Interactions between the effects of alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor agonists and adenine nucleotides on the membrane potential of cells in guinea-pig liver slices.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The bladder urothelium is now known to have active properties. Our aim was to investigate the contractile properties of the urinary mucosa in response to the tachykinin neurokinin A (NKA) and carbachol. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Discrete concentration-response curves for carbachol and NKA were obtai...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sadananda P,Chess-Williams R,Burcher E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenergic transmission was investigated in the dog mesenteric vein by recording electrical responses of single smooth muscle cells to perivascular nerve stimulation. Perivascular nerve stimulation generated an excitatory junction potential (e.j.p.) and a slow depolarization of the membrane. The amplitude of the e.j.p...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Suzuki H

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study investigated the central effects of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) fluoxetine and the role of 5-hydroxytryptamine(3) (5-HT(3)) receptors in the core of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) on cocaine-induced behavioural changes in rats. 2. The 5-HT(3) receptor antagonist ondansetron (1 o...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Herges S,Taylor DA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiovascular actions of cannbinoids are complex. In general they cause vasorelaxation in isolated blood vessels, while in anaesthetised animals they cause multiphasic responses which involve an early bradycardia and long-lasting hypotension. However, in conscious animals, the picture is one of bradycardia follow...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Randall MD,Kendall DA,O'Sullivan S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Experiments were carried out to characterize the receptors mediating the indirect excitatory response to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in the guinea-pig isolated trachea. 2. 5-HT caused concentration-dependent contractions of tracheal strips, and the resulting concentration-response curve was biphasic in nature. The f...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lucchelli A,Santagostino-Barbone MG,Barbieri A,Tonini M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of acute, streptozotocin-induced diabetes on the affinity (KD), density (Bmax) and selectivity of specific, high affinity binding sites for [125I]-endothelin [( 125I]-ET) in rat cardiac membrane fragments was determined. Three days after a single i.v. bolus dose of streptozotocin (60 mg kg-1), the density o...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nayler WG,Liu JJ,Panagiotopoulos S,Casley DJ

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 A method is described for repeated sampling of plasma noradrenaline (NA) in freely moving rats. Na concentration does not change during the day or after adrenalectomy. 2 Exogenous NA has a half-life of 1.5 min; drugs which block neuronal and extra-neuronal uptake lengthen this to 6.3 min. 3 Swim-stress leads to a st...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Benedict CR,Fillenz M,Stanford C

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have investigated the potency and duration of action of isoprenaline and a range of beta-adrenoceptor agonists as relaxants of inherent tone in human superfused, isolated bronchial smooth muscle, a tissue reported to contain a homogeneous population of beta 2-adrenoceptors. 2. All of the beta-adrenoceptor agonis...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nials AT,Coleman RA,Johnson M,Magnussen H,Rabe KF,Vardey CJ

更新日期：1993-11-01 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 effects of different K+ channel blockers were studied on nitric oxide (NO)-mediated non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) relaxations in the canine ileocolonic junction. 2. The non-selective blockers of K+ channels, 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) and tetraethylammonium (TEA) and the blocker of large conductance Ca(2+)-...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： De Man JG,Boeckxstaens GE,Pelckmans PP,De Winter BY,Herman AG,Van Maercke YM

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Endothelin, a novel potent vasoconstrictor peptide produced by vascular endothelial cells stimulated anion secretion by a cultured secretory epithelium derived from the rat epididymis as measured by changes in short-circuit current (SCC). 2. Stimulation of the SCC was observed when endothelin was added to the basol...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wong PY,Fu WO,Huang SJ

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common motor neuron neurodegenerative disease. Although it has been classically considered as a disease limited to the motor system, there is increasing evidence for the involvement of other neural and non-neuronal systems. In this review, we will discuss currently exist...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Riancho J,Paz-Fajardo L,López de Munaín A

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of beta-adrenoceptor blockade on the changes in plasma renin activity (PRA) following angiotensin enzyme (ACE) inhibition were investigated in pentobarbitone-chloralose anaesthetized dogs. 2. ACE-inhibition, with enalapril (2 mg kg-1), caused a significant reduction in systemic arterial blood pressure (...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cambridge D,Whiting MV,Butterfield LJ,Allan G

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. A series of GABAB receptor antagonists were tested against (+/-)-baclofen for activity on the presynaptic GABAB receptor in the rat vas deferens. 2. All the antagonists tested caused a rightward shift in the concentration-response curve to (+/-)-baclofen. 3. pA2 values calculated from full Schild analysis were as f...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hills JM,Larkin MM,Howson W

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The actions of ethylenediamine (EDA) and structurally related compounds were investigated by microiontophoresis in Wistar rats. 2 EDA inhibited, via a bicuculline-sensitive mechanism, the spontaneous firing rate of all cortical and pallidal cells tested. 3 The results with the analogues suggest that two amine groups...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Perkins MN,Stone TW

