Characterization of the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A locus in lagomorphs: evidence for duplication of the UGT1A6 gene.

abstract：:The effects of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) on subsynaptic response and quantal release of transmitter have been studied at the mammalian neuromuscular junction. Subsynaptically, at low concentrations (up to 1% by volume), DMSO prolongs the time course of decay of miniature endplate currents, (MEPCs), with no significant...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： McLarnon JG,Saint DA,Quastel DM

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The local anesthetic-like Na+ channel-blocking drug [3H]PD85639 [alpha-([4-3H]phenyl)-N-[3-(2,6-dimethyl-1-piperizinyl)-alpha-prop yl] [4-3H]benzeneacetamide] binds specifically to receptor sites on Na+ channels in intact synaptosomes and synaptosomal membranes, purified and reconstituted Na+ channels, and type IIA Na...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Thomsen W,Hays SJ,Hicks JL,Schwarz RD,Catterall WA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the phospholipase-stimulating and immunosuppressive properties of cyclosporin A (CsA) has been investigated in vitro. At concentrations of 0.025 microM and upwards, CsA caused dose-related inhibition of both mitogen- and alloantigen-stimulated uptake of tritiated thymidine by human mononuclear...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Anderson R,Smit MJ,Van Rensburg CE

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor type B (GABA(B)R) is constituted of at least two homologous proteins, GABA(B)R1 and GABA(B)R2. These proteins share sequence and structural similarity with metabotropic glutamate and Ca(2+)-sensing receptors, both of which are sensitive to Ca(2+). Using rat brain membranes, ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Galvez T,Urwyler S,Prézeau L,Mosbacher J,Joly C,Malitschek B,Heid J,Brabet I,Froestl W,Bettler B,Kaupmann K,Pin JP

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tienilic acid-induced hepatitis is characterized by the presence of anti-liver and -kidney microsomal (anti-LKM2) autoantibodies in patient sera. Cytochrome P4502C9(CYP2C9), involved in the metabolism of tienilic acid, was shown to be a target for tienilic acid-reactive metabolites and for autoantibodies. To further i...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lecoeur S,André C,Beaune PH

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we evaluate the structural differences of transmembrane helix 3 in rhodopsin and the 5-hydroxytryptamine 1A (5-HT1A) receptor caused by their different amino acid sequence. Molecular dynamics simulations of helix 3 in the 5-HT1A receptor tends to bend toward helix 5, in sharp contrast to helix 3 in rhodo...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： López-Rodríguez ML,Vicente B,Deupi X,Barrondo S,Olivella M,Morcillo MJ,Behamú B,Ballesteros JA,Sallés J,Pardo L

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Hydroxytryptamine3 (5-HT3) receptors are ligand-gated ion channels that mediate neurotransmission by serotonin in the central nervous system. Pharmacological inhibition of 5-HT3 receptor activity has therapeutic potential in several psychiatric diseases, including depression and anxiety. The recently approved multim...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Ladefoged LK,Munro L,Pedersen AJ,Lummis SCR,Bang-Andersen B,Balle T,Schiøtt B,Kristensen AS

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein activation by different mu-selective opioid agonists was examined in rat thalamus, SK-N-SH cells, and mu-opioid receptor-transfected mMOR-CHO cells using agonist-stimulated guanosine-5'-O-(gamma-thio)-triphosphate ([35S]GTP gamma S) binding to membranes in the presence of excess GDP. [D-Ala2, N-MePhe4, Gly5-...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Selley DE,Sim LJ,Xiao R,Liu Q,Childers SR

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of cellular responsiveness to dopamine via the D2 dopamine receptor was investigated in mouse fibroblast Ltk-cells stably expressing the rat D2-short receptor [Nature (Lond.) 336:783-787 (1988)]. Dopamine inhibited forskolin-stimulated cAMP levels in these cells (half-maximal inhibition at 3.9 +/- 1.1 n...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Bates MD,Senogles SE,Bunzow JR,Liggett SB,Civelli O,Caron MG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of these studies was to support the hypothesis that an undiscovered cannabinoid receptor exists in brain. [(35)S]GTP gamma S binding was stimulated by anandamide and WIN55212-2 in brain membranes from both CB(1)(+/+) and CB(1)(-/-) mice. In contrast, a wide variety of other compounds that are known to acti...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Breivogel CS,Griffin G,Di Marzo V,Martin BR

