Differential modulation of drug-induced structural and functional plasticity of dendritic spines.

abstract：:TNP-ATP has become widely recognized as a potent and selective P2X receptor antagonist, and is currently being used to discriminate between subtypes of P2X receptors in a variety of tissues. We have investigated the ability of TNP-ATP to inhibit alpha,beta-methylene ATP (alpha,beta-meATP)-evoked responses in 1321N1 hu...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Burgard EC,Niforatos W,van Biesen T,Lynch KJ,Kage KL,Touma E,Kowaluk EA,Jarvis MF

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different mechanisms leading to increased current have been described for the small-molecule human ether-à-go-go-related gene (herg) activator NS1643 [1,3-bis-(2-hydroxy-5-trifluoromethylphenyl)-urea]. On herg1a channels expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, it mainly acts via attenuation of inactivation and for ra...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Schuster AM,Glassmeier G,Bauer CK

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential display reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was used to identify mRNAs that are differentially expressed in the brain of rats treated chronically with the reference tricyclic antidepressant, imipramine, in comparison with control rats. The gene encoding for a mutation suppressor for Sec4-8 yea...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Andriamampandry C,Muller C,Schmidt-Mutter C,Gobaille S,Spedding M,Aunis D,Maitre M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptors for the serine protease thrombin and for lysophospholipids are coupled to G proteins and control a wide range of cellular functions, including mitogenesis. Activators of these receptors are present in blood, and can enter the brain during central nervous system (CNS) injury. Reactive astrogliosis, a prominen...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Sorensen SD,Nicole O,Peavy RD,Montoya LM,Lee CJ,Murphy TJ,Traynelis SF,Hepler JR

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iodonium inhibition of the flavoenzymes neutrophil NADPH oxidase and cytochrome P450 reductase has been suggested to require reductive metabolism of the inhibitor to a phenyl radical. Inhibition would ultimately result from covalent attachment of phenyl radicals to either the flavin cofactor or adjacent amino acid sid...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： O'Donnell VB,Smith GC,Jones OT

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor δ (PPARδ) has been implicated in vascular pathophysiology. However, its functions in atherogenic changes of the vascular wall have not been fully elucidated. PPARδ activated by GW501516 (2-[2-methyl-4-[[4-methyl-2-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1,3-thiazol-5-yl]methylsulfanyl]ph...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Hwang JS,Ham SA,Yoo T,Lee WJ,Paek KS,Lee CH,Seo HG

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many Gi-coupled receptors are known to interact with the pertussis toxin (PTX)-insensitive Gz protein. Given that the alpha subunits of Gi and Gz share only 60% identity in their amino acid sequences, their receptor-interacting domains must be highly similar. By swapping the carboxyl termini of alpha i2 and alpha z wi...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Tsu RC,Ho MK,Yung LY,Joshi S,Wong YH

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Amidation is essential for the function of many peptides in intercellular communication. This C-terminal modification is mediated in a two-step process by the hydroxylase and lyase activities of the bifunctional enzyme, peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM). The first step, catalyzed by peptidylgly...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Driscoll WJ,Mueller SA,Eipper BA,Mueller GP

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the non-tumor-promoting protein kinase C (PKC) activator bryostatin 1 and the PKC inhibitors staurosporine and UCN-01 were examined with respect to modulation of 1-[beta-D-arabinofuranosyl]cytosine (ara-C)-induced apoptosis in human myeloid leukemia cells (HL-60) overexpressing the antiapoptotic protein...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Wang S,Vrana JA,Bartimole TM,Freemerman AJ,Jarvis WD,Kramer LB,Krystal G,Dent P,Grant S

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1) is known as a thermosensor and integrator of inflammation-induced hyperalgesia. TRPV1 is expressed in a subpopulation of primary afferent neurons that express several different neurotransmitters. The role of the TRPV1 channel in the developme...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Rogoz K,Andersen HH,Kullander K,Lagerström MC

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitously expressed nitric oxide (NO) receptor soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) plays a key role in signal transduction. Binding of NO to the N-terminal prosthetic heme moiety of sGC results in approximately 200-fold activation of the enzyme and an increased conversion of GTP into the second messenger cGMP. sGC ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Rothkegel C,Schmidt PM,Atkins DJ,Hoffmann LS,Schmidt HH,Schröder H,Stasch JP

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:mRNA levels for the protooncogene c-fos, measured by Northern blot analysis, were greatly increased in brains of mice undergoing ethanol withdrawal seizures. This increase was transient (levels were increased at the time of the seizure and returned to normal by 24 hr or less after seizure) and was larger in hippocampu...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Dave JR,Tabakoff B,Hoffman PL

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the structural basis for binding subtype selective agonists in the beta-adrenergic receptor (beta AR), we examined the interaction of the mutant beta 2AR and chimeric beta 1/beta 2AR with a selective beta 2AR agonist, TA-2005 (8-hydroxy-5-[(1R)-1-hydroxy-2-[N-[(1R)-2-(p-methoxyphenyl)-1-methyle thy l] am...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Kikkawa H,Isogaya M,Nagao T,Kurose H

