Two toxins from a poisonous sample of mussels Mytilus edulis.

abstract：:We investigated the action of the phenylalkylamines verapamil and N-methyl-verapamil on the Kv1.3 potassium channel using the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique. Our goal was to identify their binding as a prerequisite for using the phenylalkylamines as small, well-defined molecular probes, not only...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rauer H,Grissmer S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Previous work from our laboratory has shown that cannabis induces aggressive behaviour in rats that have been deprived of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. It was suggested that this effect was related to brain catecholamines, with dopamine playing an agonist role and noradrenaline an inhibitory one. The present pape...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Carlini EA,Lindsey CJ,Tufik S

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The regulation of vascular soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) expression by nitric oxide (NO) is still under discussion. In vitro, NO has been shown to downregulate the expression of sGC but it is unclear if this mechanism is operative in vivo and occurs during nitrate treatment. EXPERIMENTAL APPROA...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Oppermann M,Dao VT,Suvorava T,Bas M,Kojda G

更新日期：2008-10-01 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. A new series of cardiotonics based on five steroid nuclei has been evaluated for inhibition of Na-+/K-+-ATPase and Rb uptake by red blood cells, and for inotropic activity and toxicity in dogs. Structure-activity relationships are discussed. 2. The in vitro tests can be used satisfactorily to predict inotropic acti...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Beard NA,Rouse W,Somerville AR

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Immunized BP2 mice developed an acute bronchoconstriction in vivo and airway muscle contraction in vitro in response to ovalbumin (OA) and these contractions were dose dependent. 2. Methysergide or atropine inhibited OA-induced bronchoconstriction in vivo and airway muscle contraction in vitro. 3. Neostigmine poten...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Eum SY,Norel X,Lefort J,Labat C,Vargaftig BB,Brink C

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Perivascular nerves of the sheep middle cerebral artery show immunoreactivity for both vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). 2. Rings of endothelium-denuded sheep middle cerebral artery precontracted with 5-hydroxytryptamine were relaxed by CGRP (maximum relaxation = 87...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gaw AJ,Aberdeen J,Humphrey PP,Wadsworth RM,Burnstock G

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:As a hallmark of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), CD44 plays a crucial role in promoting glioblastoma stem cell (GSC) stemness phenotypes and multiple drug resistance. The therapeutic potential of CD44 has been validated by the clinical successes of several CD44 inhibitors, including antibodies and...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wang C,Wang Z,Chen C,Fu X,Wang J,Fei X,Yan X,Xu R

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Female mice of the Hough/Porton and Tuck/TO strains were found to be more sensitive than male mice to the diuretic effects of oral and intravenous doses of ethacrynic acid. 2. The sensitivity of Hough/Porton male mice to ethacrynic acid was increased after pretreatment with stilboestrol and the sensitivity of femal...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cooling MJ,Sim MF

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Antidepressant drugs are known to inhibit some changes evoked by glucocorticoids, as well as a hyperactivity of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, often observed in depression. 2. The aim of present study was to investigate effects of various antidepressant drugs on the glucocorticoid-mediated gene transcri...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Budziszewska B,Jaworska-Feil L,Kajta M,Lasoń W

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Metformin, a small molecule, antihyperglycaemic agent, is a well-known activator of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and protects against cardiac fibrosis. However, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. TGFβ1 is a key cytokine mediating cardiac fibrosis. Here, we investigated the effects o...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chen R,Feng Y,Wu J,Song Y,Li H,Shen Q,Li D,Zhang J,Lu Z,Xiao H,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The dietary trace amines tyramine and beta-phenylethylamine (beta-PEA) can increase blood pressure. However, the mechanisms involved in the vascular effect of trace amines have not been fully established. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether trace amine-dependent vasoconstriction was...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Herbert AA,Kidd EJ,Broadley KJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:1. The effects of several agonists of the metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) were studied in adult rat striatal slices by measuring (i) KCl (30 mM)-induced output of previously taken up D-[3H]-aspartate (Asp), (ii) forskolin (30 microM)-induced adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) accumulation and (i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lombardi G,Alesiani M,Leonardi P,Cherici G,Pellicciari R,Moroni F

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an in vitro mouse cerebellar slice preparation and whole-cell electrophysiological recording techniques we have characterized Purkinje and basket cell inhibitory post-synaptic currents (IPSCs), and examined the effects of a number of selective peptidergic K+ channel blockers. Spontaneous IPSC amplitude ranged fr...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Southan AP,Robertson B

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of the present study was to test the effects of DAU 6215 (endo-N-(8-methyl-8-azabicyclo-[3.2.1]-octo-3-yl)-2,3-dihydro-2-ox o-1H- benzimidazole-1-carboxamide carboxamide hydrochloride), a newly synthesized, selective 5-hydroxytryptamine3 (5-HT3) antagonist, on the cell membrane properties and on characteriz...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Passani MB,Pugliese AM,Azzurrini M,Corradetti R

