Is systems pharmacology ready to impact upon therapy development? A study on the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway.

abstract：:1. Systemic infusion of neuropeptide Y (NPY) reduces renal blood flow and can concomitantly increase diuresis, natriuresis and calciuresis in anaesthetized rats. The present study was designed to investigate whether the apparently contradictory NPY effects on renal blood flow and urine formation and composition are me...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bischoff A,Avramidis P,Erdbrügger W,Münter K,Michel MC

更新日期：1997-04-01 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 Tissue was taken from guinea-pigs that had been injected with guanethidine (100 mg/kg, i.p.) 24 h before they were killed, and from paired control animals.2 Pretreatment with guanethidine caused a significant, substantial, and sometimes complete reduction of the nerve-mediated contractions of the vas deferens. There...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Furness JB

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway hyper-reactivity to inhaled adenosine, mediated via mast cell activation, is a cardinal feature of asthma. Animal models have been developed in several species to mimic this phenomenon, but only in the rat has a mast cell involvement been clearly defined. In this study, a model of ovalbumin-induced adenosine hy...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wyss D,Bonneau O,Trifilieff A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The influence of dopamine receptor agonists on gastric acid secretion stimulated by thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) was studied in the perfused stomach of anaesthetized rats. 2 Intraventricular TRH produced a dose-dependent stimulation of basal gastric acid secretion. 3 Pretreatment with apomorphine, bromocripti...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Maeda-Hagiwara M,Watanabe K

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:A non-psychoactive phytocannabinoid, cannabidiol (CBD), shows promising results as an effective potential antiepileptic drug in some forms of refractory epilepsy. To elucidate the mechanisms by which CBD exerts its anti-seizure effects, we investigated its effects at synaptic connections and on t...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Khan AA,Shekh-Ahmad T,Khalil A,Walker MC,Ali AB

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. This study analyses the neural pathway involved in the modulation of gastric motor function by stress. 2. Systemic administration of low doses of endotoxin (40 microg kg(-1), i.v.) prevents the increase in gastric tone induced by 2-deoxy-D-glucose (200 mg kg(-1), i.v., 2-DG) in urethane-anaesthetized rats. 3. Funct...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Quintana E,García-Zaragozá E,Martínez-Cuesta MA,Calatayud S,Esplugues JV,Barrachina MD

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Strontium ranelate, a drug approved and until recently used for the treatment of osteoporosis, mediates its effects on bone at least in part via the calcium-sensing (CaS) receptor. However, it is not known whether bone-targeted CaS receptor positive allosteric modulators (PAMs; calcimimetics) rep...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Diepenhorst NA,Leach K,Keller AN,Rueda P,Cook AE,Pierce TL,Nowell C,Pastoureau P,Sabatini M,Summers RJ,Charman WN,Sexton PM,Christopoulos A,Langmead CJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some 865 genes in man encode G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding proteins (G-proteins) function to transduce signals from this vast panoply of receptors to effector systems including ion channels and enzymes that alter the rate of production, release or degradation of int...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Milligan G,Kostenis E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Although extensively investigated, the extent of differences between receptors mediating negative inotropic and chronotropic responses is still unclear. In the present study atrial and intestinal muscarinic receptors were identified by [3H]-N-methyl-scopolamine ([3H]-NMS) binding and the affinities of some presumab...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Brunner F

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 A rat isolated gastric mucosal preparation was used to monitor histamine output and acid secretion during stimulation by different secretagogues. 2 In non-stimulated preparations, spontaneous histamine output decreased over 450 min. 3 Stimulation of secretion with 4 (5)-methylhistamine or dibutyryl cyclic adenosine ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Main IH,Pearce JB

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Hydrogen sulphide (H2 S) is an endogenous gaseous signalling molecule with putative functions in gastrointestinal motility regulation. Characterization of H2 S effects on colonic motility is crucial to establish its potential use as therapeutic agent in the treatment of colonic disorders. EXPERI...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gil V,Parsons S,Gallego D,Huizinga J,Jimenez M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The vasodilator response to acetylcholine (ACh) was investigated in the aortic arches of the leopard frog (Rana pipiens). 2. With adrenaline pre-constricted preparations, both ACh and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) caused concentration-dependent relaxations. Damage to the endothelial layer abolished relaxations to ACh,...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Knight GE,Burnstock G

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To clarify the role of the first thrombin receptor/protease-activated receptor (PAR)-1 in an inflammatory process, we tested and characterized the effect of intraplantar (i.pl.) administration of the highly specific PAR-1 agonist TFLLR-NH2 in rat hindpaw. 2. TFLLR-NH2 administered i.pl. at 0.01-0.03 micromol per pa...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kawabata A,Kuroda R,Nishikawa H,Asai T,Kataoka K,Taneda M

