G-protein-coupled receptor heteromers: function and ligand pharmacology.

abstract：:1. The effect of frusemide, ethacrynic acid and indanyloxyacetic acid was investigated on spontaneous calcium-activated chloride (ICl(Ca)) and potassium currents (IK(Ca)) in rabbit portal vein cells with the perforated patch technique. 2. Frusemide (0.3-1.0 x 10(-3) M) reduced the amplitude of spontaneous transient in...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Greenwood IA,Hogg RC,Large WA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The radioligand binding characteristics of the 3H-derivative of the novel 5-HT3 receptor antagonist BRL46470 were investigated and directly compared to the well characterized 5-HT3 receptor radioligand [3H]-granisetron, in tissue homogenates prepared from rat cerebral cortex/hippocampus, rat ileum, NG108-15 cells, ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Steward LJ,Ge J,Bentley KR,Barber PC,Hope AG,Lambert JJ,Peters JA,Blackburn TP,Barnes NM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effect of phenoxybenzamine on the efflux of [3H]-noradrenaline and the mechanical response to single pulse excitation of superfused guinea-pig vas deferens was determined to examine the validity of the currently accepted hypothesis of a presynaptic negative feedback system on adrenergic nerve terminals. 2 The ad...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kalsner S

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Endothelin-1 (ET-1), an endothelium-derived vasoactive peptide, participates in the regulation of endothelial function through mechanisms that are not fully elucidated. This study examined the impact of ET-1 on oxidative stress, apoptosis and cell proliferation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). HUVE...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dong F,Zhang X,Wold LE,Ren Q,Zhang Z,Ren J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The concentration-response curves for rate of mucus output, labelled-glycoprotein output and smooth muscle contraction in response to methacholine, phenylephrine and salbutamol were determined in the ferret trachea in vitro. 2. The potencies of methacholine and phenylephrine are both in order: smooth muscle contrac...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kyle H,Widdicombe JG,Wilffert B

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism(s) of the vasoconstrictor effect of cantharidin in bovine preparations. 2. Catalytic subunits of protein phosphatase type 1 (PP 1) and type 2A (PP 2A) were immunologically identified in coronary arteries, isolated smooth muscle cells and ventricular myocardium....

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Knapp J,Bokník P,Huke S,Lüss H,Müller FU,Müller T,Nacke P,Schmitz W,Vahlensieck U,Neumann J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Both in mammalian tissues and in transfected cells, only low levels of alpha1D-adrenoceptors are detected in radioligand binding studies. It has been implicated that the comparatively long N-terminal tail of the alpha1D-adrenoceptor is responsible for the inefficient surface expression of the receptor. 2. In the pr...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Petrovska R,Kapa I,Klovins J,Schiöth HB,Uhlén S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Pulmonary vascular dysfunction is a key event in acute lung injury. We recently demonstrated that PGE2 , via activation of E-prostanoid (EP)4 receptors, strongly enhances microvascular barrier function in vitro. The aim of this study was to investigate the beneficial effects of concomitant EP4 re...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Konya V,Maric J,Jandl K,Luschnig P,Aringer I,Lanz I,Platzer W,Theiler A,Bärnthaler T,Frei R,Marsche G,Marsh LM,Olschewski A,Lippe IT,Heinemann A,Schuligoi R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological regulation of the immune system encompasses comprehensive anti-inflammatory mechanisms that can be harnessed for the treatment of infectious and inflammatory disorders. Recent studies indicate that the vagal nerve, involved in control of heart rate, hormone secretion and gastrointestinal motility, is...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： de Jonge WJ,Ulloa L

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Patients with airway infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa have impaired mucociliary clearance. Pyocyanin is a phenazine pigment produced by P. aeruginosa which is present in the sputum of colonized patients, slows human ciliary beat frequency (CBF) in vitro and slows mucociliary transport in vivo in the guinea-pig. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kanthakumar K,Cundell DR,Johnson M,Wills PJ,Taylor GW,Cole PJ,Wilson R

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The endocannabinoid, anandamide, has anti-arrhythmic effects. The aim of the present study was to explore the electrophysiological effects of anandamide on rat myocardium. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Evoked action potentials (APs) were recorded using intracellular recording technique in rat cardiac pa...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Li Q,Ma HJ,Zhang H,Qi Z,Guan Y,Zhang Y

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of flecainide alone, mexiletine alone and their combination at the Na+ channel level were studied in guinea-pig papillary muscles. The maximum upstroke velocity (Vmax) was used as an indirect index of the magnitude of the fast inward Na+ current (INa). 2. In muscles driven at 0.02 Hz, neither mexiletine...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Delpón E,Valenzuela C,Tamargo J

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of the neurohypophyseal peptide receptor in the anococcygeus muscles from male mice was investigated. The rank order of potency of naturally occurring peptides was oxytocin greater than Arg-vasotocin greater than Arg-vasopressin greater than Lys-vasopressin, which is similar to that found in the uterus and ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gibson A

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. This study exploited established immunoneutralization protocols and an N-terminal annexin 1 peptide (annexin 1(Ac2 - 26)) to advance our knowledge of the role of annexin 1 as a mediator of acute glucocorticoid action in the rat neuroendocrine system in vivo. 2. Rats were treated with corticosterone (500 microg kg(-...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Philip JG,John CD,Cover PO,Morris JF,Christian HC,Flower RJ,Buckingham JC

