Hydrogen sulfide: third gaseous transmitter, but with great pharmacological potential.

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effect of inhaled formoterol-budesonide on airway remodeling in adult patients with moderate asthma. METHODS:Thirty asthmatic patients and thirty control subjects were enrolled. Asthmatic subjects used inhaled Symbicort 4.5/160 μg twice daily for one year. The effect of formoterol-budesonide on air...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Wang K,Liu CT,Wu YH,Feng YL,Bai HL,Ma ES,Wen FQ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbal and dietary supplements (HDS)-induced liver injury has been a great concern all over the world. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb., a well-known Chinese herbal medicine, is recently drawn increasing attention because of its hepatotoxicity. According to the clinical and experimental studies, P. multiflorum-induced liv...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Rao T,Liu YT,Zeng XC,Li CP,Ou-Yang DS

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test whether carbachol can influence endothelial barrier dysfunction induced by tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and whether the alpha 7 nicotinic receptor can mediate this process. METHODS:Rat cardiac microvascular endothelial cells were exposed to carbachol followed by TNF-α treatment in the presence or the abse...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Li YZ,Liu XH,Rong F,Hu S,Sheng ZY

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the action mechanism of antidepressants. METHODS:The PC12 cell proliferation was detected by flow cytometry. The proliferation of hippocampal progenitor cells and level of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) were measured by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS:Treatment with N-methylaspartate (NMDA) 600...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Li YF,Zhang YZ,Liu YQ,Wang HL,Yuan L,Luo ZP

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the actions of the muscarinic agonist carbachol on glutamate-induced neurotoxicity in PC12 cells, and the underlying mechanisms. METHODS:PC12 cells were treated with different concentrations of glutamate for 24 or 48 h. The cell viability was measured using MTT assay, and the expression and activati...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Ma K,Yang LM,Chen HZ,Lu Y

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kushen (Radix Sophorae Flavescentis) has a long history of use for the treatment of tumors, inflammation and other diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. Compound Kushen Injection (CKI) is a mixture of natural compounds extracted from Kushen and Baituling (Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae). The main principles of CKI are m...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Wang W,You RL,Qin WJ,Hai LN,Fang MJ,Huang GH,Kang RX,Li MH,Qiao YF,Li JW,Li AP

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Seipin is a protein that resides in endoplasmic reticulum, and involved in both lipid metabolic disorders and motor neuropathy. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of mutant seipin on autophagy system and the morphology of lipid droplets in vitro. METHODS:HEK-293, H1299 and MES23.5 cells were tran...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Fan HD,Chen SP,Sun YX,Xu SH,Wu LJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test the hypothesis that PI3K/Akt/eNOS signaling has a protective role in a murine model of ventilation associated lung injury (VALI) through down-regulation of p38 MAPK signaling. METHODS:Male C57BL/J6 (wild-type, WT) or eNOS knockout mice (eNOS(-/-)) were exposed to mechanical ventilation (MV) with low (LV(T)...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Peng XQ,Damarla M,Skirball J,Nonas S,Wang XY,Han EJ,Hasan EJ,Cao X,Boueiz A,Damico R,Tuder RM,Sciuto AM,Anderson DR,Garcia JG,Kass DA,Hassoun PM,Zhang JT

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of trans-cinnamaldehyde (TCA) on the human leukemia K562 cell line and the cytotoxicity of cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells against K562 cells. METHODS:Apoptosis, Fas expression, and mitochondrial transmembrane potential in K652 cells were analyzed using flow cytometry. K562 cells wer...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Zhang JH,Liu LQ,He YL,Kong WJ,Huang SA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the inhibitory effect of general gambogic acids (GGA) on transplantation tumor SMMC-7721 in experimental animal model and SMMC-7721 cells in vitro. METHODS:Anti-tumor activity of GGA in the experimental transplantation tumor SMMC-7721 was evaluated by relative tumor growth ratio. Cell morphology was obser...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Guo QL,You QD,Wu ZQ,Yuan ST,Zhao L

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Radiation-induced brain injury (RIBI) is the most common and severe adverse effect induced by cranial radiation therapy (CRT). In the present study, we examined the effects of the traditional Chinese medicine Shenqi Fuzheng Injection (SFI) on RIBI in mice, and explored the underlying mechanisms. METHODS:C57BL/6J m...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Zhang J,Tong F,Cai Q,Chen LJ,Dong JH,Wu G,Dong XR

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To differentiate the electrophysiological characteristics of somatic action potentials (AP) from isolated Neo and Juv nodose sensory neurons (NSN) and those from slices of intact Juv and adult rat nodose ganglia. METHODS:For isolated cell recordings nodose ganglia from 3-8 d old Neo and 4 weeks old Juv rats were d...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Li BY,Schild JH

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral administration of curcumin has been shown to inhibit pulmonary fibrosis (PF) despite its extremely low bioavailability. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms underlying the anti-PF effect of curcumin in focus on intestinal endocrine. In bleomycin- and SiO2-treated mice, curcumin (75, 150 mg· kg-1 per day)...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Miao YM,Zhang YJ,Qiao SM,Xia YF,Wei ZF,Dai Y

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemokine receptor CCR5 is an important anti-HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) drug target owning to its pivotal role in HIV-1 viral entry as a co-receptor. Here, we present a 2.9 Å resolution crystal structure of CCR5 bound to PF-232798, a second-generation oral CCR5 antagonist currently in phase II clinical tri...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Zhu Y,Zhao YL,Li J,Liu H,Zhao Q,Wu BL,Yang ZL