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) induces human platelet aggregation and inhibits stimulated adenylate cyclase. Adenosine 5'-O-(1-thiodiphosphate) (ADP-alpha-S) and adenosine 5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) (ADP-beta-S) act at the ADP receptor and achieve the same maximal rate of human platelet aggregation as each other. Adenos...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cusack NJ,Hourani SM

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Acetylcholine (ACh)-induced relaxation of aortic strips with endothelium and production of cyclic GMP between streptozotocin-induced diabetic and age-matched control rats were compared. 2. The concentration-response curve for ACh-induced relaxation was shifted to the right in diabetic rats. IC50 values for ACh were...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kamata K,Miyata N,Kasuya Y

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Inhalational anaesthetics modulate ligand-gated ion channels at clinical concentrations. In this paper we address submolecular mechanisms for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor modulation by isoflurane. 2. Wild-type Drosophila melanogaster homo-oligomeric GABA receptors were characterized and compared with an ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Edwards MD,Lees G

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) applied by ionophoresis, pressure ejection and superfusion to myenteric neurones of the guinea-pig ileum were investigated by intracellular recording techniques. Ionophoretic or pressure application of GABA (10 pC-30 nC) caused membrane depolarizations of AH neurones but n...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cherubini E,North RA

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We studied the lactotroph cells of the rat by both in vivo and in vitro pharmacological techniques for the presence of D1-receptors. Both approaches revealed the presence of D2-receptor, stimulated by quinpirole (resulting in an inhibition of prolactin secretion) and blocked by domperidone. 2. Administration of fen...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Schoors DF,Vauquelin GP,De Vos H,Smets G,Velkeniers B,Vanhaelst L,Dupont AG

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vanilloid receptor (VR1) is a ligand-gated ion channel, which plays an important role in nociceptive processing. Therefore, a pharmacological characterization of the recently cloned rat VR1 (rVR1) was undertaken. HEK293 cells stable expressing rVR1 (rVR1-HEK293) were loaded with Fluo-3AM and then incubated at 25 d...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Jerman JC,Brough SJ,Prinjha R,Harries MH,Davis JB,Smart D

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the potency of YM-53601 ((E)-2-[2-fluoro-2-(quinuclidin-3-ylidene) ethoxy]-9H-carbazole monohydrochloride), a new inhibitor of squalene synthase, in reducing both plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels, compared with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase in...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ugawa T,Kakuta H,Moritani H,Matsuda K,Ishihara T,Yamaguchi M,Naganuma S,Iizumi Y,Shikama H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is the second most common malignancy in men and androgen deprivation therapy is the first-line therapy. However, most cases will eventually develop castration-resistant prostate cancer after androgen deprivation therapy treatment. Enzalutamide is a second-generation androgen receptor antagonist approve...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wang Y,Chen J,Wu Z,Ding W,Gao S,Gao Y,Xu C

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We studied the effect of intracellular angiotensin II (Ang II) and related peptides on rat aortic contraction, whether this effect is pharmacologically distinguishable from that induced by extracellular stimulation, and determined the Ca2+ source involved. 2. Compounds were delivered into the cytoplasm of de-endoth...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Brailoiu E,Filipeanu CM,Tica A,Toma CP,de Zeeuw D,Nelemans SA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AM-36 is a novel neuroprotective agent incorporating both antioxidant and Na(+) channel blocking actions. In cerebral ischaemia, loss of cellular ion homeostasis due to Na(+) channel activation, together with increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, are thought to contribute to neuronal death. Since neurona...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Callaway JK,Beart PM,Jarrott B,Giardina SF

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)-1 and ERK-2 in controlling histamine-induced tone in bovine trachealis was investigated. PD 098059, an inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MKK)-1, had no effect on the histamine concentration-response relationship that described contraction. How...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Koch A,Nasuhara Y,Barnes PJ,Lindsay MA,Giembycz MA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Ginsenosides, the active ingredients extracted from Panax ginseng, have been shown to promote nitric oxide (NO) release in bovine aortic endothelial cells. Since the endothelial cells and the perivascular nerves in penile corpus cavernosum contain NO synthase and an NO-like substance has been shown to be released f...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chen X,Lee TJ

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:While remifentanil can be used either during labour or fetal surgery, more should be known about the transplacental transfer of this opioid. The aim of this study was to investigate the placental transfer and haemodynamic effects of remifentanil after i.v. administration to pregnant ewes. EXPERI...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Coonen JB,Marcus MA,Joosten EA,van Kleef M,Neef C,van Aken H,Gogarten W

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To investigate the role of long-term stimulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) on the regulation of membrane potential, non-contracting C2C12 myotubes were stimulated for 1-4 days with carbachol (10 microM) and membrane potentials were measured by the intracellular microelectrode technique after wash...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Henning RH,Nelemans SA,van den Akker J,den Hertog A

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine is one of the two key sulfur-containing amino acids with important functions in redox homeostasis, protein functionality and metabolism. Cysteine is taken up by mammals via their diet and can also be derived from methionine via the transsulfuration pathway. The cellular concentration of cysteine is kept withi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kohl JB,Mellis AT,Schwarz G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00