Immunological characterization of guanine nucleotide-binding proteins: effects of a monoclonal antibody against the gamma subunit of transducin on guanine nucleotide-binding protein-receptor interactions.

abstract：:Multidrug and toxin extrusion 1 (MATE1/SLC47A1) is important for excretion of organic cations in the kidney and liver, where it is located on the luminal side. Although its functional and regulatory characteristics have been clarified, its pharmacokinetic roles in vivo have yet to be elucidated. In the present study, ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Tsuda M,Terada T,Mizuno T,Katsura T,Shimakura J,Inui K

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac-directed expression of AC6 has pronounced favorable effects on cardiac function possibly not linked with cAMP production. To determine rigorously whether cAMP generation is required for the beneficial effects of increased AC6 expression, we generated a catalytically inactive AC6 mutant (AC6mut) that has marked...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Gao MH,Tang T,Lai NC,Miyanohara A,Guo T,Tang R,Firth AL,Yuan JX,Hammond HK

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:To study the functional role of individual alpha1-adrenergic (AR) subtypes in blood pressure (BP) regulation, we used mice lacking the alpha1B-AR and/or alpha1D-AR with the same genetic background and further studied their hemodynamic and vasoconstrictive responses. Both the alpha1D-AR knockout and alpha1B-/alpha1D-AR...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Hosoda C,Koshimizu TA,Tanoue A,Nasa Y,Oikawa R,Tomabechi T,Fukuda S,Shinoura H,Oshikawa S,Takeo S,Kitamura T,Cotecchia S,Tsujimoto G

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)), originally discovered as a pro-inflammatory mediator, also inhibits several chemoattractant-elicited neutrophil functions, including adhesion, secretion of cytotoxic enzymes, production of superoxide anions, and chemotaxis. In this study, we have examined the effects of PGE(2) and prostagl...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Burelout C,Thibault N,Levasseur S,Simard S,Naccache PH,Bourgoin SG

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) is used in the treatment of angina pectoris and cardiac failure, but the rapid onset of GTN tolerance limits its clinical utility. Research suggests that a principal cause of tolerance is inhibition of an enzyme responsible for the production of physiologically active concentrations of NO fro...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： DiFabio J,Ji Y,Vasiliou V,Thatcher GR,Bennett BM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barbiturate-induced anesthesia is a complex mechanism that probably involves several ligand-gated ion channel superfamilies. One of these superfamilies includes the archetypical nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR), in which barbiturates act as noncompetitive antagonists. In this regard, we used the Torpedo califo...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Arias HR,McCardy EA,Gallagher MJ,Blanton MP

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of [3H](d)-N-allylnormetazocine ([3H](d)-NANM) to rat brain membranes is stereospecific, reversible, and saturable (Bmax = 260 fmol/mg of protein) and manifests moderately high affinity (Kd = 20 nM). The rank order of potency among opioidbenzomorphans and phencyclidine (PCP) analogs for competition for [3H](d)...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Itzhak Y,Hiller JM,Simon EJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here an approach to characterize various lesions induced in DNA by drug treatments, using three parameters: (a) release of single-stranded DNA fragments by cell lysis in dilute alkali, which result from enzymatic strand scission during DNA repair or chemical alterations of DNA; (b) the presence of high mol...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lönn U,Lönn S

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

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：:The successful synthesis of dolastatin 11, a depsipeptide originally isolated from the mollusk Dolabella auricularia, permitted us to study its effects on cells. The compound arrested cells at cytokinesis by causing a rapid and massive rearrangement of the cellular actin filament network. In a dose-and time-dependent ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Bai R,Verdier-Pinard P,Gangwar S,Stessman CC,McClure KJ,Sausville EA,Pettit GR,Bates RB,Hamel E

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used two experimental approaches--receptor inactivation with an irreversible antagonist and changes in receptor expression during passage of cells through the cell cycle--to explore the relationship between beta-adrenergic receptor number and response in intact S49 lymphoma cells. beta-Receptors in asynchronou...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Mahan LC,Insel PA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertriglyceridemia is a frequent complication accompanying the treatment of patients with either retinoids or rexinoids, [retinoid X receptor (RXR)-selective retinoids]. To investigate the cellular and molecular basis for this observation, we have studied the effects of rexinoids on triglyceride metabolism in both n...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Davies PJ,Berry SA,Shipley GL,Eckel RH,Hennuyer N,Crombie DL,Ogilvie KM,Peinado-Onsurbe J,Fievet C,Leibowitz MD,Heyman RA,Auwerx J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aldehyde hydrogenases (ALDHs) belong to a large gene family involved in oxidation of both endogenous and exogenous compounds in mammalian tissues. Among ALDHs, the rat ALDH1A7 gene displays a curious strain dependence in phenobarbital (PB)-induced hepatic expression: the responsive RR ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Touloupi K,Küblbeck J,Magklara A,Molnár F,Reinisalo M,Konstandi M,Honkakoski P,Pappas P

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GPR139 is an orphan G-protein-coupled receptor expressed in the central nervous system. To identify its physiologic ligand, we measured GPR139 receptor activity from recombinant cells after treatment with amino acids, orphan ligands, serum, and tissue extracts. GPR139 activity was measured using guanosine 5'-O-(3-[(35...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Liu C,Bonaventure P,Lee G,Nepomuceno D,Kuei C,Wu J,Li Q,Joseph V,Sutton SW,Eckert W,Yao X,Yieh L,Dvorak C,Carruthers N,Coate H,Yun S,Dugovic C,Harrington A,Lovenberg TW

