Anaphylactic bronchoconstriction in BP2 mice: interactions between serotonin and acetylcholine.

abstract：:Despite the importance of members of the GPCR superfamily as targets of a broad range of effective medicines many GPCRs remain poorly characterised. GPR84 is an example. Expression of GPR84 is strongly up regulated in immune cells in a range of pro-inflammatory settings and clinical trials to treat idiopathic pulmonar...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Marsango S,Barki N,Jenkins L,Tobin AB,Milligan G

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Normal pregnancy is associated with decreased vascular resistance and increased release of vasodilators. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) causes vasoconstriction via endothelin receptor type A (ET(A)R), but could activate ET(B)R in the endothelium and release vasodilator substances. However, the roles of ET(B...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mazzuca MQ,Dang Y,Khalil RA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The aim of the current study was to investigate the role of arachidonic acid (AA) metabolism via cyclooxygenase (COX) in the endothelial dysfunction of penile arteries from pre-diabetic, obese Zucker rats (OZR). EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Penile arteries from OZR and from lean Zucker rats (LZR) were ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sánchez A,Contreras C,Villalba N,Martínez P,Martínez AC,Bríones A,Salaíces M,García-Sacristán A,Hernández M,Prieto D

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis of negative feedback regulation of noradrenaline release was studied in guinea-pig left atrial halves mounted in vitro. Tissues were transmurally stimulated with 30, 100 or 300 pulses at 2 Hz with pulse durations ranging from 50 mus to 2,000 mus, and the efflux of 3H-transmitter determined. The efflux o...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kalsner S

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. It has been reported previously that the milrinone analogues, ethyl 5-cyano-1,6-dihydro-2-methyl-6-oxo-3 pyridine carboxylate (I) and ethyl 5-cyano-1,6-dihydro-2-ethyl-6-oxo-3 pyridine carboxylate (II) exert a positive inotropic effect (EC50 = 15.6 +/- 0.2 microM and 40.3 +/- 0.1 microM) both on spontaneously beati...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dorigo P,Gaion RM,Belluco P,Mosti L,Borea PA,Maragno I

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The rates at which tubocurarine associates with, and dissociates from, the nicotinic receptor, while exerting its classical competitive effect, are still in doubt. We have investigated this problem by observing the effect of low concentrations of tubocurarine on the re-equilibration rate, following a step change in ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Colquhoun D,Sheridan RE

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a complex disease characterized by elevated pulmonary arterial pressure, pulmonary vascular remodelling and occlusive pulmonary vascular lesions, leading to right heart failure. Evidence from recent epidemiological studies suggests the influence of gender on the development of ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mair KM,Johansen AK,Wright AF,Wallace E,MacLean MR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Recombinant human ETA receptors were expressed in a mouse fibroblast cell line (Ltk- cell) and functional coupling of the receptors with Ca2+ permeable channels at low concentrations of endothelin-1 (ET-1) was investigated using whole-cell recordings and monitoring the changes in intracellular free Ca2+ concentrati...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Enoki T,Miwa S,Sakamoto A,Minowa T,Komuro T,Kobayashi S,Ninomiya H,Masaki T

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1--Responses (relaxation) to the beta-adrenoceptor agonists, isoprenaline, fenoterol or noradrenaline, were obtained on cat tracheal preparations contracted with a submaximal concentration of carbachol (0.5 microM). 2--The relative potencies of isoprenaline: fenoterol: noradrenaline were 100:8.1:10.7. From this, it wa...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： O'Donnell SR,Wanstall JC

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Heat-sensitive transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) channels are expressed in various epithelial tissues regulating, among else, barrier functions. Their expression is well established in the distal nephron; however, we have no data about their presence in podocytes. As podocytes are ind...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ambrus L,Kelemen B,Szabó T,Bíró T,Tóth BI

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:There is growing interest in the physiological functions of flavonoids, especially in their effects on cognitive function and on neurodegenerative diseases. The aim of the current investigation was to evaluate the role of the flavonoid baicalein in long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampal ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wang W,Wang F,Yang YJ,Hu ZL,Long LH,Fu H,Xie N,Chen JG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of dopamine receptor and alpha-adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists on the stimulation-evoked overflow of radioactivity from strips of dog saphenous vein previously loaded with [3H]-noradrenaline have been examined alone and in combination. In the presence of neuronal and extraneuronal catecholamine uptak...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Baker DJ,Drew GM,Hilditch A

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of synthetic tachykinin selective receptor agonists was studied on the growth of cultured human skin fibroblasts (HF). 2. Human fibroblasts were grown in serum-free conditions in the presence of natural tachykinins (substance P and neurokinin A) and of three synthetic agonists, [beta-Ala4, Sar9, Met(O2)1...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ziche M,Morbidelli L,Pacini M,Dolara P,Maggi CA

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligands targeting GPCRs can be categorized according to their intrinsic efficacy to trigger a specific, receptor-mediated response. A ligand endowed with the same level of efficacy as the endogenous agonist can be classified as a full agonist, whereas a compound that displays greater efficacy, that is, higher receptor...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Schrage R,De Min A,Hochheiser K,Kostenis E,Mohr K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The human kinome consists of roughly 500 kinases, including 150 that have been proposed as therapeutic targets. Protein kinases regulate an array of signalling pathways that control metabolism, cell cycle progression, cell death, differentiation and survival. It is not surprising, then, that new ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Jensen BC,Parry TL,Huang W,Beak JY,Ilaiwy A,Bain JR,Newgard CB,Muehlbauer MJ,Patterson C,Johnson GL,Willis MS