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The sulphonylureas, tolbutamide (0.1-10 mM) and glibenclamide (0.1-100 microM) shown not to inhibit ATP-K+ channel currents when applied to inside-out membrane patches excised from rat cultured cerebral cortex or freshly-dispersed ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMHN) neurones. 2. Saturable binding sites for [3H...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ashford ML,Boden PR,Treherne JM

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NO is a neurotransmitter released from enteric inhibitory neurons and responsible for modulating gastrointestinal (GI) motor behaviour. Enteric neurons express nNOS (NOS1) that associates with membranes of nerve varicosities. NO released from neurons binds to soluble guanylate cyclase in post-junctional cells to gener...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sanders KM,Ward SM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Animal models of drug-seeking suggest that exposure to cues associated with self-administered drugs and drug primes might precipitate relapse via activation of central dopaminergic substrates. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:The effects of priming injections of dopamine and 5-HT agonists on drug-seeking a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Schenk S,Gittings D,Colussi-Mas J

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) uptake inhibitors, agonists and antagonists have been evaluated on mouse marble-burying behaviour, a putative test for anxiolytic agents. The high levels of locomotor activity occurring on first exposure to a circular runway (runway were used as a separate test of non-speci...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Njung'e K,Handley SL

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In circular smooth muscle of the guinea-pig gastric fundus, transmural nerve stimulation evoked a cholinergic excitatory junction potential (e.j.p.), and blockade of the e.j.p. by atropine revealed a non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) inhibitory junction potential (i.j.p.). 2. The amplitude of the e.j.p. was inc...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ohno N,Xue L,Yamamoto Y,Suzuki H

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide. Despite advances in therapy, conventional therapy is still the main treatment and has a high risk of chemotherapy resistance. Caspase-8 is involved in cell death and is a recognized marker for poor patient prognosis. EXPERIMENTA...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Terlizzi M,Di Crescenzo VG,Perillo G,Galderisi A,Pinto A,Sorrentino R

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We compared the relaxant effect of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP) 1-27 with that of a newly developed PACAP 1-27 analogue, [Arg15,20,21Leu17]-PACAP-Gly-Lys-Arg-NH2, in the guinea-pig trachea and primate bronchi in vitro (n = 4-5). 2. In the guinea-pig trachea precontracted by a submaximally ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yoshihara S,Lindén A,Kashimoto K,Nagano Y,Ichimura T,Nadel JA

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A well-known nitric oxide (NO)-releasing compound, sodium nitroprusside (SNP), decreases in a dose-dependent manner NO synthase (NOS) activity induced in rat neutrophils by treatment with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). This inhibitory action of SNP seems not to be due to its direct effect on the enzyme activity. The strong...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mariotto S,Cuzzolin L,Adami A,Del Soldato P,Suzuki H,Benoni G

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of 2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate and kynurenate, either alone or in combination, were tested on responses evoked by the excitatory amino acid agonists quinolinate, ibotenate, N-methyl-D-aspartate and N-methyl-DL-aspartate by use of an in vitro preparation of mouse neocortex and artificial cerebrospinal fl...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Burton NR,Smith DA,Stone TW

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Openers of ATP-sensitive K(+) channels are of interest in several therapeutic indications including overactive bladder and other lower urinary tract disorders. This study reports on the in vitro and in vivo characterization of a structurally novel naphthylamide N-[2-(2,2,2-trifluoro-1-hydroxy-1-trifluoromethyl-ethy...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gopalakrishnan M,Buckner SA,Shieh CC,Fey T,Fabiyi A,Whiteaker KL,Davis-Taber R,Milicic I,Daza AV,Scott VE,Castle NA,Printzenhoff D,London B,Turner SC,Carroll WA,Sullivan JP,Coghlan MJ,Brune ME

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effects of indomethacin and eicosa-5,8,11,14-tetraynoic acid (ETYA) on the contractile response of the transmurally stimulated rabbit portal vein were studied in vitro.2 When the veins were stimulated for 240 pulses at 1 and 2 Hz, the responses were potentiated by indomethacin and ETYA. However, responses to 4 a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Greenberg R

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Leptin, a pleiotropic hormone believed to regulate body weight, has recently been associated with inflammatory states and immune activity. Here we have studied the effect of leptin on expression of IFN-gamma-induced nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2), both prominent markers of macrophage act...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Raso GM,Pacilio M,Esposito E,Coppola A,Di Carlo R,Meli R

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Pre-eclampsia is a serious pregnancy disorder associated with widespread activation of the maternal vascular endothelium. Recent evidence implicates a role for oxidative stress in the aetiology of this condition. 2. Reactive oxygen species, particularly superoxide anions, invokes endothelial cell activation through...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Crocker IP,Kenny LC,Thornton WA,Szabo C,Baker PN

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The homeostatic control of arterial BP is well understood with changes in BP resulting from changes in cardiac output (CO) and/or total peripheral resistance (TPR). A mechanism-based and quantitative analysis of drug effects on this interrelationship could provide a basis for the prediction of dr...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Snelder N,Ploeger BA,Luttringer O,Rigel DF,Webb RL,Feldman D,Fu F,Beil M,Jin L,Stanski DR,Danhof M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00