目的:了解黄芪对感染柯萨奇病毒心肌细胞 L 型钙通道的影响,以探讨黄芪用于心肌炎治疗的作用机制。方法:以柯萨奇 B_3病毒感染急性分离的成年大鼠心肌细胞,利用膜片钳技术记录 L 型钙通道电流。结果:黄芪不影响正常心肌细胞 L 型钙通道...目的:了解黄芪对感染柯萨奇病毒心肌细胞 L 型钙通道的影响,以探讨黄芪用于心肌炎治疗的作用机制。方法:以柯萨奇 B_3病毒感染急性分离的成年大鼠心肌细胞,利用膜片钳技术记录 L 型钙通道电流。结果:黄芪不影响正常心肌细胞 L 型钙通道电流的幅度,但可减缓 L 型钙通道电流的衰减。病毒感染增加心肌细胞 L 型钙通道电流的幅度,并改变其电压依赖性而使电流电压曲线向左下偏移。黄芪可抑制病毒感染细胞 L 型钙通道电流的增加。结论:黄芪通过抑制感染细胞经 L 型钙通道的跨膜钙内流和稳定 L 型钙通道的作用,可防止病毒感染可能导致的细胞内钙超载和异常电活动。展开更多
Background Shensong Yangxin (SSYX) is one of the compound recipe of Chinese materia medica. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of SSYX on sodium current (/Na), L-type calcium current (/Ca.L), tr...Background Shensong Yangxin (SSYX) is one of the compound recipe of Chinese materia medica. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of SSYX on sodium current (/Na), L-type calcium current (/Ca.L), transient outward potassium current (/to), delayed rectifier current (/K), and inward rectifier potassium currents (/K1) in isolated ventricular myocytes. Methods Whole cell patch-clamp technique was used to study ion channel currents in enzymatically isolated guinea pig or rat ventricular myocytes. Results SSYX decreased peak Na by (44.84±7.65)% from 27.21±5.35 to 14.88±2..75 pA/pF (n=-5, P〈0.05). The medicine significantly inhibited the /Ca,L. At concentrations of 0.25, 0.50, and 1.00 g/100 ml, the peak/Ca,L was reduced by (19.22±1.10)%, (44.82±6.50)% and (50.69±5.64)%, respectively (n=5, all P〈0.05). SSYX lifted the I-V curve of both /Na and /Ca,L without changing the threshold, peak and reversal potentials. At the concentration of 0.5%, the drug blocked the transient component of /to by 50.60% at membrane voltage of 60 mV and negatively shifted the inactive curve and delayed the recovery from channel inactivation. The tail current density of /K was decreased by (30.77±1.11)% (n=5, P〈0.05) at membrane voltage of 50 mV after exposure to the medicine and the time-dependent activity of /K was also inhibited. Similar to the effect on /K, the SSYX inhibited /K1 by 33.10% at the test potential of -100 mV with little effect on reversal potential and the rectification property. Conclusions The experiments revealed that SSYX could block multiple ion channels such as /Na /Ca,L, /k, /to and /K1, which may change the action potential duration and contribute to some of its antiarrhythmic effects.展开更多
A number of studies show that environmental stress conditions increase abscisic acid (ABA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) levels in plant cells. Despite this central role of ABA in altering stomatal aperture by regulati...A number of studies show that environmental stress conditions increase abscisic acid (ABA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) levels in plant cells. Despite this central role of ABA in altering stomatal aperture by regulating guard cell ion transport, little is known concerning the relationship between ABA and H2O2 in signal transduction leading to stomatal movement. Epidermal strip bioassay illustrated that ABA- inhibited stomatal opening and ABA-induced stomatal closure were abolished partly by externally added catalase (CAT) or diphenylene iodonium (DPl), which are a H2O2 scavenger and a NADPH oxidase inhibitor respectively. In contrast, internally added CAT or DPI nearly completely or partly reversed ABA-induced closure in half-stoma. Consistent with these results, whole-cell patch-clamp analysis showed that intracellular application of CAT or DPI partly abolished ABA-inhibited inward K+ current across the plasma membrane of guard cells. H2O2 mimicked ABA to inhibit inward K+ current, an effect which was reversed by the addition of ascorbic acid (Vc) in patch clamping micropipettes. These results suggested that H2O2 mediated ABA-induced stomatal movement by targeting inward K+ channels at plasma membrane.展开更多
