Expression of deoxynucleotide carrier is not associated with the mitochondrial DNA depletion caused by anti-HIV dideoxynucleoside analogs and mitochondrial dNTP uptake.

abstract：:Gemcitabine and pemetrexed are effective agents in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and the present study investigates cellular and genetic aspects of their interaction against A549, Calu-1, and Calu-6 cells. Cells were treated with pemetrexed and gemcitabine, and their interaction was assessed usi...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Giovannetti E,Mey V,Nannizzi S,Pasqualetti G,Marini L,Del Tacca M,Danesi R

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the human lymphocyte, desensitization of the beta-adrenergic receptor-adenylate cyclase complex is associated with sequestration of the receptor as well as a change in photolabeling of beta-receptor proteins. Thus, desensitization of the lymphocyte beta-adrenergic receptor-adenylate cyclase system is associated wit...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Feldman RD,McArdle W,Lai C

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) and atypical chemokine receptor 3 (ACKR3) are part of the class A chemokine GPCR family and represent important drug targets for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, cancer, and inflammation diseases. CXCR4 is one of only thre...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Adlere I,Caspar B,Arimont M,Dekkers S,Visser K,Stuijt J,de Graaf C,Stocks M,Kellam B,Briddon S,Wijtmans M,de Esch I,Hill S,Leurs R

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzalutamide is a potent second-generation androgen receptor (AR) antagonist with activity in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Although enzalutamide is initially effective, disease progression inevitably ensues with the emergence of resistance. Intratumoral hypoxia is also associated with CRPC pro...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Fernandez EV,Reece KM,Ley AM,Troutman SM,Sissung TM,Price DK,Chau CH,Figg WD

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose utilization in isolated islets of Langerhans of the rat was determined by measuring the conversion of [5-3H]glucose (10 mM) to 3H2O. The alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists clonidine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine in the presence of the alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist prazosin and the beta-adrenoceptor antagonist ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Laychock SG

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) belongs to a superfamily of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels involved in many physiologic and pathologic processes. Among nAChRs, receptors comprising the α7 subunit are unique because of their high Ca(2+) permeability and fast desensitization. nAChR agonists elicit a t...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Corradi J,Bouzat C

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the biochemical mechanisms evoked by conventional treatments for neoplastic diseases point to apoptosis as a key process for elimination of unwanted cells. Although the pathways through which chemotherapeutics promote cell death remain largely unknown, caspase proteases play a central role in the induction ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Benjamin CW,Hiebsch RR,Jones DA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against synthetic peptides of the D2 dopamine receptor were used, in combination with photoaffinity labeling, to localize the region of ligand binding in the receptor. Specific antibodies to peptide sequences 221-234 and 259-272 and to the carboxyl-terminal peptide 402-415, all corresponding to cytoplasmic ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： David C,Fuchs S

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioassay-guided fractionation was used to isolate the lignan polygamain as the microtubule-active constituent in the crude extract of the Mountain torchwood, Amyris madrensis. Similar to the effects of the crude plant extract, polygamain caused dose-dependent loss of cellular microtubules and the formation of aberrant...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Hartley RM,Peng J,Fest GA,Dakshanamurthy S,Frantz DE,Brown ML,Mooberry SL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethylketocyclazocine (EKC) binds to two sites on NCB-20 neuroblastoma X Chinese hamster brain hybrid cells (KDH = 2 nM, Bmax = 21,000 sites/cell; KDL = 27 nM, Bmax = 140,000 sites/cell. The high-affinity site has been characterized as a delta opiate receptor. The low-affinity site is relatively benzomorphan-specific; ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： West RE Jr,McLawhon RW,Dawson G,Miller RJ

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combining chemotherapeutics to treat malignant tumors has been shown to be effective in preventing drug resistance, tumor recurrence, and reducing tumor size. We modeled combination drug therapy in PC-3 human prostate cancer cells using mixture design response surface methodology (MDRSM), a statistical technique desig...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Oblad R,Doughty H,Lawson J,Christensen M,Kenealey J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olanzapine was shown to be oxidized to a reactive intermediate by HOCl, which is the major oxidant produced by activated neutrophils. A mass spectrum obtained using a flow system in which the reactants were fed into a mixing chamber and the products flowed directly into a mass spectrometer revealed a reactive intermed...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Gardner I,Zahid N,MacCrimmon D,Uetrecht JP

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ATM and NBS1, mutation of which lead to the human autosomal recessive diseases ataxia telangiectasia and Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS), respectively, are essential elements in the cellular response to DNA damage induced by ionizing radiation (IR). ATM is a member of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase family and is a...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Cariveau MJ,Tang X,Cui XL,Xu B

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2',3'-Dideoxyadenosine (ddAdo) and its deamination product 2',3'-dideoxyinosine (ddIno) (didanosine) inhibit the replication and infectivity of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a number of in vitro assay systems. Early clinical studies (phase I) have indicated a role for ddIno in the treatment of patients wit...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Hartman NR,Ahluwalia GS,Cooney DA,Mitsuya H,Kageyama S,Fridland A,Broder S,Johns DG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Camptothecin (CPT) is an effective chemotherapeutic agent for treatment of patients with cancer. The mechanisms underlying CPT-mediated responses in cancer cells are not fully understood. MicroRNA (miRNA) play important roles in tumorigenesis and drug sensitivity. However, the interaction between camptothecin and miRN...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Zeng CW,Zhang XJ,Lin KY,Ye H,Feng SY,Zhang H,Chen YQ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the effect of flufenamic acid (FFA) and related derivatives on gap junction channel currents, applying the dual whole-cell patch-clamp technique to pairs of N2A neuroblastoma cells transfected with various connexins. FFA reduced gap junction channel currents in a reversible and concentration-dependent ma...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Srinivas M,Spray DC

