Malaria parasites are rapidly killed by dantrolene derivatives specific for the plasmodial surface anion channel.

abstract：:TWIK-related K(+) 1 (TREK1) potassium channels are members of the two-pore domain potassium channel family and contribute to background potassium conductances in many cell types, where their activity can be regulated by a variety of physiologic and pharmacologic mediators. Fenamates such as FFA (flufenamic acid; 2-{[3...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Veale EL,Al-Moubarak E,Bajaria N,Omoto K,Cao L,Tucker SJ,Stevens EB,Mathie A

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using cultured airway smooth muscle cells, we showed previously that the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor uses the G-protein, G(i), to stimulate Grb-2-associated phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) activity. We also showed that this was an intermediate step in the activation of p42/p44 mitogen-activated pro...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Rakhit S,Pyne S,Pyne NJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:n-Dodecylguanidine (C12-G) is an amphipathic compound with a guanidine moiety, which is positively charged at physiological pH, and a hydrophobic side chain. Its effects on an A-type K+ channel clone (rKv1.4) expressed in Xenopus oocytes were examined. C12-G caused a concentration-dependent (1-20 microM) positive shif...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Yao JA,Saxena NC,Ziai MR,Ling S,Tseng GN

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：:Quinones undergo redox cycling and/or arylation reactions with key biomolecules involved with cellular Ca2+ regulation. The present study utilizes nanomolar quantities of the fluorogenic maleimide 7-diethylamino-3-(4'-maleimidylphenyl)-4-methylcoumarin (CPM) to measure the reactivity of hyperreactive sulfhydryl moieti...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Feng W,Liu G,Xia R,Abramson JJ,Pessah IN

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benzomorphan opiate, (-)N-allynormetazocine [(-)ANMC, (-)SKF10047], has been shown previously to bind two distinct sites on acetylcholine receptor (AChR)-rich membranes from Torpedo electroplaque. The low affinity site seems to correspond to the site for noncompetitive blockers on the AChR. The high affinity site,...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Coleman BA,Michel L,Oswald R

更新日期：1987-10-01 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：:Ligands that selectively inhibit human α3β2 and α6β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChRs) and not the closely related α3β4 and α6β4 subtypes are lacking. Current α-conotoxins (α-Ctxs) that discriminate among these nAChR subtypes in rat fail to discriminate among the human receptor homologs. In this study, we desc...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Hone AJ,McIntosh JM,Azam L,Lindstrom J,Lucero L,Whiteaker P,Passas J,Blázquez J,Albillos A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) catalyzes vascular bioactivation of the antianginal drug nitroglycerin (GTN) to yield nitric oxide (NO) or a related species that activates soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), resulting in cGMP-mediated vasodilation. Accordingly, established ALDH2 inhibitors attenuate GTN-induced vasorela...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Neubauer R,Neubauer A,Wölkart G,Schwarzenegger C,Lang B,Schmidt K,Russwurm M,Koesling D,Gorren AC,Schrammel A,Mayer B

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamides are a class of synthetic molecules that exhibit high-affinity, sequence-specific reversible binding in the DNA minor groove but are incapable of inducing DNA damage. In cell-free systems, polyamides have been shown to regulate gene expression by activation, repression, and antirepression. However, effective...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Philips BJ,Chang AY,Dervan PB,Beerman TA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic sulfotransferase (SULT)-mediated sulfation plays an essential role in the detoxification of bile acids and is necessary to avoid pathological conditions, such as cholestasis, liver damage, and colon cancer. In this study, using transgenic mice bearing conditional expression of the activated constitutive andr...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Saini SP,Sonoda J,Xu L,Toma D,Uppal H,Mu Y,Ren S,Moore DD,Evans RM,Xie W

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

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：:The cis and trans isomers of the photoisomerizable compound, 3,3'-bis-[alpha-(trimethylammonium)methyl]azobenzene (Bis-Q), were purified by high-performance liquid chromatography using the ion-pair partitioning technique on a reverse-phase column. Solutions of cis-Bis-Q are stable at -20 degrees; at 25 degrees, therma...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Nerbonne JM,Sheridan RE,Chabala LD,Lester HA

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently developed stable isotope dilution liquid chromatography-multiple reaction/mass spectrometry method to quantify focal adhesion kinase (FAK) activation loop phosphorylation was used to study endogenous Src kinase activity. This revealed that bis-phosphorylated pTyr(576)/Tyr(577)-FAK was a biomarker of Src act...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Ciccimaro E,Hanks SK,Blair IA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-arrestins have been shown to play important roles in regulation of signaling and desensitization of opioid receptors in many in vivo studies. The current study was carried out to measure the direct interaction of beta-arrestins with two functional intracellular domains, the third intracellular loop (I3L) and the ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Cen B,Xiong Y,Ma L,Pei G

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial body of research implicates L-cysteine sulfinic acid (L-CSA) as a neurotransmitter. However, all physiological actions of L-CSA that have been pharmacologically characterized are mediated by cross-activation of glutamate receptors, and no receptor has been identified that is primarily activated by L-CSA....

