PYY-preferring receptor in the dorsal vagal complex and its involvement in PYY stimulation of gastric acid secretion in rats.

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：:Myeloperoxidase (MPO), a member of the haem peroxidase-cyclooxygenase superfamily, is abundantly expressed in neutrophils and to a lesser extent in monocytes and certain type of macrophages. MPO participates in innate immune defence mechanism through formation of microbicidal reactive oxidants and diffusible radical s...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Malle E,Furtmüller PG,Sattler W,Obinger C

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effects of piribedil on contractile responses and noradrenaline release evoked by sympathetic nerve stimulation have been studied in the isolated kidney of the rabbit. These effects were compared to those of apomorphine.2 Electrical stimulation (2, 5 and 10 Hz) of sympathetic renal nerves produced frequency-depe...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chevillard C,Mathieu MN,Recommis D

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum toxin (Type A) depressed or abolished transmission from postganglionic nerves to smooth muscle of isolated preparations of guinea-pig and mouse vas deferens. The time course of blockade was 2 to 6 times slower than that observed with the same concentration of the same batch of toxin on the rat diaphragm. Spo...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Holman ME,Spitzer NC

更新日期：1973-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with lung disease and/or hypoxia (Group III), decreased pulmonary vascular tone and tissue hypoxia is therapeutically beneficial. PGE2 and PGI2 induce potent relaxation of human bronchi from non-PH (control) patients via EP4 and IP receptors...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ozen G,Benyahia C,Mani S,Boukais K,Silverstein AM,Bayles R,Nelsen AC,Castier Y,Danel C,Mal H,Clapp LH,Longrois D,Norel X

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aims of this study were first, to examine whether deficits in nerve conduction in streptozotocin-diabetic rats could be reversed by a 10% dietary supplement of evening primrose oil. Second, to determine the time-course of reversal, and third, to assess whether the effects could be blocked by the cyclo-oxygenase...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cameron NE,Cotter MA,Dines KC,Robertson S,Cox D

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a new selective beta1-adrenoceptor agonist, (--)-1-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)-3-isopropyl-amino-propanol-2-hydrochloride (H 133/22), on amylase secretion from the rat parotid gland were investigated in an in vitro system. The results were compared to the secretory responses obtained with noradrenaline, adrenali...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Carlsöö B,Danielsson A,Henriksson R

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Strontium ranelate, a drug approved and until recently used for the treatment of osteoporosis, mediates its effects on bone at least in part via the calcium-sensing (CaS) receptor. However, it is not known whether bone-targeted CaS receptor positive allosteric modulators (PAMs; calcimimetics) rep...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Diepenhorst NA,Leach K,Keller AN,Rueda P,Cook AE,Pierce TL,Nowell C,Pastoureau P,Sabatini M,Summers RJ,Charman WN,Sexton PM,Christopoulos A,Langmead CJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Possible interactions between non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and endogenous opioids were examined in electrophysiological experiments in alpha-chloralose anaesthetized spinalized rats without or with carrageenan-induced acute inflammation of one hindpaw. Spinal reflex responses, monitored as single ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Herrero JF,Headley PM

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Use of the antihyperglycaemic agent, metformin, is often associated with a small rise in circulating lactate. This study investigates the source of the lactate and examines the effect of metformin on glucose metabolism by the intestine and liver of rats. 2. Changes in plasma glucose and lactate were measured in the...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bailey CJ,Wilcock C,Day C

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have investigated an aspect of the regulation of cortical pyramidal neurone activity. Microdialysis was used to assess whether topical application of drugs (in 10 microliter) to fill a burr hole over the frontal cortex, where part of the corticostriatal pathway originates, would change concentrations of the exci...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dijk SN,Francis PT,Stratmann GC,Bowen DM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to identify the actions of H(2)S on ion transport across rat distal colon. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Changes in short-circuit current (Isc) induced by the H(2)S-donor, NaHS, were measured in Ussing chambers. Cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration was evaluated using fura-2. KEY RE...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hennig B,Diener M

更新日期：2009-11-01 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. A series of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptor agonists including 5-HT, 5-carboxamidotryptamine (5-CT) and sumatriptan produced little or no contraction of rabbit isolated mesenteric arteries under resting tone conditions, even at concentrations up to 10(-4) M. 2. When the same agonists were retested in mesenteric...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Choppin A,O'Connor SE

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:An alteration in the communication between the innate and adaptive immune cells is a hallmark of ulcerative colitis (UC). Semaphorin-3E (SEMA3E), a secreted guidance protein, regulates various immune responses. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:We investigated the expression of SEMA3E in colonic biopsies of...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kermarrec L,Eissa N,Wang H,Kapoor K,Diarra A,Gounni AS,Bernstein CN,Ghia JE

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:5-HT (serotonin) regulates various physiological functions, both directly and via enteric neurons. The present study investigated the role of endogenous 5-HT and 5-HT3 receptors in the pathogenic mechanisms involved in colonic inflammation, especially in relation to substance P (SP) and the neuro...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Utsumi D,Matsumoto K,Amagase K,Horie S,Kato S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The involvement of peripheral nitric oxide (NO) in febrigenic signaling to the brain has been proposed because peripherally administered NO synthase (NOS) inhibitors attenuate lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced fever in rodents. However, how the unstable molecule of NO can reach the brain to trigger fever is unclear....

