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| Kerchove,C.M.; Markus,R.P.; Freitas,J.C.; Costa-Lotufo,L.V.. |
| Trimethylsulfonium, a compound present in the midgut gland of the sea hare Aplysia brasiliana, negatively modulates vagal response, indicating a probable ability to inhibit cholinergic responses. In the present study, the pharmacological profile of trimethylsulfonium was characterized on muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. In rat jejunum the contractile response induced by trimethylsulfonium (pD2 = 2.46 ± 0.12 and maximal response = 2.14 ± 0.32 g) was not antagonized competitively by atropine. The maximal response (Emax) to trimethylsulfonium was diminished in the presence of increasing doses of atropine (P<0.05), suggesting that trimethylsulfonium-induced contraction was not related to muscarinic stimulation, but might be caused by... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Aplysia brasiliana; Trimethylsulfonium; Cholinergic systems; Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000400013 |
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| Shen,Bo; Zhu,Qun; Zheng,Ma-Qing; Chen,Jia; Shi,Mei-Qi; Feng,Ji-Feng. |
| Polymorphisms in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit CHRNA5 gene have been associated with lung cancer positive susceptibility in European and American populations. In the present hospital-based, case-control study, we determined whether polymorphism in rs503464 of CHRNA5 is associated with lung cancer risk in Chinese individuals. A single nucleotide polymorphism in CHRNA5 rs503464, c.-166T>A (hereafter T>A), was identified using TaqMan-MGB probes with sequencing via PCR in 600 lung cancer cases and 600 healthy individuals. Genotype frequencies for rs503464 (T>A) were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for the control population. However, genotype frequencies were significantly different between cases and controls (P < 0.05), while allele... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Lung cancer; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; CHRNA5 gene; Single nucleotide polymorphisms. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013000100079 |
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| Delcourt, Nicolas; Lagrange, Emmeline; Abadie, Eric; Fessard, Valérie; Frémy, Jean-marc; Vernoux, Jean-paul; Peyrat, Marie-bénédicte; Maignien, Thomas; Arnich, Nathalie; Molgó, Jordi; Mattei, César. |
| Pinnatoxins (PnTXs) are emerging neurotoxins that were discovered about 30 years ago. They are solely produced by the marine dinoflagellate Vulcanodinium rugosum, and may be transferred into the food chain, as they have been found in various marine invertebrates, including bivalves. No human intoxication has been reported to date although acute toxicity was induced by PnTxs in rodents. LD50 values have been estimated for the different PnTXs through the oral route. At sublethal doses, all symptoms are reversible, and no neurological sequelae are visible. These symptoms are consistent with impairment of central and peripheral cholinergic network functions. In fact, PnTXs are high-affinity competitive antagonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs).... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Pinnatoxins; Cyclic imines; Vulcanodinium rugosum; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Acute neurotoxicity; Human intoxication; Myasthenia gravis. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00507/61883/65958.pdf |
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