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Boss V,Nutt KM,Conn PJ

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel cloned polymorphism of the human concentrative nucleoside transporter hCNT3 was described and functionally characterized. This variant consists of a T/C transition leading to the substitution of cysteine 602 by an arginine residue in the core of transmembrane domain 13. The resulting hCNT3(C602R) protein has t...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Errasti-Murugarren E,Cano-Soldado P,Pastor-Anglada M,Casado FJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse 5-hydroxytryptamine4a (5-HT4a) receptor is an unusual member of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily because it possesses two separate carboxyl-terminal palmitoylation sites, which may allow the receptor to adopt different conformations in an agonist-dependent manner (J Biol Chem 277:2534-2546, 2002). ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Ponimaskin E,Dumuis A,Gaven F,Barthet G,Heine M,Glebov K,Richter DW,Oppermann M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CYP2C genes are extensively regulated at the transcriptional stage. The present study shows for the first time that CYP2Cs are also regulated post-transcriptionally by microRNAs (miRNAs). By using online search engines, we found potential miRNA response elements (MREs) in the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of the...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Zhang SY,Surapureddi S,Coulter S,Ferguson SS,Goldstein JA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) contribute to the regulation of every aspect of human physiology and are therapeutic targets for the treatment of numerous diseases. As a consequence, understanding the myriad of mechanisms controlling GPCR signaling and trafficking is essential for the development of new pharmacolo...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Dunn HA,Ferguson SS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The D2 dopamine receptor (D2R) was examined for its ability to mediate nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation through G proteins. Stimulation of D2R-transfected HeLa cells with its agonist quinpirole induced the expression of a NF-kappaB luciferase reporter and formation of NF-kappaB-DNA complex. This response w...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Yang M,Zhang H,Voyno-Yasenetskaya T,Ye RD

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to elucidate the key atoms and/or stereostructures necessary for the inhibitory emergence of aldose reductase, crystal structure determinations were carried out for 11 oxazolecarbamate analogues, which have similar chemical and physicochemical properties but different inhibitory activities. The molecular conf...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Ishida T,In Y,Ohishi H,Yamamoto D,Inoue M,Tanaka C,Ueno Y,Ohmomo Y,Kanda N,Tanaka A

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins are a family of approximately 20 proteins that negatively regulate signaling through heterotrimeric G protein-coupled receptors. The RGS proteins act as GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) for certain Galpha subunits and as effector antagonists for Gqalpha. Mouse RGS14 enc...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Cho H,Kozasa T,Takekoshi K,De Gunzburg J,Kehrl JH

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the insulin-releasing sulfonylurea tolbutamide on the cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration [( Ca2+]i) in individual pancreatic beta-cells or suspensions of beta-cells were analyzed using the probe fura-2 and dual-wavelength fluorometry. Subsequent additions of 1, 10, and 100 microM tolbutamide induced a grade...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Grapengiesser E,Gylfe E,Hellman B

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that at least two subtypes of somatostatin (SRIF) receptors (SRIF1 and SRIF2) are expressed in mammalian cells. SRIF1 receptors have high affinity for MK 678, whereas SRIF2 receptors have no affinity for MK 678 but selectively bind peptides with structures similar to that of CGP 23996. Rece...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Rens-Domiano S,Law SF,Yamada Y,Seino S,Bell GI,Reisine T

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In saturation studies with [3H]dihydromorphine, unlabeled D-Ala2-D-Leu5-enkephalin (1 nM) inhibited the high-affinity binding component far more potently than the lower-affinity one. Similarly, morphine (1 nM) inhibited the higher-affinity binding of 3H-D-Ala2-D-Leu5-enkephalin to a greater extent than its lower-affin...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Nishimura SL,Recht LD,Pasternak GW

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphetamine congeners [e.g., 3,4-methylenedioxymetamphetamine (MDMA), or "ecstasy"] are substrates for monoamine transporters (i.e., the transporters for serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine); however, their in vivo-action relies on their ability to promote monoamine efflux. The mechanistic basis for this counter t...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Seidel S,Singer EA,Just H,Farhan H,Scholze P,Kudlacek O,Holy M,Koppatz K,Krivanek P,Freissmuth M,Sitte HH

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of muscarinic cholinergic receptors of 1321N1 human astrocytoma cells attenuates cyclic AMP accumulation. This effect results from an activation of phosphodiesterase with no direct inhibition of adenylate cyclase activity. In spite of this lack of coupling of muscarinic receptors to adenylate cyclase, guani...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Evans T,Martin MW,Hughes AR,Harden TK

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) predicts that the large electrostatic field around the phosphate groups of ATP plays a crucial role in stabilizing the open state of the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR) channel. We therefore investigated the effects of adenosine-5'-(beta,gamma-methylenetriphosphate) (AMP-P...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Chan WM,Welch W,Sitsapesan R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study identifies signaling pathways activated by the beta(2)-/beta(3)-adrenoceptor (AR) agonist zinterol, the selective beta(3)-AR agonist L755507, and the selective beta(3)-AR antagonist L748337 in CHO-K1 cells expressing human beta(3)-adrenoceptors. Zinterol and L755507 caused a robust concentration-dependent i...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Sato M,Hutchinson DS,Evans BA,Summers RJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00