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- Garcia-Pascual, A, et al.
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Endothelin-1-induced phosphoinositide hydrolysis and contraction in isolated rabbit detrusor and urethral smooth muscle
- 1993
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In: General Pharmacology. - 0306-3623 .- 1879-0011. ; 24:1, s. 131-138
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- 1. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) caused a concentration-dependent increase in the formation of inositol phosphates (IPs) in isolated rabbit detrusor and urethral smooth muscle preparations prelabelled with myo-[H-3]inositol. 2. The increase in accumulation of IPs was slow in onset in both detrusor and urethra, with no significant accumulation demonstrable during the first 30 min. The increase in IPs accumulation found after exposure of detrusor tissue to ET-1 (10(-7) M) for 2 hr (250 +/- 38%, n = 7) was not significantly different from that found in the urethra (279 +/- 40%, n = 6), when expressed as per cent of corresponding control values. 3. Pretreatment with nifedipine (10(-6) M) did not reduce IPs formation. In contrast, no increase in IPs formation was demonstrated in Ca2+-free medium. 4. ET-1 (10(-11) - 10(-7) M) produced concentration-dependent, slowly developing contractions in both detrusor and urethral preparations. Pretreatment with H-7 (3 x 10(-5) M) for 30 min before ET-1 application resulted in a non-parallel shift of the ET-1 concentration-response curve with significant reductions in maximal responses in both tissues. 5. ET-1-induced contractions in urethral preparations were markedly inhibited by Ni2+ (3 x 10(-4) M), whereas the effect of Ni2+ in the detrusor was less pronounced. 6. The results suggest that ET-1 stimulates phosphoinositide hydrolysis in the rabbit detrusor and urethra. Both IPs formation and contractile activation evoked by ET-1 are dependent on extracellular Ca2+. Ca2+-entry pathways seem to be differently activated in the detrusor and urethra, since Ca2+-influx through dihydropyridine-sensitive channels is involved in the ET-1-induced contraction of the detrusor, whereas a Ni2+-sensitive, nifedipine-resistant pathway seems to dominate in the urethra.
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- Pérez, M. García, et al.
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Minimum action solutions for SU(2) gauge theory on the torus with non-orthogonal twist
- 1990
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In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. - 0370-2693. ; 235:1-2, s. 117-123
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- We use the cooling method and the lattice approximation to study the form and properties of the minimum action configurations for the SU(2) Yang-Mills theory on a space-time torous with twist k=m=(1, 1, 1).
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- Persson, Katarina, et al.
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Difference in the actions of calcitonin gene-related peptide on pig detrusor and vesical arterial smooth muscle
- 1991
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In: Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. - : Wiley. - 0001-6772 .- 1365-201X. ; 143:1, s. 45-53
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Calcitonin gene-related peptide has been demonstrated in urinary bladder nerves, and suggested to play a role in local control of bladder motility. In isolated strips of pig detrusor muscle, calcitonin gene-related peptide did not affect spontaneous contractile activity, or contractions induced by high K+, carbachol, substance P, and electrical field stimulation. In contrast, calcitonin gene-related peptide elicited a concentration-dependent and pronounced (78–99%) relaxation of vesical arteries precontracted with endothelin-1, noradrenaline or prostaglandin F2x. As a vasodilator, CGRP was approximately 50 times more potent than acetylcholine. Removal of the endothelium abolished acetylcholine-induced relaxation, but did not affect the relaxation produced by calcitonin gene-related peptide. Pretreatment with methylene blue, glibenclamide or indomethacin had no influence on CGRP's ability to relax the vessels. The inhibitor of NO-synthesis, NG-nitro-L-arginine, had no effect on the maximum vascular relaxation induced by calcitonin gene-relate peptide. It is concluded that in the pig, calcitonin gene-related peptide has no functionally important mechanical effects on isolated detrusor muscle strips, but is a potent dilator of vesical arteries. The vascular effects of the peptide are endothelium-independent, and seem to be exerted directly on the vascular smooth muscle.
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- Xu, S Y, et al.
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Purification and characterization of a human neutrophil lipocalin (HNL) from the secondary granules of human neutrophils
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. - 0036-5513 .- 1502-7686. ; 54:5, s. 365-376
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A 45 kDa-protein was purified from the granules of human neutrophils. The protein consists of two apparently identical subunits. The isoelectric point was pH8.40, and the molecular weight 45kDa (unreduced) or 24kDa (reduced). Treatment of the protein with Endoglucosidase F resulted in a reduction in the molecular weight to 20 kDa, indicating the presence of N-linked carbohydrate. The extinction coefficient was E1%lcm = 13.76 at 280nm. The 60 amino acid sequence revealed up to 65% sequence homology with rat α2-microglobulin-related protein, which belongs to the lipocalin family. The protein co-sedimented with secondary (specific) granule marker proteins and correlated to the neutrophil content of Lactoferrin (r = 0.81,p<0.001) and was estimated to be 0.59 fig 10-6 cells. Release studies showed that the neutrophils released 51.4 ± 9.0% of the total cellular content of the protein when they were exposed to serum-opsonized particles, which was much higher than the release of Myeloperoxidase (12.7 ±3.5%) and Lactoferrin (22.9 ± 4.7%). The N-terminal and four tryptic fragment amino acid sequence of the protein was identical with an N-formyl peptide binding 24 kDa protein and gelatinase associated protein of human neutrophils. In conclusion, we have purified and characterized a protein, human neutrophil lipocalin (HNL), from the secondary granules of human neutrophils and shown that it is readily mobilized from the neutrophils upon stimulation.
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