CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta (nuclear factor for interleukin 6) transactivates the human MDR1 gene by interaction with an inverted CCAAT box in human cancer cells.

abstract：:Noscapine, a microtubule-interfering agent, has been shown to arrest mitosis, to induce apoptosis, and to have potent antitumor activity. We report herein that two brominated derivatives of noscapine, 5-bromonoscapine (5-Br-nosc) and reduced 5-bromonoscapine (Rd 5-Br-nosc), have higher tubulin binding activity than no...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Zhou J,Gupta K,Aggarwal S,Aneja R,Chandra R,Panda D,Joshi HC

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of beta2-adrenoceptors with the selective beta2 agonist procaterol caused a biphasic decrease in cell surface M2 muscarinic receptor number in human embryonic lung 299 cells when measured with the hydrophilic antagonist [3H]N-methylscopolamine. In contrast, total muscarinic receptor number, measured with t...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Rousell J,Haddad EB,Mak JC,Webb BL,Giembycz MA,Barnes PJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribavirin used in therapies against hepatitis C virus (HCV) is potentially efficient against other viruses but presents a high cytotoxicity. Several ribavirin triphosphate analogs modified on the ribose moiety were synthesized and tested in vitro on the RNA polymerases of HCV, phage T7, and HIV-1 reverse transcriptase...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Gallois-Montbrun S,Chen Y,Dutartre H,Sophys M,Morera S,Guerreiro C,Schneider B,Mulard L,Janin J,Veron M,Deville-Bonne D,Canard B

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune-mediated drug hypersensitivity reactions (IDHRs) represent a significant problem due to their unpredictable and severe nature, as well as the lack of understanding of the pathogenesis. Sulfamethoxazole (SMX), a widely used antibiotic, has been used as a model compound to investigate the underlying mechanism of ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Cheng L,Stewart BJ,You Q,Petersen DR,Ware JA,Piccotti JR,Kawabata TT,Ju C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that angiotensin II (Ang II) increases cGMP content through a new Ang II receptor subtype that is distinct from both the AT1 and AT2 subtypes in differentiated Neuro-2A cells. In this study, the mechanism of the Ang II-stimulated cGMP increase was investigated in comparison with bradykinin- and ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Chaki S,Inagami T

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage production of growth factors for fibroblasts, in particular platelet-derived growth factor B [PDGF(B)] and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), is thought to be central to the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis. In a search for anti-inflammatory agents that might prevent this process, we asked whethe...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Wangoo A,Haynes AR,Sutcliffe SP,Sorooshian M,Shaw RJ

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptors for the serine protease thrombin and for lysophospholipids are coupled to G proteins and control a wide range of cellular functions, including mitogenesis. Activators of these receptors are present in blood, and can enter the brain during central nervous system (CNS) injury. Reactive astrogliosis, a prominen...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Sorensen SD,Nicole O,Peavy RD,Montoya LM,Lee CJ,Murphy TJ,Traynelis SF,Hepler JR

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many cellular signaling pathways share regulation by protein phosphatase-2A (PP2A), a widely expressed serine/threonine phosphatase, and the heterotrimeric G protein Galpha(12). PP2A activity is altered in carcinogenesis and in some neurodegenerative diseases. We have identified binding of Galpha(12) with the Aalpha s...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Zhu D,Tate RI,Ruediger R,Meigs TE,Denker BM

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonyl glycerol (2-AG) bind to G protein-coupled central and peripheral cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2, respectively. Due to the relatively high expression of the CB2 isotype on peripheral immune cells, it has been hypothesized that this receptor mediates the immunosuppres...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Gonsiorek W,Lunn C,Fan X,Narula S,Lundell D,Hipkin RW

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling by G-protein-coupled receptors is often considered a uniform process, whereby a homogeneously activated proportion of randomly distributed receptors are activated under equilibrium conditions and produce homogeneous, steady-state intracellular signals. While this may be the case in some biologic systems, the...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lohse MJ,Hofmann KP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two peptides, which have no significant homology with known protein structures, were obtained by microsequencing of a mu-opioid binding protein purified to homogeneity from bovine striatal membranes. Polyclonal antibodies generated against portions of these peptides immunoprecipitated up to 65% of radiolabeled purifie...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Gioannini TL,Yao YH,Hiller JM,Taylor LP,Simon EJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of the murine neuroblastoma clone N1E-115 possess muscarinic receptors that influence the intracellular level of cyclic nucleotides. The stimulation of [3H]cyclic GMP levels occurs only with intact cells and has an EC50 near the "low-affinity" agonist equilibrium dissociation constant (KL) determined by radiolig...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： McKinney M,Stenstrom S,Richelson E

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) by GPCR kinases (GRKs) is a major mechanism of desensitization of these receptors. GPCR activation of GRKs involves an allosteric site on GRKs distinct from the catalytic site. Although recent studies have suggested an important role of the N- and C-termini and do...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Baameur F,Morgan DH,Yao H,Tran TM,Hammitt RA,Sabui S,McMurray JS,Lichtarge O,Clark RB

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) is known to cause an increased susceptibility to a wide array of clinical disorders in humans. Previous studies from our laboratory demonstrated that prenatal exposure to DES induces thymic atrophy and apoptosis in the thymus. In the current study, we investigated if such ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Singh NP,Abbas IK,Menard M,Singh UP,Zhang J,Nagarkatti P,Nagarkatti M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron-loading diseases remain an important problem because of the toxicity of iron-catalyzed redox reactions. Iron loading occurs in the mitochondria of Friedreich's ataxia (FA) patients and may play a role in its pathogenesis. This suggests that iron chelation therapy could be useful. We developed previously the lipop...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lim CK,Kalinowski DS,Richardson DR