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of capsaicin on voltage-gated Ca2+ currents (ICa), and intracellular Ca2+ concentrations [( Ca2+]i) in cultured dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurones of the rat were examined in vitro by use of combined patch clamp-microfluorometric recordings. 2. Under voltage-clamp conditions, capsaicin (0.1-10 microM) ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bleakman D,Brorson JR,Miller RJ

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The contribution of nitric oxide (NO) and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) to non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) relaxations in the pig gastric fundus was investigated. 2. Circular and longitudinal muscle strips were mounted for isotonic registration in the presence of atropine and guanethidine; tone was ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lefebvre RA,Smits GJ,Timmermans JP

更新日期：1995-10-01 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

authors： Bakich V,Brown J,Kwok YN,McIntosh C,Nishimura E

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Uridine 5'-triphosphate (UTP) is a potent vasoconstrictor of cerebral arteries and induces Ca(2+) waves in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). This study aimed to determine the mechanisms underlying UTP-induced Ca(2+) waves in VSMCs of the rat basilar artery. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Isometric fo...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Syyong HT,Yang HH,Trinh G,Cheung C,Kuo KH,van Breemen C

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Juvenile male rats treated with parachlorophenylalanine showed hair loss round the head and neck extending down the chest and abdomen.2. Treated isolated rats did not have this loss of hair, while untreated animals living in the same cage as treated rats lost their hair. The loss therefore seems to be caused by inc...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Shillito EE

更新日期：1970-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The beta-adrenoceptor agonist isoprenaline normally causes only a small and inconsistent increase in the membrane potential of cells in guinea-pig liver slices, in contrast to the large hyperpolarizations seen with alpha-agonists. However, after a selective alpha-adrenoceptor agonist has been applied, the response t...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Jenkinson DH,Koller K

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Psychological stress exacerbates symptoms of urinary bladder dysfunction; however, the underlying brain mechanisms are unclear. We have demonstrated that centrally administered bombesin, a stress-related neuropeptide, facilitates the rat micturition reflex. Brain bombesin-like peptides modulate t...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Shimizu T,Shimizu S,Wada N,Takai S,Shimizu N,Higashi Y,Kadekawa K,Majima T,Saito M,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 A series of cationic, lipophilic histamine H1-receptor antagonists, neuroleptics, antidepressants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors were tested for their effects on anti-IgE-induced histamine release from human lung fragments in vitro. 2 They had a biphasic effect: at low concentrations a dose-related inhibition of h...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Church MK,Gradidge CF

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide. Despite advances in therapy, conventional therapy is still the main treatment and has a high risk of chemotherapy resistance. Caspase-8 is involved in cell death and is a recognized marker for poor patient prognosis. EXPERIMENTA...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Terlizzi M,Di Crescenzo VG,Perillo G,Galderisi A,Pinto A,Sorrentino R

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Suramin is a clinically prescribed drug for treatment of human African trypanosomiasis, cancer and infection. It is also a well-known pharmacological antagonist of P2 purinoceptors. Despite its clinical use and use in research, the biological actions of this molecule are still incompletely unders...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chi Y,Gao K,Zhang H,Takeda M,Yao J

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The intravenous infusion of I.C.I. 50172 in doses up to 20 mg reduced, although not significantly, the increase in heart rate produced by the infusion of isoprenaline in healthy volunteers; the response to adrenaline was significantly reduced. The infusion of 1 mg propranolol abolished these responses2. After the p...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Brick I,Hutchison KJ,McDevitt DG,Roddie IC,Shanks RG

更新日期：1968-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Transient receptor potential melastatin 3 (TRPM3) proteins form non-selective but calcium-permeable membrane channels, rapidly activated by extracellular application of the steroid pregnenolone sulphate and the dihydropyridine nifedipine. Our aim was to characterize the steroid binding site by an...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Drews A,Mohr F,Rizun O,Wagner TF,Dembla S,Rudolph S,Lambert S,Konrad M,Philipp SE,Behrendt M,Marchais-Oberwinkler S,Covey DF,Oberwinkler J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homocysteine is a sulphur-containing non-proteinogenic amino acid. Hyperhomocysteinaemia (HHcy), the pathogenic elevation of plasma homocysteine as a result of an imbalance of its metabolism, is an independent risk factor for various vascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, vascular calcification and ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Fu Y,Wang X,Kong W

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of various metabotropic glutamate receptor agonists on [3H]-cyclic AMP accumulation and phosphoinositide hydrolysis were investigated in guinea-pig cerebral cortical slices prelabelled with [3H]-adenine or [3H]-inositol. 2. 1-Aminocyclopentane-1S,3R-dicarboxylate (1S,3R-ACPD), L-2-amino-4-phosphonobutan...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cartmell J,Kemp JA,Alexander SP,Shinozaki H,Kendall DA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Citrated platelet-rich plasma was prepared from New Zealand white rabbits before, during and after administration of chlorpromazine (2 mg/kg) intramuscularly once daily for 3 to 4 weeks. 2 In these plasmas, the velocity of platelet aggregation by 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) added at 1, 3 and 10 microM increased great...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Baldacci M,Baldacci M,Bergel TD,Born GV,Hickman M

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We sought to understand why (-)-cannabidiol (CBD) and (-)-cannabidiol-dimethylheptyl (CBD-DMH) exhibit distinct pharmacology, despite near identical structures. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:HEK293A cells expressing either human type 1 cannabinoid (CB1 ) receptors or CB2 receptors were treated with CBD ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tham M,Yilmaz O,Alaverdashvili M,Kelly MEM,Denovan-Wright EM,Laprairie RB

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00