Background Recent studies have revealed that pretreatment with statin is effective in preventing arrhythmia, but its electrophysiological mechanism is unclear. This study was conducted to investigate the cardioprotect...Background Recent studies have revealed that pretreatment with statin is effective in preventing arrhythmia, but its electrophysiological mechanism is unclear. This study was conducted to investigate the cardioprotective effects of simvastatin on reversing electrical remodeling in left ventricular myocytes of rabbit heart undergoing ischemia-reperfusion, so as to explore the ionic mechanism responsible for the anti-arrhythmic effect of statin. Methods Forty-five rabbits were randomly divided into three groups: ischemic-reperfusion group (I-R), simvastatin intervention group (Statin) and sham-operated control group (CON). Anesthetized rabbits were subjected to 30-minute ischemia by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery and a 60-minute reperfusion after a 3-day administration of oral simvastatin of 5 mg-kg^-1.d^-1 in the Statin group or a placebo in the I-R group. Single ventricular myocytes were isolated enzymatically from the epicardial zone of the infracted region dedved from the hearts in the I-R and Statin group and the same anatomical region in the CON animals. The whole cell patch-clamp technique was used to record membrane ionic currents, including sodium current (IRa), L-type calcium current (Ica-L) and transient outward potassium current (Ito). Simultaneously, the level of serum cholesterol was examined. Results There was no significant difference in the serum cholesterol concentration among the three groups. The peak IRa current density (at -30 mV) was significantly decreased in I-R ((22.46±5.32) pA/pF, n=12) compared with CON ((42.78±5.48) pA/pF, n=16, P〈0.01) and Statin ((40.66±5.89) pA/pF, n=15, P〈0.01), while the peak IRa current density in the Statin group was not different from CON (P〉0.05). The peak ICa-L current density (at 0 mV) was significantly increased in I-R ((4.34±0.92) pA/pF, n=15) compared with CON ((3.13±1.22) pA/pF, n=13, P〈0.05) and Statin ((3.46±0.85) pNpF, n=16, P〈0展开更多
文摘目的:了解黄芪对感染柯萨奇病毒心肌细胞 L 型钙通道的影响,以探讨黄芪用于心肌炎治疗的作用机制。方法:以柯萨奇 B_3病毒感染急性分离的成年大鼠心肌细胞,利用膜片钳技术记录 L 型钙通道电流。结果:黄芪不影响正常心肌细胞 L 型钙通道电流的幅度,但可减缓 L 型钙通道电流的衰减。病毒感染增加心肌细胞 L 型钙通道电流的幅度,并改变其电压依赖性而使电流电压曲线向左下偏移。黄芪可抑制病毒感染细胞 L 型钙通道电流的增加。结论:黄芪通过抑制感染细胞经 L 型钙通道的跨膜钙内流和稳定 L 型钙通道的作用,可防止病毒感染可能导致的细胞内钙超载和异常电活动。
文摘Background Shensong Yangxin (SSYX) is one of the compound recipe of Chinese materia medica. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of SSYX on sodium current (/Na), L-type calcium current (/Ca.L), transient outward potassium current (/to), delayed rectifier current (/K), and inward rectifier potassium currents (/K1) in isolated ventricular myocytes. Methods Whole cell patch-clamp technique was used to study ion channel currents in enzymatically isolated guinea pig or rat ventricular myocytes. Results SSYX decreased peak Na by (44.84±7.65)% from 27.21±5.35 to 14.88±2..75 pA/pF (n=-5, P〈0.05). The medicine significantly inhibited the /Ca,L. At concentrations of 0.25, 0.50, and 1.00 g/100 ml, the peak/Ca,L was reduced by (19.22±1.10)%, (44.82±6.50)% and (50.69±5.64)%, respectively (n=5, all P〈0.05). SSYX lifted the I-V curve of both /Na and /Ca,L without changing the threshold, peak and reversal potentials. At the concentration of 0.5%, the drug blocked the transient component of /to by 50.60% at membrane voltage of 60 mV and negatively shifted the inactive curve and delayed the recovery from channel inactivation. The tail current density of /K was decreased by (30.77±1.11)% (n=5, P〈0.05) at membrane voltage of 50 mV after exposure to the medicine and the time-dependent activity of /K was also inhibited. Similar to the effect on /K, the SSYX inhibited /K1 by 33.10% at the test potential of -100 mV with little effect on reversal potential and the rectification property. Conclusions The experiments revealed that SSYX could block multiple ion channels such as /Na /Ca,L, /k, /to and /K1, which may change the action potential duration and contribute to some of its antiarrhythmic effects.