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Steiner AA,Rudaya AY,Ivanov AI,Romanovsky AA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Series of analogues of acetylcholine have been prepared in which the acetyl group was replaced by phenylacetyl, cyclohexylacetyl, diphenylacetyl, dicyclohexylacetyl, (+/-)-phenylcyclohexylacetyl, benziloyl and (+/-)-phenylcyclohexylhydroxyacetyl groups and the trimethylammonium group was replaced by Me(2)EtN(+), Me...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Abramson FB,Barlow RB,Mustafa MG,Stephenson RP

更新日期：1969-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Dexmedetomidine, an alpha(2)-adrenoceptor agonist, exhibits anti-nociceptive actions at the spinal cord and enhances the effect of local anaesthetics in the peripheral nervous system. Although the latter action may be attributed in part to inhibition of nerve conduction produced by dexmedetomidin...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kosugi T,Mizuta K,Fujita T,Nakashima M,Kumamoto E

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Burimamide injected intravenously in the anaesthetized or conscious cat produced significant increases in gastric acid secretion: in the anaesthetized cat it produced increased gastric mucosal blood flow. 2 Metiamide, in doses which inhibited pentagastrin-stimulated acid secretion, produced no increase in gastric ac...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Harris DW,Smy JR,Reed JD,Venables CW

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Metolazone, a new diuretic, was found to be excreted by glomerular filtration and renal tubular secretion.2. The secretory mechanism was antagonized by probenecid but this did not affect the diuretic action of metolazone. ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Belair EJ,Cohen AI,Yelnosky J

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Effects of oestradiol on the electrical and mechanical properties of the rabbit basilar artery were investigated by use of microelectrode, patch-clamp and isometric tension recording methods. 2. Oestradiol (10 nM-100 microM) relaxed arterial tissue pre-contracted by excess [K]o solution (30 mM) in a concentration-d...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ogata R,Inoue Y,Nakano H,Ito Y,Kitamura K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of aconitine, an Aconitum alkaloid, on spontaneous inhibitory and excitatory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs and EPSCs respectively) were investigated in the mechanically dissociated rat ventromedial hypothalamic (VMH) neurons in which native presynaptic nerve terminals remained intact. Under current-clamp co...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yamanaka H,Doi A,Ishibashi H,Akaike N

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Non-alcoholic hepatic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a manifestation of the metabolic syndrome in the liver and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) represents its advanced stage. R17 derived from bouchardatine, shows benefits in the metabolic syndrome, but has not been tested in the liver. The p...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Rao Y,Lu YT,Li C,Song QQ,Xu YH,Xu Z,Hu YT,Yu H,Gao L,Gu LQ,Ye JM,Huang ZS

更新日期：2019-08-01 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 ATP is an important vasoactive mediator, which acts via two receptor classes: P2X and P2Y. Activation of P2X receptors has traditionally been associated with the well-characterised vasoconstrictor properties of ATP. 2 In the current study, we have shown that the P2X(1 & 3) receptor ligand, alpha, beta methylene ATP,...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Harrington LS,Mitchell JA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin deprival in young rats induces alterations in cerebral arteriolar wall similar to those observed during aging: atrophy and a decrease in distensibility. In this study, we examined the effects of melatonin treatment on cerebral arteriolar structure and distensibility and on the lower limit of cerebral blood f...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dupuis F,Régrigny O,Atkinson J,Limiñana P,Delagrange P,Scalbert E,Chillon JM

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In Ca-free solution, the contractile response of guinea-pig taenia caecum to 10(-4) M carbachol was mediated through muscarinic receptors and was reduced time-dependently by desensitization with 10(-4) M carbachol, but not 10(-4) M histamine. On the other hand, the response to 10(-4) M histamine was shown to be med...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hishinuma S,Uchida MK

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:P2X(7), receptors are potently inhibited by extracellular acidification. The underlying molecular basis remains unknown. This study aimed to examine the role of extracellular histidine, lysine, aspartic acid and glutamic acid residues in the functional inhibition of rat P2X(7) receptors by acidic...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Liu X,Ma W,Surprenant A,Jiang LH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The ability of the neuroprotective agent, lifarizine (RS-87476), to mitigate veratridine-, cyanide- and glutamate-induced toxicity in rat embryonic cerebrocortical neurones in primary culture has been compared with that of tetrodotoxin (TTX), nitrendipine, (+)-MK-801 and (-)-MK-801. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) rele...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： May GR,Rowand WS,McCormack JG,Sheridan RD

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00