Evidence for the involvement of different receptor subtypes in the pre- and postjunctional actions of angiotensin II at rat sympathetic neuroeffector sites.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) plays a key role in the induction of inflammatory responses both in peripheral organs and the CNS. Curcumin exerts anti-inflammatory functions by interfering with LPS-induced dimerization of TLR4-myeloid differentiation protein-2 (MD-2) complex and suppressing pro-infl...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Zusso M,Mercanti G,Belluti F,Di Martino RMC,Pagetta A,Marinelli C,Brun P,Ragazzi E,Lo R,Stifani S,Giusti P,Moro S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Betulinic acid (BA) is a naturally occurring triterpenoid widely distributed throughout the plant kingdom. We previously reported that BA inhibits lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced interleukin-6 production through modulation of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Viji V,Helen A,Luxmi VR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The rat spinal cord in vitro has been used to assess the effect of 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX) on the dorsal root evoked extracellular ventral root reflex (DR-VRR) and the intracellular excitatory postsynaptic potential (e.p.s.p.) in ventral horn neurones and motoneurones. 2. CNQX (1-5 microM) produ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： King AE,Lopez-Garcia JA,Cumberbatch M

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) relaxes circular smooth muscle of the rabbit isolated jugular vein at very low concentrations (mean pIC50 against histamine-induced contraction = 9.34). This effect is not blocked by the EP1-receptor antagonist, AH 6809 (2 microM). 2. From a group of prostaglandin E analogues examined, 16,16...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lawrence RA,Jones RL

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. A murine macrophage cell line, J774, expressed nitric oxide (NO) synthase activity in response to interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma, 10 u ml-1) plus lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 10 ng ml-1). The enzyme activity was first detectable 6 h after incubation, peaked at 12 h and became undetectable after 48 h. 2. The decline in the...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Assreuy J,Cunha FQ,Liew FY,Moncada S

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) We determined the effects of long-term treatment with aminoguanidine (AG), an inhibitor of advanced glycation end products, on the mechanical properties of the arterial system in aged Fisher 344 rats, using the aortic impedance analysis. (2) Normotensive rats were treated from 18 to 24 months with AG (1 g/l-1 in d...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chang KC,Hsu KL,Peng YI,Lee FC,Tseng YZ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endogenous cannabinoid system is involved in numerous physiological and neuropsychological functions. Medications that target this system hold promise for the treatment of a wide variety of disorders. However, as reward is one of the most prominent of these functions, medications that activate this system must be ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Panlilio LV,Justinova Z,Goldberg SR

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Protein phosphorylation is involved in the induction of nitric oxide synthase II (NOS II, iNOS) in several types of animal cells. Here we have investigated the possible involvement of major protein kinases in the induction of NOS II expression in human DLD-1 cells. 2. In DLD-1 cells, interferon--gamma alone induced...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kleinert H,Euchenhofer C,Fritz G,Ihrig-Biedert I,Förstermann U

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Lowering of the extracellular Mg(2+)-concentration induces various patterns of epileptiform activity in combined rat entorhinal cortex-hippocampal brain slices. After a prolonged period of exposure to Mg(2+)-free medium seizure-like events in the entorhinal cortex change to a state of late recurrent discharges whic...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pfeiffer M,Draguhn A,Meierkord H,Heinemann U

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors are used in Parkinson's disease in which pain is an important symptom. COMT polymorphisms modulate pain and opioid analgesia in humans. In rats, COMT inhibitors have been shown to be pro-nociceptive in acute pain models, but also to attenuate allodyn...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kambur O,Talka R,Ansah OB,Kontinen VK,Pertovaara A,Kalso E,Männistö PT

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In order to determine whether activation of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-sensitive K+ channels exclusively explains the hypoxia- and ischaemia-induced action potential shortening, effects of tolbutamide and glibenclamide on changes in action potential duration (APD) during hypoxia, metabolic blockade or experimenta...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Nakaya H,Takeda Y,Tohse N,Kanno M

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is a relatively recently discovered molecule originating in the so-called L-cells of the intestine. The peptide has insulinotrophic properties and it is this characteristic that has predominantly been investigated. This has led to the use of the GLP-1-like peptide exendin-4 (EX-4), whic...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Harkavyi A,Whitton PS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current treatments of schizophrenia are compromised by their inability to treat all symptoms of the disease and their side-effects. Whilst existing antipsychotic drugs are effective against positive symptoms, they have negligible efficacy against the prefrontal cortex (PFC)-associated cognitive deficits and negative s...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Pratt JA,Winchester C,Egerton A,Cochran SM,Morris BJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Skeletal muscle is the predominant site for glucose disposal and fatty acid consumption. Emerging evidence indicates that the crosstalk between adipose tissue and skeletal muscle is critical in maintaining insulin sensitivity and lipid homeostasis. The current study was designed to investigate wh...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Shen S,Liao Q,Zhang T,Pan R,Lin L

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The position of dose-response curves for histamine-induced accumulation of [3H]-inositol 1-phosphate ([3H]-IP1) in lithium-treated slices of guinea-pig brain prelabelled with [3H]-inositol differed significantly between cerebellum (EC50 5.1 +/- 1.0 microM) and cerebral cortex (EC50 16.3 +/- 0.7 microM). The Hill coeff...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Carswell H,Young JM

