Novel data point to a broader mechanism of action of oxidized ATP: the P2X7 receptor is not the only target.

abstract：:1. The effects of the muscarinic agonist carbachol on phosphoinositide metabolism and its relationship to alteration of intracellular calcium were examined in SK-N-SH human neuroblastoma cells. Muscarinic receptors on these cells are coupled to phospholipase C and the myo [2-3H]-inositol phosphates resulting from rece...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Baird JG,Lambert DG,McBain J,Nahorski SR

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Dexmedetomidine, an alpha(2)-adrenoceptor agonist, exhibits anti-nociceptive actions at the spinal cord and enhances the effect of local anaesthetics in the peripheral nervous system. Although the latter action may be attributed in part to inhibition of nerve conduction produced by dexmedetomidin...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kosugi T,Mizuta K,Fujita T,Nakashima M,Kumamoto E

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Flexor withdrawal reflexes to noxious mechanical pinch stimuli were recorded as single motor unit activity in alpha-chloralose anaesthetized rats, by means of tungsten bipolar electrodes inserted percutaneously into hindlimb flexor muscles. The relative spinal and supraspinal contributions to mu- and kappa-opioid a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Herrero JF,Headley PM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of intrathecally (i.t.) injected substance P (SP), neurokinin A (NKA), [beta-Ala8]NKA (4-10) and [MePhe7]neurokinin B (NKB) at T13 thoracic spinal cord level were investigated on renal excretion of water, sodium and potassium in the conscious saline-loaded rat. Antagonists selective for NK1 (RP 67580), ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yuan YD,Couture R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Membranes from rat cerebral cortex, myocardium and extraorbital lacrimal gland were used as sources of M1, M2 and M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors respectively and the affinities of seven antagonists for the three subtypes were examined under different experimental conditions. 2. The affinities for the membran...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pedder EK,Eveleigh P,Poyner D,Hulme EC,Birdsall NJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 alpha-Monofluoromethyldopa (MFMD, RMI 71963), a potent and selective enzyme-activated irreversible inhibitor of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase produces a substantial and long-lasting decrease in the catecholamine content of mouse brain, heart and kidney. 2 Single doses of MFMD reduce the 5-hydroxytryptamine con...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bey P,Jung MJ,Koch-Weser J,Palfreyman MG,Sjoerdsma A,Wagner J,Zraïka M

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Unique among the phospholipids, phosphatidylserine depresses brain energy metabolism when injected intravenously into mice in the form of sonicated liposomes. The possibility that this effect results from a metabolic transformation of phosphatidylserine is examined in this paper. 2. A strong enhancement of the phos...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bigon E,Boarato E,Bruni A,Leon A,Toffano G

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Human lung fibroblasts (HLF) express high levels of the LPA1 receptor, a GPCR that responds to the endogenous lipid mediator, lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). Several molecular species or analogues of LPA exist and have been detected in biological fluids such as serum and plasma. The most widely expr...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sattikar A,Dowling MR,Rosethorne EM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The respiratory response to microinjection of tachykinins and analogues into the commissural nucleus of the solitary tract (cNTS) of urethane-anaesthetized rats was investigated in the presence and absence of selective tachykinin NK(1), NK(2) and NK(3) antagonists (RP 67580, SR 48968 and SR 142801, respectively). 2...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mazzone SB,Geraghty DP

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol (DHCA), a lignan compound isolated from Cucurbita moschata, has previously been shown to contain anti-adipogenic and antilipogenic effects on 3T3-L1 cells and mouse embryonic fibroblasts. As some of phytochemicals derived from natural plants show anti-inflammatory or an...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lee J,Choi J,Kim S

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:1. Sodium metabisulphite (MBS) can induce bronchoconstriction in patients with asthma. We investigated the effects of MBS aerosol on bronchial blood velocity (Vbr) and pulmonary resistance in intubated conscious sheep. 2. Bronchial blood velocity was measured by implanting a 20 MHz ultrasonic Doppler flow probe on the...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nichol GM,Parsons GH,Chung KF

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:1. Effects of phorbol esters on the cytosolic Ca2+ level ([Ca2+]i) and muscle tension in the intestinal smooth muscle of guinea-pig taenia caeci were examined. 2. 12-Deoxyphorbol 13-isobutyrate (DPB, 1 microM) did not change the [Ca2+]i and tension in resting muscle. 3. In high K(+)-stimulated muscle, 1 microM DPB tra...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mitsui M,Karaki H

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. By use of a number of analogues of adenine nucleotides, the structure-activity relationships of the human platelet receptor for adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) mediating increases in intracellular calcium were investigated, and compared with the known structure-activity relationships for induction by ADP of platelet...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hall DA,Hourani SM

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Magnolol, an active component isolated from the root and stem bark of Magnolia officinalis, has been reported to exhibit antitumour effects, but little is known about its molecular mechanisms of action. 2 Magnolol inhibited proliferation of human lung squamous carcinoma CH27 cells at low concentrations (10-40 microM...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yang SE,Hsieh MT,Tsai TH,Hsu SL

