Reversible and selective antagonism by suramin of ATP-activated inward current in PC12 phaeochromocytoma cells.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to determine whether the apelin/APJ system is altered in human cardiovascular disease by investigating whether the expression of apelin or its receptor is altered at the protein level. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Radioligand binding studies were used to determine apelin recep...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pitkin SL,Maguire JJ,Kuc RE,Davenport AP

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Saponins isolated from Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F.H. Chen have been shown to relieve thrombogenesis and facilitate haemostasis. However, it is not known which saponin accounts for this haemostatic effect. Hence, in the present study we aimed to identify which saponins contribute to its haemostat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gao B,Huang L,Liu H,Wu H,Zhang E,Yang L,Wu X,Wang Z

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. (+)-Tubocurarine, hexamethonium, atropine, ouabain, and removal of potassium from the bathing medium were examined for their effects on indirectly evoked twitches (IT) of mouse phrenic nerve-diaphragm muscles in the presence or absence of neostigmine. 2. Neostigmine increased the amplitude of IT. The twitch potenti...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nishimura M,Ohtani H,Yagasaki O

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Treatment of rat mesangial cells with interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta) or tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) has been shown to induce a macrophage-type of nitric oxide (NO) synthase. Here we report that adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) is another mediator that triggers induction of NO synthase ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mühl H,Kunz D,Pfeilschifter J

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. ZENECA ZD7288 (4-(N-ethyl-N-phenylamino)-1,2-dimethyl-6-(methylamino) pyrimidinium chloride, formerly ICI D7288) is a novel sino-atrial node function modulator which selectively slows sinus node rate. Its effects on haemodynamic function have been studied in pentobarbitone anaesthetized dogs, in comparison with zat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rouse W,Johnson IR

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Null equations have been derived which, when applied to log10 concentration-tissue state curves for an agonist determined in the presence and absence of a competitive antagonist which also exhibits functional interaction, allow quantitation of the characteristics of the competitive and functional interactant effects. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hughes IE,Mackay D

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prejunctional effects of clonidine and phenylephrine were studied in guinea-pig isolated atria by means of field stimulation of the sympathetic nerve terminals during the cardiac refractory period, in the presence of 1 microM atropine. Clonidine (10-100 nM) produced a dose-dependent decrease in the stimulus-inotro...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ledda F,Mantelli L

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Magnesium sulphate was studied for its effects on diarrhoea, fluid secretion, gastrointestinal transit and nitric oxide (NO) synthase activity in rats. 2. At a dose of 2 g kg-1 orally magnesium sulphate produced diarrhoea that was delayed in onset and intensity in a dose-related manner by the NO synthase inhibitor ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Izzo AA,Gaginella TS,Mascolo N,Capasso F

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study investigated the central effects of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) fluoxetine and the role of 5-hydroxytryptamine(3) (5-HT(3)) receptors in the core of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) on cocaine-induced behavioural changes in rats. 2. The 5-HT(3) receptor antagonist ondansetron (1 o...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Herges S,Taylor DA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:5alpha,8alpha-Epidioxy-22E-ergosta-6, 22-dien-3beta-ol (ergosterol peroxide) is a major antitumour sterol produced by edible or medicinal mushrooms. However, its molecular mechanism of action has yet to be determined. Here, we examine the anticancer and anti-inflammatory effects of ergosterol per...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kobori M,Yoshida M,Ohnishi-Kameyama M,Shinmoto H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Deletion of the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) gene causes impairment of kidney development, but the effect of selective inhibitors of COX-2 (coxibs) or the non-selective inhibitors of COX (the classical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; NSAIDs) on kidney development was less well described. EXPE...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Olliges A,Wimmer S,Nüsing RM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of isoprenaline (Isop) on the contractile properties of the smooth muscle cells of cat trachea were investigated using intact and chemically skinned muscle preparations and an isometric tension recording method. In the intact muscle preparations, Isop 3 X 10(-10) or 3 X 10(-9) M significantly suppressed the am...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ito Y,Itoh T

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Injury to the lung parenchyma is a constitutional feature shared by many lung diseases. The protein, phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome Ten (PTEN) is a major suppressor of phosphoinositide-3 kinase/Akt signalling, a vital survival pathway in lung parenchymal cells. Based on th...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lai JP,Bao S,Davis IC,Knoell DL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Ezetimibe potently inhibits the transport of cholesterol across the intestinal wall, thereby reducing plasma cholesterol in preclinical animal models of hypercholesterolemia. The effect of ezetimibe on known absorptive processes was determined in the present studies. 2. Experiments were conducted in the hamster and...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： van Heek M,Farley C,Compton DS,Hoos L,Davis HR

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To characterize the muscarinic receptors on human pulmonary veins associated with the acetylcholine (ACh)-induced relaxation, isolated venous and arterial preparations were pre-contracted with noradrenaline (10 microM) and were subsequently challenged with ACh in the absence or presence of selective muscarinic anta...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Walch L,Gascard JP,Dulmet E,Brink C,Norel X

