Properties of Rikkunshi-to (TJ-43)-induced relaxation of rat gastric fundus smooth muscles
Properties of Rikkunshi-to (TJ-43)-induced relaxation of rat gastric fundus smooth muscles
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpgi.00333.2009
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发表时间:
2010-05-01
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4.5
通讯作者:
Suzuki, Hikaru
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作者:
Kito, Yoshihiko;Suzuki, Hikaru
Kito Y, Suzuki H. Properties of Rikkunshi-to (TJ-43)-induced relaxation of rat gastric fundus smooth muscles. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 298: G755-G763, 2010. First published February 18, 2010; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00333.2009.-The relaxant effects of Rikkunshi-to (TJ-43), a gastroprotective herbal medicine, on rat gastric fundus were investigated. Experiments were carried out using standard tension and intracellular microelectrode recording techniques. During contraction induced by enprostil (0.5 mu M), a prostaglandin E(2) analog, TJ-43, produced relaxation dose dependently (0.1-5.0 mg/ml) in the rat fundic circular smooth muscle (CSM) strips. The relaxant effects of TJ-43 were not affected by tetrodotoxin or 1 H[1, 2, 4] oxadiazolo [4, 3-a] quinoxalin-1-one (10 mu M), an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase. TJ-43 inhibited enprostil-induced membrane depolarization. Apamin (1 mu M), a blocker of small-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (SK) channel, inhibited T-43-induced membrane repolarization. TJ-43-induced relaxation was biphasic, comprising of an initial fast followed by a second slow relaxation. The fast relaxation was abolished by apamin. Application of high K(+) (29.4 mM [K(+)](o)) also abolished the fast relaxation induced by TJ-43. In diabetic Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat fundic CSM strips, the relaxant responses of TJ-43 during enprostil-induced contraction were increased compared with control rat strips. These results indicate that TJ-43 elicited fast muscle relaxation through membrane hyperpolarization induced by the activation of SK channels; the time-dependent slow relaxation reflects an additional direct of TJ-43 on CSM in the rat gastric fundus. Because TJ-43-evoked relaxation of fundic CSM strips was more potent in diabetic GK rat than in control rat, further analysis of this herb could lead to better treatments of diabetic gastroparesis.