Chronic benzodiazepine agonist treatment produces functional uncoupling of the gamma-aminobutyric acid-benzodiazepine receptor ionophore complex in cortical neurons.

abstract：:Glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor-related (GITR) protein is a costimulatory molecule that plays a role in inflammation so that GITR-Fc fusion protein can exert an anti-inflammatory effect. To investigate the mechanism by which GITR-Fc exerts its effects, we first used GITR knock-out (GITR(-/-)) mic...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Nocentini G,Cuzzocrea S,Genovese T,Bianchini R,Mazzon E,Ronchetti S,Esposito E,Rosanna DP,Bramanti P,Riccardi C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two newly identified, overlapping (1 bp) glucocorticoid response elements (GREs) at -759 and -773 bp in the promoter of the rat phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT; EC 2.1.1.28) gene are primarily responsible for its glucocorticoid sensitivity, rather than the originally identified -533-bp GRE. A dose-depende...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Tai TC,Claycomb R,Her S,Bloom AK,Wong DL

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleoside analog 5-azacytidine is an archetypical drug for epigenetic cancer therapy, and its clinical effectiveness has been demonstrated in the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). However, therapy resistance in patients with MDS/AML remains a challenging issue. Mem...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Hummel-Eisenbeiss J,Hascher A,Hals PA,Sandvold ML,Müller-Tidow C,Lyko F,Rius M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a distinct category of single-stranded, covalently closed RNAs formed by backsplicing. The functions of circRNAs are incompletely known and are under active investigation. Here, we report that in addition to traditional linear mRNAs (linRNA), mouse, rat, and human opioid receptor genes gen...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Irie T,Shum R,Deni I,Hunkele A,Le Rouzic V,Xu J,Wilson R,Fischer GW,Pasternak GW,Pan YX

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The members of the Cys-loop ligand-gated ion channel (LGIC) gene family play a major role in fast synaptic transmission, and these receptors represent an important class of targets for therapeutic agents. Each member of this gene family is a pentameric complex containing one or more different subunits, and a large num...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： White MM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The co-transfection assay is a novel functional assay using cells transiently transfected with plasmids encoding intracellular receptors and corresponding reporter genes. Using this assay, natural product extracts were tested to identify compounds that modulate intracellular receptor activity, measured as changes in r...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Pathirana C,Stein RB,Berger TS,Fenical W,Ianiro T,Mais DE,Torres A,Goldman ME

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SC-54628 [1-(2-methylphenyl)-4-butyl-1,3-dihydro-3-[[6-[2-(1H- tetrazol-5-yl)phenyl]-3-pyridinyl]methyl]-2H-imidazol-2-one] and its 1-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-2H-imidazol-2-one derivative SC-54629 were potent inhibitors of 125I-angiotensin II (125I-AII) binding to rat adrenal cortex angiotensin type 1 (AT1) receptors. SC-...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Olins GM,Chen ST,McMahon EG,Palomo MA,Reitz DB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, several classes of compounds have been shown to be potent, selective, and specific inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication in vitro. These include the tetrahydroimidazo[4,5,1-jk][1,4]-benzodiazepin-2(1H)-one and -thione (TIBO) and the 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-(phenylthio)thymine (H...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Debyser Z,Pauwels R,Baba M,Desmyter J,De Clercq E

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metyrapone administration to 21- and 90-day-old male rats causes a transcriptional induction of the hepatic glucocorticoid-inducible CYP3A1 gene within an hour as determined by nuclear run-on experiments. Analyses performed 24 hr after metyrapone administration in both ages of rat demonstrate that the transcriptional ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Wright MC,Wang XJ,Pimenta M,Ribeiro V,Paine AJ,Lechner MC

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nefiracetam (DM-9384) is a new pyrrolidone nootropic drug being developed for the treatment of Alzheimer's type and poststroke vascular-type dementia. Because the cholinergic system plays an important role in cognitive functions and Alzheimer's disease dementia, the present study was conducted to elucidate the mechani...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Zhao X,Kuryatov A,Lindstrom JM,Yeh JZ,Narahashi T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfation, catalyzed by members of the sulfotransferase (SULT) superfamily, exerts considerable influence over the biological activity of numerous endogenous and xenobiotic chemicals. In humans, catecholamines such as dopamine are extensively sulfated, and a SULT isoform (SULT1A3 or the monoamine-sulfating form of phe...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Dajani R,Hood AM,Coughtrie MW

