Cardiac alpha 1-adrenoceptor densities in different mammalian species.

abstract：:1. In the present study, we describe the expression of the neuropeptides vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) as well as their receptors in PC-3 cells, a human prostate cancer cell line. In addition, we have investigated their role in apoptosis induced by s...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gutiérrez-Cañas I,Rodríguez-Henche N,Bolaños O,Carmena MJ,Prieto JC,Juarranz MG

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence has indicated that the mitogen platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) can act acutely to regulate arterial tone. In this study we demonstrate that the BB isoform of PDGF (PDGF-BB) can cause endothelium-independent relaxation of rabbit isolated mesenteric arteries. In endothelium-denuded arteries, PDGF-B...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yamawaki H,Sato K,Hori M,Ozaki H,Karaki H

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Endotoxin shock is accompanied by an increase in peripheral vascular permeability. It has been postulated that most biological activities of LPS are derived from lipid A moiety. Here we examined the effect of lipid A analogue ONO-4007 in increasing vascular permeability and the possible mediators in mouse skin by a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ishida H,Fujii E,Irie K,Yoshioka T,Muraki T,Ogawa R

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Association between staphylococcal infection and pathogenesis of upper airways disease has been reported. This study aimed to investigate the mechanisms underlying the rat pulmonary inflammation induced by airway exposure to staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA). SEA (0.3-10 ng trachea(-1)) caused dose-dependent neutroph...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Desouza IA,Franco-Penteado CF,Camargo EA,Lima CS,Teixeira SA,Muscará MN,De Nucci G,Antunes E

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present experiments were designed to investigate the role of local angiotensin II receptors in the myointimal proliferative response of the vascular wall after endothelial removal, by use of a novel, nonpeptide, angiotensin II receptor antagonist, losartan. 2. When administered 1 week before endothelial removal...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Azuma H,Niimi Y,Hamasaki H

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Tobacco smoke represents a relevant risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). Although peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)gamma activation reduces inflammation and atherosclerosis, expression of PPARgamma in cells and its modulation by smoking are poorly investigated. We previou...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Amoruso A,Gunella G,Rondano E,Bardelli C,Fresu LG,Ferrero V,Ribichini F,Vassanelli C,Brunelleschi S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The diversity of alpha(2) and purinergic autoreceptor actions on action potential evoked calcium transients in single varicosities has been investigated using the calcium indicator Oregon Green 488 BAPTA-1. 2. During long trains of impulses (10 Hz for 30 s), the change in calcium concentration in varicosities from ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： O'Connor SC,Brain KL,Bennett MR

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Exposure to an acute stress inhibits gastric emptying and stimulates colonic transit via central neuropeptide Y (NPY) pathways; however, peripheral involvement is uncertain. The anxiogenic phenotype of NPY(-/-) mice is gender-dependent, raising the possibility that stress-induced gastrointestinal...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Forbes S,Herzog H,Cox HM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of a rat brain extract containing clonidine-displacing substance (CDS), a putative endogenous imidazoline receptor ligand, on insulin release from rat and human isolated islets of Langerhans were investigated. 2. CDS was able to potentiate the insulin secretory response of rat islets incubated at 6 mM g...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chan SL,Atlas D,James RF,Morgan NG

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Some cardiovascular conditions can be modulated by lifestyle factors such as increased exercise or a healthier diet, but many require surgical or pharmacological interventions for their management. More targeted and less invasive therapies...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rietdorf K,MacQueen H

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. During the past few years it has been shown that the sympatholytic effect resulting from localized microinjection of clonidine and other imidazolines into the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVL) results from activation of 'imidazoline' receptors (I1 receptors) rather than from an alpha 2-adrenoceptor-mediated effec...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hieble JP,Kolpak DC

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Inhibitory neurotransmission plays an important role in controlling excitability within nociceptive circuits of the spinal cord dorsal horn. Loss of inhibitory signalling is thought to contribute to the development of pathological pain. Preclinical studies suggest that increasing inhibitory glyci...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Winters BL,Rawling T,Vandenberg RJ,Christie MJ,Bhola RF,Imlach WL

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:The vasorelaxant activity of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5n-3), the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, was investigated in isolated Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rat aortae by measuring isometric tension. Eicosapentaenoic acid (1 - 100 microM) relaxed rat aortae contracted with high K(+) (80 mM) or noradrenaline (NA, 1 micro...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Engler MB,Engler MM,Browne A,Sun YP,Sievers R

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Rasagiline [N-propargyl-1R(+)-aminoindan], was examined for its monoamine oxidase (MAO) A and B inhibitor activities in rats together with its S(-)-enantiomer (TVP 1022) and the racemic compound (AGN-1135) and compared to selegiline (1-deprenyl). The tissues that were studied for MAO inhibition were the brain, live...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Youdim MB,Gross A,Finberg JP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of baclofen, the GABAB-agent, on the potassium-evoked release of endogenous 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) from slices of mouse frontal cortex has been investigated. The release of endogenous 5-HT evoked by addition of K+ (35 mM) was inhibited by (+/-)-baclofen in a dose-dependent manner with an IC50 of 0.1 mic...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gray JA,Green AR

