Rimonabant (SR141716) induces metabolism and acquisition of fertilizing ability in human sperm.

abstract：:1. It has recently been shown that both alpha(1)- and alpha(2)-adrenoceptors mediate vasoconstriction in the canine external carotid circulation. The present study set out to identify the specific subtypes (alpha(1A), alpha(1B) and alpha(1D) as well as alpha(2A), alpha(2B) and alpha(2C)) mediating the above response. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Willems EW,Valdivia LF,Saxena PR,Villalón CM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Opioid agonists inhibit neurogenic mucus secretion in the airways. The mechanism of the inhibition is unknown but may be via opening of potassium (K+) channels. We studied the effect on neurogenic secretion in ferret trachea in vitro of the OP1 receptor (formerly known as delta opioid receptor) agonist [D-Pen2,5]en...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ramnarine SI,Liu YC,Rogers DF

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Melanocortins reverse circulatory shock and improve survival by counteracting the systemic inflammatory response, and through the activation of the vagus nerve-mediated cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. To gain insight into the potential therapeutic value of melanocortins against multiple or...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bitto A,Polito F,Altavilla D,Irrera N,Giuliani D,Ottani A,Minutoli L,Spaccapelo L,Galantucci M,Lodi R,Guzzo G,Guarini S,Squadrito F

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Elevated plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) is a risk factor for thrombosis, and inhibitors of the interaction between PAI-1 and tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) have antithrombotic and prothrombolytic activity in animals. We describe the antithrombotic effects in the rat of a monoclonal antibody (MA33H1)...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Berry CN,Lunven C,Lechaire I,Girardot C,O'Connor SE

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Prolongation of action potentials by cooling or pharmacological treatment can restore conduction in demyelinated axons. We have assessed the ability of pyrethroids (in vitro) to modify action potential kinetics and to reverse conduction block in lesioned peripheral nerve. 2. Fast Na+ currents were isolated in mamma...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lees G

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Neuropeptide Y (NPY), peptide YY (PYY) and pancreatic polypeptide (PP) differentially activate three Y receptors (Y(1), Y(2) and Y(4)) in mouse and human isolated colon. 2 The aim of this study was to characterise Y(2) receptor-mediated responses in colon mucosa and longitudinal smooth muscle preparations from wild ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hyland NP,Sjöberg F,Tough IR,Herzog H,Cox HM

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Previous studies have shown that the histamine H(1) receptor activates p42/p44 mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in DDT(1)MF-2 smooth muscle cells via a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI-3K)-dependent pathway. In this study the effect of histamine H(1) receptor stimulation on protein kinase B (PKB) and p70 S...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dickenson JM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Nitric oxide (NO)-mediated neurotransmission is impaired in anococcygeus muscle from 8-week streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. This study investigated the effects of insulin treatment, and the duration of diabetes on this impairment. In addition, the effect of in vitro exposure to elevated glucose has been inves...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Way KJ,Reid JJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have investigated the effect of the potassium channel opener, NIP-121, on contraction elicited by melittin (a phospholipase A2 activator) in epithelium-intact and epithelium-denuded trachea isolated from guinea-pigs. The effects of NIP-121 were compared with those of isoprenaline, aminophylline and hydrocortison...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Shikada K,Tanaka S

更新日期：1993-08-01 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. We investigated the potent 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-mediated vasorelaxation of the sheep pulmonary vein. Here we present evidence that this response is due to activation of 5-HT4 receptors. 2. 5-HT (1-1000 nM) caused concentration-dependent, maintained relaxations (pEC50 = 8.4 +/- 0.1) of isolated rings of sheep ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cocks TM,Arnold PJ

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Losigamone is a novel anticonvulsant the mechanism of action of which is not known. This study investigated the effect of losigamone on spontaneous, NMDA- and AMPA-induced depolarizations in the cortical wedge preparation of the DBA/2 mouse (which are susceptible to sound-induced seizures) and on endogenous amino a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Srinivasan J,Richens A,Davies JA

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The goal of this study was to determine if an increase in cytoplasmic calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i), in the absence of additional second messengers derived from membrane phospholipid turnover, is a sufficient signal to induce chloride secretion across monolayers of the human colonic epithelial line, T84. 2. Thaps...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kachintorn U,Vajanaphanich M,Traynor-Kaplan AE,Dharmsathaphorn K,Barrett KE

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Inflammation associated with the tumour microenvironment (TME) plays a critical role in the cancer development, and immunotherapeutic strategies that aim to modulate the immune response in cancer have been crucial. In this study, a Methotrexate-loaded (MTX) poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)-based (P...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cavalcante RS,Ishikawa U,Silva ES,Silva Júnior AA,Araújo AA,Cruz LJ,Chan AB,Araújo Júnior RF

