Caffeine-induced inhibition of calcium channel current in cultured smooth cells from pregnant rat myometrium.

abstract：:1 The D3 dopamine receptor presumably activates Gi/Go subtypes of G-proteins, like the structurally analogous D2 receptor, but its signalling targets have not been clearly established due to weak functional signals from cloned receptors as heterologously expressed in mostly non-neuronal cell lines. 2 In this study, re...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Zaworski PG,Alberts GL,Pregenzer JF,Im WB,Slightom JL,Gill GS

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In humans and non-human primates, the 7TM receptor GPR17 exists in two isoforms differing only by the length of the N-terminus. Of these, only the short isoform has previously been characterized. Hence, we investigated gene expression and ligand-binding profiles of both splice variants and furthe...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Benned-Jensen T,Rosenkilde MM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cannabidiol (CBD) has emerged as an interesting compound with therapeutic potential in several CNS disorders. However, whether it can modulate synaptic activity in the CNS remains unclear. Here, we have investigated whether CBD modulates synaptic transmission in rat hippocampal cultures and acute...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ledgerwood CJ,Greenwood SM,Brett RR,Pratt JA,Bushell TJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:1. To elucidate whether K+ channels play a role in the action of epithelium-dependent bronchodilatation, we studied responses in human bronchial strips in the presence of indomethacin and NG-nitro-L-arginine methylester under isometric conditions, in vitro. 2. Mechanical removal of the epithelium increased the contrac...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tamaoki J,Tagaya E,Isono K,Kondo M,Konno K

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The pharmacological characteristics of alpha 1-adrenoceptor binding sites in rat pineal gland membranes, detected by use of a selective alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist ([125I]-iodo-2-[beta-(4-hydroxyphenyl) ethylaminomethyl]tetralone, [125I]-HEAT), were investigated with the alkylating agent, chloroethylclonidine (...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sugden D,Anwar N,Klein DC

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In CHO cells transfected with the rat dopamine D2 receptor (long isoform), administration of dopamine per se elicited a concentration-dependent increase in arachidonic acid (AA) release. The maximal effect was 197% of controls (EC50=25 nM). The partial D2 receptor agonist, (-)-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-N-n-propylpiperidine [(...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nilsson CL,Hellstrand M,Ekman A,Eriksson E

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In addition to typical GPCR kinase (GRK)-/β-arrestin-dependent internalization, dopamine D3 receptor employed an additional GRK-independent sequestration pathway. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanism of this novel sequestration pathway. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Radioligand binding...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Min C,Zheng M,Zhang X,Caron MG,Kim KM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Recent studies have shown that sodium butyrate and other short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) can prevent inflammation in colon diseases. Our aim was to elucidate whether sodium butyrate and SCFAs regulate the inflammatory responses in different neural inflammation models in cell cultures. 2. Inflammatory responses to L...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Huuskonen J,Suuronen T,Nuutinen T,Kyrylenko S,Salminen A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Both phasic and tonic responses to KCl 160 mM were reduced by Ca2+ deprivation. After 90 min, the phasic response was abolished but 13 +/- 1.5% of the tonic response remained. This resistant component was still present if the Ca2+-free solution contained EGTA 0.1 mM. The tonic response was more resistant to deprivat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hay DW,Wadsworth RM

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma), a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily, is activated by several compounds, including the thiazolidinediones. In addition to being a therapeutic target for obesity, hypolipidaemia and diabetes, perturbation of PPARgamma signalling is now believed to be...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Seargent JM,Yates EA,Gill JH

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chronic morphine-induced inhibition of rat liver tryptophan pyrrolase activity and the resultant increases in tryptophan availability to the brain and brain 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) synthesis are reversed within 10 min after naloxone administration. The possible involvement of hepatic tryptophan metabolism in mo...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Badawy AA,Evans M

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-9-aminoacridine (THA) has an inhibitory effect on the activity of acetylcholinesterase which has led to its use in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Other actions of THA include the inhibition of voltage-dependent ion channels. In this paper we describe the effect of THA on the depolarization-in...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： de Belleroche J,Gardiner IM

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytes and macrophages provide key targets for the action of novel anti-inflammatory therapeutics targeted at inhibition of PDE4 cAMP-specific phosphodiesterases. PDE4 enzymes provide the dominant cAMP phosphodiesterase activity in U937 human monocytic cells. Differentiation of U937 monocytic cells to a macrophage-...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Shepherd MC,Baillie GS,Stirling DI,Houslay MD

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its discovery over 50 years ago, cAMP has been the archetypal second messenger introducing students to the concept of cell signalling at the simplest level. As explored in this review, however, there are many more facets to cAMP signalling than the path from Gs-coupled receptor to adenylyl cyclase (AC) to cAMP t...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Billington CK,Hall IP

