Upregulation of orphan nuclear receptor Nur77 following PGF(2alpha), Bimatoprost, and Butaprost treatments. Essential role of a protein kinase C pathway involved in EP(2) receptor activated Nur77 gene transcription.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Tolerance induced by morphine and other opiates remains a major unresolved problem in the clinical management of pain. There is now good evidence for the importance of MAPKs in morphine-induced antinociceptive tolerance. A member of the MAPK kinase kinase family, TGF-β activated kinase 1 (TAK1) i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Xu H,Xu T,Ma X,Jiang W

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse spiders represent a potential cause of serious envenomation in humans. This study examined the activity of Missulena bradleyi venom in several in vitro preparations. Whilst female M. bradleyi venom at doses up to 0.05 microl ml(-1) failed to alter twitch or resting tension in all preparations used, male venom (0...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rash LD,Birinyi-Strachan LC,Nicholson GM,Hodgson WC

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS AND PURPOSE:Lactic acidosis is a fatal adverse effect of metformin, but the risk factor remains unclear. Multidrug and toxin extrusion 1 (MATE1) is expressed in the luminal membrane of the kidney and liver. MATE1 was revealed to be responsible for the tubular and biliary secretion of metformin. Therefore, s...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Toyama K,Yonezawa A,Masuda S,Osawa R,Hosokawa M,Fujimoto S,Inagaki N,Inui K,Katsura T

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effects of the prostaglandin synthetase inhibitor, indomethacin and the prostaglandin antagonist SC-19220 (1-acetyl-2-[8-chloro-10,11-dihydrodibenz (b,f) (1,4)oxazepine-10-carbonyl] hydrazine), were examined on the tone of the guinea-pig isolated tracheal preparation and on the responses of the preparation to pr...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Farmer JB,Farrar DG,Wilson J

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) vasodilator nerves regulate tone in certain vascular beds. We have investigated the mechanisms of the NANC dilator response in the isolated small mesenteric artery of the rabbit by use of the tension myograph. 2 Small second or third order (150-300 microm in diameter) arteries o...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kakuyama M,Vallance P,Ahluwalia A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Prefrontal dopamine release by the combined activation of 5-HT1A and sigma-1 (σ1 ) receptors is enhanced by the GABAA receptor antagonist picrotoxin in mice. Here, we examined whether this neurochemical event was accompanied by behavioural changes. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Male mice were treated wi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hasebe S,Ago Y,Watabe Y,Oka S,Hiramatsu N,Tanaka T,Umehara C,Hashimoto H,Takuma K,Matsuda T

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Red wine polyphenols (RWPs) inhibit the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a major pro-angiogenic and pro-atherosclerotic factor, in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). The aim of this study was to identify which red wine polyphenols were inhibitory and to determine the me...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Oak MH,Bedoui JE,Madeira SV,Chalupsky K,Schini-Kerth VB

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of the 5-HT(7) receptor antagonist radioligand [(3)H]-SB-269970 to human 5-HT(7(a)) receptors expressed in HEK293 cell membranes (h5-HT(7(a))/293) and to guinea-pig cerebral cortex membranes, was characterized and compared with [(3)H]-5-CT binding. [(3)H]-SB-269970 (1 nM) showed full association with h5-HT(7(a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Thomas DR,Atkinson PJ,Ho M,Bromidge SM,Lovell PJ,Villani AJ,Hagan JJ,Middlemiss DN,Price GW

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Along with many other mammalian ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, members of the ABCG group are involved in the regulated transport of hydrophobic compounds across cellular membranes. In humans, five ABCG family members have been identified, encoding proteins ranging from 638 to 678 amino acids in length. All f...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kerr ID,Haider AJ,Gelissen IC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap4A) a dinucleotide stored and released from rat brain synaptic terminals presents two types of affinity binding sites in synaptosomes. When [3H]-Ap4A was used for binding studies a Kd value of 0.10 +/- 0.014 nM and a Bmax value of 16.6 +/- 1.2 fmol mg-1 protein were obtained for the hi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pintor J,Díaz-Rey MA,Miras-Portugal MT

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the cardiac safety of emerging new drugs is an important aspect of assuring the expeditious advancement of the best candidates targeted at unmet medical needs while also assuring the safety of clinical trial subjects or patients. Present methodologies for assessing drug-induced torsades de pointes (TdP) a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bass AS,Darpo B,Breidenbach A,Bruse K,Feldman HS,Garnes D,Hammond T,Haverkamp W,January C,Koerner J,Lawrence C,Leishman D,Roden D,Valentin JP,Vos MA,Zhou YY,Karluss T,Sager P

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Previous patch clamp studies of oesophageal circular muscle cells showed that nitric oxide (NO) modulated the opening of Ca2(+)-activated K+ channels involved in mediating the inhibitory junction potentials (i.j.ps). This study clarified the role of Ca2+ release from the superficial sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in t...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cayabyab FS,Daniel EE

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) currents (I(Cl(Ca))) evoked by K(+)-free pipette solutions containing 500 nM Ca(2+) were recorded in rabbit pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. A voltage step protocol in which the cells were stepped to +70 mV and then to -80 mV produced outward and inward Cl(-) currents respectively that ex...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Piper AS,Greenwood IA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:During angiogenesis, quiescent endothelial cells (ECs) are activated by various stimuli to form new blood vessels from pre-existing ones in physiological and pathological conditions. Many research groups have shown that hydrogen sulfide (H2 S), the newest member of the gasotransmitter family, act...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Abdollahi Govar A,Törő G,Szaniszlo P,Pavlidou A,Bibli SI,Thanki K,Resto VA,Chao C,Hellmich MR,Szabo C,Papapetropoulos A,Módis K