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:1. The effects of intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) and intracisternal (i.c.) administration of corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) (0.5 nmol kg-1) were examined in conscious rabbits. The effect of opioid receptor antagonism was examined to determine whether the responses to CRF were mediated by endogenous opioid pep...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： May CN,Whitehead CJ,Mathias CJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is one of the second messengers critically involved in the molecular mechanisms underlying memory formation. In the CNS, the availability of cAMP is tightly controlled by phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4), a family of enzymes that degrades the cyclic nucleotide to inactive AMP. Among the...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ricciarelli R,Fedele E

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of local perivascular application of dopamine to rat pial arterioles. (20-40 micrometer i.d.) were examined in situ, at the microcirculatory level, by use of a high-resolution closed circuit television microscope recording system. Local application of very low, physiological doses (1 to 10 pg) of dopamine ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Altura BM,Gebrewold A,Lassoff S

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of various inhibitors of the mitochondrial electron transport chain on the activity of ATP-sensitive K+ channels were examined in the Cambridge rat insulinoma G1 (CRI-G1) cell line using a combination of whole cell and single channel recording techniques. 2. Whole cell current clamp recordings, with 5 m...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Harvey J,Hardy SC,Ashford ML

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We investigated the cytoprotective effect of low-dose nitric oxide (NO) on NO-induced cell death in mouse macrophage-like cell line RAW264. 2. Sodium nitroprusside (SNP), an NO donor, at a high concentration (4 mM) released cytochrome c from mitochondria and induced death in RAW264 cells. Acetyl-L-aspartyl-L-glutam...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yoshioka Y,Yamamuro A,Maeda S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its long-standing reputation as a foul smelling and toxic gas that is associated with the decay of biological matter,hydrogen sulphide (H2S) has emerged as an important regulator of cardiovascular homoeostasis. H2S promotes a number of cellular signals that regulate metabolism, cardiac function and cell surviv...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lefer DJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study has compared the relative anti-aggregatory effect of various compounds which interfere with thromboxane (Tx) A2-dependent aggregation of human platelets in whole blood in vitro. These included the cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor aspirin, the TxA2 synthase inhibitor dazoxiben, the TxA2 (TP-) receptor blo...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Watts IS,Wharton KA,White BP,Lumley P

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The influence of the epithelium on contractions produced by the peptidoleukotrienes, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and the thromboxane mimetic, U-44069, was examined in trachea from control and ovalbumin-sensitized guinea-pigs. 2 In control tissues removal of the epithelium produced an approximately 2 to 4 fold leftwar...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hay DW,Farmer SG,Raeburn D,Muccitelli RM,Wilson KA,Fedan JS

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF), bovine retractor penis muscle inhibitory factor and sodium nitroprusside, three stimulants of guanylate cyclase, on the in vitro aggregation of washed human platelets. Platelet aggregation induced either by collagen or by the thromboxane A2 analogue...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Furlong B,Henderson AH,Lewis MJ,Smith JA

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the recovery of receptor binding and of isoprenaline-stimulated cyclic AMP responses after chronic (2-5 days) exposure of tissue-cultured living rat heart cells to several beta-adrenoceptor antagonists. Most experiments were performed with [3H]- (+/-)-carazolol and [3H]-(+/-)-CGP 12177, as prototypes o...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Becker C,Porzig H

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:As the pathogenesis of postoperative ileus (POI) involves inflammation and oxidative stress, comparable to ischaemia/reperfusion injury which can be ameliorated with nitrite, we investigated whether nitrite can protect against POI and explored the mechanisms involved. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:We us...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cosyns SM,Shiva S,Lefebvre RA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Aqueous extracts of stratum corneum were found to cause histamine-like contractions of the guinea-pig ileum which were not antagonized by mepyramine, atropine or bromolysergic acid diethylamide.2. The compounds responsible for this contraction were isolated by chromatography and shown to be common amino acids, part...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lewis GP,McMartin C,Rosenthal SR,Yates C

更新日期：1972-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Protein phosphorylation is involved in the induction of nitric oxide synthase II (NOS II, iNOS) in several types of animal cells. Here we have investigated the possible involvement of major protein kinases in the induction of NOS II expression in human DLD-1 cells. 2. In DLD-1 cells, interferon--gamma alone induced...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kleinert H,Euchenhofer C,Fritz G,Ihrig-Biedert I,Förstermann U

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. I.C.I. 50172 had marked quinidine-like effects on intracellular cardiac action potentials at concentrations above 20 mg/l. (6.61 x 10(-5)M). The rate of rise and overshoot of the action potential, conduction velocity and contractions were decreased. (-)-Propranolol had similar effects at less than 1/30 this concent...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Papp JG,Williams EM

更新日期：1969-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro preparations of rabbit heart were made from which measurements of effective refractory period (ERP), atrio-Hisian (A-H) and His-Purkinje (H-P) conduction times could be obtained, analogous to electrophysiological measurements customarily carried out in vivo. Intracellular potentials also were recorded from th...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Millar JS,Vaughan Williams EM

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00