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：: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：:Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) is a NAD-consuming enzyme with an emerging key role in epigenetic regulation of gene transcription. Although PARP-1 expression is characteristically restricted to the nucleus, a few studies report the mitochondrial localization of the enzyme and its ability to regulate organelle ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lapucci A,Pittelli M,Rapizzi E,Felici R,Moroni F,Chiarugi A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ethanol on a number of electrophysiological parameters were examined in 10 different voltage-gated potassium channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes. None of the channels examined was highly sensitive to ethanol, but there was significant variability among the channels tested at concentrations of ethanol ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Anantharam V,Bayley H,Wilson A,Treistman SN

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：:In PC12 cells stably expressing alpha(1A)-adrenergic receptors (ARs), norepinephrine (NE) activates several mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways and causes differentiation (). Using retroviral luciferase reporters, we found that NE also activated both signal transducers and activators of transcription (Stat) and ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Zhong H,Murphy TJ,Minneman KP

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The G-protein-coupled receptor GPR109A (HM74A/PUMA-G) has recently been shown to function as a receptor for nicotinic acid (niacin) and to mediate its antilipolytic effects. Nicotinic acid is able to strongly raise plasma levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, a property that distinguishes nicotinic acid from...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Tunaru S,Lättig J,Kero J,Krause G,Offermanns S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We searched for sites on the alpha-subunit of the fast Na(+) channel responsible for the difference in GTX (grayanotoxin) sensitivity of the skeletal- and cardiac-muscle Na(+) current. cDNA clones, encoding the skeletal or cardiac isoforms of the alpha-subunit, were inserted into a mammalian expression vector and tran...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Kimura T,Yamaoka K,Kinoshita E,Maejima H,Yuki T,Yakehiro M,Seyama I

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bufuralol 1'-hydroxylation is a prototypical reaction catalyzed by cytochrome P450 (P450) 2D6, an enzyme known to show debrisoquine/sparteine-type genetic polymorphism in humans. In the present study we further examined the roles of several human P450 enzymes, as well as P450 2D6, in the hydroxylation of (+/-)-bufural...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Yamazaki H,Guo Z,Persmark M,Mimura M,Inoue K,Guengerich FP,Shimada T

更新日期：1994-09-01 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：:N-formyl peptide receptor (FPR1) and N-formyl peptide receptor-like 1 (FPRL1, now known as FPR2) are G protein-coupled receptors involved in host defense and sensing cellular dysfunction. Because of the potential for FPR1/FPR2 as a therapeutic target, our recent high-throughput screening efforts have focused on the id...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Kirpotina LN,Khlebnikov AI,Schepetkin IA,Ye RD,Rabiet MJ,Jutila MA,Quinn MT

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:We studied the mechanism by which the peptide omega-grammotoxin-SIA inhibits voltage-dependent calcium channels. Grammotoxin at concentrations of > 50 nM completely inhibited inward current carried by 2 mM barium through P-type channels in rat cerebellar Purkinje neurons when current was elicited by depolarizations up...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： McDonough SI,Lampe RA,Keith RA,Bean BP

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：:Valproic acid (VPA) is a widely used antiepileptic agent that is undergoing clinical evaluation for anticancer therapy. We assessed the effects of VPA on angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. In human umbilical vein endothelial cells, therapeutically relevant concentrations of VPA (0.25 to 1 mM) inhibited proliferation, ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Michaelis M,Michaelis UR,Fleming I,Suhan T,Cinatl J,Blaheta RA,Hoffmann K,Kotchetkov R,Busse R,Nau H,Cinatl J Jr

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-adrenergic receptors were characterized in a particulate fraction of human auricles obtained from patients operated upon for coronary insufficiency or valvular disease. [125I] Hydroxybenzylpindolol binding was evaluated in terms of kinetics; KD and Bmax values; and inhibition of binding in the presence of 10 micr...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Robberecht P,Delhaye M,Taton G,De Neef P,Waelbroeck M,De Smet JM,Leclerc JL,Chatelain P,Christophe J

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Folate receptor-targeted cancer therapies constitute a promising treatment for the approximately one third of human cancers that overexpress the folate receptor (FR). However, the potencies of all folate-receptor targeted therapies depend on 1) the rate of folate-linked drug conjugate binding to the cancer cell surfac...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Paulos CM,Reddy JA,Leamon CP,Turk MJ,Low PS

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the influence of the molecular structure of four novel adamantane derivatives on their ability to block the channels of nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. The structure of the drugs is Ad-CH2-N+H2-(CH2)5-R, where Ad is adamantane and R was varied from ammonium (IEM-175...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Antonov SM,Johnson JW,Lukomskaya NY,Potapyeva NN,Gmiro VE,Magazanik LG

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 21 in vol. 81, PMID: 21984254.]. ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

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