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the interactions of the anticancer drug vinorelbine with drug efflux transporters and cytochrome P450 3A drug-metabolizing enzymes. Vinorelbine was transported by human multidrug-resistance associated protein (MRP) 2, and Mrp2 knockout mice displayed increased vinorelbine plasma exposure after oral adm...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lagas JS,Damen CW,van Waterschoot RA,Iusuf D,Beijnen JH,Schinkel AH

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the molecular pharmacology of low-voltage-activated calcium channels in biophysical detail, human medullary thyroid carcinoma (hMTC) cells were investigated using the single-channel technique. These cells had been reported to express T-type whole-cell currents and a Ca(v)3.2 (or alpha 1H) channel subunit. We ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Michels G,Matthes J,Handrock R,Kuchinke U,Groner F,Cribbs LL,Pereverzev A,Schneider T,Perez-Reyes E,Herzig S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidylate synthase (TYMS; EC 2.1.1.15) catalyzes the reductive methylation of 2'-deoxyuridine-5'-monophosphate (dUMP) by N(5),N(10)-methyhlenetetrahydrofolate, forming dTMP for the maintenance of DNA replication and repair. Inhibitors of TYMS have been widely used in the treatment of neoplastic disease. A number of ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Ozer U,Barbour KW,Clinton SA,Berger FG

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytolytic ionotropic ATP receptor P2X7 has several important roles in immune cell regulation, such as cytokine release, apoptosis, and microbial killing. Although P2X7 receptors are frequently coexpressed with another subtype of P2X receptor, P2X4, they are believed not to form heteromeric assemblies but to functi...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Guo C,Masin M,Qureshi OS,Murrell-Lagnado RD

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hexapeptide [pGlu6,Pro9]substance P (SP)6-11, septide, has been shown to be an agonist as potent as SP in eliciting smooth muscle contraction in several in vitro preparations, while being a poor competitor of labeled SP binding. These results, as well as other pharmacological data, have suggested the existence of ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Pradier L,Ménager J,Le Guern J,Bock MD,Heuillet E,Fardin V,Garret C,Doble A,Mayaux JF

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gαi/o-coupled dopamine D2-like receptor family comprises three subtypes: the D2 receptor (D2R), with short and long isoform variants (D2SR and D2LR), D3 receptor (D3R), and D4 receptor (D4R), with several polymorphic variants. The common overlap of norepinephrine innervation and D2-like receptor expression pattern...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Sánchez-Soto M,Bonifazi A,Cai NS,Ellenberger MP,Newman AH,Ferré S,Yano H

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies specific for cytochromes P-450 induced by 3-methylcholanthrene (Mab 1-7-1) and phenobarbital (Mab 2-66-3) have been used in an unlabeled peroxidase-antiperoxidase immunohistochemical procedure to investigate the intralobular distribution and induction sites of the hemoproteins within the livers o...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Forkert PG,Mirehouse-Brown P,Park SS,Gelboin HV

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported previously that the transmembrane domains of the cholecystokinin-B/gastrin receptor (CCK-BR) comprise a putative ligand binding pocket. In the present study, we examined whether amino acid substitutions within the CCK-BR pocket altered the affinities and/or functional activities of L-365,260 (the prot...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Bläker M,Ren Y,Gordon MC,Hsu JE,Beinborn M,Kopin AS