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3), a constitutively acting multi-functional serine threonine kinase is involved in diverse physiological pathways ranging from metabolism, cell cycle, gene expression, development and oncogenesis to neuroprotection. These diverse multiple functions attributed to GSK3 can be explained by...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rayasam GV,Tulasi VK,Sodhi R,Davis JA,Ray A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In the present work, we have studied the expression of Fos during acute and chronic administration of the kappa-opioid receptor agonist U-50488H and after U-5088H withdrawal in the rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN). Fos production was also studied in brainstem regions that innervate the PVN: the A(2) c...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Laorden ML,Castells MT,Milanés MV

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Exposure of isolated skeletal muscle to troglitazone has resulted in inconsistent findings ranging from inhibition to stimulation of fuel oxidation and the glycogenic pathway. To better understand such variation in outcome, the present study used isolated rat soleus muscle strips to examine the interdependent influ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gras F,Brunmair B,Roden M,Waldhäusl W,Fürnsinn C

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:8-Nitroguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-nitro-cGMP), formed nitric oxide (NO)-dependently, is a physiological second messenger, yet little is known about its role in the pathophysiology of vascular diseases. To study the pharmacological activity of 8-nitro-cGMP in diabetic mice, we compare...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tokutomi Y,Kataoka K,Yamamoto E,Nakamura T,Fukuda M,Nako H,Toyama K,Dong YF,Ahmed KA,Sawa T,Akaike T,Kim-Mitsuyama S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study was undertaken to investigate the anti-inflammatory effects of a synthetic compound, LCY-2-CHO, on the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), COX-2, and TNF-alpha in murine RAW264.7 macrophages. 2. Within 1-30 microm, LCY-2-CHO concentration-dependently inhibited lipopolysaccharide ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ho FM,Lai CC,Huang LJ,Kuo TC,Chao CM,Lin WW

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Non-alcoholic hepatic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a manifestation of the metabolic syndrome in the liver and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) represents its advanced stage. R17 derived from bouchardatine, shows benefits in the metabolic syndrome, but has not been tested in the liver. The p...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rao Y,Lu YT,Li C,Song QQ,Xu YH,Xu Z,Hu YT,Yu H,Gao L,Gu LQ,Ye JM,Huang ZS

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The distribution and some pharmacological properties of centrally located dextromethorphan high-affinity binding sites were investigated by in vitro autoradiography. 2. Sodium chloride (50 mM) induced a 7 to 12 fold increase in dextromethorphan binding to rat brain in all areas tested. The effect of sodium was conc...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Meoni P,Tortella FC,Bowery NG

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Use of the antihyperglycaemic agent, metformin, is often associated with a small rise in circulating lactate. This study investigates the source of the lactate and examines the effect of metformin on glucose metabolism by the intestine and liver of rats. 2. Changes in plasma glucose and lactate were measured in the...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bailey CJ,Wilcock C,Day C

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Endocannabinoids play an important role in modulating spinal nociceptive signalling, crucial for the development of pain. The cannabinoid CB1 receptor and the TRPV1 cation channel are both activated by the endocannabinoid anandamide, a product of biosynthesis from the endogenous lipid precursor N...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nerandzic V,Mrozkova P,Adamek P,Spicarova D,Nagy I,Palecek J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that the vagus nerve plays a role in mediating cholecystokinin-8 (CCK-8) effect on such gastric functions as motility, emptying and gastric acid secretion. To examine the contribution of the efferent pathways in realizing these effects, efferent mass activity in the ventral gastric vagal nerve in ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bucinskaite V,Kurosawa M,Lundeberg T

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptides, neurotensin, substance P, somatostatin, and bombesin, several analogues and fragments of neurotensin and compound 48/80, all caused the secretion of both endogenous 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and histamine. There was no differential effect of any of the secretagogues tested on the secretion of 5-HT and h...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Carraway RE,Cochrane DE,Granier C,Kitabgi P,Leeman E,Singer EA

更新日期：1984-02-01 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

authors： Grecksch G,Zhou D,Franke C,Schröder U,Sabel B,Becker A,Huether G

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Sensory neurons play important roles in many disorders, including inflammatory diseases, such as sepsis. Sepsis is a potentially lethal systemic inflammatory reaction to a local bacterial infection, affecting thousands of patients annually. Although associated with a high mortality rate, sepsis outcome depen...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bodkin JV,Fernandes ES

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Two-electrode voltage clamp was used to study the effects of adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) and guanosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP) on voltage-dependent ion channels in salivary gland cells of the leech, Haementeria ghilianii. 2. Intracellular cyclic AMP specifically blocked delayed...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Everill B,Berry MS

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown earlier that activation of metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors using a group I-specific mGlu receptor agonist, (RS)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (DHPG), can induce long-term depression (LTD) in the CA1 region of the hippocampus. In an attempt to determine the signal transduction mechanisms involved in ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Schnabel R,Kilpatrick IC,Collingridge GL

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Betulinic acid (BA) is a naturally occurring triterpenoid widely distributed throughout the plant kingdom. We previously reported that BA inhibits lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced interleukin-6 production through modulation of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Viji V,Helen A,Luxmi VR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00