Theoretical study of the flexibility and solution conformation of the cyclic opioid peptides [D-Pen2,D-Pen5]enkephalin and [D-Pen2,L-Pen5]enkephalin.

abstract：:The vitamin D receptor (VDR) mediates vitamin D signaling in numerous physiological and pharmacological processes, including bone and calcium metabolism, cellular growth and differentiation, immunity, and cardiovascular function. Although transcriptional regulation by VDR has been investigated intensively, an understa...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Choi M,Yamada S,Makishima M

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated various nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitors for their affinity and selectivity toward the three human isoenzymes in radioligand binding experiments. Therefore, we developed the new radioligand [(3)H]2-amino-4-picoline to measure binding of these compounds to the three human NO synthase (NOS) iso...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Boer R,Ulrich WR,Klein T,Mirau B,Haas S,Baur I

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several structurally related series of folate analogs were studied as substrates for mouse liver folylpolyglutamate synthetase (FPGS). A comparison of the kinetics of the interaction of this enzyme with folate analogs that contained the quinazoline ring in place of the pteridine ring with those of the analogous pterid...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Moran RG,Colman PD,Jones TR

更新日期：1989-11-01 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：:The cDNA for the rat alpha 1c-adrenergic receptor (AR) has been cloned using a probe derived from the bovine alpha 1c-AR sequence. Clone rB7a has a 2.6-kilobase insert with a 1390-base pair open reading frame and encodes a receptor of 466 amino acids. The cloned receptor has 91% amino acid identity with the bovine alp...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Laz TM,Forray C,Smith KE,Bard JA,Vaysse PJ,Branchek TA,Weinshank RL

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]-d-cis-Diltiazem binds to canine cardiac sarcolemma in a specific, saturable, and reversible manner with a KD = 58.0 +/- 9.5 nM and a receptor site density (maximum binding) of 2.19 +/- 0.24 pmol/mg of protein. Bepridil and verapamil, Ca2+ channel inhibitors, can completely inhibit this binding at nM concentration...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Balwierczak JL,Johnson CL,Schwartz A

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cannabinoid field is currently an active research area. Anandamide (AEA) and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) are the most characterized endogenous cannabinoids (also known as endocannabinoids). These neuromodulators have been implicated in various physiologically relevant phenomena, including mood (Witkin et al., 20...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Yates ML,Barker EL

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Batrachotoxin (BTX), from South American frogs of the genus Phyllobates, irreversibly activates voltage-gated sodium channels. Previous work demonstrated that a phenylalanine residue approximately halfway through pore-lining transmembrane segment IVS6 is a critical determinant of channel sensitivity to BTX. In this st...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Li HL,Hadid D,Ragsdale DS

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABAA receptors are modulated by a variety of compounds, including the neurosteroids and barbiturates. Although the effects of barbiturates on alphabetagamma isoforms, thought to dominate phasic (synaptic) GABAergic inhibition, have been extensively studied, the effects of pentobarbital on kinetic properties of alphab...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Feng HJ,Bianchi MT,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently isolated monoclonal antibody was found to be a potent and powerful inhibitor of the catalytic activity of rabbit brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE; acetylcholine acetylhydrolase, EC 3.1.1.7), with an IC50 of about 1 nM and a maximal inhibition of at least 90%. The antibody increased the optimal concentration...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Brimijoin S,Mintz KP,Prendergast FG

更新日期：1985-12-01 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：: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：:Adaptive changes in gene expression are thought to contribute to dependence, addiction and other behavioral responses to chronic ethanol abuse. DNA array studies provide a nonbiased detection of networks of gene expression changes, allowing insight into functional consequences and mechanisms of such molecular response...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Thibault C,Lai C,Wilke N,Duong B,Olive MF,Rahman S,Dong H,Hodge CW,Lockhart DJ,Miles MF

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitination plays a crucial role in regulating protein turnover. Here we show that ubiquitination regulates the stability of the MDR1 gene product, P-glycoprotein, thereby affecting the functions of this membrane transporter that mediates multidrug resistance. We found that P-glycoprotein was constitutively ubiquit...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Zhang Z,Wu JY,Hait WN,Yang JM

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：:Neurotrophins are a family of secreted proteins that play an important role in the development, differentiation, and survival of neurons. Studies also suggest that aberrant neurotrophin signaling may play a role in processes underlying disease states such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, and depression. Whereas ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lewis MA,Hunihan L,Franco D,Robertson B,Palmer J,Laurent DR,Balasubramanian BN,Li Y,Westphal RS

