooth muscle. It was quickly appreciated, however, that a single compound, e.g., acetylcholine, could react with quite different receptors in different tissues (e.g., nicotinic receptors in striated muscle and muscarinic receptors in smooth muscle). Further, it was realized that histamine, which, at comparatively low concentrations (e.g., 10-6 M), can activate its own specific receptors, can, at comparatively high concentrations (e.g., >10-4 M), activate other receptors specific for chemically distantly related agents such as acetylcholine.
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Hollenberg, M.D. (1985). Control of Receptor Function by Homologous and Heterologous Ligands. In: Poste, G., Crooke, S.T. (eds) Mechanisms of Receptor Regulation. New Horizons in Therapeutics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2131-6_17
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