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic potential of antitumor drugs is seriously limited by the manifestation of cellular drug resistance. We used the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model system to identify novel mechanisms of resistance to one of the most active anticancer agents, cisplatin. We pinpointed NPR2 (nitrogen permea...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Schenk PW,Brok M,Boersma AW,Brandsma JA,Den Dulk H,Burger H,Stoter G,Brouwer J,Nooter K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (BK(Ca)) channels encoded by the Slo1 gene are ubiquitously expressed, and they play a role in regulation of many cell types. In excitable cells, BK(Ca) channels and voltage-activated Ca(2+) channels often form functional complexes that allow the cytoplasmic domains of BK(Ca) ch...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Zou S,Jha S,Kim EY,Dryer SE

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetics of the interactions between the neuromuscular blocker alcuronium, the specific muscarinic antagonist N-[methyl-3H] methyl scopolamine ([3H]NMS), and muscarinic receptors were investigated in homogenates of rat heart atria. Two effects of alcuronium on the binding of [3H]NMS could be distinguished. (a) Alcuron...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Proska J,Tucek S

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current evidence suggests that DNA fragmentation plays an integral role in mediating cytotoxicity that results from thymidine nucleotide depletion ("thymineless death"). Recently, Ayusawa et al. [Mutat. Res. 200:221-230 (1988)] reported that dTMP starvation induces cellular processes that result in the release of 50-2...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Dusenbury CE,Davis MA,Lawrence TS,Maybaum J

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aliphatic adenine analogues, D-eritadenine, L-eritadenine, L-threoeritadenine, and 9-(S)-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)adenine [(S)DHPA] function as inhibitors/inactivators of purified S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) hydrolase, but these compounds did not induce reduction of enzyme-bound NAD+. D-Eritadenine, L-eritadenine,...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Schanche JS,Schanche T,Ueland PM,Holý A,Votruba I

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild-type p53 is frequently mutated in late-stage ovarian cancer and has been proposed as a determinant of cisplatin chemosensitivity. We have therefore established a human ovarian cancer cell line differing only in p53 status and characterized its response after treatment with different platinum complexes. The wild-t...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Pestell KE,Hobbs SM,Titley JC,Kelland LR,Walton MI

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two structural models have been developed to explain how agonist binding leads to ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGluR) activation. At alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) iGluRs, full and partial agonists close the agonist-binding domain (ABD) to different degrees whereas agonist-induced do...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Fay AM,Corbeil CR,Brown P,Moitessier N,Bowie D

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 90-kDa heat shock family (HSP90) of protein and two-component histidine kinases, although quite distinct at the primary amino acid sequence level, share a common structural ATP-binding domain known as the Bergerat fold. The Bergerat fold is important for the ATPase activity and associated chaperone function of HSP...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Besant PG,Lasker MV,Bui CD,Turck CW

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors is required for induction of some lasting changes in nervous system structure and function. The cellular mechanisms involved in transducing receptor stimulation into long-lasting changes in cellular activity are unknown. Immediate-early genes (IEGs) have been implica...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lerea LS,Carlson NG,McNamara JO

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecological malignancy and has the worst prognosis of all gynecological cancers. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays an important role in ovarian cancer development. 9-beta-D-Arabinofuranosyl-2-fluoroadenine (Fara-A), a nucleotide analog, is frequently us...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Fang J,Cao Z,Chen YC,Reed E,Jiang BH

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some biochemical and pharmacological properties of a novel, potent inhibitor of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase, N-cyclohexyl-N-methyl-4-(7-oxy-1,2,3,5-tetrahydroimidazo[2,1-b] quinazolin-2-one) butyramide (RS-82856), were investigated. RS-82856 selectively inhibits the high affinity form of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Alvarez R,Banerjee GL,Bruno JJ,Jones GL,Littschwager K,Strosberg AM,Venuti MC

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an oligonucleotide based on the sequence of a porcine brain muscarinic receptor cDNA, we recently cloned four distinct muscarinic receptors from the rat and human genomes. In the present study we transfected the rat homolog of the porcine brain muscarinic receptor cDNA into A9 L cells using a mammalian expressio...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Brann MR,Buckley NJ,Jones SV,Bonner TI

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00