Parallel secretion of endogenous 5-hydroxytryptamine and histamine from mast cells stimulated by vasoactive peptides and compound 48/80.

abstract：:1 The influence of the external calcium concentration on the effect of harmine 2 x 10(-5) M upon the guinea-pig atrial muscle was analysed. Transmembrane potentials of contractile fibres were measured during exposure to the drug at 30 degrees C. 2 In preparations superfused with 1.35 mM Ca2+-Tyrode solution and driven...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Carpentier RG

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Using gene chip technology, we first identified that PGF(2alpha) (FP agonist) and Butaprost (EP(2) agonist) induced about a five-fold upregulation of Nur77 mRNA expression in hFP-HEK 293/EBNA and hEP(2)-HEK293/EBNA cells. Northern Blot analysis revealed that PGF(2alpha)- and Butaprost-induced upregulation of Nur77 ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Liang Y,Li C,Guzman VM,Chang WW,Evinger AJ,Pablo JV,Woodward DF

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To investigate the role of nitric oxide in epilepsy we have studied the effects of agents which affect nitric oxide synthesis in sound-induced seizures in DBA/2 mice and in genetically epilepsy-prone (GEP) rats. 2. The neuronal selective nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, 7-nitroindazole (7-NI) is anticonvulsant in t...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Smith SE,Man CM,Yip PK,Tang E,Chapman AG,Meldrum BS

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Changes in cutaneous water loss were followed by continuously monitoring total body weight loss.2. Sweating was induced in normal subjects by raising the environmental temperature or by subjecting them to the emotional stress of mental arithmetic.3. Propranolol in a dosage of 0.15 mg/kg body weight intravenously ha...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Allen JA,Jenkinson DJ,Roddie IC

更新日期：1973-03-01 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

authors： Ramnarine SI,Liu YC,Rogers DF

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The relative proportions of beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors were determined by radioligand binding studies in three different rat myocardial preparations: membranes prepared from rat ventricle (ventricular membranes), membranes prepared from rat isolated ventricular myocytes (myocyte membranes), and myocytes isola...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kitagawa Y,Adachi-Akahane S,Nagao T

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Agonists of the M(2) muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) increase mRNA for this receptor and mRNA for endothelial and neuronal isoforms of NO synthase (eNOS or nNOS). Here we examine the different signalling pathways involved in such events in rat cardiac atria. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:In is...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ganzinelli S,Joensen L,Borda E,Bernabeo G,Sterin-Borda L

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have studied whether a nucleotide receptor mediates the effects of extracellular ATP and UTP on phosphatidylcholine metabolism in rat cultured glomerular mesangial cells. 2. ATP and UTP stimulated a biphasic 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG) formation in [3H]-arachidonic acid-labelled mesangial cells. In contrast, in cel...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pfeilschifter J,Merriweather C

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of a new, potent, irreversible and selective inhibitor of monoamine oxidase type B, (E)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-fluorallyamine (MDL 72145), to augment the effects of L-DOPA in an animal model which reproduces the biochemical defect of Parkinson's disease has been evaluated. In rats bearing unilateral 6...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Fozard JR,Palfreyman MG,Robin M,Zreika M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. When the isolated small intestine of the rat is perfused via the mesenteric artery, an oxytocic principle (Gaddum's substance R) is released which is detectable in the perfusate after 30 min and is present in samples collected 8 h later. 2. The oxytocic activity of substance R is lost after boiling but is unaffecte...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Douglas GJ,Williams KI,Flower RJ

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Heterologous desensitization or intermolecular cross-talk plays a critical role in regulating intracellular signalling by diverse members of the G-protein-coupled receptor superfamily. We have previously established that the alpha and beta isoforms of the human thromboxane A(2) receptor (TP) undergo differential de...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kelley-Hickie LP,Kinsella BT

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The sonic hedgehog pathway (Shh) plays a central role in maintaining stem cell function and behaviour in various processes related to self-renewal and tissue regeneration. However, the therapeutic effect of Shh on mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) has not yet been clearly elucidated. Thus, we in...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Oh JY,Suh HN,Choi GE,Lee HJ,Jung YH,Ko SH,Kim JS,Chae CW,Lee CK,Han HJ

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Contraction of the rabbit isolated saphenous vein is mediated by a heterogeneous endothelin (ET) receptor population. This study has characterized these receptor subtypes by use of several pharmacologically distinct ET receptor agonists and antagonists. 2. ET-1, ET-3, sarafotoxin S6c (STXc) and [Ala3,11]ET-1 produc...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Douglas SA,Beck GR Jr,Elliott JD,Ohlstein EH

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of verapamil on the contraction of the guinea-pig tracheal smooth muscle induced by calcium (Ca2+) or barium (Ba2+) were investigated in three different conditions: (a) in excess K solution, (b) in the presence of carbachol, and (c) in excess K solution containing carbachol. In order to clarify the contrac...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Baba K,Satake T,Takagi K,Tomita T

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noradrenaline (NA) and adrenaline (Ad) are modulators of cytokine production. Here we investigated the role of these neurotransmitters in the regulation of macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1alpha expression. Pretreatment of RAW 264.7 macrophages with NA or Ad decreased, in a concentration-dependent manner (1 nM-1...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Haskó G,Shanley TP,Egnaczyk G,Németh ZH,Salzman AL,Vizi ES,Szabó C