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare high K(+ )-induced contraction and optimal resting tension measured by two commonly used techniques of hypertonic and isotonic K(+ ) in aortas with and without adventitial fat from various age rats. METHODS:Three age groups of rats (15, 25, and 62 weeks) were used to prepare thoracic aortic rings in whi...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Guan YF,Chen RH,Wang P,Qin Y,Su DF,Miao CY

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study effects of arachidonic acid (AA) and its metabolites on the hyposmotic membrane stretch-induced increase in calcium-activated potassium currents (I(KCa)) in gastric myocytes. METHODS:Membrane currents were recorded by using a conventional whole cell patch-clamp technique in gastric myocytes isolated with ...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Yang M,Li XL,Xu HY,Sun JB,Mei B,Zheng HF,Piao LH,Xing DG,Li ZL,Xu WX

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of salvianolate, a water-soluble active compound from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, on reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in mouse cardiomyocytes in vitro. METHODS:Primary ventricular cardiomyocytes were prepared from neonatal mouse. The cell viability was determined using MTT assay. ...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Fei AH,Cao Q,Chen SY,Wang HR,Wang FL,Pan SM,Lin ZF

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the effect of curcumin on oxidative DNA damage and cell apoptosis and injury caused by the reaction of methylglyoxal(MG) with amino acids. METHODS:We used DNA strand breaks to examine the effect of curcumin on oxidative DNA damage. In addition, reactive oxygen species(ROS) formation occurs in MG-treated...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Chan WH,Wu HJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:(-)Stepholidine (SPD) is an active ingredient of the Chinese herb Stephania intermedia, which binds to the dopamine D(1) and D(2) like receptors. Biochemical, electrophysiological and behavioural experiments have provided strong evidence that SPD is both a D(1) and a D(2) antagonist, which could make SPD a unique a...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Ellenbroek BA,Zhang XX,Jin GZ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of a neurotransmitter to its ionotropic receptor opens a distantly located ion channel, a process termed allosteric activation. Here we review recent advances in the molecular mechanism by which the cys-loop receptors are activated with emphasis on the best studied nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). W...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Chang YC,Wu W,Zhang JL,Huang Y

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The substrate cocktail is frequently used to evaluate cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzyme-mediated drug interactions and potential interactions among the probe substrates. Here, we re-optimized the substrate cocktail method to increase the reliability and accuracy of screening for candidate compounds and expanded the meth...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Chen ZH,Zhang SX,Long N,Lin LS,Chen T,Zhang FP,Lv XQ,Ye PZ,Li N,Zhang KZ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To characterize the in vitro bioactivities of rhodanine derivatives as novel peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma modulators, based on a hit (SH00012671) identified during high-throughput screening (HTS) of a diverse synthetic compound library, and to preliminarily elucidate the structure-activit...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Liu Q,Zhang YY,Lu HL,Li QY,Zhou CH,Wang MW

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine how the higher expression level of CYP3A4 isoenzyme influenced the cytotoxicity of the antitumor triazoloacridinone derivative C-1305 in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. METHODS:Three CHO cell lines were examined: wild-type CHO cells; CHO-HR cells with overexpression of human cytochrome P450 reductase...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Augustin E,Borowa-Mazgaj B,Kikulska A,Kordalewska M,Pawłowska M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To make a LQT3 model (one form of the long QT syndromes) and to investigate the effect of mexiletine on LQT3. METHODS:Sea anemone toxin (ATX II) was used to produce the LQT3 model. The Effect of mexiletine on LQT3 was performed on single Na channel, action potential, and electrocardiography in guinea pigs. RESULT...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Wang HW,Zheng YQ,Yang ZF,Li CZ,Liu YM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomere shortening is associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a high-morbidity and high-mortality lung disease of unknown etiology. However, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unclear. In this study, wild-type (WT) mice with normal telomeres and generation 3 (G3) or G2 telomerase RNA component (TER...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Liu YY,Shi Y,Liu Y,Pan XH,Zhang KX

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effects of resveratrol on interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) induced catabolism in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) derived chondrocytes cultured on chitosan-gelatin scaffolds (CGS). METHODS:The chondrogenesis of alginate-encapsulated MSCs was evaluated by toluidine blue staining, RT-PCR, and i...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Lei M,Liu SQ,Liu YL

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the signaling pathways involved in thrombin-induced connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression in rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). METHODS:Experiments were preformed on primary rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMCs) and a rat VSMC line (A10). CTGF protein levels were measured using ...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Ko WC,Chen BC,Hsu MJ,Tsai CT,Hong CY,Lin CH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this brief review we summarize the current fndings relative to the discovery of a small peptide ligand, phoenixin (PNX). Using a bioinformatic approach, two novel peptides PNX-14 and PNX-20 containing 14 and 20 amino acids, respectively, were isolated from diverse tissues including the brain, heart, lung and stomac...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Lyu RM,Cowan A,Zhang Y,Chen YH,Dun SL,Chang JK,Dun NJ,Luo JJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Toxicity of retinol (vitamin A) has been previously associated with apoptosis and/or cell malignant transformation. Thus, we investigated the pathways involved in the induction of proliferation, deformation and proliferative focus formation by retinol in cultured Sertoli cells of rats. METHODS:Sertoli cells were i...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Gelain DP,Pasquali MA,Caregnato FF,Castro MA,Moreira JC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine if steroid-like compounds found in many Chinese medicinal products conventionally used for the promotion of blood circulation may act as active components via the same molecular mechanism triggered by cardiac glycosides, such as ouabain. METHODS:The inhibitory potency of ouabain and the identified stero...

journal_title：Acta pharmacologica Sinica

authors： Chen RJ,Chung TY,Li FY,Yang WH,Jinn TR,Tzen JT

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00