Enhanced endothelin receptor type B-mediated vasodilation and underlying [Ca²⁺]i in mesenteric microvessels of pregnant rats.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The Munich Wistar Frömter (MWF) rat strain represents an experimental model to study cardiovascular alterations under conditions of progressive albuminuria. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between genetic predisposition to albuminuria and the development of arterial stiffnes...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gil-Ortega M,García-Prieto CF,Ruiz-Hurtado G,Steireif C,González MC,Schulz A,Kreutz R,Fernández-Alfonso MS,Arribas S,Somoza B

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 In spontaneously active Purkinje fibres of young cows the dose-response curves of the action of isoprenaline upon different electrophysiological parameters were measured.2 The increase in slope of diastolic depolarization could roughly be described by a one-for-one binding curve with a half maximum effect near 10(-8...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Grabowski W,Lüttgau HC,Schulze JJ

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms involved in veratridine-induced chromaffin cell death have been explored. We have found that exposure to veratridine (30 microM, 1 h) produces a delayed cellular death that reaches 55% of the cells 24 h after veratridine exposure. This death has the features of apoptosis as DNA fragmentation c...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Jordán J,Galindo MF,Calvo S,González-García C,Ceña V

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The beneficial effect of 5-HT6 receptor antagonism in cognition remains controversial. This study has been undertaken to reassess the cognition enhancing properties of acute vs subchronic treatment with the selective 5-HT6 receptor antagonist SB-271046 in unimpaired rats, as well as against scopo...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Marcos B,Chuang TT,Gil-Bea FJ,Ramirez MJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorisondamine (CHL) blocks behavioural responses to nicotine for several weeks or months in rats. Persistent blockade has also been demonstrated ex vivo, in assays of nicotine-evoked striatal dopamine release. Central administration of [3H]-CHL leads to long-term retention of radiolabel in nigrostriatal dopaminergic...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Reuben M,Louis M,Clarke PB

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, 5-160 microgram kg-1) injected intravenously in pentobarbitone-anaesthetized, open-chest cats caused dose-dependent increases in pulmonary arterial and intratracheal pressures. There was also a marked systemic hypotension and bradycardia. The pulmonary effects were completely prevented by ke...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ball HA,Parratt JR,Rodger IW

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The mechanisms underlying the postjunctional blockade induced by phenthonium [N-(4-phenyl) phenacyl 1-hyoscyamine] were investigated in mammalian and amphibian muscles. This muscarinic antagonist was previously shown to enhance specifically the spontaneous acetylcholine (ACh) release at concentrations that blocked ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Souccar C,Lima-Landman MT,Ballejo G,Lapa AJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Lithocholic acid (LCA), the most toxic bile acid, induces cholestatic liver injury in rodents. We previously showed that LCA activates the oxidative stress-responsive nuclear factor (erythroid-2 like), factor 2 (Nrf2) in cultured liver cells, triggering adaptive responses that reduce cell injury....

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tan KP,Wood GA,Yang M,Ito S

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We aimed to determine whether nitric oxide (NO) and/or the endothelium is involved in cholinergic neurogenic vasodilatation in the rat isolated hindquarters. 2. The abdominal aorta was cannulated for perfusion of the rat hindquarters with Krebs bicarbonate solution containing phenylephrine, to induce basal constric...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Loke KE,Sobey CG,Dusting GJ,Woodman OL

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical trimethylcyclohexanol (TMC) is closely related to menthol, the major component of a terpene preparation with known choleretic and cholelitholytic activity. Its effects on hepatic cholesterol synthesis and bile secretion were examined in the rat. In both acute and long-term dosing experiments TMC significa...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bell GD,Clegg RJ,Ellis WR,Middleton B,White DA

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The natriuretic and diuretic effects of atriopeptin III (125, 250 and 500 ng kg-1, i.v.) were studied in groups of rats anaesthetized with pentobarbitone which were either sham controls, unilaterally nephrectomized controls, adenine-fed or subtotal nephrectomy chronic renal failure models. 2. Atriopeptin III given ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Johns EJ,Rutkowski B

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Electrical stimulation of the mid-brain raphé in anaesthetized adrenalectomized rats produced a significant decrease in the forebrain content of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and an increase in the concentration of 5-hydroxyindol-3-ylacetic acid (5-HIAA).2. Stimulation of peripheral sensory nerves did not influence ei...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Padjen A,Randić M

更新日期：1970-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Bleomycin (BLM), one of the most common sclerosants, is often used to treat venous malformations (VMs). The present study was designed to investigate whether endothelial mesenchymal transition (EndoMT) contributes to the therapeutic effects of BLM. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Endothelial and mesenchym...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Zhang W,Chen G,Ren JG,Zhao YF

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Metolazone, a new diuretic, was found to be excreted by glomerular filtration and renal tubular secretion.2. The secretory mechanism was antagonized by probenecid but this did not affect the diuretic action of metolazone. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Belair EJ,Cohen AI,Yelnosky J