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The activation of tachykinin NK(1) receptors in the rat spinal cord produced a transient drop in arterial blood pressure followed by a more prolonged pressor effect which is mediated by the stimulation of the sympatho-adrenal system. This study aims at characterizing the spinal mechanism of that initial hypotension ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Brouillette J,Couture R

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protease inhibitor ritonavir is an integral part of current antiretroviral therapy targeting human immunodeficiency virus. Recent studies demonstrate that ritonavir induces apoptotic cell death with high efficiency in lymphoblastoid cell lines. Moreover, ritonavir can suppress activation of the transcription facto...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mühl H,Paulukat J,Höfler S,Hellmuth M,Franzen R,Pfeilschifter J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The responses of bladder strips from control, streptozotocin-diabetic, and sucrose-drinking rats to electrical field stimulation were investigated. Sucrose-drinking rats were included as additional controls because they have enlarged bladders as a result of non-diabetic diuresis. 2. Bladder strips from diabetic rat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tammela TL,Briscoe JA,Levin RM,Longhurst PA

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In the present study, the properties of glaucine (an aporphine structurally related to papaverine) were compared with those of papaverine, diltiazem, nifedipine and prazosin. The work includes functional studies on rat isolated aorta contracted with noradrenaline, caffeine or KCl, and a determination of the affinit...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ivorra MD,Lugnier C,Schott C,Catret M,Noguera MA,Anselmi E,D'Ocon P

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cloxyquin (5-cloroquinolin-8-ol) has been described as an activator of TRESK (K2P 18.1, TWIK-related spinal cord K+ channel) background potassium channel. We have examined the specificity of the drug by testing several K2P channels. We have investigated the mechanism of cloxyquin-mediated TRESK a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lengyel M,Dobolyi A,Czirják G,Enyedi P

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:β-Adrenoceptor stimulation induces glucose uptake in several insulin-sensitive tissues by poorly understood mechanisms. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:We used a model system in CHO-K1 cells expressing the human β(2)-adrenoceptor and glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) to investigate the signalling mechanisms i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dehvari N,Hutchinson DS,Nevzorova J,Dallner OS,Sato M,Kocan M,Merlin J,Evans BA,Summers RJ,Bengtsson T

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenergic transmission was investigated in the dog mesenteric vein by recording electrical responses of single smooth muscle cells to perivascular nerve stimulation. Perivascular nerve stimulation generated an excitatory junction potential (e.j.p.) and a slow depolarization of the membrane. The amplitude of the e.j.p...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Suzuki H

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The central and peripheral effects of the omega (benzodiazepine) site ligands, clonazepam, alpidem, zolpidem, triazolam, flumazenil, ethyl beta carboline-3-carboxylate (beta-CCE) and N-methyl beta carboline-3-carboxylate (beta-CCM) on intestinal myoelectrical activity were evaluated in conscious rats, chronically f...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bonnafous C,Scatton B,Buéno L

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism underlying the LTC(4)-induced contraction of guinea-pig taenia coli was determined using the simultaneous measurements of [Ca(2+)](i) and force in whole muscle preparations. Additional experiments were performed in receptor coupled permeabilized preparation. For comparison purposes, the contraction which...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ieiri S,Nishimura J,Hirano K,Suita S,Kanaide H

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of in vivo desensitization to leukotriene B4 (LTB4) on eosinophil infiltration in response to recombinant C5a was examined in guinea-pig skin. 2. LTB4 (10-300 ng) and C5a (1-10 micrograms) caused a dose-dependent increase in the levels of eosinophil peroxidase activity (a measure of eosinophil infiltrati...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pettipher ER,Salter ED,Showell HJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In the ciliary muscle, the tonic component of the contraction produced by cholinergic agonists is highly dependent on Ca2+ provided by influx through non-selective cation channels (NSCCs) opened by stimulation of M3 muscarinic receptors. We examined effects of YM-254890 (YM), a Gq/11-specific inh...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yasui F,Miyazu M,Yoshida A,Naruse K,Takai A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The similarity in molecular structure between the histamine H2-agonist dimaprit (3-dimethylamino-propyl-isothiourea) and the endogenous nitric oxide synthase (NOS) substrate L-arginine prompted us to study the effect of dimaprit and some dimaprit analogues on NOS activity. Dimaprit and some of its analogues were te...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Paquay JB,Hoen PA,Voss HP,Bast A,Timmerman H,Haenen GR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Besides its antimuscarinic effects, propiverine may possess an additional mode of action. We compared the effects of propiverine, three of its metabolites (M-5, M-6, M-14) and atropine in human, pig and mouse urinary bladder preparations in order to elucidate the nature of a possible additional mode of action. 2. L...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wuest M,Hecht J,Christ T,Braeter M,Schoeberl C,Hakenberg OW,Wirth MP,Ravens U

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Much interest is currently being focused on the anti-nociceptive effects mediated by nicotinic acetylcholine (nACh) receptors, including their location and mechanism of action. The purpose of this study was to elucidate these issues using 5-iodo-3-(2(S)-azetidinylmethoxy)pyridine (5IA), a nACh re...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ueda M,Iida Y,Tominaga A,Yoneyama T,Ogawa M,Magata Y,Nishimura H,Kuge Y,Saji H

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of the BJP, Green et al. suggest that animal data could not be used to predict the adverse effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in humans and that MDMA did not produce 5-HT neurotoxicity in the human brain. This proposal was, however, not accompanied by a review of the empirical evidence i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Parrott AC

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00