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endogenous bronchodilator, S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), increases expression, maturation, and function of both the wild-type and the DeltaF508 mutant of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatory protein (CFTR). Though transcriptional mechanisms of action have been identified, GSNO seems also to have...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Zaman K,Carraro S,Doherty J,Henderson EM,Lendermon E,Liu L,Verghese G,Zigler M,Ross M,Park E,Palmer LA,Doctor A,Stamler JS,Gaston B

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：:An investigation of the conformational profiles of two cyclic delta-selective opioid peptides, [D-Pen2,D-Pen5]-enkephalin and [D-Pen2,L-Pen5]-enkephalin, has been made. The methods and procedures used are more extensive and systematic than those previously reported, involving a combination of nested grid rotations, cy...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Chew C,Villar HO,Loew GH

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic series of monoamines, diamines, and triamines were used to define the structural requirements for interaction at the polyamine recognition site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex. Effects of amines on binding of [3H]MK-801 to washed synaptic plasma membranes were measured in the presence of L-glut...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Romano C,Williams K,DePriest S,Seshadri R,Marshall GR,Israel M,Molinoff PB

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms underlying mastoparan-induced elevation of the intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) were investigated in the insulin-secreting cell lines RINm5F and HIT. In both cell types, micromolar concentrations of mastoparan induced a prompt increase of [Ca2+]i, measured as an increase in fura-2 fluo...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Eddlestone GT,Komatsu M,Shen L,Sharp GW

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is an immunoregulatory cytokine whose biological effects are mediated through interaction with specific receptors on the surface of target cells. Due to its presumed role in generating a normal immune response, IL-2 is being evaluated for the treatment of a variety of tumors, in addition to infect...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Chang DZ,Tasayco ML,Ciardelli TL

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we have investigated the capacity of various compounds sterically related to indolo[3,2-b]carbazole to inhibit specific 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro[1,6-3H]dibenzo-p-dioxin binding in rat liver cytosol, as analyzed by electrofocusing in polyacrylamide gels. When the two nitrogen atoms of indolo[3,2-b]carba...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Gillner M,Bergman J,Cambillau C,Alexandersson M,Fernström B,Gustafsson JA

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of interleukin (IL)-1 beta, IL-4, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interferon (IFN)-alpha, IFN-gamma, and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1 on cytochrome P-450 (CYP) 1A expression and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-mediated induction in primary human hepatocyte cultures were determined...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Abdel-Razzak Z,Corcos L,Fautrel A,Campion JP,Guillouzo A

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart is richly endowed with K(ATP) channels, which function as biological sensors, regulating membrane potentials and electrical excitability in response to metabolic alterations. We recently reported that the cytochrome P450 metabolites of arachidonic acid, epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), potently activate car...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lu T,VanRollins M,Lee HC

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the expression of CYP26 is examined in relation to retinoid-induced mucosecretory differentiation in human tracheobronchial epithelial (HTBE) cells and compared with that in human lung carcinoma cell lines. In HTBE cells, retinoic acid (RA) inhibits squamous differentiation and induces mucous cell diffe...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Kim SY,Adachi H,Koo JS,Jetten AM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on their relative affinities for cholecystokinin octapeptide (26-33) (CCK-8), cholecystokinin tetrapeptide (30-33) (CCK-4), desulfated CCK-8, and gastrin, cholecystokinin (CCK) receptors have been classified as CCK-A (alimentary) and CCK-B (brain). Selective nonpeptide antagonists of CCK-A and CCK-B receptors, a...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lin CW,Shiosaki K,Miller TR,Witte DG,Bianchi BR,Wolfram CA,Kopecka H,Craig R,Wagenaar F,Nadzan AM

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors is believed to underlie long-term memory formation, and excessive NMDA receptor activation has been linked to several neuropathological conditions. Phosphorylation and activation of p42/44 mitogen-activated protein kinase (ERK) is believed to mediate many of these e...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Rakhit S,Clark CJ,O'shaughnessy CT,Morris BJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cidofovir [(S)-1-(3-hydroxy-2-phosphonylmethoxypropyl)cytosine; (S)-HPMPC] is an antiviral drug that has been approved for the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with AIDS. Cidofovir also possesses potent activity against human papillomavirus-induced tumors in animal models and patients. We have recent...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Liekens S,Gijsbers S,Vanstreels E,Daelemans D,De Clercq E,Hatse S

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no approved means to prevent the toxic actions of cocaine. Cocaine esterase (CocE) is found in a rhodococcal strain of bacteria that grows in the rhizosphere soil around the coca plant and has been found to hydrolyze cocaine in vitro. The esteratic activity of CocE (0.1-1.0 mg, i.v.) was characterized and con...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Cooper ZD,Narasimhan D,Sunahara RK,Mierzejewski P,Jutkiewicz EM,Larsen NA,Wilson IA,Landry DW,Woods JH

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:cRNAs encoding the kappa-opioid receptor and an inwardly rectifying, G protein-coupled, K+ channel were coinjected into Xenopus oocytes. The effects of kappa-opioid receptor agonists and antagonists on the membrane currents in these oocytes were studied using the two-electrode voltage-clamp technique. The kappa-opioid...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Ma GH,Miller RJ,Kuznetsov A,Philipson LH

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00