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) binds with high affinity to the heme of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC), resulting in accumulation of the second messenger cGMP in many biological systems. 1H-[1,2,4]Oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) was recently described as potent and selective inhibitor of sGC, providing an invaluable tool wi...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Schrammel A,Behrends S,Schmidt K,Koesling D,Mayer B

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propofol, etomidate, and barbiturate anesthetics are allosteric coagonists at pentameric α1β3γ2 GABAA receptors, modulating channel activation via four biochemically established intersubunit transmembrane pockets. Etomidate selectively occupies the two β+/α- pockets, the barbiturate photolabel R-5-allyl-1-methyl-5-(m-...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Szabo A,Nourmahnad A,Halpin E,Forman SA

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are synthesized in response to diverse stimuli, including cytokines, growth factors, hormones, and oxidative stress. Here we show that the nitric oxide (NO) donor 2-(N,N-diethylamino)-diazenolate-2-oxide (DEA-NO) and NO from murine macrophages transcriptionally regulate MMP-13 expressi...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Zaragoza C,Soria E,López E,Browning D,Balbín M,López-Otín C,Lamas S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitors of the serotonin transporter (SERT) are widely used antidepressant agents, but the structural mechanism for inhibitory activity and selectivity over the closely related norepinephrine transporter (NET) is not well understood. Here we use a combination of chemical, biological, and computational methods to de...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Andersen J,Stuhr-Hansen N,Zachariassen LG,Koldsø H,Schiøtt B,Strømgaard K,Kristensen AS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to create and characterize constitutively active mutant (CAM) histamine H(1) receptors (H(1)R) using random mutagenesis methods to further investigate the activation process of the rhodopsin-like family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). This approach identified position 6.40 in TM 6 as ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Bakker RA,Jongejan A,Sansuk K,Hacksell U,Timmerman H,Brann MR,Weiner DM,Pardo L,Leurs R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) can inhibit the proliferation of human immortal nontumorigenic (184-B5) mammary epithelial cells ectopically expressing the human GRP receptor. Growth of Balb 3T3 cells ectopically expressing relatively high levels of the GRP receptor was also inhibited by GRP; howev...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Feldman RI,Fried S,Mann E,Wu JM,Liang M

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total CYP3A5 mRNA level is significantly greater in carriers of the CYP3A5*1 allele than in CYP3A5*3 homozygotes. Most of the CYP3A5*3 mRNA includes an intronic sequence (exon 3B) containing premature termination codons (PTCs) between exons 3 and 4. Two models were used to investigate the degradation of CYP3A5 mRN...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Busi F,Cresteil T

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ligand recognition site of A2a-adenosine receptors in rabbit striatal membranes was probed using non-site-directed labeling reagents and specific affinity labels. Exposure of membranes to diethylpyrocarbonate at a concentration of 2.5 mM, followed by washing, was found to inhibit the binding of [3H]CGS 21680 and [...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Jacobson KA,Stiles GL,Ji XD

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-penetrating peptides are amphipathic or cationic oligopeptides able to transport covalently attached cargoes across cell membranes. Peptide aptamers are polypeptide fragments of endogenous proteins that mimic and thus perturb interactions with other cellular proteins. Combining aptamer and CPP technology can gene...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Eiden LE

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the thiopurine drugs 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) and 6-thioguanine (6-TG) are well established agents for the treatment of leukemia, controversies remain regarding their main mode of action. Previous evidence has suggested that although 6-TG exerts a cytotoxic effect through incorporation of 6-thioguanine nucleot...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Coulthard SA,Hogarth LA,Little M,Matheson EC,Redfern CP,Minto L,Hall AG

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) are members of the phospholipid growth factor family. A major limitation in the field to date has been a lack of receptor subtype-specific agonists and antagonists. Here, we report that dioctylglycerol pyrophosphate and dioctylphosphatidic acid are selectiv...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Fischer DJ,Nusser N,Virag T,Yokoyama K,Wang Da,Baker DL,Bautista D,Parrill AL,Tigyi G

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic cells assemble stress granules (SGs) when translation initiation is inhibited. Different cell signaling pathways regulate SG production. Particularly relevant to this process is 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), which functions as a stress sensor and is transiently activated by adverse physiologic con...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Mahboubi H,Koromilas AE,Stochaj U

更新日期：2016-10-01 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