Abstract:
:The role of Ca2+ and protein kinase C (PKC) activity in the release of immunoreactive endothelin-1 (ET-1) from cultured porcine aortic endothelial cells of first or second passage has been studied. ET-1 accumulation within cells and secretion into cell-conditioned medium over 3 and/or 5 hr was measured. Confluent cells incubated in medium containing 1.8 mM Ca2+ (control condition) accumulated and released ET-1 in a time-dependent way. Reducing intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) by adding the Ca2+ entry blockers NiCl2 (0.5 mM) and amiloride (1 mM) or the Ca2+ chelator EGTA (5 mM) to the incubation medium reduced ET-1 secretion to between 50 and 30% of controls, respectively (P < 0.01). To determine the effect of high [Ca2+]i on ET-1 release, cells were incubated with thapsigargin (10-1000 nM) or Ca2+ ionophore A23187 (1 microM) which raised [Ca2+]i progressively from 190 nM (control) to > 1 microM. Both agents reduced ET-1 secretion in a concentration-dependent manner to between 50 and 20% of controls (P < 0.01). Intracellular levels of ET-1 were also reduced at both low and high [Ca2+]i (P < 0.01). In the presence of the PKC inhibitors chelerythrine (50 microM) and H-7 (60 microM), basal ET-1 secretion was reduced to below 20% of controls (P < 0.01). The PKC activator phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (0.4 microM) stimulated ET-1 release 1.4-fold (P < 0.01) and its effect was abolished by EGTA (5 mM). Increased [Ca2+]i stimulated the production and release of cyclic guanosine-3',5'-monophosphate, but basal ET-1 secretion rates correlated poorly with nucleotide levels. These data indicate that: (i) at resting [Ca2+]i concentrations, ET-1 release is close to maximal and is reduced at lower and higher concentrations, resulting in a bell-shaped relationship between [Ca2+]i and ET-1 release; and (ii) basal ET-1 release is largely determined by Ca(2+)-dependent PKC activity.
journal_name
Biochem Pharmacoljournal_title
Biochemical pharmacologyauthors
Brunner Fdoi
10.1016/0006-2952(95)00023-ssubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-06-16 00:00:00pages
1785-91issue
12eissn
0006-2952issn
1873-2968pii
0006-2952(95)00023-Sjournal_volume
49pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Intact, biological active insulin and pancreatic RNase can be absorbed from the intestinal lumen into the blood circulation. The absorption is dependent on the addition of bile acid (sodium cholate) and proteinase inhibitor. The quantitative absorption of insulin and pancreatic RNase has been demonstrated in an in sit...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(87)90411-4
更新日期:1987-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The interaction between bepridil and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase has been studied using the purified enzyme either in aqueous suspensions in the presence of detergents, or embedded into phospholipid vesicles. The investigation, systematically extended to nonactin and valinomycin for comparison, showed that: (a)...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(84)90377-0
更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A substituted benzimidazole ([4-(3-methoxypropoxy)-3-methylpyridine-2-yl]methylsulfinyl)- 1H-benzimidazole sodium salt (E3810), is a gastric proton pump (H+, K(+)-ATPase) inhibitor. E3810 and omeprazole inhibited acid accumulation dose dependently as measured with aminopyrine uptake in isolated rabbit gastric glands, ...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(91)90719-l
更新日期:1991-07-05 00:00:00
abstract::Chronic inflammation has been implicated as the underlying factor in the pathogenesis of many disorders. In the past decade, inflammation-related endogenous production of reactive nitrogen species, similar to oxygen free radicals, has also been suggested as a risk factor for cancer, in addition to the well-studied exo...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-2952(97)00504-2
更新日期:1997-12-15 00:00:00
abstract::We reported previously that the flavoprotein inhibitor diphenyleneiodonium sulfate (DPI) irreversibly inhibited the metabolic activation of glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) in isolated aorta, possibly through inhibition of vascular NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR). We report that the content of CPR represents 0.03 to 0....
