Ethanol modulates the interaction of the endogenous neurosteroid allopregnanolone with the alpha1beta2gamma2L GABAA receptor.

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：:All-trans-retinoic acid (atRA) is the active metabolite of vitamin A. atRA is also used as a drug, and synthetic atRA analogs and inhibitors of retinoic acid (RA) metabolism have been developed. The hepatic clearance of atRA is mediated primarily by CYP26A1, but design of CYP26A1 inhibitors is hindered by lack of info...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Thatcher JE,Buttrick B,Shaffer SA,Shimshoni JA,Goodlett DR,Nelson WL,Isoherranen N

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on biochemical and ligand binding studies in various tissues and species, evidence for several alpha 2-adrenergic receptor subtypes has accumulated. The current alpha 2-adrenergic receptor classification (alpha 2A, alpha 2B, alpha 2C) is based exclusively on pharmacological criteria. The molecular cloning of thr...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lorenz W,Lomasney JW,Collins S,Regan JW,Caron MG,Lefkowitz RJ

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The X-ray structure of the bacterial sodium channel NavAb provides a new template for the study of sodium and calcium channels. Unlike potassium channels, NavAb contains P2 helices in the outer-pore region. Because the sequence similarity between eukaryotic and prokaryotic sodium channels in this region is poor, the s...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Tikhonov DB,Zhorov BS

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of tau protein promotes stability of the axonal cytoskeleton; aberrant tau phosphorylation is implicated in the biogenesis of paired helical filaments (PHF) seen in Alzheimer's disease. Protein kinases and phosphatases that modulate tau phosphorylation have been identified using in vitro techniques; ho...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Garver TD,Kincaid RL,Conn RA,Billingsley ML

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:The small GTPase Rac1 has been widely implicated in mammary tumorigenesis and metastasis. Previous studies established that stimulation of ErbB receptors in breast cancer cells activates Rac1 and enhances motility via the Rac-guanine nucleotide exchange factor P-Rex1. As the Janus tyrosine kinase 2 (Jak2)/signal trans...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lopez-Haber C,Kazanietz MG

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin 5-HT(2B) receptors are often coexpressed with 5-HT(1B) receptors, and cross-talk between the two receptors has been reported in various cell types. However, many mechanistic details underlying 5-HT(1B) and 5-HT(2B) receptor cross-talk have not been elucidated. We hypothesized that 5-HT(2B) and 5-HT(1B) recep...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Janoshazi A,Deraet M,Callebert J,Setola V,Guenther S,Saubamea B,Manivet P,Launay JM,Maroteaux L

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：: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：:This study assessed how conformational information encoded by ligand binding to δ-opioid receptors (DORs) is transmitted to Kir3.1/Kir3.2 channels. Human embryonic kidney 293 cells were transfected with bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) donor/acceptor pairs that allowed us to evaluate independently reci...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Richard-Lalonde M,Nagi K,Audet N,Sleno R,Amraei M,Hogue M,Balboni G,Schiller PW,Bouvier M,Hébert TE,Pineyro G

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The action of tetrahydroaminoacridine (THA), a centrally active cholinesterase inhibitor that may provide symptomatic benefit in Alzheimer's disease, was studied on responses to the excitatory amino acid N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) in cultured hippocampal neurons, using whole-cell voltage-clamp and single-channel reco...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Hershkowitz N,Rogawski MA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lack of high potency agonists has restricted analysis of the G protein-coupled receptor GPR35. Moreover, marked variation in potency and/or affinity of current ligands between human and rodent orthologs of GPR35 has limited their productive use in rodent models of physiology. Based on the reported modest potency of th...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： MacKenzie AE,Caltabiano G,Kent TC,Jenkins L,McCallum JE,Hudson BD,Nicklin SA,Fawcett L,Markwick R,Charlton SJ,Milligan G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial disorders are devastating genetic diseases for which efficacious therapies are still an unmet need. Recent studies report that increased availability of intracellular NAD obtained by inhibition of the NAD-consuming enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-1 or supplementation with the NAD-precursor nico...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Felici R,Lapucci A,Cavone L,Pratesi S,Berlinguer-Palmini R,Chiarugi A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) catalyzes the S-methylation of thiopurine drugs such as 6-mercaptopurine. Levels of TPMT activity in human tissue are controlled by a common genetic polymorphism that is an important factor responsible for individual variation in thiopurine drug toxicity and therapeutic efficacy. Ou...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Honchel R,Aksoy IA,Szumlanski C,Wood TC,Otterness DM,Wieben ED,Weinshilboum RM

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ligand-binding sites of many G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are situated around and deeply embedded within the central pocket formed by their seven transmembrane-spanning α-helical domains. Generally, these binding sites are assumed accessible to endogenous ligands from the aqueous phase. Recent advances in t...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Szlenk CT,Gc JB,Natesan S