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We set out to elucidate the pharmacological mechanisms by which alpha 2-adrenoceptor and 5-HT-receptor ligands affect the haemodynamic response to acute central hypovolaemia in conscious rabbits. 2. Acute central hypovolaemia was produced by inflating an inferior vena caval cuff so that cardiac output fell at a con...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Evans RG,Haynes JM,Ludbrook J

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Azithromycin has been reported to modify activation of macrophages towards the M2 phenotype. Here, we have sought to identify the mechanisms underlying this modulatory effect of azithromycin on human monocytes, classically activated in vitro. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Human blood monocytes were prim...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Vrančić M,Banjanac M,Nujić K,Bosnar M,Murati T,Munić V,Stupin Polančec D,Belamarić D,Parnham MJ,Eraković Haber V

更新日期：2012-03-01 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. In the present work, we have studied the expression of Fos during acute and chronic administration of the kappa-opioid receptor agonist U-50488H and after U-5088H withdrawal in the rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN). Fos production was also studied in brainstem regions that innervate the PVN: the A(2) c...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Laorden ML,Castells MT,Milanés MV

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:1. Diabetes mellitus produces marked abnormalities in motor nerve conduction, but the mechanism is not clear. In the present study we hypothesized that in the streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat impaired vasodilator function is associated with reduced endoneural blood flow (EBF) which may contribute to nerve dys...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Terata K,Coppey LJ,Davidson EP,Dunlap JA,Gutterman DD,Yorek MA

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. SB 206553 (5-methyl-1-(3-pyridylcarbamoyl)-1,2,3,5-tetrahydropyrrolo[2 ,3-f]indole) displays a high affinity (pK1 7.9) for the cloned human 5-HT2C receptor expressed in HEK 293 cells and the 5-HT2B receptor (pA2 8.9) as measured in the rat stomach fundus preparation. SB 206553 has low affinity for cloned human 5-HT...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kennett GA,Wood MD,Bright F,Cilia J,Piper DC,Gager T,Thomas D,Baxter GS,Forbes IT,Ham P,Blackburn TP

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Superoxide dismutase (SOD, 60 u ml-1) or ferricytochrome c (70 microM) significantly inhibited thrombin-stimulated platelet adhesion to gelatin-coated plastic, whereas catalase (1000 u ml-1) or mannitol (1 mM) had no effect. 2. The platelet aggregation induced by low concentrations of thrombin (causing less than 45...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Salvemini D,de Nucci G,Sneddon JM,Vane JR

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photorelaxation of vascular smooth muscle (VSM) is caused by the release of nitric oxide (NO) from a finite molecular store that can be depleted by irradiating pre-contracted arteries with visible light. The ability of an 'exhausted' vessel to respond to a further period of illumination is lost temporarily but then re...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Megson IL,Holmes SA,Magid KS,Pritchard RJ,Flitney FW

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Isolated preparations of rat anococcygeus muscle were incubated with [3H]-noradrenaline and the efflux of radioactivity induced by stimulation of intramural sympathetic nerves was used as a measure of release of transmitter noradrenaline. Isometric contractile responses were also measured. 2. Angiotensin I (0.03 mi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Li CG,Majewski H,Rand MJ

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Necroptosis is a form of programmed, caspase-independent, cell death, mediated by receptor-interacting protein kinases, RIPK1 and RIPK3, and the mixed lineage kinase domain-like (MLKL). Necroptosis contributes to the pathophysiology of various inflammatory, infectious, and degenerative diseases. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chen X,Zhuang C,Ren Y,Zhang H,Qin X,Hu L,Fu J,Miao Z,Chai Y,Liu ZG,Zhang H,Cai Z,Wang HY

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have investigated the inhibitory effects of RP 73401 (piclamilast) and rolipram against human monocyte cyclic AMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE4) in relation to their effects on prostaglandin (PG)E2-induced cyclic AMP accumulation and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced TNF alpha production and TNF alpha mRNA exp...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Souness JE,Griffin M,Maslen C,Ebsworth K,Scott LC,Pollock K,Palfreyman MN,Karlsson JA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Endotoxin shock is accompanied by an increase in peripheral vascular permeability. It has been postulated that most biological activities of LPS are derived from lipid A moiety. Here we examined the effect of lipid A analogue ONO-4007 in increasing vascular permeability and the possible mediators in mouse skin by a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ishida H,Fujii E,Irie K,Yoshioka T,Muraki T,Ogawa R

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antidromic stimulation of sensory peripheral branches of the trigeminal system (mental nerve) leads to cutaneous vasodilatation and increases vascular permeability in the rat. Antidromic vasodilatation is observed only at high intensity stimulation (10 V, 15 Hz, 0.2 or 5 ms) supporting the participation of afferent C-...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Couture R,Cuello AC,Henry JL

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) Stimulation of the vanilloid receptor-1 (TRPV1) results in the activation of nociceptive and neurogenic inflammatory responses. Poor specificity and potency of TRPV1 antagonists has, however, limited the clarification of the physiological role of TRPV1. (2) Recently, iodo-resiniferatoxin (I-RTX) has been reported ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rigoni M,Trevisani M,Gazzieri D,Nadaletto R,Tognetto M,Creminon C,Davis JB,Campi B,Amadesi S,Geppetti P,Harrison S

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00