Abstract:
:Chronic itch poses major health care and economic burdens worldwide. In 2013, B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) was identified as an itch-selective neuropeptide and shown to be both necessary and sufficient to produce itch behaviour in mice. Since then, mechanistic studies of itch have increased, not only at central levels of the spinal relay of itch signalling but also in the periphery and skin. In this review, we have critically analysed recent findings from complementary pharmacological and physiological approaches, combined with genetic strategies to examine the role of BNP in itch transduction and modulation of other pruritic proteins. Additionally, potential targets and possible strategies against BNP signalling are discussed for developing novel therapeutics in itch. Overall, we aim to provide insights into drug development by altering BNP signalling to modulate disease symptoms in chronic itch, including conditions for which no approved treatment exists.
journal_name
Br J Pharmacoljournal_title
British journal of pharmacologyauthors
Meng J,Chen W,Wang Jdoi
10.1111/bph.14952subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-03-01 00:00:00pages
1025-1040issue
5eissn
0007-1188issn
1476-5381journal_volume
177pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::1. Interactions of bath-applied pentobarbitone and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) on neurones in isolated superior cervical ganglia of the rat have been examined with intracellular microelectrodes. 2. Pentobarbitone itself (30 micrometer-1 mM) showed no clear or consistent GABA-like effects: changes in resting input c...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1978.tb07791.x
更新日期:1978-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::1 In the isolated kidney of the rabbit perfused with oxygenated Tyrode solution, we studied the effect of bradykinin on the vasoconstriction evoked by sympathetic nerve stimulation (3Hz, 1 ms) and by injections of noradrenaline (50 to 75 ng) in the presence and in the absence of indomethacin (1 microgram/ml), an inhib...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1979.tb08676.x
更新日期:1979-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. The electrical activity of guinea-pig pelvic ganglion cells following iontophoretically applied cholinergic drugs, alone and during orthodromic nerve stimulation via the hypogastric nerve, has been recorded intracellularly.2. Iontophoretic application of nicotine (Nic) and acetylcholine (ACh) reduced membrane resis...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1971.tb09932.x
更新日期:1971-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The endogenous concentrations of p- and m-hydroxyphenylacetic acid in the mouse caudate nucleus were determined by a gas chromatographic or a gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric technique and the concentrations were about 30 and 11 ng g-1 respectively. The subcutaneous administration of (+)-butaclamol (1 mg kg-1), ...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1983.tb10732.x
更新日期:1983-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. The effects of bretylium were investigated on purified Na,K-ATPase from guinea-pig heart and on the Na/K pump in trout erythrocytes, with a view to further identifying the mechanism(s) associated with its antiarrhythmic effects. 2. Na,K-ATPase activity of the thiocyanate-dispersed enzyme was determined by the measu...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1991.tb12523.x
更新日期:1991-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effects of 15-hydroperoxy metabolites of arachidonic acid on vascular tone were evaluated in the perfused mesenteric preparation, the isolated perfused lung and segments of pulmonary arteries of the rat. In the mesenteric preparation, precontracted with phenylephrine, both 15-hydroperoxy-5,8,11,13-eicosatetraenoic...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1987.tb11256.x
更新日期:1987-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. Pregnancy is characterized by a decrease in systemic vascular resistance and a blunting of the angiotensin II (AII) pressor response. We studied the role of nitric oxide (NO) and prostanoids in these vascular changes of pregnancy in anaesthesized, ganglion blocked non-pregnant and pregnant rats. 2. Inhibition of NO...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb13297.x
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. The interactive effects of different metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptor subtypes to regulate phosphoinositide turnover have been studied in neonatal rat cerebral cortex and hippocampus by use of agonists and antagonists selective between group I and II mGlu receptors. 2, The group II-selective agonist 2R,4R-4-a...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0701626
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. The effects of alpha 2-adrenoceptor and kappa-opiate receptor activation on 45Ca accumulation into rat cortical synaptosomes were examined. 2. Clonidine (1 microM) and U50488H (1 microM) significantly reduced 45Ca accumulation under both resting (5 mM K+) and depolarizing (15-30 mM K+) conditions. 3. The inhibitory...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1990.tb12103.x
更新日期:1990-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The pharmaceutical industry is testing new potential drugs for their propensity to prolong human cardiac repolarization, and regards this as a sign of proarrhythmic risk. Many studies have dethroned the common perception that prolonged repolarization is a reliable surrogate marker for torsades de pointes (TdP) arrhyth...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0707299
更新日期:2007-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. In order to clarify the mechanism of Ca-dependent excitatory action of maitotoxin (MTX), the most potent marine toxin known, patch-clamp techniques were used to analyse electrophysiological effects of MTX on guinea-pig isolated cardiac myocytes. 2. The whole-cell recordings showed that MTX (0.3 ng ml-1) produced a ...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1987.tb11370.x
更新日期:1987-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We determined the effects of treatment with LR-90, an inhibitor of advanced glycation end products, on the mechanical properties of the arterial system in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic Sprague Dawley rats, using aortic impedance analysis, and further investigated the effects of LR-90 on t...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/bph.12656
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. We studied the stereoselectivity of the effects of the enantiomers of the cardiotonic agent DPI 201-106 (4-[3'-(4"-benzhydryl-1"-piperazinyl)-2'-hydroxypropoxy]-1H-indole-2- carbonitrile, DPI) and its methyl-for-carbonitrile analogue BDF 8784 on cardiac calcium currents (ICa) of guinea-pig ventricular myocytes. The...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1991.tb12456.x