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The type of endothelin (ET) receptor located on the myenteric neurones of guinea-pig ileum was determined by receptor autoradiography and function of the receptor was examined by release experiments of acetylcholine (ACh) from the longitudinal muscle myenteric plexus (LM-MP) preparations. 2. Specific [125I]-ET-1 bi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yoshimura M,Yamashita Y,Kan S,Niwa M,Taniyama K

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have evaluated the selectivity of ketoprofen and two novel nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, N-[2-(cyclohexyloxy)-4-nitrophenyl]methanesulphonamide (NS-398) and 5-methanesulphonamido-6-(2,4-difluorothiophenyl)-1-indano ne (L-745,337), in inhibiting the cyclo-oxygenase activity of prostaglandin endoperoxide s...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Panara MR,Greco A,Santini G,Sciulli MG,Rotondo MT,Padovano R,di Giamberardino M,Cipollone F,Cuccurullo F,Patrono C

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intrathecal (i.t.) injection of orexin A (OX-A) increases blood pressure and heart rate (HR), but the effects of OX-A on sympathetic and phrenic, nerve activity, and the baroreflex(es), somato-sympathetic and hypoxic chemoreflex(es) are unknown. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Urethane-anaesthetized, vagotomized and ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Shahid IZ,Rahman AA,Pilowsky PM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Prostanoids induce a wide range of biological actions which are mediated by specific membrane-bound receptors. We have recently shown that the E-type prostaglandins, PGE1 and PGE2, effectively inhibit eosinophil aggregation induced by platelet-activating factor (PAF). In an attempt to determine which prostanoid rec...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Teixeira MM,al-Rashed S,Rossi AG,Hellewell PG

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Effects of oestradiol on the electrical and mechanical properties of the rabbit basilar artery were investigated by use of microelectrode, patch-clamp and isometric tension recording methods. 2. Oestradiol (10 nM-100 microM) relaxed arterial tissue pre-contracted by excess [K]o solution (30 mM) in a concentration-d...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ogata R,Inoue Y,Nakano H,Ito Y,Kitamura K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of intradermally injected endotoxin on skin blood flow was investigated in anaesthetized male Wistar rats in vivo. 2. Local skin blood flow changes were measured hourly for 6 h in the shaved dorsal skin with a laser-Doppler flow probe and compared to changes in control sites which had been injected with ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Warren JB,Coughlan ML,Williams TJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Arachidonic acid caused larger contractions to indomethacin-tested guinea-pig trachea than in control tracheae. 2. No change in contractions was obtained in tracheae treated with 5,8, 11, 14, eicosatetraynoic acid (ETYA 10 micro M). 3. ETYA (100 micro M) blocked the effect of indomethacin on arachidonic acid-induce...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mitchell HW

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The role of alpha2-adrenoceptor (AR) subtypes in the modulation of acute nociception, motor behaviour and body temperature, has been investigated by determining the activity of the alpha2AR selective agonist dexmedetomidine (Dex) in mice devoid of individual alpha2AR subtypes through either a point (alpha2A) or nul...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hunter JC,Fontana DJ,Hedley LR,Jasper JR,Lewis R,Link RE,Secchi R,Sutton J,Eglen RM

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of prejunctional beta-adrenoceptor activation on electrically evoked noradrenaline (NA) and adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) were studied by use of continuous amperometry and conventional intracellular recording techniques. Excitatory junction potentials (e.j.ps) were used as a measure of ATP release, an...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Brock JA,Bridgewater M,Cunnane TC

更新日期：1997-03-01 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

authors： Kenny BA,Naylor AM,Greengrass PM,Russell MJ,Friend SJ,Read AM,Wyllie MG

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ouabain was administered at a loading dose of 3 mug/kg followed by an infusion at a rate of 1 mug/kg-1 min-1 in order to produce severe dysrhythmia in dogs within 60 minutes. Similarly, digitoxin at a loading dose of 9 mug/kg followed by an infusion at a rate of 3 mug kg-1 min-1 was administered to compare its effect ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dutta S,Marks BH,Schoener EP

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Intracellular recordings were made from neurones in vitro in the rat substantia nigra zona compacta and ventral tegmental area; the neurones had the characteristic properties of dopamine-containing cells, and fired action potentials spontaneously. 2. Cocaine (1-10 microM) inhibited spontaneous firing, hyperpolarize...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lacey MG,Mercuri NB,North RA

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:GABAA receptors mediate neuronal inhibition in the brain. They are the primary targets for benzodiazepines, which are widely used to treat neurological disorders including anxiety, epilepsy and insomnia. The mechanism by which benzodiazepines enhance GABAA receptor activity has been extensively s...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dixon CL,Harrison NL,Lynch JW,Keramidas A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have characterized the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-induced calcium signalling in endothelial cells from the human pulmonary artery. Using RT-PCR we show, that of all cloned G-protein coupled 5-HT receptors, these cells express only 5-HT1D beta, 5-HT2B and little 5-HT4 receptor mRNA. 2. In endothelial cells 5-HT i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ullmer C,Boddeke HG,Schmuck K,Lübbert H

更新日期：1996-03-01 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