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of neuropeptide Y (NPY) on motor responses produced by activation of capsaicin-sensitive primary afferents in the guinea-pig isolated ileum was determined by use of capsaicin itself and electrical mesenteric nerve stimulation as stimuli. 2. NPY inhibited or suppressed the cholinergic contractile response...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Takaki M,Nakayama S

更新日期：1991-06-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Humanized mice for the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor δ (PPARδ), termed PPARδ knock-in (PPARδ KI) mice, were generated for the investigation of functional differences between mouse and human PPARδ and as tools for early drug efficacy assessment. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gross B,Hennuyer N,Bouchaert E,Rommens C,Grillot D,Mezdour H,Staels B

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the action of the phenylalkylamines verapamil and N-methyl-verapamil on the Kv1.3 potassium channel using the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique. Our goal was to identify their binding as a prerequisite for using the phenylalkylamines as small, well-defined molecular probes, not only...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rauer H,Grissmer S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a new selective beta1-adrenoceptor agonist, (--)-1-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)-3-isopropyl-amino-propanol-2-hydrochloride (H 133/22), on amylase secretion from the rat parotid gland were investigated in an in vitro system. The results were compared to the secretory responses obtained with noradrenaline, adrenali...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Carlsöö B,Danielsson A,Henriksson R

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To determine the possible role of Ca(2+)-activated K+ (KCa) channels in the regulation of resting tone of arteries from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), the effects of agents which interact with these channels on tension and 86Rb efflux were compared in endothelium-denuded strips of carotid, femoral and mesen...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Asano M,Masuzawa-Ito K,Matsuda T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Ca(2+)-dependent Cl(-) secretion (CaCC) in airways and other tissues is due to activation of the Cl(-) channel TMEM16A (anoctamin 1). Earlier studies suggested that Ca(2+) -activated Cl(-) channels are regulated by membrane lipid inositol phosphates, and that 1-O-octyl-2-O-butyryl-myo-inositol 3,...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tian Y,Schreiber R,Wanitchakool P,Kongsuphol P,Sousa M,Uliyakina I,Palma M,Faria D,Traynor-Kaplan AE,Fragata JI,Amaral MD,Kunzelmann K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine sulfation is a post-translational modification of secreted and transmembrane proteins, including many GPCRs such as chemokine receptors. Most chemokine receptors contain several potentially sulfated tyrosine residues in their extracellular N-terminal regions, the initial binding site for chemokine ligands. Su...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ludeman JP,Stone MJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The NK1 tachykinin receptor agonists, septide, [Sar9,Met(O2)11]SP and [Pro9]SP produced locomotor hyperactivity (10-20 min) when injected intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) in the guinea-pig. The most potent in eliciting this hyperactivity was septide (from 0.63 to 5 micrograms), compared to [Sar9,Met(O2)11]SP, whi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Piot O,Betschart J,Grall I,Ravard S,Garret C,Blanchard JC

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nociceptive tail flick latencies (TFL) were recorded in response to noxious thermal stimuli applied to lightly anaesthetized rats. The effects of intrathecally administered dopamine receptor agonists alone and combined with dopamine receptor antagonists were examined upon the TFL. Experiments were repeated on animals ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Barasi S,Ben-Sreti MM,Clatworthy AL,Duggal KN,Gonzalez JP,Robertson J,Rooney KF,Sewell RD

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Interstitial lung disease accounts for a group of chronic and progressive disorders associated with severe pulmonary vascular remodelling, peripheral vascular rarefaction and fibrosis, thus limiting lung function. We have previously shown that Akt is necessary for myofibroblast differentiation, a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Abdalla M,Sabbineni H,Prakash R,Ergul A,Fagan SC,Somanath PR

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Temperature, oxygen consumption, electromyographic activity, plasma non-esterified fatty acids and blood sugar were estimated in conscious unrestrained young chickens under conditions of thermoneutrality (31 degrees C) and below thermoneutrality (16 degrees C). In some chickens carotid arterial pressure was also re...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Allen DJ,Garg KN,Marley E

更新日期：1970-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is an autacoid that decreases proteoglycan synthesis, increases metalloprotease production by cultured chondrocytes, and can modulate some of the actions of interleukin-1 on cartilage. The objective of the present study was to characterize the subtype of prostaglandin E2 receptor present in ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： de Brum-Fernandes AJ,Morisset S,Bkaily G,Patry C

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidized low density lipoproteins (oxLDL) are thought to play a major role in atherosclerosis. OxLDL act in part through alteration of intracellular signalling pathways in cells of the vascular wall. We recently reported that the EGF receptor (EGFR) signalling pathway is activated by lipid peroxidation products (among...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Vacaresse N,Vieira O,Robbesyn F,Jürgens G,Salvayre R,Negre-Salvayre A

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00