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- Odenlund, Malin, et al.
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Stimulation of oestrogen receptor-expressing endothelial cells with oestrogen reduces proliferation of cocultured vascular smooth muscle cells.
- 2008
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Ingår i: Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. - : Wiley. - 1440-1681 .- 0305-1870. ; 35:3, s. 245-248
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- 1. Oestrogen reduces vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation in mouse vascular injury models. Data on the antiproliferative effect of oestrogen in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) are less conclusive than those obtained in whole animal studies. 2. In the present study, we investigated the hypothesis that oestrogen-induced attenuation of VSMC proliferation is facilitated by the presence of endothelial cells (EC) using a coculture system of EC and VSMC. 3. Treatment with a physiological concentration of oestrogen (17beta-estradiol (E2); 100 nmol/L) had no effect on fetal calf serum (FCS)-stimulated DNA synthesis in either A7r5 VSMC or bEnd.3 EC. However, stimulation of bEnd. 3 cells with E2 in a coculture system of bEnd.3 and A7r5 cells reduced FCS-induced DNA synthesis in A7r5 cells by approximately 45%. The nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME; 100 micromol/L) did not reverse the oestrogen-induced attenuation of DNA synthesis. The antiproliferative effect of E2 may be mediated via either oestrogen receptor (ER) alpha, ERbeta or both because the bEnd.3 cells expressed immunoreactivity for both ER subtypes. 4. These data show that ERalpha- and ERbeta-expressing endothelial cells, which are stimulated with a physiological concentration of oestrogen, release a factor(s) that arrests the proliferation of cocultured VSMC. Oestrogen-induced attenuation of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation is not prevented by L-NAME, suggesting that a mechanism other than endothelial NO is involved.
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- Axelsson Rosén, Stina, et al.
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In vitro effects of antipsychotics on human platelet adhesion and aggregation and plasma coagulation
- 2007
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Ingår i: Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. - : Wiley. - 0305-1870 .- 1440-1681. ; 34:8, s. 775-780
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- 1. Several studies suggest an association between venous thromboembolism and the use of antipsychotic drugs, especially clozapine, but the biological mechanisms are unknown. It has been suggested that antipsychotic drugs enhance aggregation of platelets and thereby increase the risk of venous thrombosis. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of clozapine and its main metabolite, N-desmethyl clozapine, as well as olanzapine, risperidone and haloperidol, on platelet adhesion and aggregation and on plasma coagulation in vitro. 2. Blood was collected from healthy subjects free of medication. Platelet adhesion to different protein surfaces and aggregation were measured in microplates. The coagulation methods of activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) and prothrombin time were performed in platelet-poor plasma. 3. Clozapine was the only compound that increased platelet adhesion and aggregation and shortened APTT. The effect appeared at therapeutic concentrations and was significant but weak. 4. This weak effect of clozapine on haemostasis may explain, in part, the association of this compound and venous thromboembolism. © 2007 The Authors.
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- Giglio, Daniel, 1977, et al.
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Changes in muscarinic receptors in the toad urothelial cell line TBM-54 following acrolein treatment
- 2008
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Ingår i: Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. - : Wiley. - 0305-1870 .- 1440-1681. ; 35:2, s. 217-222
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- 1. In cyclophosphamide-induced cystitis in the rat, cholinergic function of the bladder and muscarinic receptor expression are altered. In the present study, we investigated whether the toad urothelial cell line TBM-54 expresses functional muscarinic receptors and whether changes in muscarinic receptors can be induced in vitro by treating cells with acrolein, a metabolite of cyclophosphamide causing cystitis. 2. The occurrence of muscarinic receptors on cells was assessed by microphysiometry, a method analysing receptor function by measuring changes in the extracellular acidity rate (ECAR) in response to receptor stimulation. 3. Challenging untreated cells with the muscarinic receptor agonist carbachol gave rise to a concentration-dependent increase in changes in ECAR, with a maximal response at 1 mmol/L carbachol of 51 +/- 6%. Pre-incubating cells with different muscarinic receptor antagonists (i.e. pirenzepine (M(1) receptor selective), methoctramine (M(2)/M(4) receptor selective) and 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine methobromide (4-DAMP; M(3)/M(1)/M(5) receptor selective)), gave rise to a concentration-dependent decrease in the effects of carbachol (0.5 mmol/L) on changes in ECAR. 4. Western blot analysis was used to determine the expression of all muscarinic receptor subtypes (M(1)-M(5)) by the cell line. Following acrolein treatment, cells were markedly less sensitive to carbachol and the expression of muscarinic M(2) receptors was decreased, whereas the expression of muscarinic M(3) receptors was increased. 5. In conclusion, the urothelial cell line TBM-54 expresses functional muscarinic receptors and exposure to acrolein leads to a modulation in the expression of muscarinic receptors. Consequently, acrolein may have direct effects on muscarinic receptor function and expression that contribute to the pathogenesis of cyclophosphamide-induced cystitis.