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Muscarinic toxins (MTs) are snake venom peptides named for their ability to interfere with ligand binding to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs). Recent data infer that these toxins may have other G-protein-coupled receptor targets than the mAChRs. The purpose of this study was to systema...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Näreoja K,Kukkonen JP,Rondinelli S,Toivola DM,Meriluoto J,Näsman J

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of four specific inhibitors of 5-hydroxytryptamine (K-HT) uptake on morphine-, methadone- or pethidine-induced antinociception was studied in rats. Antinociception was assessed by means of hot plate (55 degrees C) reaction times. The effect of the compounds on the uptake of [3H]-5-HT into rat whole brai...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sugrue MF

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Male rats treated with guanethidine 25 mg/kg daily for eight weeks had no demonstrable ejaculatory function immediately after cessation of treatment. Four weeks later, ejaculatory function had returned in two-thirds of the males, and after eight weeks, all males were able to deposit sperm in the vagina. However, fe...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hepp R,Kreye VA

更新日期：1973-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Phenylarsine oxide (PAO) is commonly used to inhibit tyrosine phosphatase activity. However, PAO can affect a variety of different processes because of its ability to promote sulfhydryl oxidation. In the present study, we investigated the effects that PAO has on basal and beta-adrenergically stimulated L-type Ca(2+...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sims C,Harvey RD

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have investigated the in vitro interaction between chloride ions and endothelium as revealed by alterations in vascular contractility and smooth muscle cell membrane potential in isolated pulmonary arteries from Dahl salt-resistant normotensive and salt-sensitive hypertensive rats. 2. Exposure to nitro-l-arginin...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bieger D,Duggan JA,Tabrizchi R

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The inhibitory effects of sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a nitric oxide (NO) donor, on mean arterial pressure (MAP) responses to NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) (NO synthase inhibitor), angiotensin II (AII) and noradrenaline (NA) were compared with those of pinacidil (KATP channel opener) and nifedipine (L-type calcium an...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wang YX,Zhou T,Pang CC

更新日期：1993-02-01 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:Montelukast and S-carbocysteine have been used in asthmatic patients as an anti-inflammatory or mucolytic agent respectively. S-carbocysteine also exhibits anti-inflammatory properties. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Ovalbumin (OVA) sensitized BALB/c mice were challenged with OVA for 3 days followed by s...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Takeda K,Shiraishi Y,Matsubara S,Miyahara N,Matsuda H,Okamoto M,Joetham A,Gelfand EW

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Adenosine is considered to be an important modulator of intestinal motility. This study was undertaken to investigate the role of adenosine in the modulation of contractility in the mouse duodenum and to characterize the adenosine receptor subtypes involved. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:RT-PCR was used...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Zizzo MG,Mastropaolo M,Lentini L,Mulè F,Serio R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. RS-15385-197 ((8aR, 12aS, 13aS)-5,8,8a,9,10,11,12,12a,13,13a-decahydro- 3-methoxy-12-(methylsulphonyl)-6H-isoquino [2,1-g][1,6]-naphthyridine) was evaluated in a series of in vitro and in vivo tests as an antagonist at alpha 2-adrenoceptors. 2. RS-15385-197 had a pKi of 9.45 for alpha 2-adrenoceptors in the rat cor...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Brown CM,MacKinnon AC,Redfern WS,Hicks PE,Kilpatrick AT,Small C,Ramcharan M,Clague RU,Clark RD,MacFarlane CB

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Atherosclerosis is associated with reduced vascular hydrogen sulfide (H2 S) biosynthesis. GYY4137 is a novel slow-releasing H2 S compound that may effectively mimic the time course of H2 S release in vivo. However, it is not known whether GYY4137 affects atherosclerosis. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:RA...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Liu Z,Han Y,Li L,Lu H,Meng G,Li X,Shirhan M,Peh MT,Xie L,Zhou S,Wang X,Chen Q,Dai W,Tan CH,Pan S,Moore PK,Ji Y

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of formoterol, a beta 2-adrenoceptor agonist, on plasma protein exudation and microvascular permeability induced by topical, i.e. applied onto the tracheal mucosal surface, bradykinin (10 nmol; 20 microM, 5 min, 0.1 ml min-1) were studied in a perfused segment of trachea prepared in situ in anaesthetize...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： O'Donnell SR,Anderson GP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effects of alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor stimulants on the histamine-forming capacity (HFC) of human isolated leucocytes have been studied, in vitro.2 It was confirmed that antigen significantly stimulates the HFC of human leucocytes.3 beta-Adrenoceptor stimulants, such as isoprenaline and salbutamol (10(-6)-10(-...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Assem ES

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neonate has an unusual capacity for survival and the possibility exists that mechanisms for controlling stress responses may differ in the developing animal. In adults both endogenous and exogenous opioids can modulate the corticosterone responses to stress. We have studied this effect in neonatal rats and found t...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bailey CC,Kitchen I

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Protocatechuic acid (PCA) is plentiful in edible fruits and vegetables and is thus one anti-oxidative component of normal human diets. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in the chemopreventive activity of PCA are poorly understood. Here, we investigated the mechanism(s) underlying the ant...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lin HH,Chen JH,Chou FP,Wang CJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Heat stress (HS) is known to protect against myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury by improving mechanical dysfunction and decreasing necrosis. However, the mechanisms responsible for this form of cardioprotection remain to be elucidated. ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels have been shown to be involved in...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Joyeux M,Godin-Ribuot D,Ribuot C

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00