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:The ability of four antidepressant drugs, imipramine, alaproclate, norzimelidine, and fluvoxamine, to inhibit serotonin transport into platelet plasma membrane vesicles was tested over a range of external Na+ concentrations. Imipramine affinity, as we previously reported [J. Biol. Chem. 258:6115-6119 (1983)] increases...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Humphreys CJ,Levin J,Rudnick G

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human monoamine oxidase (MAO) B plays a major role in the degradation of biogenic and dietary amines such as phenylethylamine, benzylamine, dopamine, and tyramine. We previously showed that the -246/-99 MAO B promoter region exhibited the highest activity and contained two clusters of overlapping Sp1 sites, a CACC...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Wong WK,Chen K,Shih JC

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzamide riboside (BR) and tiazofurin (TR) are converted to analogs of NAD that inhibit IMP dehydrogenase (IMPDH), resulting in cellular depletion of GTP and dGTP and inhibition of proliferation. The current work was undertaken to identify the human nucleoside transporters involved in cellular uptake of BR and TR and...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Damaraju VL,Visser F,Zhang J,Mowles D,Ng AM,Young JD,Jayaram HN,Cass CE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise mechanism by which the broad-spectrum anti-RNA virus agent ribavirin elicits its in vitro antiviral effect has remained a matter of debate. We have demonstrated that inhibition of cellular inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) activity, and thus depletion of intracellular GTP pools, is the predominan...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Leyssen P,De Clercq E,Neyts J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The L-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1) is an Na(+)-independent neutral amino acid transporter subserving the amino acid transport system L. Because of its broad substrate selectivity, system L has been proposed to be responsible for the permeation of amino acid-related drugs through the plasma membrane. To underst...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Uchino H,Kanai Y,Kim DK,Wempe MF,Chairoungdua A,Morimoto E,Anders MW,Endou H

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P2X receptors are trimeric membrane proteins. When they bind extracellular ATP, a conformational change occurs that opens a transmembrane ion channel. The ATP-binding pocket is formed in a cleft between two subunits, and a critical amino acid residue for ATP contact is Lys⁶⁹ (P2X2 numbering). In the present work, we s...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Stelmashenko O,Lalo U,Yang Y,Bragg L,North RA,Compan V

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healing of gastrointestinal mucosal lesions occurs through two processes: an early one involving cell migration and a later one in which cell division replaces lost cells. Both processes require the presence of polyamines, but the mechanism of action of these compounds is unknown. In the present study, we examined the...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： McCormack SA,Zimmerman BJ,Israel M,Blanner P,Johnson LR

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：:Cytosolic sulfotransferase 1C3 (SULT1C3) is the least characterized of the three human SULT1C subfamily members. Originally identified as an orphan SULT by computational analysis of the human genome, we recently reported that SULT1C3 is expressed in human intestine and LS180 colorectal adenocarcinoma cells and is upre...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Dubaisi S,Fang H,Kocarek TA,Runge-Morris M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four piperazinoquinolone antibacterial drugs (norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, enoxacin, and pipemidic acid), known to be gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) antagonists, fully reversed the inhibitory effect of GABA on [35S]t-butylbicyclophosphorothionate ([35S] TBPS) binding to rat brain membranes in vitro. Twelve indomethacin...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Squires RF,Saederup E

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C enzymes metabolize ∼30% of clinically prescribed drugs and various environmental chemicals. CYP2C8, an important member of this subfamily, metabolizes the anticancer drug paclitaxel, certain antidiabetic drugs, and endogenous substrates, including arachidonic acid, to physiologically act...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Makia NL,Goldstein JA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:K-252b, a member of the staurosporine family of protein kinase inhibitors, selectively potentiates the activation of the nerve growth factor receptor, TrkA, by a nonpreferred ligand, neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), in a variety of cell types. At higher (micromolar) concentrations of K-252b, an inhibitory effect occurs because ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Pollack S,Young L,Bilsland J,Wilkie N,Ellis S,Hefti F,Broughton H,Harper S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfation is an important pathway in the biotransformation of many drugs, xenobiotic compounds, neurotransmitters, and hormones. The sulfate donor for these reactions is 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS). We set out to determine whether PAPS might serve as a photoaffinity ligand for sulfotransferase enzymes...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Otterness DM,Powers SP,Miller LJ,Weinshilboum RM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the role of putative trafficking sequences in two GABA(A) receptor subunits: α4 and δ. These subunits assemble with a β subunit to form a subtype of GABA(A) receptor involved in generating the "tonic" outward current. Both α4 and δ subunits contain dibasic retention motifs in homologous positions. When bas...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Bracamontes JR,Li P,Akk G,Steinbach JH

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The highly specialized metabotropic glutamate receptor type 6 (mGluR6) is postsynaptically localized and expressed only in the dendrites of ON bipolar cells. Upon activation of mGluR6 by glutamate released from photoreceptors, a nonselective cation channel is inhibited, causing these cells to hyperpolarize. Mutations ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Beqollari D,Betzenhauser MJ,Kammermeier PJ

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00