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:Variant neuroblastoma cell clones were selected for resistance to the cytotoxic effects of neurotoxins that cause persistent activation of sodium channels. Three classes of variant clones were obtained: sodium channel-deficient clones, which have markedly reduced numbers of functional sodium channels; scorpion toxin-r...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Costa MR,Catterall WA

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression vectors were designed and constructed to achieve optimum production of two different isozymes of rat glutathione S-transferase (GST) (EC 2.5.1.18) in COS cells, for studies of drug resistance. Promoter-enhancer elements from the simian virus 40 (SV40) early-region or the mouse alpha 2(I)-collagen gene, GST ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Manoharan TH,Welch PJ,Gulick AM,Puchalski RB,Lathrop AL,Fahl WE

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have witnessed the discovery of novel selective agonists of the M(1) muscarinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptor (mAChR). One mechanism invoked to account for the selectivity of such agents is that they interact with allosteric sites. We investigated the molecular pharmacology of two such agonists, 1-[3-(4-bu...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Avlani VA,Langmead CJ,Guida E,Wood MD,Tehan BG,Herdon HJ,Watson JM,Sexton PM,Christopoulos A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic liver acetyl-CoA:arylamine N-acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.5) from homozygous rapid acetylator rabbits (strain III/J) was purified to homogeneity as judged by gel filtration sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis and isoelectrofocusing. The isoelectric point was estimated to be 5.2. The...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Andres HH,Vogel RS,Tarr GE,Johnson L,Weber WW

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renal outer medullary potassium channel (ROMK) is expressed in the kidney tubule and critically regulates sodium and potassium balance. The physiological functions of other inward rectifying K(+) (Kir) channels expressed in the nephron, such as Kir7.1, are less well understood in part due to the lack of selective ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lewis LM,Bhave G,Chauder BA,Banerjee S,Lornsen KA,Redha R,Fallen K,Lindsley CW,Weaver CD,Denton JS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a novel azaindole derivative, L-750,667, that has high affinity (Ki = 0.51 nM) and >2000-fold selectivity for D4 dopamine receptors compared with its activity at D2 and D3 dopamine receptors. L-750,667 had little affinity for rat D1/D5 dopamine receptors, sigma binding sites, or 5-hydroxytryptamine1A or ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Patel S,Patel S,Marwood R,Emms F,Marston D,Leeson PD,Curtis NR,Kulagowski JJ,Freedman SB

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing data indicate that brain endocannabinoid system plays a role in the effects of antidepressant medications. Here we examined the effect of in vivo exposure to the selective serotonin uptake inhibitor fluoxetine on cannabinoid type 1 (CB(1)) receptor density and functionality in the rat prefrontal cortex (PFC...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Mato S,Vidal R,Castro E,Díaz A,Pazos A,Valdizán EM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of relatively nontoxic levels of HgCl2 on semiconservative DNA synthesis and on DNA repair induced following treatment of intact cells with X-ray or ultraviolet (UV) light has been studied in cultured Chinese hamster ovary cells. In the presence of 1 microM HgCl2 the repair of DNA strand breaks induced by 4...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Christie NT,Cantoni O,Sugiyama M,Cattabeni F,Costa M

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins are negative modulators of G protein signaling that have emerged as promising drug targets to improve specificity and reduce side effects of G protein-coupled receptor-related therapies. Several small molecule RGS protein inhibitors have been identified; however, enhanci...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： McNabb HJ,Gonzalez S,Muli CS,Sjögren B

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Past decades of cancer research have mainly focused on the role of various extracellular and intracellular biochemical signals on cancer progression and metastasis. Recent studies suggest an important role of mechanical forces in regulating cellular behaviors. This review first provides an overview of the mechanobiolo...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Majeski HE,Yang J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously that protein associated with Myc (PAM) interacts with the C2 domain of type V adenylyl cyclase (ACV-C2) and that purified PAM is a potent inhibitor of Galphas-stimulated ACV activity (J Biol Chem 276:47583-47589, 2001). The present study was conducted to identify the region in PAM that inhibits ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Gao X,Patel TB

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) are intracellular membrane channels playing key roles in many Ca(2+) signaling pathways and, as such, are emerging novel therapeutic and insecticidal targets. RyRs are so named because they bind the plant alkaloid ryanodine with high affinity and although it is established that ryanodine pro...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Mukherjee S,Thomas NL,Williams AJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a peroxisome proliferating agent when administered in pharmacological dosages, but it has not been shown to function through the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor in cell-based assays. Because members of the thyroid hormone/vitamins A and D nuclear receptor subfamily, includin...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Webb SJ,Xiao GH,Geoghegan TE,Prough RA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00