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The trace amine-associated receptor (Taar) family displays high species- and subtype-specific pharmacology. Several trace amines such as β-phenylethylamine (β-PEA), p-tyramine and tryptamine are agonists at TA(1) but poorly activate rat and mouse Taar4. PRINCIPAL RESULTS:Using rat TA(1) and Taar4 chimera, we id...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Stäubert C,Bohnekamp J,Schöneberg T

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of cyclo-oxygenase-1 (COX-1) and cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) in the upper urinary tract of the guinea-pig and rat was examined using simultaneous tension recordings of the proximal and distal regions of the renal pelvis and the ureter. The guinea-pig upper urinary tract contracted at a frequency (7.52+/-0.3 min...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Davidson ME,Lang RJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:A functional link between seizure-induced P-glycoprotein overexpression at the blood-brain barrier and therapeutic failure has been suggested by several studies using rodent epilepsy models and human epileptic tissue. Recently, we reported that interference with the mechanisms that up-regulate P-...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Schlichtiger J,Pekcec A,Bartmann H,Winter P,Fuest C,Soerensen J,Potschka H

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To elucidate the role of thapsigargin-induced Ca2+ entry in endothelial cells in the regulation of vascular tone, changes in Ca2+ and force of smooth muscle were simultaneously monitored in fura-2-loaded strips of porcine renal artery. 2. During phenylephrine-induced sustained contraction, thapsigargin caused an en...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ihara E,Hirano K,Nishimura J,Nawata H,Kanaide H

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In this study we examined the effects of cortistatin, a putative endogenous ligand for somatostatin (SRIF) receptors, on the membrane properties of rat locus coeruleus (LC) neurones in vitro, by use of intracellular and whole cell patch clamp recording. We have compared the actions of cortistatin with those of SRIF...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Connor M,Ingram SL,Christie MJ

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenomedullin (ADM) 2/intermedin (IMD) is a short peptide that belongs to the CGRP superfamily. Although it shares receptors with CGRP, ADM and amylin, ADM2 has significant and unique functions in the cardiovascular system. In the past decade, the cardiovascular effect of ADM2 has been carefully analysed. In this rev...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Zhang SY,Xu MJ,Wang X

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Conventional microelectrode techniques were used for intracellular recordings of the transmembrane electrical potentials, the effects of berberine were studied on canine cardiac Purkinje and ventricular muscle fibres and on rabbit atrial fibres. 2. Berberine (3-30 microM) increased in a concentration-dependent mann...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Riccioppo Neto F

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The bladder urothelium is now known to have active properties. Our aim was to investigate the contractile properties of the urinary mucosa in response to the tachykinin neurokinin A (NKA) and carbachol. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Discrete concentration-response curves for carbachol and NKA were obtai...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sadananda P,Chess-Williams R,Burcher E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Salmeterol is a potent, selective and long acting beta 2-adrenoceptor agonist. In vitro, salmeterol exerts 'reassertion' relaxation of airways smooth muscle. Reassertion relaxation refers to the capacity of salmeterol to cause repeated functional antagonism of induced contraction when airway smooth muscle is interm...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bergendal A,Lindén A,Skoogh BE,Gerspacher M,Anderson GP,Löfdahl CG

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Possible interactions between non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and endogenous opioids were examined in electrophysiological experiments in alpha-chloralose anaesthetized spinalized rats without or with carrageenan-induced acute inflammation of one hindpaw. Spinal reflex responses, monitored as single ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Herrero JF,Headley PM

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartilage destruction is a key characteristic of arthritic disease, a process now widely established to be mediated by metzincins such as MMPs. Despite showing promise in preclinical trials during the 1990s, MMP inhibitors for the blockade of extracellular matrix turnover in the treatment of cancer and arthritis faile...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wilkinson DJ,Arques MDC,Huesa C,Rowan AD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The irreversible opioid receptor antagonist beta-chlornaltrexamine (beta-CNA) has been shown previously to have agonist activity in the guinea-pig ileum preparation. However, the receptor type or types mediating this effect have not been established. 2. In this study, the agonism of beta-CNA was investigated by use...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Leff P,Dougall IG

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The glucagon-like peptides GLP-1 and GLP-2 are secreted from enteroendocrine L-cells following nutrient ingestion. Drugs that increase activity of the GLP-1 axis are highly successful therapies for type 2 diabetes, and boosting L-cell secretion is a potential strategy for future diabetes treatmen...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Parker HE,Wallis K,le Roux CW,Wong KY,Reimann F,Gribble FM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Vanadium compounds can mimic actions of insulin through alternative signalling pathways. The effects of three organic vanadium compounds were studied in non-ketotic, streptozotocin-diabetic rats: vanadyl acetylacetonate (VAc), vanadyl 3-ethylacetylacetonate (VEt), and bis(maltolato)oxovanadium (VM). A simple inorga...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Reul BA,Amin SS,Buchet JP,Ongemba LN,Crans DC,Brichard SM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Class A1 scavenger receptors (SR-A1) are membrane glycoproteins that can form homotrimers. This receptor was originally defined by its ability to mediate the accumulation of lipids in macrophages. Subsequent studies reveal that SR-A1 plays critical roles in innate immunity, cell apoptosis and proliferation. This revie...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ben J,Zhu X,Zhang H,Chen Q

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00