Angiotensin II type 1 receptor signals through Raf-1 by a protein kinase C-dependent, Ras-independent mechanism.

abstract：:The present study investigates mRNA and protein levels of A3 adenosine receptors in resting (R) and activated (A) human lymphocytes. The receptors were evaluated by the antagonist radioligand [3H]5-N-(4-methoxyphenyl-carbamoyl)amino-8-propyl-2(2furyl)-pyrazolo-[4,3e]-1,2,4-triazolo-[1,5-c]-pyrimidine ([3H]MRE 3008F20)...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Gessi S,Varani K,Merighi S,Cattabriga E,Avitabile A,Gavioli R,Fortini C,Leung E,Mac Lennan S,Borea PA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One-electron oxidation of several derivatives of pyrazolin-5-one, including the drug antipyrine, were studied by pulse radiolysis of aqueous solutions. All the compounds were found to be oxidized by Br2 rapidly (k approximately 3 X 10(8)-2 X 10(9) M-1 s-1) but considerably more slowly by weaker oxidants, such as perox...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Jovanovic SV,Neta P,Simic MG

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear receptors play important roles in the maintenance of the endocrine system, regulation of organ differentiation, and fetal development. Endocrine disruptors exert their adverse effects by disrupting the endocrine system via various mechanisms. To assess the effects of endocrine disruptors on nuclear receptors, ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Kanayama T,Kobayashi N,Mamiya S,Nakanishi T,Nishikawa J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoid X receptor α [RXRα; nuclear receptor (NR)2B1] is a crucial regulator in the expression of a broad array of hepatic genes under both normal and pathologic conditions. During inflammation, RXRα undergoes rapid post-translational modifications, including c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)-mediated phosphorylation, wh...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Schneider Aguirre R,Karpen SJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural changes in the macromolecular targets of pharmacological agents can result in alterations in the efficacy of these agents. In previous studies, we identified a variant structural form of thymidylate synthase (TS) that is associated with relative resistance to 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine, in a human colonic tum...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Barbour KW,Hoganson DK,Berger SH,Berger FG

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two forms of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide, PACAP27 and PACAP38, are two neuropeptide hormones related to the vasoactive intestinal peptide/secretin/ glucagon family of peptides. PACAP receptors that are positively coupled to adenylyl cyclase and phospholipase C have been identified in culture...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Cavallaro S,Copani A,D'Agata V,Musco S,Petralia S,Ventra C,Stivala F,Travali S,Canonico PL

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Westernization of dietary habits increases lipid intake and is responsible for increased numbers of patients with atherosclerotic diseases. Niemann-Pick C1-Like 1 (NPC1L1)-a cholesterol importer-plays a crucial role in dietary cholesterol absorption in the intestine and is closely associated with several lipid-related...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Yamamoto H,Yamanashi Y,Takada T,Mu S,Tanaka Y,Komine T,Suzuki H

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat mu-opioid receptor clone in which novel exon 5 was found in the place of exon 4 (MOR-1B) was one of the first MOR-1 variants described. We now have identified the mouse homolog of the rat MOR-1B as well as four additional variants derived from splicing from exon 3 into different sites within exon 5. The sequen...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Pan YX,Xu J,Bolan E,Moskowitz HS,Xu M,Pasternak GW

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sulfoconjugation of tyrosyl residues is a widespread post-translational modification of biologically active proteins and peptides. The rat liver Golgi enzyme tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase has previously been shown to catalyze the transfer of a sulfate moiety from 5'-phosphoadenosine-3'-phosphosulfate to the synt...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Rens-Domiano S,Hortin GL,Roth JA

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulation of the chemokine system is implicated in a number of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, as well as cancer. Modulation of chemokine receptor function is a very promising approach for therapeutic intervention. Despite interest from academic groups and pharmaceutical companies, there are currently few ap...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Bobkov V,Arimont M,Zarca A,De Groof TWM,van der Woning B,de Haard H,Smit MJ

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported the presence of dual promoters, referred to as distal (DP) and proximal, with a negative regulatory element between them in the mouse mu-opioid receptor (mor) gene. Here we have identified a positive regulatory element influencing mor DP transcription, which contains multiple consensus binding ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Im HJ,Smirnov D,Yuhi T,Raghavan S,Olsson JE,Muscat GE,Koopman P,Loh HH

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amitriptyline is a classic tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) and has been used to treat the depression and anxiety of patients with cancer, but its relevance to cancer cell apoptosis is not known. In the present study, we demonstrated that amitriptyline inhibited cyclin D2 transactivation and displayed potential antimyel...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Mao X,Hou T,Cao B,Wang W,Li Z,Chen S,Fei M,Hurren R,Gronda M,Wu D,Trudel S,Schimmer AD

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:bTREK-1 K(+) channels set the resting membrane potential of bovine adrenal zona fasciculata (AZF) cells and function pivotally in the physiology of cortisol secretion. Adrenocorticotropic hormone controls the function and expression of bTREK-1 channels through signaling mechanisms that may involve cAMP and downstream ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Enyeart JA,Liu H,Enyeart JJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusion proteins between the human 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)(1A) receptor and either wild type or certain pertussis toxin-resistant forms of G(o1)alpha and G(i1)alpha display constitutive GTPase activity that can be inhibited by the inverse agonist spiperone. Addition of recombinant regulator of G protein signaling (R...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Welsby PJ,Kellett E,Wilkinson G,Milligan G

