Inhibition by clinically used dyes of prostaglandin inactivation in rat and human lung.

abstract：:1 PD 117302, a new nonpeptide opioid compound shown in in vitro studies to be a selective kappa-opioid agonist, has been evaluated in vivo for antinociceptive activity and other effects characteristic of kappa-receptor activation. 2 Dose-related long lasting antinociception was produced by PD 117302 against a mechanic...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Leighton GE,Johnson MA,Meecham KG,Hill RG,Hughes J

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human distal gut is home to a rich and dense microbial community with representatives of all three domains of life which are intricately connected with our physiology and health. The combined genomes of these microbes, collectively called the human microbiome, vastly expand the metabolic capacities of our own geno...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bik EM,Ugalde JA,Cousins J,Goddard AD,Richman J,Apte ZS

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. It has been reported previously that the milrinone analogues, ethyl 5-cyano-1,6-dihydro-2-methyl-6-oxo-3 pyridine carboxylate (I) and ethyl 5-cyano-1,6-dihydro-2-ethyl-6-oxo-3 pyridine carboxylate (II) exert a positive inotropic effect (EC50 = 15.6 +/- 0.2 microM and 40.3 +/- 0.1 microM) both on spontaneously beati...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dorigo P,Gaion RM,Belluco P,Mosti L,Borea PA,Maragno I

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Turning behaviour after unilateral lesions of the nigro-striatal dopamine pathway in rats has been used to compare the actions of cocaine and desipramine on central dopamine-containing neurones.2. Administration of cocaine alone (5-20 mg/kg) resulted in no turning or minimal turning towards the lesioned side; the m...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Christie JE,Crow TJ

更新日期：1973-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to determine whether the apelin/APJ system is altered in human cardiovascular disease by investigating whether the expression of apelin or its receptor is altered at the protein level. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Radioligand binding studies were used to determine apelin recep...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pitkin SL,Maguire JJ,Kuc RE,Davenport AP

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of trimebutine on the voltage-dependent inward Ca2+ current was investigated by the whole-cell voltage-clamp technique in single smooth muscle cells from rabbit ileum. 2. Trimebutine (3-100 microM) reduced the Ca2+ current in a concentration-dependent manner. The inhibitory effect on the Ca2+ current was...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nagasaki M,Komori S,Ohashi H

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Alprenolol, a beta-adrenoceptor blocking drug reported to have the same potency as propranolol in vitro and in vivo, was found to be four times more active than procaine as a local anaesthetic on frog sciatic nerve.2. At doses of 0.125 mg/kg and above alprenolol protected anaesthetized guinea-pigs against ouabain-i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Singh BN,Williams EM

更新日期：1970-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) is described as a mediator of diverse biological effects, and is known to produce irritation and injury in the lung following inhalation. Recently, H(2)S has been found to cause contraction in the rat urinary bladder via a neurogenic mechanism. Here, we studied whether sodium hydrogen sulfide ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Trevisani M,Patacchini R,Nicoletti P,Gatti R,Gazzieri D,Lissi N,Zagli G,Creminon C,Geppetti P,Harrison S

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We studied the effects of various K+ channel blockers on the vasodilator responses of guinea-pig isolated basilar arteries to nitrergic nerve stimulation, the nitric oxide (NO) donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP), and the membrane permeable guanosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP) analogue 8-bromo-cyclic GMP ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Jiang F,Li CG,Rand MJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The purpose of this study was to determine if corpus cavernosum smooth muscle expresses functional postsynaptic alpha2-adrenoceptors (AR). 2. The alpha2-adrenoceptor agonist UK 14,304 elicited concentration-dependent contractions in rabbit corpus cavernosum smooth muscle (CCSM). The half-maximal response occurred a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gupta S,Moreland RB,Yang S,Gallant CM,Goldstein I,Traish A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Conventional determination of agonist efficacy at G-protein coupled receptors is measured by stimulation of guanosine-5'-γ-thiotriphosphate (GTPγS) binding. We analysed the role of guanosine diphosphate (GDP) in the process of activation of the M₂ muscarinic acetylcholine receptor and provide evi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Jakubík J,Janíčková H,El-Fakahany EE,Doležal V

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incubation of rat peritoneal macrophages in the presence of staurosporine, a non-specific protein kinase inhibitor, induced interleukin-6 (IL-6) production in a time- and concentration-dependent manner at 6.3-63 nM, but at 210 nM, the stimulant effect on IL-6 production was reduced. The levels of IL-6 mRNA as dete...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yamaki K,Ohuchi K

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) affect signalling pathways by elevating cGMP, which is a second messenger involved in processes of neuroplasticity. In the present study, the effects of the PDE5 inhibitor, sildenafil, on the pathological features of Alzheimer's disease and on memory-relat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cuadrado-Tejedor M,Hervias I,Ricobaraza A,Puerta E,Pérez-Roldán JM,García-Barroso C,Franco R,Aguirre N,García-Osta A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18 provides concise overviews of the key properties of nearly 1800 human drug targets with an emphasis on selective pharmacology (where available), plus links to an open access knowledgebase of drug targets and their ligands (www.guidetopharmacology.org), which provides more deta...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Alexander SP,Christopoulos A,Davenport AP,Kelly E,Marrion NV,Peters JA,Faccenda E,Harding SD,Pawson AJ,Sharman JL,Southan C,Davies JA,CGTP Collaborators.