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- Klineberg, I, et al.
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A consensus statement on osseoperception
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Ingår i: Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. - : Wiley. - 0305-1870 .- 1440-1681. ; 32:1-2, s. 145-146
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- Nitescu, Nicoletta, 1974, et al.
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Effects of N-acetyl-L-cysteine on renal haemodynamics and function in early ischaemia-reperfusion injury in rats.
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Ingår i: Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. - : Wiley. - 0305-1870 .- 1440-1681. ; 33:1-2, s. 53-7
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- 1. Renal ischaemia-reperfusion (IR) severely compromises kidney function and has been shown to cause persistent abnormalities in intrarenal blood flow. The aim of the present study was to examine whether N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), a thiol-containing anti-oxidant, improves renal haemodynamics and function during early reperfusion in rats subjected to renal IR. 2. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into groups receiving either isotonic saline (IR-Saline; n = 8) or NAC (IR-NAC; n = 8) prior to (200 mg/kg, i.p., 24 and 12 h before acute experimentation) and during acute renal clearance experiments (bolus 150 mg/kg followed by a continuous infusion of 43 mg/kg per h, i.v.). During acute experimentation, thiobutabarbital-anaesthetized rats were subjected to a right-sided nephrectomy, followed by left kidney IR (40 min renal artery occlusion). Left kidney function and blood flow and intrarenal cortical and outer medullary perfusion measured by laser-Doppler flowmetry was analysed at baseline, during ischaemia and for 80 min of reperfusion. 3. Renal IR produced an approximate 85% reduction in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and a pronounced increase in fractional urinary sodium excretion, throughout reperfusion, with no statistically significant differences between groups. 4. During reperfusion, total renal blood flow and cortical and outer medullary perfusion rapidly returned to levels not significantly different from baseline in both groups. The relative increase in renal vascular resistance in response to IR was more pronounced in NAC-treated rats compared with saline-treated animals (P < 0.05). 5. In conclusion, treatment with NAC did not improve kidney function during the first 80 min after renal IR. In addition, the marked reduction in GFR following reperfusion was not associated with any detectable abnormalities in intrarenal perfusion.
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- Nitescu, Nicoletta, 1974, et al.
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Role of endothelin ET(A) and ET(B) receptor subtypes in the regulation of intrarenal blood flow and oxygen tension in rats
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Ingår i: Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. - : Wiley. - 1440-1681 .- 0305-1870. ; 35:10, s. 1227-32
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- 1. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of endothelin ET(A) and ET(B) receptors in the regulation of intrarenal blood flow and oxygen tension in normotensive Sprague-Dawley rats. 2. Thiobutabarbital anaesthetized rats were divided into four groups (n = 6-9 per group): (i) saline (4 mL/kg per h); (ii) BQ123; (iii) BQ788; and (iv) BQ123 + BQ788. After baseline measurements, the ET(A) receptor antagonist BQ-123 (30 nmol/kg per min, i.v.) and/or the ET(B) receptor antagonist BQ-788 (30 nmol/kg per min, i.v.), was administered for a period of 60 min. Total renal blood flow (RBF), cortical and outer medullary perfusion (laser-Doppler flowmetry) and Po(2) (Clark-type microelectrodes) were analysed throughout. 3. At baseline, there were no significant differences between groups in mean arterial pressure (MAP), RBF, cortical and outer medullary perfusion and Po(2). Infusion of BQ-788 reduced RBF, cortical perfusion and outer medullary Po(2) (P < 0.05) and increased renal vascular resistance (P < 0.05) compared with saline-treated and BQ123 + BQ788-infused groups. BQ-123 and coinfusion of BQ-123 + BQ-788 increased outer medullary perfusion compared with the saline-treated group (P < 0.05) without significantly affecting outer medullary Po(2) and MAP. Neither selective nor combined ET(A) and ET(B) receptor antagonism significantly affected renal cortical Po(2). 4. In conclusion, in normotensive rats, ET(B) receptor antagonism caused renal vasoconstriction and reduced RBF and cortical perfusion. Furthermore, ET(B) receptor antagonism decreased outer medullary Po(2). These effects were mediated by ET(A) receptor activation and are not due to a lack of ET(B) receptor activation per se. Finally, BQ-123 increased renal outer medullary perfusion, suggesting a tonic vasoconstrictor effect of ET(A) receptors in the medulla of normotensive rats.
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