基金National Natura1 Science Foundation of China (No. 39870372),StateKey Basic Research and Development Project (No.G1999011700)
文摘A number of studies show that environmental stress conditions increase abscisic acid (ABA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) levels in plant cells. Despite this central role of ABA in altering stomatal aperture by regulating guard cell ion transport, little is known concerning the relationship between ABA and H2O2 in signal transduction leading to stomatal movement. Epidermal strip bioassay illustrated that ABA- inhibited stomatal opening and ABA-induced stomatal closure were abolished partly by externally added catalase (CAT) or diphenylene iodonium (DPl), which are a H2O2 scavenger and a NADPH oxidase inhibitor respectively. In contrast, internally added CAT or DPI nearly completely or partly reversed ABA-induced closure in half-stoma. Consistent with these results, whole-cell patch-clamp analysis showed that intracellular application of CAT or DPI partly abolished ABA-inhibited inward K+ current across the plasma membrane of guard cells. H2O2 mimicked ABA to inhibit inward K+ current, an effect which was reversed by the addition of ascorbic acid (Vc) in patch clamping micropipettes. These results suggested that H2O2 mediated ABA-induced stomatal movement by targeting inward K+ channels at plasma membrane.
基金This project was supported by a grant from the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (No. C2004000615).
文摘Background Recent studies have revealed that pretreatment with statin is effective in preventing arrhythmia, but its electrophysiological mechanism is unclear. This study was conducted to investigate the cardioprotective effects of simvastatin on reversing electrical remodeling in left ventricular myocytes of rabbit heart undergoing ischemia-reperfusion, so as to explore the ionic mechanism responsible for the anti-arrhythmic effect of statin. Methods Forty-five rabbits were randomly divided into three groups: ischemic-reperfusion group (I-R), simvastatin intervention group (Statin) and sham-operated control group (CON). Anesthetized rabbits were subjected to 30-minute ischemia by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery and a 60-minute reperfusion after a 3-day administration of oral simvastatin of 5 mg-kg^-1.d^-1 in the Statin group or a placebo in the I-R group. Single ventricular myocytes were isolated enzymatically from the epicardial zone of the infracted region dedved from the hearts in the I-R and Statin group and the same anatomical region in the CON animals. The whole cell patch-clamp technique was used to record membrane ionic currents, including sodium current (IRa), L-type calcium current (Ica-L) and transient outward potassium current (Ito). Simultaneously, the level of serum cholesterol was examined. Results There was no significant difference in the serum cholesterol concentration among the three groups. The peak IRa current density (at -30 mV) was significantly decreased in I-R ((22.46±5.32) pA/pF, n=12) compared with CON ((42.78±5.48) pA/pF, n=16, P〈0.01) and Statin ((40.66±5.89) pA/pF, n=15, P〈0.01), while the peak IRa current density in the Statin group was not different from CON (P〉0.05). The peak ICa-L current density (at 0 mV) was significantly increased in I-R ((4.34±0.92) pA/pF, n=15) compared with CON ((3.13±1.22) pA/pF, n=13, P〈0.05) and Statin ((3.46±0.85) pNpF, n=16, P〈0