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrated previously that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increased p27(Kip1) by inhibiting protein degradation to suppress the proliferation of human lung cancer cells. In this study, we elucidate the molecular mechanism by which NSAIDs modulate p27(Kip1) proteolysis. Immunoblotting and in vitro u...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Huang YC,Chuang LY,Hung WC

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid analgesics are used extensively in the management of pain. Although the clinically effective opioids bind with high affinity to the mu-opioid receptor, studies have suggested that the delta-opioid agonists might represent more ideal analgesic agents, with fewer side effects. A limitation to opiate effectiveness...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Bot G,Blake AD,Li S,Reisine T

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we have elucidated the functional characteristics and mechanism of action of methaqualone (2-methyl-3-o-tolyl-4(3H)-quinazolinone, Quaalude), an infamous sedative-hypnotic and recreational drug from the 1960s-1970s. Methaqualone was demonstrated to be a positive allosteric modulator at human α1,2...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Hammer H,Bader BM,Ehnert C,Bundgaard C,Bunch L,Hoestgaard-Jensen K,Schroeder OH,Bastlund JF,Gramowski-Voß A,Jensen AA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The organic anions picrate (2,4,6-trinitrophenol) and niflumate (2-[[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-amino]-3-pyridinecarboxylate) were examined for their effects on radioligand binding to the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)/benzodiazepine receptor complex. Neither organic anion produced the enhancement of [35S] t-butylbicy...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Evoniuk G,Skolnick P

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, inositol hexakisphosphate (phytic acid) was shown to bind to photoreceptor arrestin and block its interaction with rhodopsin. Such an interaction might predict that inositol polyphosphates could alter G protein-coupled receptor desensitization. To investigate the possible roles of higher inositol polyphospha...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Sasakawa N,Ferguson JE,Sharif M,Hanley MR

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are recognized as the principal nicotine binding site in brain. Recombinant alpha4beta2 nAChR demonstrate biphasic concentration-response relationships with low- and high-EC50 components. This study shows that untranslated regions (UTR) can influence expression of...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Briggs CA,Gubbins EJ,Marks MJ,Putman CB,Thimmapaya R,Meyer MD,Surowy CS

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the current study is to determine whether butein (3,4,2',4'-tetrahydroxychalcone) exhibits antiproliferative effects against tumor cells through suppression of the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) activation pathway. We investigated the effects of butein on constitutive and inducib...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Pandey MK,Sung B,Ahn KS,Aggarwal BB

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norcocaine nitroxide and N-hydroxynorcocaine were found to stimulate hepatic microsomal lipid peroxidation in vitro, as measured by spin-trapping techniques using the spin trap alpha-[4-pyridyl-1-oxide]-N-tert-butylnitrone. It was determined that either norcocaine nitroxide or N-hydroxynorcocaine markedly enhanced the...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Rosen GM,Kloss MW,Rauckman EJ

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding equilibria of 12 nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory substances, salicylic acid, diflunisal, phenylbutazone, azapropazone, fenbufen, biphenylacetic acid, naproxen, flurbiprofen, ibuprofin, diclofenac, indomethacin, and benoxaprofen, to defatted human serum albumin has been investigated at 37 degrees, pH 7.4, in a ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Honoré B,Brodersen R

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor cell resistance to anthracyclines and epipodophyllotoxins can be due to reduced drug accumulation and/or alterations in the activity of topoisomerase II (TOPO II). HL-60 cells selected in 0.05 micrograms/ml doxorubicin (DOX) are 10-fold and > 20-fold resistant to DOX and etoposide (VP-16), respectively. The accu...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Ganapathi R,Constantinou A,Kamath N,Dubyak G,Grabowski D,Krivacic K

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated sodium (Na(V)1) channels play a critical role in modulating the excitability of sensory neurons, and human genetic evidence points to Na(V)1.7 as an essential contributor to pain signaling. Human loss-of-function mutations in SCN9A, the gene encoding Na(V)1.7, cause channelopathy-associated indifference ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Schmalhofer WA,Calhoun J,Burrows R,Bailey T,Kohler MG,Weinglass AB,Kaczorowski GJ,Garcia ML,Koltzenburg M,Priest BT

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:The observations from Dunlap and Fischbach that transmitter-mediated shortening of the duration of action potentials could be caused by a decrease in calcium conductance led to numerous studies of the mechanisms of modulation of voltage-dependent calcium channels. Calcium channels are well known targets for inhibition...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Strock J,Diversé-Pierluissi MA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capsaicin (vanilloid) sensitivity has long served as the functional signature of a subset of nociceptive sensory neurons. Mutagenesis studies have revealed seemingly distinct regions involved in mediating ligand binding and channel activation at the capsaicin binding site. Residue 547 (transmembrane region 4) mediates...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Johnson DM,Garrett EM,Rutter R,Bonnert TP,Gao YD,Middleton RE,Sutton KG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptors are sensors that interact with a large variety of elements, including photons, ions, and large proteins. Not surprisingly, these receptors participate in the numerous normal physiologic processes that we refer to as health and in its perturbations that constitute disease. It has been estima...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Pupo AS,García-Sáinz JA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00