Abstract：
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Heparin is known to possess a range of activities, other than effects on blood coagulation, many of which are anti-inflammatory. Effects with potential anti-inflammatory applications include the inhibition of elastase release from neutrophils, as well as the adhesion of these cells to vascular endothelium. In the present study we aimed to investigate whether fractionation of heparin may yield molecules with enhanced or specific effects on human neutrophil function. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Fractions of defined molecular size were obtained from heparin by different methods and assessed for their effects on elastase release induced by formyl Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP), from neutrophils, in some cases following the priming of these cells with tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). Effects of the fractions on neutrophil adhesion to interleukin-1beta (IL-beta)-stimulated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were also examined. KEY RESULTS:Elastase release was inhibited by very low molecular weight fractions of heparin, with an apparent minimum chain length of 10 saccharides required for full effect. In contrast, neutrophil-endothelial adhesion was unaffected by these fractionated heparins, suggesting that certain non-anticoagulant actions of heparin may be lost by such an approach. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS:These data suggest that an optimum chain length of heparin possibly exists for certain non-anticoagulant actions of heparin, which may prove to be useful in the design of novel drugs with specific anti-inflammatory actions.
journal_name
Br J Pharmacoljournal_title
British journal of pharmacologyauthors
Lever R,Lo WT,Faraidoun M,Amin V,Brown RA,Gallagher J,Page CPdoi
10.1038/sj.bjp.0707298subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-07-01 00:00:00pages
837-43issue
6eissn
0007-1188issn
1476-5381pii
0707298journal_volume
151pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:1. The effect of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and its stable analogues, alpha, beta-methylene-ATP and beta, gamma-methylene-ATP, on the efferent function of capsaicin-sensitive non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic (NANC) nerves was tested in guinea-pig isolated atria. 2. Transmural nerve stimulation of atria isolated from ...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb09011.x
更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. The pharmacological characteristics of cloned mammalian alpha 1A/D-, alpha 1B- and alpha 1C-adrenoceptor subtypes expressed in rat 1 fibroblasts were determined in comparison to the binding and functional properties of these subtypes in rat tissues. 2. Analysis of [3H]-prazosin binding to membrane homogenates from ...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994.tb14843.x
更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Cysteamine (beta-mercaptoethylamine HCl) (1.0-40.0 mM) induced a concentration-dependent increase in tonic and phasic contractions of segments of guinea-pig ileum in vitro. Myenteric plexus-longitudinal muscle (MPLM) preparations also responded with an increase in tonic contractions but phasic contractions were either...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1984.tb16475.x
更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. Alterations of 5-hydroxytryptaminergic mechanisms are thought to play a special role in the pathogenesis of depression and antidepressant treatments are assumed to restore these changes. 2. We have used one of the most reliable models of depression, the olfactory bulbectomized rat to study the long term consequence...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0701530
更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Pancreatic islet transplantation is a promising therapeutic approach for Type 1 diabetes. A major prerequisite for the survival of grafted islets is a rapid revascularization after transplantation. Erythropoietin (EPO), the primary regulator of erythropoiesis, has been shown to promote angiogenes...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/bph.14925
更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00865.x
更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Volume-regulated anion channels (VRACs) play an important role in cell-volume regulation. alpha(1)-Adrenoceptor stimulation by phenylephrine (PE) suppressed the hypotonic activation of VRAC current in mouse ventricular cells and regulatory volume decrease (RVD) was also absent in PE-treated cells...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00896.x
更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. Tyramine 10(-4)M significantly increased release of noradrenaline-7-(3)H (NA-7-(3)H) from rat vas deferens in vitro.2. Neither cocaine 10(-5)M nor imipramine 10(-7)M-10(-6)M significantly reduced tyramine-induced release of NA-7-(3)H.3. Increasing the exposure time to cocaine and imipramine from 10 to 20 min or pre...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1969.tb08305.x
更新日期：1969-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1 The isolated perfused ear of the rabbit connected to the body only by its nerve, was used to investigate the influence of prostaglandin F2alpha on the algesic effect of bradykinin and acetylcholine. 2 Bradykinin and acetylcholine, following intra-arterial injection into the isolated perfused ear elicited a dose-rela...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1977.tb08390.x
更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors are used in Parkinson's disease in which pain is an important symptom. COMT polymorphisms modulate pain and opioid analgesia in humans. In rats, COMT inhibitors have been shown to be pro-nociceptive in acute pain models, but also to attenuate allodyn...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00999.x