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of neuropeptide Y (NPY) on motor responses produced by activation of capsaicin-sensitive primary afferents in the guinea-pig isolated ileum was determined by use of capsaicin itself and electrical mesenteric nerve stimulation as stimuli. 2. NPY inhibited or suppressed the cholinergic contractile response...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Takaki M,Nakayama S

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In a rat model of experimental ileus, the effect of blockade of adrenergic and nitrergic neurotransmission was studied on the intestinal transit of Evans blue. 2. Ether anaesthesia and skin incision had no influence on the transit. Laparotomy significantly inhibited the transit of Evans blue. This inhibition was ev...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： De Winter BY,Boeckxstaens GE,De Man JG,Moreels TG,Herman AG,Pelckmans PA

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contractile responses of the rabbit isolated coeliac and mesenteric arteries to five agonists (angiotensin, adrenaline, histamine, acetylcholine and 5-hydroxytryptamine), but not to K+, were potentiated by indomethacin (8.4 microM) The potentiation was similar whether indomethacin was added 1 h before or during th...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Novelli EL,Oshiro ME,Paiva AC,Paiva TB

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abilities of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1), PGE2, PGD2 and PGF2 alpha to antagonize striatal dopamine function were assessed following bilateral and unilateral injections into the striata of the rat and guinea-pig. Three tests were used to assess the effects of the bilateral injections, ability to antagonize dyskinetic ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Costall B,Holmes SW,Kelly ME,Naylor RJ

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Increased calcium (Ca2+) influx has been incriminated as a potential pathological mechanism in the chronic skeletal muscle degeneration exhibited by Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients. We have studied the influence of the glucocorticoid alpha-methylprednisolone (PDN), the only drug known to have a beneficia...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Metzinger L,Passaquin AC,Leijendekker WJ,Poindron P,Rüegg UT

更新日期：1995-12-01 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

abstract：:1. The effects of purinergic stimulation on action potential, force of contraction, 86Rb efflux and 45Ca uptake were investigated in guinea-pig left atria. 2. Adenosine exerted a negative inotropic effect which was antagonized by adenosine deaminase but enhanced by dipyridamole. 3. The negative inotropic effect of ade...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Jahnel U,Nawrath H

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The vascular effects of endothelin and localization of endothelin-like immunoreactivity were characterized in isolated cerebral arteries of dogs. 2. Endothelin-like immunoreactivity was detected in a few populations of endothelial cells of dog basilar artery. 3. Endothelin-1, endothelin-2 and endothelin-3 contracte...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Saito A,Shiba R,Yanagisawa M,Masaki T,Kimura S,Yamada K,Mima T,Shigeno T,Goto K

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effect of clonidine on the 3H-purine release evoked by KCl or (-)-adrenaline was assessed in the superfused helical strip of the rabbit pulmonary artery pretreated with [3H]-adenosine. 2 Clonidine (3 x 10(-5) M to 10(-4) M) significantly enhanced the 3H-purine efflux evoked by 50 mM KCl but not by 3 x 10(-6) M) ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Katsuragi T,Su C

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Inflammation associated with the tumour microenvironment (TME) plays a critical role in the cancer development, and immunotherapeutic strategies that aim to modulate the immune response in cancer have been crucial. In this study, a Methotrexate-loaded (MTX) poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)-based (P...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cavalcante RS,Ishikawa U,Silva ES,Silva Júnior AA,Araújo AA,Cruz LJ,Chan AB,Araújo Júnior RF

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:There is increasing evidence that not only the monoaminergic but also the glutamatergic system is involved in the pathophysiology of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Hyperactivity of glutamate metabolism might be causally related to a hypoactive state in the dopaminergic system. A...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ludolph AG,Udvardi PT,Schaz U,Henes C,Adolph O,Weigt HU,Fegert JM,Boeckers TM,Föhr KJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence has indicated that the mitogen platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) can act acutely to regulate arterial tone. In this study we demonstrate that the BB isoform of PDGF (PDGF-BB) can cause endothelium-independent relaxation of rabbit isolated mesenteric arteries. In endothelium-denuded arteries, PDGF-B...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yamawaki H,Sato K,Hori M,Ozaki H,Karaki H

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The responses of excitatory junctions on locust skeletal muscle fibres to iontophoretically applied L-glutamic acid and DL-ibotenic acid, a rigidly extended analogue of glutamate, were recorded by means of intracellular microelectrodes.2 Iontophoresis of L-glutamate to junctional sites produced transient depolarizat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Clark RB,Gration KA,Usherwood PN

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The mechanisms underlying the vasodilator response to urocortin are incompletely understood. The present study was designed to examine the role of endothelial nitric oxide and Ba(2+)-sensitive K(+) channels in the endothelium-dependent component of urocortin-induced relaxation in the rat left anterior descending co...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Huang Y,Chan FL,Lau CW,Tsang SY,He GW,Chen ZY,Yao X

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histamine-induced contractions of small airways from human lung were substantially augmented by the cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor, indomethacin, whereas the contraction of larger airways was not. Mixed cyclo-oxygenase/lipoxygenase inhibitors of arachidonic acid metabolism did not modify histamine-induced contractions of s...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Adcock JJ,Garland LG

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Increasing evidence suggests that an overactive endocannabinoid system (ECS) may contribute to the development of diabetes by promoting energy intake and storage, impairing both glucose and lipid metabolism, by exerting pro-apoptotic effects in pancreatic beta cells and by facilitating inflammation in pancre...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gruden G,Barutta F,Kunos G,Pacher P

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00