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transcriptional protein synthesis by GH3 cloned pituitary cells, which secrete prolactin and growth hormone, is dependent on Ca2+. The effects of antagonists of prolactin secretion were examined on overall protein synthesis in GH3 cells as a function of cellular Ca2+ depletion and restoration at varying concentra...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Wolfe SE,Brostrom CO,Brostrom MA

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlled inhibition of brain acetyl- and butyrylcholinesterases (AChE and BChE, respectively) and of monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) may slow neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. It was postulated that certain carbamate esters would inhibit AChE and BChE with the concomitant release in the brain of...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Groner E,Ashani Y,Schorer-Apelbaum D,Sterling J,Herzig Y,Weinstock M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many human cancers show constitutive or amplified expression of the transcriptional regulator and oncoprotein Myc, making Myc a potential target for therapeutic intervention. Here we report the down-regulation of Myc activity by reducing the availability of Max, the essential dimerization partner of Myc. Max is expres...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Jiang H,Bower KE,Beuscher AE 4th,Zhou B,Bobkov AA,Olson AJ,Vogt PK

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:In ND8-47 cells, a neuroblastoma x dorsal root ganglion hybrid cell line, activation of delta-opioid receptors induced an increase in the intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) through dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channels. This effect was mediated by pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins. The G protei...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Tang T,Kiang JG,Côté TE,Cox BM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P2Y(1) receptor is responsible for the initiation of platelet aggregation in response to ADP and plays a key role in thrombosis. Although this receptor is expressed early in the platelet lineage, the regulation of its expression during megakaryocyte differentiation is unknown. In the mouse megakaryocytic cell line...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Hechler B,Toselli P,Ravanat C,Gachet C,Ravid K

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to elucidate the key atoms and/or stereostructures necessary for the inhibitory emergence of aldose reductase, crystal structure determinations were carried out for 11 oxazolecarbamate analogues, which have similar chemical and physicochemical properties but different inhibitory activities. The molecular conf...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Ishida T,In Y,Ohishi H,Yamamoto D,Inoue M,Tanaka C,Ueno Y,Ohmomo Y,Kanda N,Tanaka A

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Niflumic acid [2-((3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)amino)-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid, NFA] is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that also blocks or modulates the gating of a wide spectrum of ion channels. Here we investigated the mechanism of channel activation by NFA on ether-a-go-go-related gene (ERG) K(+) channel subt...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Fernandez D,Sargent J,Sachse FB,Sanguinetti MC

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical reaction of 1,4-benzoquinone with glutathione results in the formation of adducts that exhibit increasing degrees of glutathione substitution. Purification of these adducts and analysis by 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy revealed the products of the reaction to be 2-(glutathion-S-yl)hyd...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Lau SS,Hill BA,Highet RJ,Monks TJ

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified alpha 2-adrenergic receptors on human erythroleukemia (HEL) cells, a suspension-grown cell line related to human platelets. properties of receptors were assessed in intact cells by binding of the antagonist [3H]yohimbine and by inhibition of cAMP accumulation. [3H]Yohimbine labeled 5900 +/- 2100 rec...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： McKernan RM,Howard MJ,Motulsky HJ,Insel PA

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of tournefolic acid B (TAB) and two ester derivatives, TAB methyl ester (TABM) and TAB ethyl ester (TABE), on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-mediated excitotoxicity and the underlying mechanisms were investigated. Treatment with 50 microM NMDA elicited neuronal death by 48.7 +/- 5.1%, coinciding with the appe...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Wang CN,Pan HC,Lin YL,Chi CW,Shiao YJ

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible binding of warfarin to defatted serum albumin was studied by equilibrium dialysis at pH 7.4, in a 66 mM sodium phosphate buffer at 37 degrees. The binding isotherm could be described by two stoichiometric binding constants, K1 in the range 141,000 to 192,000 M-1 and K2 at 39,000 to 57,000 M-1. At least two ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Larsen FG,Larsen CG,Jakobsen P,Brodersen R

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:delta-Opioid receptor (DOR) promoter exhibited a cell-type-specific expression pattern. Protein-DNA interactions in this promoter were identified by dimethyl sulfate in vivo footprinting analysis of NG108-15 cells, expressing endogenous DOR. Complete protection of the putative Sp1 cis-element and partial protection of...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Smirnov D,Im HJ,Loh HH

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin (ET) receptors are present in pituitary cells and stimulate hormone release through the phosphoinositide/Ca2+ signaling system. In pituitary cell suspensions, ET caused [Ca2+]i elevations of much higher amplitudes than those induced by other vasoactive hormones, including angiotensin II, vasopressin, and no...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Stojilković SS,Iida T,Merelli F,Catt KJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nod2 is an intracellular pattern recognition receptor that detects a conserved moiety of bacterial peptidoglycan and subsequently activates proinflammatory signaling pathways. Mutations in Nod2 have been implicated to be linked to inflammatory granulomatous disorders, such as Crohn's disease and Blau syndrome. Many ph...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Huang S,Zhao L,Kim K,Lee DS,Hwang DH

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vesnarinone, a cardiotonic agent, blocks I(Kr) and, unlike other I(Kr) blockers, produces a frequency-dependent prolongation of action potential duration (APD). To elucidate the mechanisms, we studied the effects of vesnarinone on HERG, the cloned human I(Kr) channel, heterologously expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes...

journal_title：Molecular pharmacology

authors： Kamiya K,Mitcheson JS,Yasui K,Kodama I,Sanguinetti MC

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00