更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. Bepridil (BPD) is a pharmacological compound able to bind to the Ca2+ sensor protein troponin C (TnC), which triggers skeletal muscle contraction upon Ca2+-binding. BPD can thereby modulate the Ca2+-affinity of this protein. 2. The Ca2+-sensitizing action of bepridil was investigated on slow and fast isoforms of Tn...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0702820
更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. In cultured endothelial cells of the pig the endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) releasing agent thrombin (2 u ml-1) caused a significant increase in basal levels of both guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP) and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3). This increase was time dependent, with peak leve...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1991.tb12166.x
更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. The interactions between N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) were investigated in striatal slices, by utilizing intracellular recordings, both in current- and voltage-clamp mode. 2. Bath-application (50 microM) or focal application of NMDA induced a transient membrane depolariz...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0700999
更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/bph.13107
更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Eotaxin is a novel C-C chemokine with selective chemoattractant activity for eosinophils. We determined whether eotaxin could be produced by human airway smooth muscle (HASM) cells in culture and examined its regulation by interleukin-10 (IL-10) and the corticosteroid, dexamethasone. Stimulation of the cells with inte...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0702660
更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：UNLABELLED:Sarcoplasmic reticular (SR) Ca(2+) -ATPase (SERCA2a) is central to cardiac electrophysiological and mechanical function. It ensures full diastolic relaxation minimizing delayed after-potentials that would otherwise compromise membrane electrophysiological stability, and optimizes SR Ca(2+) refilling and syst...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 评论,杂志文章
doi：10.1111/bph.12288
更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1973.tb08156.x
更新日期：1973-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/bph.12435
更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1982.tb09250.x
更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1970.tb08518.x
更新日期：1970-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. This study investigated whether a single administration of a range of doses (1, 4 and 8 mg kg-1, i.p.) of paroxetine, citalopram or venlafaxine may simultaneously increase extracellular levels of 5-HT ([5-HT]ext) and noradrenaline ([NA]ext) by using in vivo microdialysis in the frontal cortex (FCx) of awake, freely...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0705538
更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1982.tb08802.x
更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the Western society and is increasing in the developing world. It is considered as one of the major contributors to the global burden of disability and chronic diseases, including autoimmune, inflammatory and degenerative diseases. Research conducted on obesity and its compl...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1111/bph.14181
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1976.tb07637.x
更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. Anaesthetized, open-chest dogs were subjected to 60 min of left circumflex coronary artery occlusion followed by 90 min of reperfusion. Endothelium-dependent and -independent relaxant responses of the isolated coronary arterial rings were then investigated. 2. The endothelium-dependent, acetylcholine-induced relaxa...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb09018.x
更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00
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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1989.tb12681.x
更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1 The vasopressor response to prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) and to ((15S)-hydroxy-11 alpha, 9 alpha-(epoxymethano)-prosta-5Z, 13E-dienoic acid) (U-46619) in the canine isolated lung lobe was significantly attenuated following the administration of verapamil. 2 The pressor response to arachidonic acid (AA) was no...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1981.tb16777.x
更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition (DSI) and excitation (DSE) are two forms of cannabinoid CB(1) receptor-mediated inhibition of synaptic transmission, whose durations are regulated by endocannabinoid (eCB) degradation. We have recently shown that in cultured hippocampal neurons mon...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01486.x
更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Myoclonus induced by catechol in the guinea-pig is not altered by manipulation of cerebral 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT). The administration of catechol does not alter brain levels of 5-HT or its metabolite 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid. This form of myoclonus therefore is not of relevance to the 5-HT-sensitive post-anoxic...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1979.tb10837.x
更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. In the present study we tested the hypothesis that insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) modulates resting chloride conductance (G(Cl)) of rat skeletal muscle by activating a phosphatase and that the chloride channel, based on the activity of phosphorylating-dephosphorylating pathways, has different sensitivity to s...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0702107
更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00