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-2952(98)00216-0
更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The interaction of various cholecystokinin (CCK) peptides with the protein inhibitor (PK-I) of cyclic AMP dependent protein kinase (A-PK) has been studied. The order of the affinities (ED50) for relaxation of hog biliary muscle by a series of C-terminal peptides of CCK correlated with the order of the potencies for A-...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(83)90578-6
更新日期:1983-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Incorporation of thia fatty acids and their effects on the fatty acid composition in phospholipids has been investigated in 7800 C1 hepatoma cells and cultured hepatocytes. 3-Thia fatty acids of chain lengths from dodecyl-to hexadecyl-thioacetic acid were incorporated into phospholipids during a 3-day incubation. Long...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(95)02182-5
更新日期:1996-03-22 00:00:00
abstract::The differentiation-inducing factor-1 (DIF-1) is a lipophilic signal molecule (chlorinated alkylphenone) that induces stalk-cell differentiation in the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum. It has also been shown that DIF-1 and its derivative (DIF-3) suppress cell growth in mammalian tumor cells. In the prese...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2005.06.002
更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The relative ease of generation of reactive oxygen species from a series of reductively activated aglycone and sugar modified anthracyclines was compared by the extents of single strand scission in supercoiled PM2-covalently closed circular (CCC)-DNA. The electrochemical properties of these agents were used as a quant...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(82)90162-9
更新日期:1982-02-15 00:00:00
abstract::Pain is a classical sign of inflammation, and sensitization of primary sensory neurons (PSN) is the most important mediating mechanism. This mechanism involves direct action of inflammatory mediators such as prostaglandins and sympathetic amines. Pharmacologic control of inflammatory pain is based on two principal str...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2020.113862
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The kidney plays an important role in the homeostasis of carnitine by its ability to reabsorb carnitine almost completely from the glomerular filtrate. The transport process responsible for this reabsorption has been investigated thus far only in laboratory animals. Here we report on the characteristics of carnitine u...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-2952(99)00219-1
更新日期:1999-10-15 00:00:00
abstract::Phenylbutyrate has been shown recently to induce fetal hemoglobin (HbF) production in patients with sickle cell anemia and beta thalassemia. We have now examined related aromatic fatty acids in order to define the range of active structures and identify plausible mechanisms of action. Structure-function analysis revea...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(96)00476-5
更新日期:1996-10-25 00:00:00
abstract::We investigated the effect of daily oral administration to young rats of lead (10 mg/kg) and ethanol (10%, v/v, in drinking water), either alone or in combination, for 8 weeks on the uptake of lead in tissues, brain biogenic amines, hepatic alcohol dehydrogenase and cytosolic and mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase a...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(87)90363-7
更新日期:1987-02-15 00:00:00
abstract::Lipids play a complex role in prostate cancer (PCa). Increased de novo synthesis of fatty acids and/or cholesterol is associated with the development of prostate tumors. Liver X Receptors (LXRs) are members of the nuclear receptor family that regulates intracellular lipid homeostasis. Targeting the transcriptional act...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2013.04.005
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The first-generation histamine H1-receptor antagonists, chlorpheniramine (CPHE) and diphenhydramine (DPH), may activate histamine release from basophils and mast cells. Because CPHE and DPH are cationic-amphiphilic and because several substances with such physicochemical properties activate heterotrimeric regulatory g...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(95)02123-x
更新日期:1996-01-26 00:00:00
abstract::The present study was aimed to investigate the metabolomics of sulfur amino acids in Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats, an obese type 2 diabetic animal model. Plasma levels of total cysteine, homocysteine and methionine, but not glutathione (GSH) were markedly decreased in ZDF rats. Hepatic methionine, homocysteine, cy...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2015.05.014
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effect of 5 consecutive daily i.p. doses of CPZ (5 mg/kg), PZ (10 mg/kg) and PMZ (10 mg/kg) on the activity of kynurenine hydrolase and kynurenine aminotransferase in mouse liver was studied. All three phenothiazines effected an increase in the activity of kynurenine hydrolase per unit weight of liver with CPZ sho...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(82)90105-8
更新日期:1982-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Western blotting and densitometric analysis of extracts obtained from EDTA extraction of skin segments showed greater extracellular Lipocortin 1 (LC1) in skin sites from steroid-treated animals compared to that seen in matched vehicle treated animals. Extracellular LC1 was maximal 3 hr after steroid, less was found in...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(94)90210-0