更新日期:1991-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:During life, new neurons are continually added to hippocampal circuitry, with evidence suggesting that these adult-born neurons are functionally linked to cognition and emotion. The mammalian brain contains actively dividing neural stem cells in discrete regions, including the subventricular zone of the late...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/bph.12548
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::1 The actions of 4-(2-hydroxy-3-isopropylaminopropoxy) phenyl acetamide (ICI 66082), a new beta-adrenoceptor blocking drug, on the twitch response of the isolated papillary muscle of the rabbit and on dP/dt max and free heart rate of a denervated dog heart preparation, are described.2 ICI 66082 (up to 1 mg/ml) did not...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1974.tb09644.x
更新日期:1974-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Δ9 -tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) acts via cannabinoid CB1 receptors to increase feeding. Here, we assessed the orexigenic effect of AM11101, a novel CB1 receptor agonist designed to have a more favourable pharmacodynamic profile than THC. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:The acute, orexigenic effects of AM11...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/bph.14797
更新日期:2019-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Halothane has many effects on the resting membrane potential (V(m)) of excitable cells and exerts numerous effects on skeletal muscle one of which is the enhancement of Ca(2+) release by the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) resulting in a sustained contracture. The aim of this study was to analyse the effects of clinical d...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0703330
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with lung disease and/or hypoxia (Group III), decreased pulmonary vascular tone and tissue hypoxia is therapeutically beneficial. PGE2 and PGI2 induce potent relaxation of human bronchi from non-PH (control) patients via EP4 and IP receptors...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/bph.14854
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. Histamine and carbachol produced concentration-related increases in the accumulation of 3H-inositol phosphates in slices of bovine tracheal smooth muscle. 2. Noradrenaline alone produced a small stimulation of 3H-inositol phosphate accumulation which was inhibited by the alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist phentolamine. ...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1988.tb11757.x
更新日期:1988-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. Diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap4A) a dinucleotide stored and released from rat brain synaptic terminals presents two types of affinity binding sites in synaptosomes. When [3H]-Ap4A was used for binding studies a Kd value of 0.10 +/- 0.014 nM and a Bmax value of 16.6 +/- 1.2 fmol mg-1 protein were obtained for the hi...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb13510.x
更新日期:1993-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. This study describes the effects of hypoxia on relaxing responses and cAMP production induced by the known vasodilator peptides: alphaCGRP, amylin (AMY) and adrenomedullin (AM) on isolated pig coronary arteries in vitro. 2. Hypoxic incubation increased the vasorelaxant effect of alphaCGRP (four-fold; P<0.05), AMY (...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0706232
更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cannabidiol has been reported to act as an antagonist at cannabinoid CB1 receptors. We hypothesized that cannabidiol would inhibit cannabinoid agonist activity through negative allosteric modulation of CB1 receptors. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Internalization of CB1 receptors, arrestin2 recruitment, ...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/bph.13250
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a salient feature of all solid tissues within the body. This complex, acellular entity is composed of hundreds of individual molecules whose assembly, architecture and biomechanical properties are critical to controlling the behaviour and phenotype of the different cell types residing...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/bph.14195
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. The possible involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in the induction and expression of morphine tolerance and dependence was studied in mice. A two-day repeated injection regimen was used to induce morphine tolerance and dependence. Tolerance was assessed by the tail flick test and physical dependence by naloxone challen...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15280.x
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Fibrosis, a pathological accumulation of collagen in tissues, represents a major global disease burden. Effective characterization of potential antifibrotic drugs has been constrained by poor formation of the extracellular matrix in vitro, due to tardy procollagen processing by collagen C-protein...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00387.x
更新日期:2009-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is accepted nowadays as a complex neurodegenerative disorder with multifaceted cerebral pathologies, including extracellular deposition of amyloid β peptide-containing plaques, intracellular neurofibrillary tangles, progressive loss of cholinergic neurons, metal dyshomeostasis, mitoc...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/bph.13318
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. Opioid agonists inhibit neurogenic mucus secretion in the airways. The mechanism of the inhibition is unknown but may be via opening of potassium (K+) channels. We studied the effect on neurogenic secretion in ferret trachea in vitro of the OP1 receptor (formerly known as delta opioid receptor) agonist [D-Pen2,5]en...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0701786
更新日期:1998-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The endogenous cannabinoid system is involved in numerous physiological and neuropsychological functions. Medications that target this system hold promise for the treatment of a wide variety of disorders. However, as reward is one of the most prominent of these functions, medications that activate this system must be ...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00775.x
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by obsessions (intrusive thoughts) and compulsions (repetitive ritualistic behaviours) leading to functional impairment. Accumulating evidence links these conditions with underlying dysregulation of fronto-striatal circuitry and monoamine systems. These abnormalitie...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01422.x
更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Hydrogen sulphide (H(2) S) is gaining acceptance as a gaseous signal molecule. However, mechanisms regarding signal termination are not understood. We used stigmatellin and antimycin A, inhibitors of sulphide quinone reductase (SQR), to test the hypothesis that the catabolism of H(2) S involves S...
journal_title:British journal of pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01681.x
更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00