Alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists enhance vasoconstrictor responses to alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonists in the rat tail artery by increasing the influx of Ca2+.

abstract：:Des-Arg9-bradykinin (des-Arg9-BK) caused endothelium-dependent relaxations in human, isolated coronary arteries which upregulated with in vitro incubation time. Relaxations to des-Arg9-BK were inhibited by the B1 receptor antagonist, des-Arg9-[Leu3]-BK (pK(B), 6.14 +/- 0.11) but were unaffected by the B2 receptor anta...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Drummond GR,Cocks TM

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Acetylcholine-induced contractions of the isolated chronically denervated soleus muscle of the mouse consist of two phases, but both phases are equivalent to the contracture phase seen in vivo.2 Low [Ca(2+)](0) (0.5-1.5 mM) augmented peak tension, as well as the rate of relaxation, of the first phase, but inhibited ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hall MT,Maleque MA,Wadsworth RM

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effects of presynaptic alpha-adrenoceptor blockade on both the efflux of 3H-transmitter and on the magnitude of the effector response were measured simultaneously in a smooth muscle preparation which responds to field stimulation with noradrenergic beta-receptor-mediated relaxation. 2 In the presence of atropine...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kalsner S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neonate has an unusual capacity for survival and the possibility exists that mechanisms for controlling stress responses may differ in the developing animal. In adults both endogenous and exogenous opioids can modulate the corticosterone responses to stress. We have studied this effect in neonatal rats and found t...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bailey CC,Kitchen I

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

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：:Gene silencing techniques are gaining increasing popularity in the literature, both as a tool for unravelling gene function and to potentially deliver therapeutic benefit, especially in the context of cardiovascular disease. Gene-specific catalytic DNA molecules, or DNAzymes, have shown promise in ameliorating the eff...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Benson VL,Khachigian LM,Lowe HC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eotaxin is a novel C-C chemokine with selective chemoattractant activity for eosinophils. We determined whether eotaxin could be produced by human airway smooth muscle (HASM) cells in culture and examined its regulation by interleukin-10 (IL-10) and the corticosteroid, dexamethasone. Stimulation of the cells with inte...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chung KF,Patel HJ,Fadlon EJ,Rousell J,Haddad EB,Jose PJ,Mitchell J,Belvisi M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial stiffness progressively increases with aging and is an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Evidence supports that there are sex differences in the time course of aging-related arterial stiffness and the associated CVD risk, which increases disproportionately in postmenopausal women. Th...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： DuPont JJ,Kenney RM,Patel AR,Jaffe IZ

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Superoxide dismutase (SOD, 60 u ml-1) or ferricytochrome c (70 microM) significantly inhibited thrombin-stimulated platelet adhesion to gelatin-coated plastic, whereas catalase (1000 u ml-1) or mannitol (1 mM) had no effect. 2. The platelet aggregation induced by low concentrations of thrombin (causing less than 45...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Salvemini D,de Nucci G,Sneddon JM,Vane JR

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Although there are many new specific phosphodiesterase inhibitors with anti-inflammatory activity, none have yet reached the market because of their low therapeutic efficacy. Our study was aimed to evaluate the anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic effect of an established phosphodiesterase inhibi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gomaa A,Elshenawy M,Afifi N,Mohammed E,Thabit R

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:The effects of treatment with rolipram, a specific phosphodiesterase IV inhibitor, on learning and memory function and on the cyclic AMP/PKA/CREB signal transduction system were examined in rats with microsphere embolism (ME)-induced cerebral ischaemia. Sustained cerebral ischaemia was induced by the injection of 900 ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nagakura A,Niimura M,Takeo S

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Adenosine is considered to be an important modulator of intestinal motility. This study was undertaken to investigate the role of adenosine in the modulation of contractility in the mouse duodenum and to characterize the adenosine receptor subtypes involved. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:RT-PCR was used...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Zizzo MG,Mastropaolo M,Lentini L,Mulè F,Serio R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resting blood flow, arterio-venous glucose and oxygen (A-V)O2 differences, glucose uptake and oxygen consumption by a segment of the upper jejunum were measured in anaesthetized dogs. Systemic arterial pressure was also measured. The effect of nicotine infusion (25 micrograms kg-1 i.v., over 10 min) on these measureme...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Grayson J,Oyebola DD

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Chronic benzodiazepine administration has been associated with tolerance and with downregulation of gamma-aminobutyric acidA (GABAA)-receptor binding and function. However, effects of individual benzodiazepines on brain regions have varied. 2. To compare the effects of chronic lorazepam and alprazolam, we have admi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Galpern WR,Miller LG,Greenblatt DJ,Shader RI