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：:Serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] receptors are distinguished pharmacologically by their characteristic affinities for agonists and antagonists. Two serotonin receptors, the 5-HT2 and 5-HT1c, share a number of pharmacologic and structural properties while differing in their affinities for certain agonists and ant...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Choudhary MS,Craigo S,Roth BL

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been believed that the cortical actin cytoskeleton plays an important role in regulating the secretion of hormones and neurotransmitters. In this study, we investigated the control of actin dynamics in primary neuroendocrine cells and determined the relationship of actin dynamics to various components of t...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Bittner MA,Holz RW

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dissociation constants (Kd values) of substance P (SP), physalaemin, kassinin, and SP analogues acting on SP receptors in guinea pig ileal longitudinal muscle strips were determined by the pharmacological procedures of Furchgott [Adv. Drug Res. 3:21-55 (1966)]. This method involves analysis of the concentration-re...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lin CW,Musacchio JM

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma differentiation associated gene-7 (mda-7)/interleukin-24 (IL-24), a member of the IL-10 cytokine gene family, preferentially induces cell death in neoplastic epithelial cells types while sparing their normal counterparts. The effects of mda-7/IL-24 in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells have not been extensive...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Rahmani M,Mayo M,Dash R,Sokhi UK,Dmitriev IP,Sarkar D,Dent P,Curiel DT,Fisher PB,Grant S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors provide an extremely abnormal microenvironment that stimulates neovascularization from surrounding vessels and causes altered gene expression within vascular cells. Up-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors has allowed selective destruction of tumor vessels by administration of a chim...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Akiyama H,Mohamedali KA,E Silva RL,Kachi S,Shen J,Hatara C,Umeda N,Hackett SF,Aslam S,Krause M,Lai H,Rosenblum MG,Campochiaro PA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacological study of rat thalamic gamma-aminobutyric acidA (GABAA) receptors revealed the presence of two distinct populations, namely, diazepam-sensitive and diazepam-insensitive [3H]Ro15-4513 binding sites accounting for 94 +/- 2% (1339 +/- 253 fmol/mg protein) and 6 +/- 2% (90 +/- 44 fmol/mg protein) of total s...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Sur C,Farrar SJ,Kerby J,Whiting PJ,Atack JR,McKernan RM

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitination of the human kappa opioid receptor (hKOR) expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells was observed in the presence of the proteasomal inhibitor N-benzoyloxycarbonyl (Z)-Leu-Leu-leucinal (MG132) and enhanced by the agonists (-)(trans)-3,4-dichloro-N-methyl-N-[2-(1-pyrrolidiny) cyclohexyl] benzeneaceta...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Li JG,Haines DS,Liu-Chen LY

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:The carbocyclic analogue of 5-nitro-2'-deoxyuridine (NO2dUrd), in which the sugar moiety is replaced by a cyclopentane ring and which was designated C-NO2dUrd, has been evaluated for its cytostatic, antimetabolic, and antitumor properties. The following findings are noted. C-NO2dUrd is about 500- to 2000-fold less inh...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Balzarini J,De Clercq E,Herdewijn P,Robins MJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tritiated dextromethorphan ([3H]DM) binds to two distinct sites in guinea pig brain, a high-affinity site (Kd = 13-20 nM) and a low-affinity site (Kd greater than 200 nM). Binding of [3H] DM to the high-affinity site is rapid, reversible, saturable, proportional to tissue concentration, and pH-dependent. The sites hav...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Craviso GL,Musacchio JM

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the efficiencies with which human alpha 1-adrenergic receptor (AR) subtypes activate inositol phosphate (InsP) formation and increase intracellular Ca2+ in transfected cell lines. Expression of human alpha 1a-, alpha 1b-, and alpha 1d-AR cDNAs under the repressible control of anhydrotetracycline in human e...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Theroux TL,Esbenshade TA,Peavy RD,Minneman KP

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EM-652 (SCH 57068) is a new orally active antiestrogen that demonstrates pure antagonistic effects in the mammary gland and endometrium. In vivo studies have shown that EM-652 is primarily glucuronidated at the 7-hydroxy position in rats and that the metabolite is present in the plasma of female monkeys and human subj...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Barbier O,Albert C,Martineau I,Vallée M,High K,Labrie F,Hum DW,Labrie C,Bélanger A

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NAD(P):quinone acceptor oxidoreductase (quinone reductase) (DT-diaphorase, EC 1.6.99.2) is involved in the process of reductive activation of cytotoxic antitumor quinones and nitrobenzenes. In this study, we initially examined the relative abilities of mouse, rat, and human quinone reductases to reduce two prodrugs, C...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Chen S,Knox R,Lewis AD,Friedlos F,Workman P,Deng PS,Fung M,Ebenstein D,Wu K,Tsai TM

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00