更新日期:1994-10-18 00:00:00
abstract::Glucuronidation of quinols of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) represents an important detoxication pathway preventing toxic quinone/quinol redox cycles. Therefore, mono- and diglucuronide formation of benzo(a)pyrene-3,6-quinol was investigated and compared to that of structurally related 3,6-dihydroxychrysene ...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(95)00095-h
更新日期:1995-05-26 00:00:00
abstract::The fallen concentration of one of the two isomers of soman (1,2,2-trimethylpropyl methylphosphonofluoridate), i.e., C(+)P(-)-soman, was investigated in plasma and in homogenates of brain, lung, liver, kidney, diaphragm, skeletal muscle and mucosa of small intestines from rat, guinea pig and marmoset, and in human pla...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(93)90106-7
更新日期:1993-10-19 00:00:00
abstract::A process of differentiation was observed when ob17 preadipocyte cells were stably transfected with a vector containing the cDNA of the human A1 adenosine receptor of adipose tissue. Growth of the cell lines continued but was slowed relative to untransfected cells and cells transfected with vector alone, never attaini...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-2952(99)00069-6
更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The seminal vesicle protein No. 4 (SV-IV) secreted from the rat seminal vesicle epithelium, possesses immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory properties and it is a potent inhibitor of platelet aggregation both in vivo and in vitro. This research aimed to investigate the possible effect of SV-IV on the process of huma...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(94)90106-6
更新日期:1994-07-19 00:00:00
abstract::Enzymatic N,O-acyltransfer of carcinogenic N-arylhydroxamic acids such as N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene (N-OH-AAF) results in the production of reactive electrophiles that can bond covalently with nucleophiles and also can cause inactivation of acyltransferase activity in a mechanism-based manner. Incubation of part...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(90)90277-r
更新日期:1990-03-15 00:00:00
abstract::Glucose metabolism and hemoglobin reactivity in intact human erythrocytes were assessed in the presence of the tryptophan metabolites, 3-hydroxyanthranilate (3-HAT), quinolinate and picolinate. Of these compounds, only 3-HAT altered red cell oxidative status by inducing, in a dose-dependent manner, formation of methem...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(89)90301-8
更新日期:1989-05-15 00:00:00
abstract::Doxorubicin is shown to be present in albumin microspheres (10-40 microns) in two forms: the native drug and a fraction of drug covalently coupled to the protein matrix probably via glutaraldehyde. Upon trypsin digestion the fraction covalently coupled is released and can be resolved from native doxorubicin by high pe...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(91)90123-m
更新日期:1991-06-15 00:00:00
abstract::The effects of two recently developed alpha 2-adrenergic antagonists, RX 781094 and WY 26703, on the synthesis of norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT) in rat brain were compared to those of yohimbine, its diastereoisomer rauwolscine, and mianserin. Intraperitoneal administration of these compounds i...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(85)90614-8
更新日期:1985-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chlordecone, a polycyclic chlorinated insecticide known as Kepone, inhibited the activities of (Na+-K+)ATPase and Mg2+-ATPase in rat brain synaptosomes. Altered pH and specific activity curves for both enzymes demonstrated significant inhibition by chlordecone in buffered acidic, neutral and alkaline pH ranges. Noncom...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0006-2952(83)90205-8
更新日期:1983-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ultrastructural morphology (transmission electron microscopy) and localisation of cisplatin-induced platinum (Pt)-DNA adducts (immunoelectron microscopy) were analysed in the human small cell lung cancer cell line GLC(4) and its 40-fold in vitro acquired cisplatin-resistant subline GLC(4)-CDDP, which is characterised ...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-2952(00)00584-0
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have shown previously that Z-1,1-dichloro-2,3-diphenylcyclopropane (a.k.a. Analog II, A(II)) inhibits human breast cancer cell proliferation regardless of estrogen receptor status or estrogen sensitivity, and that its cellular targets include microtubules. In the present study, we investigated the apoptosis-inducin...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-2952(98)00289-5
更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have investigated the ability of certain dietary flavonoids, known to exert beneficial effects on the central nervous system, to affect neuronal apoptosis. We used cerebellar granule cells undergoing apoptosis due to potassium deprivation in a serum-free medium in either the absence or presence of the flavonoids ge...
journal_title:Biochemical pharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2009.10.005
更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00