Inhibition of GABAA receptor-mediated current responses by enoxacin (new quinolone) and felbinac (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) in Xenopus oocytes injected with mouse-brain messenger RNA.

abstract：:The success of arsenic trioxide (ATO) in treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) attracts a great deal of attention to researchers to explore its activity of anti-leukemia. However, ATO has unavailable effect on chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), especially multidrug resistant (MDR)-CML, unless using high concent...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Wang X,Zhang X,Xu Z,Wang Z,Yue X,Li H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxynybomycin was identified as an inducer of p21the/WAF1 gene following screening using a reporter, p21/luciferase. The present study examined its anti-proliferative effect on human tumor cell lines. Deoxynybomycin selectively inhibited growth of human osteoblastic sarcoma Saos-2, gastric cancer TMK-1, and monocytic...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Egawa K,Yamori T,Nosaka C,Kunimoto S,Takeuchi T,Nos K

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that the topical application of ascorbic acid 2-O-alpha-glucoside (AA-2G) suppressed the cutaneous inflammation by ultraviolet irradiation in human and guinea pigs (Miyai et al., Nishinihon J. Dermatol., 58, 439-443 (1996)). In this paper, the effect of AA-2G on the lethal damage induced by ultr...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Miyai E,Yanagida M,Akiyama J,Yamamoto I

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel constituent, shamimicin, 1"', 1"'-bis-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-3,7-dihydroxy-5-O-xylopyranosyloxy-2H-1-benzopyran along with lupeol, which possesses potent hypotensive activity, has been isolated from Bombax ceiba stem bark. BCBMM--one of the most active hypotensive fractions has revealed its advers...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Saleem R,Ahmad SI,Ahmed M,Faizi Z,Zikr-ur-Rehman S,Ali M,Faizi S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve species of pyridobenzazoles and pyrimidobenzimidazole were examined as inhibitors of the replication of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in HeLa cells. From the pyridobenzazoles studied, 2-benzamido-4-cyano-1-oxo-1H,5H-pyrido[1,2-alpha]benzimidazol emerged as a potent inhibitor of the RSV. Based on its inhibit...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Chiba T,Shigeta S,Numazaki Y

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological cell death is an essential event in normal development and maintenance of homeostasis. Recently, the morphological and pharmacological characteristics of programmed cell death, which are distinct from those of apoptosis under physiological and pathological conditions, have been reported. However, the mol...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Morimoto R,Obinata A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemorrhoids are a common anorectal disease. Epidemiological studies on medication trends and risk factors using information from real-world databases are rare. Our objective was to analyze the relationship between hemorrhoid treatment prescription trends and several risk factors using the National Database of Health I...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Mukai R,Shimada K,Suzuki T,Nakao S,Tanaka M,Matsumoto K,Yoshida Y,Goto F,Inoue M,Satake R,Nishibata Y,Sugihara H,Nakamura M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulating γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) uptake transport on the plasma membranes is required for its efficient clearance from the brain interstitial fluid. The purpose of this study was to clarify the assembly of taurine transporter (TauT/Slc6a6) and PSD-95/Disc-large/Zo-1 (PDZ) domain of Na+-H+ exchanger regulatory fac...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tachikawa M,Yokoyama R,Akanuma SI,Hosoya KI

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously that N-linked glycoproteins were accumulated in the cytosol of the normal aging rat brain, and that one protein had been identified as cathepsin D (Mech. Ageing Dev., 127, 771-778 (2006)). In this study, to elucidate the mechanism of cathepsin D accumulation in the cytosol, we examined the effec...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Miura Y,Sakurai Y,Hayakawa M,Shimada Y,Zempel H,Sato Y,Hisanaga S,Endo T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerulonephritis (GN) is a set of pathological conditions that result in the destruction of glomeruli and loss of renal function, commonly leading to the development of end-stage renal disease. Current pharmacotherapy is limited to immunosuppressive therapy. In the present study, we found a novel antinephritic effec...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Liu N,Shi J,Xiao Y,Yasue M,Takei Y,Sanefuji H,Tsujimoto G,Hirasawa A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In brain ischemia, cell destructive necrosis occurs in the core, which in turn links to cell death expansion in the vicinity. Apoptosis, on the other hand, occurs in the surroundings of the core, called the penumbra, several days later. As cells showing apoptosis disappear by microglial phagocytosis in the brain, cell...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ueda H,Fujita R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NDRG2, a new member of the N-Myc downstream-regulated gene (NDRG) family, is a focus for study at present. Up to now, its expression and function in carcinoma remain to be elucidated. In this study, using a colorectal cancer tissue array and a series of 213 colorectal cancer samples, the relationship between Ndrg2 and...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shi H,Jin H,Chu D,Wang W,Zhang J,Chen C,Xu C,Fan D,Yao L

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens and/or pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics considerations may result in off-label use of a certain class of antibacterials, including tigecycline. This study was performed to clarify the safety profile of tigecycline in the user-derived manner and to compare it with ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kadoyama K,Sakaeda T,Tamon A,Okuno Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pancreatitis (AP) is one kind of acute surgical abdominal disease in the world. It causes intestinal damage with subsequent bacterial migration, endotoxemia and secondary pancreatic infections. In this investigation, we determined that edaravone (EDA) reduces pancreatic and intestinal injury after AP in mice. Th...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Wang B,Lin W

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilizing starch-containing alginate beads, a novel drug delivery system (DDS) was developed. With the starch inside, the composite bead could be dried in its original bead shape and handled in the dried state. By employing alginate multi-coating strategy on the starch-alginate beads, detained or controlled release wa...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim YJ,Park HG,Yang YL,Yoon Y,Kim S,Oh E