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Accumulated evidence suggests that oxidative stress is involved in amyloid beta (Abeta)-induced cognitive dysfunction. Silibinin (silybin), a flavonoid derived from the herb milk thistle (Silybum marianum), has been shown to have antioxidative properties; however, it remains unclear whether silib...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lu P,Mamiya T,Lu LL,Mouri A,Zou L,Nagai T,Hiramatsu M,Ikejima T,Nabeshima T

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The agonist action of the opioid peptide dynorphin A(1-8) on the myenteric plexus-longitudinal muscle of the guinea-pig ileum has been characterized. 2. The endogenous opioid peptide dynorphin A(1-8) was rapidly degraded by slices of myenteric plexus-longitudinal muscle of the guinea-pig ileum. 3. A product of the ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dixon DM,Traynor JR

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Noradrenaline (0.2 to 20 micrograms) and carbachol (0.1 to 1 microgram) injected into the preoptic/anterior hypothalamic area, evoked dose-dependent falls in core temperature at all sites tested, followed in most experiments by delayed increases that were not dose-related. Muscarine (0.1 to 10 microgram) produced ef...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Poole S,Stephenson JD

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:beta-Amyloid peptide (Abeta) is implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease by initiating a cascade of events from mitochondrial dysfunction to neuronal death. The metabolic enhancer piracetam has been shown to improve mitochondrial dysfunction following brain aging and experimentally i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kurz C,Ungerer I,Lipka U,Kirr S,Schütt T,Eckert A,Leuner K,Müller WE

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Carboxylesterases (CEs) metabolize a wide range of xenobiotic substrates including heroin, cocaine, meperidine and the anticancer agent CPT-11. In this study, we have purified to homogeneity human liver and intestinal CEs and compared their ability with hydrolyse heroin, cocaine and CPT-11. EXPE...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hatfield MJ,Tsurkan L,Hyatt JL,Yu X,Edwards CC,Hicks LD,Wadkins RM,Potter PM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Taxanes are antineoplastic drugs which have cardiovascular side effects of unknown mechanism. We investigated their influence on blood viscosity and erythrocyte morphology. 2. Whole blood was incubated in vitro with increasing concentrations of Taxol, Taxotere, paclitaxel (0-100 microM) and the vehicles Cremophor-E...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mark M,Walter R,Meredith DO,Reinhart WH

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Sympathetic neurotransmission and noradrenaline content of the tail artery of Wistar rats treated for 7 days with the adenosine antagonist, 1,3-dipropyl-8-sulphophenylxanthine (DPSPX), were examined. 2. Systolic blood pressure of the DPSPX-treated rats (164.0 +/- 2.9 mmHg; n = 6) was significantly greater than sali...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Karoon P,Rubino A,Burnstock G

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The releases of [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine ([3H]5-HT) and of endogenous glutamic acid and their modulation through presynaptic h5-HT1B autoreceptors and h5-HT1D heteroreceptors have been investigated in synaptosomal preparations from fresh neocortical samples obtained from patients undergoing neurosurgery. The inhibition...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Marcoli M,Maura G,Munari C,Ruelle A,Raiteri M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. 1-3(Chlorophenyl)piperazine (mCPP) (5 mg kg-1, i.p.) inhibited 2 h food intake in rats previously deprived of food for one day. Ten 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) antagonists given s.c. opposed this hypophagic response. Calculated ID50 values correlated significantly with reported affinities (r = 0.81, n = 10, P less t...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kennett GA,Curzon G

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The sigma(1) (sigma(1)) receptor cDNA was cloned in several animal species. Molecular tools are now available to identify its endogenous effectors, such as neuroactive steroids, and to establish its precise physiological role. In particular, the sigma(1) receptor is involved in memory processes, as observed in phar...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Maurice T,Phan VL,Urani A,Guillemain I

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The endothelial modulation of the relaxant responses to the nitric oxide (NO) donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and the KATP channel opener levcromakalim (LEM) and the interactions between these agents were analysed in isolated rat aorta. 2. LEM-induced relaxation was unchanged by endothelium removal or by the prese...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pérez-Vizcaíno F,Cogolludo AL,Zaragozá-Arnáez F,Fajardo S,Ibarra M,López-López JG,Tamargo J

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：: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：:Measurements of affinity and efficacy are fundamental for work on agonists both in drug discovery and in basic studies on receptors. In this review I wish to consider methods for measuring affinity and efficacy at G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). Agonist affinity may be estimated in terms of the dissociation const...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Strange PG

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of neuropeptide Y (NPY) on motor responses produced by activation of capsaicin-sensitive primary afferents in the guinea-pig isolated ileum was determined by use of capsaicin itself and electrical mesenteric nerve stimulation as stimuli. 2. NPY inhibited or suppressed the cholinergic contractile response...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Takaki M,Nakayama S

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00