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) Here, we introduce a beta-casomorphin-5-derived cyclic pentapeptide, cCD-2 (Tyr-cyclo[d-Orn-Tyr(Bzl)-Pro-Gly]), which inhibits the cell growth of a variety of human cancer cell lines. (2) This opioid-derived peptide possesses only low affinity for mu-receptors, but enhances the agonist binding to mu-receptors in v...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Stirnweiss J,Hartrodt B,Greksch G,Stürzebecher U,Böhmer FD,Neubert K,Liebmann C

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The irritant fungal terpenoid isovelleral caused protective eye-wiping movements in the rat upon intraocular instillation and showed cross-tachyphylaxis with capsaicin, the pungent principle in hot pepper. 2. Isovelleral induced a dose-dependent calcium uptake by rat dorsal root ganglion neurones cultured in vitro ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Szallasi A,Jonassohn M,Acs G,Bíró T,Acs P,Blumberg PM,Sterner O

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)-benzoic acid (NPPB) were investigated on evoked and spontaneous currents in freshly-isolated cells from the rat portal vein by use of conventional whole-cell recording and perforated-patch techniques. 2. At a holding potential of -60 mV in potassium-free, caesium-conta...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kirkup AJ,Edwards G,Weston AH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Carrier mediated uptake (uptake-1) transport of norepinephrine (NE) plays a key role in the regulation of sympathetic neurotransmission. Recent investigations indicate that nitric oxide (NO) may modulate uptake-1 activity, possibly in a cyclic GMP independent manner. 2. Carrier mediated transport of [(3)H-NE] and [...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kaye DM,Gruskin S,Smith AI,Esler MD

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We studied the role of bradykinin (BK) and its active metabolite Des-Arg9-BK on noradrenaline release in association with the incidence of ventricular arrhythmias at reperfusion of the ischaemic myocardium. 2. Experiments were performed in Langendorff perfused isolated hearts of rats subjected to 30 min no flow fol...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chahine R,Adam A,Yamaguchi N,Gaspo R,Regoli D,Nadeau R

更新日期：1993-02-01 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 The activity pattern of analogues of the enkephalins was determined in four parallel assays, the inhibition of the electrically evoked contraction of the guinea-pig ileum and mouse vas deferens at 36 degrees C and the inhibition of [(3)H]-naltrexone and [(3)H]-leucine-enkephalin binding at 0 to 4 degrees C in homoge...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kosterlitz HW,Lord JA,Paterson SJ,Waterfield AA

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding characteristics of the relaxin receptor in rat atria, uterus and cortex were studied using a [33P]-labelled human gene 2 relaxin (B33) and quantitative receptor autoradiography. The binding kinetics of [33P]-human gene 2 relaxin (B33) were investigated in slide-mounted rat atrial sections. The binding achi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tan YY,Wade JD,Tregear GW,Summers RJ

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 ATP is an important vasoactive mediator, which acts via two receptor classes: P2X and P2Y. Activation of P2X receptors has traditionally been associated with the well-characterised vasoconstrictor properties of ATP. 2 In the current study, we have shown that the P2X(1 & 3) receptor ligand, alpha, beta methylene ATP,...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Harrington LS,Mitchell JA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of long-term treatment with trandolapril, an angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitor, on exercise capacity of rats with chronic heart failure (CHF) following coronary artery ligation were examined. CHF was developed by 8 weeks after the coronary artery ligation. 2. The running time of rats with CHF in...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yamaguchi F,Kawana K,Tanonaka K,Kamano I,Igarashi T,Gen E,Fujimoto Y,Maki T,Sanbe A,Nasa Y,Takeo S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have taken advantage of our recent development of highly potent and specific phosphinic inhibitors of endopeptidase 3.4.24.15 to examine the putative contribution of the enzyme in the secretion of A beta by HK293 transfected cells overexpressing the wild type and the Swedish (Sw) double mutated form of beta APP7...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chevallier N,Jiracek J,Vincent B,Baur CP,Spillantini MG,Goedert M,Dive V,Checler F

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 We have investigated the effects of platelet-activating factor (PAF), an endogenous mediator of inflammation, on ion transport and prostaglandin synthesis in the human isolated colon. 2 Application of PAF to the serosal surface of human colonic mucosa induced a marked, concentration-dependent increase in ion transpo...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Borman RA,Jewell R,Hillier K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Bradykinin (BK) instilled directly into the airway lumen caused bronchoconstriction in anaesthetized, mechanically ventilated guinea-pigs in the presence of propranolol (1 mg kg-1 i.v.). The geometric mean dose of BK required to produce 100% increase in airway opening pressure (PD100) was 22.9 nmol (95% c.i. 11.7-4...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ichinose M,Barnes PJ

更新日期：1990-09-01 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