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Inhaled glucocorticoid (ICS)/long-acting β2 -adrenoceptor agonist (LABA) combination therapy is a recommended treatment option for patients with moderate/severe asthma in whom adequate control cannot be achieved by an ICS alone. Previously, we discovered that LABAs can augment dexamethasone-induc...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Joshi T,Johnson M,Newton R,Giembycz MA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The action of adrenaline on the K(+) balance of the isolated heart was found to depend on the ionic composition and the temperature of the perfusion fluids used.2. When the perfusion fluid contained 145 mM Na(+), 1.7 mM Ca(++) and 3-9 mM K(+), adrenaline caused the hearts to gain K(+); when the K(+) concentration w...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Stafford A

更新日期：1969-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The Rho GTPase, Rac1, is involved in the pathogenesis of neuropathic pain induced by malformation of dendritic spines in the spinal dorsal horn (sDH) neurons. In the present study, the contribution of spinal Rac1 to peripheral inflammatory pain was studied. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Effects of s.c. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wang Y,Lu YF,Li CL,Sun W,Li Z,Wang RR,He T,Yang F,Yang Y,Wang XL,Guan SM,Chen J

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Hypoxia/reoxygenation induces synthesis of reactive oxygen species (ROS) which can attack macromolecules and cause brain injury. The transcription factor, nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2, (Nrf2), ia potent activator of genes with an antioxidant responsive element and Nrf2 can countera...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cao S,Chao D,Zhou H,Balboni G,Xia Y

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. alpha 1-Adrenoceptor densities were studied in cardiac membrane preparations from several mammalian species including human failing hearts under identical experiment conditions; the alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist, [3H]-prazosin, was used as radioligand. End-stage heart failure (NYHA IV) in human hearts was due to ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Steinfath M,Chen YY,Lavický J,Magnussen O,Nose M,Rosswag S,Schmitz W,Scholz H

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Studies in rats suggest that PACAP modulates gastric acid secretion through the release of both histamine and somatostatin. 2. We characterized the effects of exogenous PACAP on gastric acid secretion in urethane-anesthetized mice implanted with a gastric cannula and in conscious 2-h pylorus ligated mice, and deter...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Piqueras L,Taché Y,Martínez V

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Intrathecal (i.t.) injection of nociceptin at small doses (fmol order) elicited a behavioural response consisting of scratching, biting and licking in conscious mice. Here we have examined the involvement of substance P-containing neurons by using i.t. injection of tachykinin neurokinin (NK)1 receptor antagonists a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sakurada T,Katsuyama S,Sakurada S,Inoue M,Tan-No K,Kisara K,Sakurada C,Ueda H,Sasaki J

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The intravenous infusion of isoprenaline and salbutamol into the greyhound increased heart rate and levels of free fatty acids, lactic acid and glucose. 2 On terminating the infusions of isoprenaline the changes produced declined rapidly but the effects produced by salbutamol were more persistent. When high doses of...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kelly JG,Shanks RG

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Obesity is a risk factor for several inflammation-based diseases including arthritis. We investigated the anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist rimonabant in lean and diet-induced obese female rats with arthritis induced by complete Freund's adj...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Croci T,Zarini E

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:(R,S)-ketamine produces rapid and significant antidepressant effects in approximately 65% of patients suffering from treatment-resistant bipolar depression (BD). The genetic, pharmacological and biochemical differences between ketamine responders and non-responders have not been identified. The p...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Villaseñor A,Ramamoorthy A,Silva dos Santos M,Lorenzo MP,Laje G,Zarate C Jr,Barbas C,Wainer IW

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature-sensitive transient receptor potential vanilloid ion channel subtypes 1-4 (thermoTRPV1-thermoTRPV4) play important roles in a wide range of physiological processes, including temperature sensing and body temperature regulation, inflammation, pain, itch, maintenance of skin, bone and hair, along with osmoti...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Zubcevic L

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In some asthmatics, muscarinic receptor antagonists are effective in limiting bronchoconstrictor response, suggesting an abnormal cholinergic drive in these subjects. There is a growing body of evidences indicating that cholinergic neurotransmission is also enhanced by endothelin-1 (ET-1) in rabbit bronchi, mouse t...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： D'Agostino B,Advenier C,Falciani M,Gallelli L,Marrocco G,Piegari E,Filippelli A,Rossi F

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The free fatty acid receptor 1 (FFAR1) plays an important role in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion making it an attractive anti-diabetic target. This study characterizes the pharmacological profile of HWL-088 (2-(2-fluoro-4-((2'-methyl-[1,1'- biphenyl]-3-yl)methoxy)phenoxy)acetic acid), a nov...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chen Y,Ren Q,Zhou Z,Deng L,Hu L,Zhang L,Li Z

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) regulates the expression of the key genes involved in lipid metabolism following activation of this receptor by various ligands. Ginseng, a highly valuable medicine in oriental societies, is also reported to modulate lipid metabolism, although the mechani...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yoon M,Lee H,Jeong S,Kim JJ,Nicol CJ,Nam KW,Kim M,Cho BG,Oh GT

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00