Proceedings Abstracts of The Physiological Society

Smooth Muscle

The effects of constituents of garlic on uterine contractility

J. McNamee1, H. Robinson1, S. Wray1

Proc Physiol Soc 29 (2012)

Endothelial signalling to vascular smooth muscle exhibits a time-of-day variation

M. Denniff1, H. Turrell1, G. Rodrigo1

Proc Physiol Soc 28 (2012)

A new slow releasing, H2S generating compound, GYY4137 relaxes human and rat pregnant myometrium

H. Robinson1, S. Wray1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

Arteriovenous fistula stenosis: vascular remodelling, inflammation and the development of a rabbit model

M. MacAskill1, R. M. Wadsworth1, D. Kingsmore2, P. Coats1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

Vascular smooth muscle cell response to calcium phosphate nanoparticles

D. Proudfoot1, Y. Dautova1, M. Epple2, M. Bootman1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

Angiotensin II type 1 receptor physically interacts with the BK channel to modify its properties and microlocalization

Z. Zhang1, M. Li1, R. Lu1, E. Stefani1, L. Toro1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

PKC?? and ?? activation by elevated extracellular glucose cause a marked inhibition of Kv currents in mesenteric arterial smooth muscle

J. L. Brignell2, R. I. Norman1, R. D. Rainbow1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

Role of Ca2+ influx and diffusion in the initiation and propagation of calcium waves in ICC freshly isolated from the rabbit urethra

B. Drumm2,1, G. Sergeant1, B. Harvey1, M. Hollywood1, N. McHale2, K. Thornbury1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

Effects of prostaglandin F2?? on Ca2+-release Ca2+-entry in rat pregnant uterine smooth muscle

D. Noble1, S. Wray1, T. Burdyga1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

Potential role for a potassium current with slow kinetics in regulating uterine smooth muscle action potential configuration: a modelling prediction

W. Tong1, R. M. Tribe2, M. J. Taggart1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

The role of imatinib mesylate (Glivec) in mediating the cholinergic-induced phasic contractions of the isolated whole pig urinary bladder

B. Vahabi1,2, M. J. Drake2

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

Lactate significantly decreases in vitro myometrial contractility

J. Hanley1, A. Kendrick1, A. Weeks2, S. Wray1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

Effects of erythropoietin on spontaneous and oxytocin induced myometrial contractions in the nonpregnant rat

N. Tug1,2, H. Ayvaci1, U. Kilic3, E. Kilic2, A. Ayar4, B. Yilmaz2

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

The effect of ex vivo radiation on the contractility of guinea-pig bladder strips

B. McDonnell1, K. M. Prise1, K. D. McCloskey1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

Dilation of rat pulmonary arteries by the Kv7 activator zinc pyrithione

B. Eid1, A. M. Gurney1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

Augmented sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ leak attenuates P2X-mediated [Ca2+]i transients in renal microvascular myocytes in primary hypertension

D. V. Gordienko1,3, O. V. Povstyan2,1, K. Sukhanova1, A. M. Jama4, Z. Lu5, V. Lehen'kyi3, M. Raphaël3, N. Prevarskaya3

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

Hyperglycaemia potentiates vasoconstrictor responses in coronary arteries

P. Fielding1, M. W. Sims1, I. B. Squire1, R. D. Rainbow1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

The effects and potential mechanism of Simvastatin on human spontaneous myometrial contractility

V. Pang1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

Uterine relaxant effects of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) extracts

P. Munglue1, G. Eumkep1, S. Wray2, S. Kupittayanant1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus) extract can relax the myometrium

A. Suwannachat1, P. Kupittayanant2, S. Kupittayanant1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

Relationship between Bradykinin-induced relaxation in human bronchi and endogenous epoxy-eicosanoid synthesis

Y. Tabet1, M. Sirois2, C. Sirois2, E. Rizcallah3, . Rousseau1

Proc Physiol Soc 27 (2012)

NAADP and two-pore channels are important for the contraction of airway smooth muscle cells

K. Rietdorf1,3, P. K. Aley1, C. Lim1, M. D. Bootman2, M. J. Sanderson3, J. Parrington1, G. C. Churchill1, A. Galione1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Airway smooth muscle contraction is regulated by Ca2+ oscillation frequency and Ca2+ sensitivity

M. J. Sanderson1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

The effect of hypoxia and perivascular fat on potassium channels in mice mesenteric arteries

Z. Yao1, F. Lynch1, A. M. Heagerty1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Hormonal state changes the mRNA profile of calcium signaling proteins in uterine smooth muscle

G. C. Bett1,2

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Effect of lipoxin A4 on acute inflammation in primary equine airway smooth muscle cells

C. Beynon1, R. Hammond1, S. Dunham1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Zinc deficiency results in apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells in vivo