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases have been attributed to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) depletion in the brain. In order to provide a pharmacological basis for the neuroprotective actions of the enhanced accumulation of GABA in mulberry leaves (ML) against cerebral ischemia i...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kang TH,Oh HR,Jung SM,Ryu JH,Park MW,Park YK,Kim SY

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transport mechanisms of p-aminohippurate (PAH) were investigated in rat renal brush-border membrane vesicles. The uptake of PAH was stimulated by an inside-positive membrane potential created by K+ and valinomycin. This potential-stimulated uptake of PAH was inhibited by various anion transport inhibitors and was satu...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohoka K,Takano M,Okano T,Maeda S,Inui K,Hori R

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenously produced reactive oxygen species reportedly stimulate insulin secretion from islet β-cells. However, the molecular machinery that governs the oxidant-induced insulin secretion has yet to be determined. The present study demonstrates, using rat islet β-cell-derived RINm5F cells, the involvement of the tran...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Numazawa S,Takase M,Ahiko T,Ishii M,Shimizu S,Yoshida T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lower serum cholesterol level was recently shown to be one of the causes of stroke in an epidemiological study. Spontaneously hypertensive rats stroke-prone (SHRSP) have lower serum cholesterol levels than normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). To elucidate the mechanisms responsible for the lower serum cholesterol l...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Michihara A,Mido M,Matsuoka H,Mizutani Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) generates a potent cytotoxic effect, however many cancer cells are resistant to TNFalpha-mediated killing and the cause of the differential sensitivity remains to be elucidated. In this study, we demonstrated that TNFalpha induced cell death in four different human colon cancer c...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Han SY,Choung SY,Paik IS,Kang HJ,Choi YH,Kim SJ,Lee MO

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely accepted that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) require 2 to 4 weeks of administration before improvements in emotional symptoms of depression are seen. We evaluated whether early monitoring of Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD) scores in patients treated with the SSRI fluvoxamine c...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Katoh Y,Uchida S,Kawai M,Takei N,Mori N,Kawakami J,Kagawa Y,Yamada S,Namiki N,Hashimoto H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prostacyclin I1 (PGI1) analogue, SM-10906 and its methyl ester, SM-10902, have been compared with the PGI2 analogue, iloprost, with respect to binding to the PGI2 receptor, stimulation of adenylate cyclase activity and inhibition of thrombin-induced Ca2+ mobilization in mastocytoma P-815 cells. SM-10906 displaced ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Oka M,Negishi M,Yamamoto T,Satoh K,Hirohashi T,Ichikawa A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When carbohydrate metabolism is impaired, fatty acid metabolism is activated. Excess acetyl-coenzyme A (CoA) is generated from fatty acids by β-oxidation and is used for the formation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) and subsequently for acetoacetate. High levels of secreted ketone bodies (acetoacetate and ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakagawa S,Kojima Y,Sekino K,Yamato S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new ursane-type triterpenoid, weigelic acid (1), and seven known compounds, ursolic acid (2), ilekudinol A (3), corosolic acid (4), ilekudinol B (5), esculentic acid (6), pomolic acid (7), and asiatic acid (8) were isolated from the leaf and stem of Weigela subsessilis. The structure of the new triterpenoid was esta...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Thuong PT,Min BS,Jin W,Na M,Lee J,Seong R,Lee YM,Song K,Seong Y,Lee HK,Bae K,Kang SS

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylripariochromene A (MRC) was isolated from the leaves of Orthosiphon aristatus (Lamiaceae) and subjected to the examination of several pharmacological actions related to antihypertensive activity. The following four findings were revealed from the present study: 1) MRC caused a continuous decrease in systolic blo...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsubara T,Bohgaki T,Watarai M,Suzuki H,Ohashi K,Shibuya H

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1) plays important roles in genotoxic stress-induced cell cycle checkpoint and in normal cell cycle progression. Here, we show that Chk1 is cleaved in the treatment of apoptotic dose of etoposide (ETP) or cisplatin (CIS) but not of viable dose in HeLa S3 cells. The cleavage of Chk1 was complete...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Okita N,Kudo Y,Tanuma S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenolic compounds, in general, exhibit antioxidant and antibacterial activities. We studied antimicrobial activity of the phenolic antioxidants, propofol (2,6-diisopropylphenol), tocopherol, eugenol, butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), and several of their dimer compounds. Dipropofol (dimer of 2,6-diisopropylphenol) show...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ogata M,Tutumimoto Sato K,Kunikane T,Oka K,Seki M,Urano S,Hiramatsu K,Endo T

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) secrete cytokines and exhibit diverse pharmacological actions. The present study examined the unknown pharmacological action of ADSCs regarding whitening effects. A conditioned medium of ADSCs (ADSC-CM) was harvested and the whitening effect of ADSC-CM w...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim WS,Park SH,Ahn SJ,Kim HK,Park JS,Lee GY,Kim KJ,Whang KK,Kang SH,Park BS,Sung JH

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether endogenous nitric oxide (NO) has a role as an inhibitory modulator of norepinephrine (NE)- and angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced renal effects in anesthetized dogs. Intrarenal arterial infusion of NE (100 ng/kg/min) or Ang II (10 ng/kg/min) decreased renal blood flow (RBF), glomerular filtration ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsumura Y,Egi Y,Maekawa H,Miura A,Murata S,Morimoto S

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulation of β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) in the brain plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Previous studies have demonstrated the neuroprotective role of osthole against oxygen and glucose deprivation in cortical neurons. However, the effects of osthole on Aβ-induced neurotoxicity in ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hu Y,Wen Q,Liang W,Kang T,Ren L,Zhang N,Zhao D,Sun D,Yang J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00