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The electromechanical window (EMW), the interval between the end of the T-wave and the end of the left ventricular pressure (LVP) curve, has recently been proposed as a predictor of risk of Torsade de Pointes (TdP) in healthy animals, whereby a negative EMW (mechanical relaxation earlier than rep...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Stams TR,Bourgonje VJ,Beekman HD,Schoenmakers M,van der Nagel R,Oosterhoff P,van Opstal JM,Vos MA

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Disruptions of executive function, including attentional deficits, are a hallmark of a number of diseases. ACh in the prefrontal cortex regulates attentive behaviour; however, the role of α7 nicotinic ACh receptor (α7nAChR) in attention is contentious. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:In order to probe att...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kolisnyk B,Al-Onaizi MA,Prado VF,Prado MA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of this study was to determine the response of porcine small pulmonary arteries to intralumenal flow and to identify the cellular mechanisms and potential mediators involved in the response. 2. Porcine small pulmonary arteries were isolated from a branch of the main intrapulmonary artery of the lower lung l...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Liu Q,Wiener CM,Flavahan NA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Acute moderate hypoxia modifies the catalytic activity and expression of certain isoenzymes of hepatic cytochrome P450 (P450). The aim of this study was to document whether hypoxia affects hepatic P450 directly or through the release of serum mediators. 2. Rabbits were subjected to a FiO(2) of 8% for 48 h, sacrific...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Fradette C,Bleau AM,Pichette V,Chauret N,Du Souich P

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of several metabotropic ligands and di- or tripeptides were tested on the binding of [3H]-L(+)-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid ([3H]-L-AP4) on rat mGlu4 receptor. For selected compounds, the functional activity was determined on this receptor using the guanosine-5'[gamma-35S]-thiotriphosphate [gamma-35S]...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Monastyrskaia K,Lundstrom K,Plahl D,Acuna G,Schweitzer C,Malherbe P,Mutel V

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In order to define the electrophysiological mechanism(s) responsible for bradykinin (BK)-induced positive inotropic and chronotropic responses in isolated guinea-pig atria, effects of BK on the membrane currents were examined in isolated atrial cells using patch clamp techniques. 2. BK (0.1-1000 nM) increased the L...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sakamoto N,Uemura H,Hara Y,Saito T,Masuda Y,Nakaya H

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The use of pharmacological inhibitors of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis to treat patients with septic shock is limited by the observation that they cause a fall in cardiac output in some subjects. The aim of this work was to investigate this fall and to test whether it was reversible by subsequent administration of ni...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Herity NA,Allen JD,Silke B,Adgey AA

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Inhibitory effects of water-soluble glucocorticoids administered intravenously were examined on skin and airway reactions caused by antigen challenge or chemical mediators in guinea-pigs. 2. Methylprednisolone suleptanate (U-67590A) which is an analogue of methylprednisolone, produced immediate inhibition of 3-h an...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hashimoto M,Shinozaki Y,Katori M

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. SB 206553 (5-methyl-1-(3-pyridylcarbamoyl)-1,2,3,5-tetrahydropyrrolo[2 ,3-f]indole) displays a high affinity (pK1 7.9) for the cloned human 5-HT2C receptor expressed in HEK 293 cells and the 5-HT2B receptor (pA2 8.9) as measured in the rat stomach fundus preparation. SB 206553 has low affinity for cloned human 5-HT...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kennett GA,Wood MD,Bright F,Cilia J,Piper DC,Gager T,Thomas D,Baxter GS,Forbes IT,Ham P,Blackburn TP

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The role of alpha2-adrenoceptor (AR) subtypes in the modulation of acute nociception, motor behaviour and body temperature, has been investigated by determining the activity of the alpha2AR selective agonist dexmedetomidine (Dex) in mice devoid of individual alpha2AR subtypes through either a point (alpha2A) or nul...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hunter JC,Fontana DJ,Hedley LR,Jasper JR,Lewis R,Link RE,Secchi R,Sutton J,Eglen RM

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of this study was to assess the role of endothelial cells in the modulation of vasocontractile responses to endothelin-1 (ET-1) of human placental vasculature. 2. Isolated stem villi small arteries (diameter = 170-250 microns) were obtained from healthy parturients who underwent caesarean surgery during the...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sabry S,Mondon F,Levy M,Ferré F,Dinh-Xuan AT

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The vasodilator effects of arginine, nitric oxide (NO), acetylcholine (ACh) and sodium nitroprusside (NP) in the noradrenaline-preconstricted ('high tone') perfused rat kidney have been examined. 2. L-Arginine (0.6-23 mumol) caused a biphasic change in renal perfusion pressure. D-Arginine (0.6-23 mumol) was without...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bhardwaj R,Moore PK

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of a single injection of the monoamine oxidase inhibitor, tranylcypromine, administered intravenously (20 mg/kg) or into the lateral cerebral ventricle (5-10 mg), on hypothalamic and rectal temperature, has been investigated.2. Intravenous tranylcypromine causes a significant rise in body temperature, wh...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cranston WI,Rosendorff C

更新日期：1970-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The pharmacokinetic interaction between phenylbutazone and sulphadoxine has been studied in live sheep.2. Intravenous injection of phenylbutazone causes a rapid fall in the concentration of total sulphadoxine together with a simultaneous rise in the concentration of free sulphadoxine in plasma. Both processes are c...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： McQueen EG,Wardell WM

更新日期：1971-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Fluoxetine (Prozac) is widely used as an antidepressant drug and is assumed to be a selective 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). Claims that its beneficial psychotropic effects extend beyond those in treatment of depression have drawn clinical and popular attention to this compound, raising the q...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tytgat J,Maertens C,Daenens P

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00