K. Allen-Redpath1, O. Ou2, J. H. Beattie2, I. Kwun3, G. F. Nixon1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Vein graft neointima formation: chronic recruitment of circulating cells by dysfunctional endothelium in addition to smooth muscle cell proliferation

J. Wu1, C. L. Lawrence1, P. Maffia2, S. Kennedy2, R. M. Wadsworth1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Effects of Kv7 potassium channel modulators on human intra-pulmonary artery

S. Brennan1, R. Oliveira1, A. Gurney1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Induction of calcium-sensing receptor expression in human vascular smooth muscle cells by mechanical strain prevents calcification

G. Molostvov1, D. Zehnder1, R. Bland1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Expression of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-1??-hydroxylase and functional vitamin D signalling in human vascular smooth muscle cells

M. A. Lubczanska1, D. Zehnder1, R. Bland1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Use of a novel in vitro technique to investigate needle-induced vascular injury

P. Coats1, S. Humza1, D. Kingsmore2, R. M. Wadsworth1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

The vascular smooth muscle T-type calcium channel: an anti-proliferative target for heme oxygenase-1?

H. Duckles1, H. E. Boycott1, J. L. Scragg1, J. P. Boyle1, K. E. Porter1, C. Peers1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Inhibition of Rho Kinase by 5-HT in 5-HT-induced constriction of isolated Bovine pulmonary arteries

R. McCallum1, A. M. Shaw1, A. MacDonald1, A. Corbett1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Reduction of vasomotion in thoracic aorta of immature rats using distilled water

J. Palacios1,4, J. Vega4, A. Paredes3, J. Bravo2, F. Cifuentes4

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Characterisation of transcriptional and post transcriptional properties of vascular interstitial and cultured smooth muscle cells

C. L. Huggins1, O. V. Povstyan1, M. I. Harhun1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Sphingosine 1-phosphate-induced release of TIMP-2 from vascular smooth muscle cells inhibits angiogenesis in coronary artery endothelial cells

K. S. Mascall1, G. R. Small1, G. F. Nixon1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Resident phenotypically modulated myocytes in human arteries under normal physiological conditions

M. I. Harhun1, C. L. Huggins1, K. Ratnasingham2, D. Raje2, R. F. Moss3, K. Szewczyk3, I. A. Greenwood1, T. K. Khong1, A. Wan2, M. Reddy2, G. Vasilikostas2

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

The effects of transient multiple episodes of hypoxia on spontaneous rat uterine contractility: does hypoxic preconditioning occur?

M. Alotaibi1, S. Wray1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Lipid droplets in gravid myometrium from normal and obese BMI women

E. M. Sweeney1, D. J. Crankshaw2, P. Dockery1, J. J. Morrison3

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Modulatory effects of K+ channel blockers on contractile actions of P2X1-purinoceptor agonists in human vas deferens

N. I. Amobi2, J. Guillebaud2, C. I. Smith1

Proc Physiol Soc 25 (2011)

Ca2+-sparks Promote Development of Myogenic Tone in Rat Retinal Arterioles

J. Kur1, P. Bankhead1, N. Scholfield1, T. Curtis1, J. G. McGeown1

Proc Physiol Soc 23 (2011)

Signalling pathways involved in the superoxide anion production in response to serotonin in rat intrapulmonary arteries

M. Billaud1, N. Khoyrattee1, R. Marthan1, J. Savineau1, C. Guibert1

Proc Physiol Soc 23 (2011)

Distinct responses to prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) by human myometrial smooth muscle cells isolated from the upper and lower segment of the pregnant human uterus

A. A. Mosher1, R. M. Tribe3, S. Wood2, D. M. Slater1,2

Proc Physiol Soc 23 (2011)

Effect of purinergic and cholinergic costimulation on rat airway contractility

B. Mounkaila2, E. Roux1,2

Proc Physiol Soc 23 (2011)

Rho-associated kinase-mediated modulation of Ca2+ signaling, myosin and MYPT1 phosphorylation, and force induced by membrane depolarization and carbachol of rat ureteric smooth muscle

L. Borisova1, M. P. Walsh2, T. Burdyga1

Proc Physiol Soc 23 (2011)

Mechanism of hydrogen sulphide mediated contraction in rat small pulmonary arteries

J. Prieto-Lloret1, V. Snetkov1, M. J. Connolly1, J. P. Ward1, P. I. Aaronson1

Proc Physiol Soc 23 (2011)

Isolated perfused pig bladder: a novel experimental approach for the study of whole organ physiology in large animals

B. A. Parsons2, M. Drake2, B. Vahabi1,2

Proc Physiol Soc 23 (2011)

The lipid mediator sphingosylphosphorylcholine regulates inflammatory functions in rat vascular smooth muscle cells

C. Wirrig1, G. F. Nixon1

Proc Physiol Soc 23 (2011)

Effects of high glucose and insulin on vasorelaxation to anandamide

B. Virdee1, D. Zhu1, V. Ho1

Proc Physiol Soc 23 (2011)