AIM: To investigate the effect and the possible mechanism of ginsenoside Rb1 on small intestinal smooth muscle motility in mice. METHODS: Intestinal smooth muscle strips were isolated from male ICR mice (5 wk old), an...AIM: To investigate the effect and the possible mechanism of ginsenoside Rb1 on small intestinal smooth muscle motility in mice. METHODS: Intestinal smooth muscle strips were isolated from male ICR mice (5 wk old), and the effect of ginsenoside Rb1 on spontaneous contraction was recorded with an electrophysiolograph. The effect of ginsenoside Rb1 on ion channel currents, including the voltage-gated K + channel current (IK V ), calcium-activated potassium channel currents (IK Ca ), spontaneous transient outward currents and ATP-sensitive potassium channel current (IK ATP ), was recorded on freshly isolated single cells using the whole-cell patch clamp technique. RESULTS: Ginsenoside Rb1 dose-dependently inhibited the spontaneous contraction of intestinal smooth muscle by 21.15% ± 3.31%, 42.03% ± 8.23% and 67.23% ± 5.63% at concentrations of 25 μmol/L, 50 μmol/L and 100 μmol/L, respectively (n=5,P<0.05). The inhibitory effect of ginsenoside Rb1 on spontaneous contraction was significantly but incompletely blocked by 10 mmol/L tetraethylammonium or 0.5 mmol/L 4-aminopyridine, respectively (n=5, P<0.05). However, the inhibitory effect of ginsenoside Rb1 on spontaneous contraction was not affected by 10 μmol/L glibenclamide or 0.4 μmol/L tetrodotoxin. At the cell level, ginsenoside Rb1 increased outward potassium currents, and IK V was enhanced from 1137.71 ± 171.62 pA to 1449.73 ± 162.39 pA by 50 μmol/L Rb1 at +60 mV (n=6, P<0.05). Ginsenoside Rb1 increased IK Ca and enhanced the amplitudes of spontaneous transient outward currents from 582.77 ± 179.09 mV to 788.12 ± 278.34 mV (n=5, P<0.05). However, ginsenoside Rb1 (50 μmol/L) had no significant effect on IK ATP (n=3, P<0.05). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that ginsenoside Rb1 has an inhibitory effect on the spontaneous contraction of mouse intestinal smooth muscle mediated by the activation of IK V and IK Ca , but the K ATP channel was not involved in this effect.展开更多
Constipation is a condition in which a person or animal has difficulty in eliminating solid waste from the body and the faeces are hard and dry. It is mainly characterized by a difficulty in defecation. The aim of the...Constipation is a condition in which a person or animal has difficulty in eliminating solid waste from the body and the faeces are hard and dry. It is mainly characterized by a difficulty in defecation. The aim of the study is to assess the laxative effect of some plants such as Adansonia digitata , Ziziphus mauritiana and Psidium guayava traditionally used in Chad to treat the problems of constipation. The Microdynamometer method (Biomecatronics) is used to carry out this study. The outcomes show that the extracts’ leaves of Psidium guayava and barks of Ziziphus mauritiana did not lead a significant contraction of duodenum of rabbit until a maximum concentration of 1000 μg, but the extracts’ leaves of Adansonia digitata had a significant effect (P < 0.05) on the intestinal motility of rabbit. This effect of the extract of Adansonia digitata varies with the increase of its concentration (dose dependent) with a maximum of 500 μg and the minimal effect is inferior to 10 μg. On the other hand, the extract of Adansonia digitata has a musculotrope effect because the results have shown that inhibitive molecules such as the atropine and the naloxone do not have to inhibit the action of Adansonia digitata on the intestinal motility of rabbit. Thus, the extract of this plant would reduce significantly the time of intestinal transit and it will be an important laxative drug candidate as described traditionally in Chad.展开更多
肠道平滑肌的收缩和舒张与粗细肌丝的调节密切相关。Caldesmon作为一种肌动蛋白结合蛋白,是参与肠道平滑肌粗细肌丝调节的重要收缩蛋白之一,可通过与肌动蛋白、肌球蛋白和原肌球蛋白交联,阻碍肌动蛋白与肌球蛋白的结合,从而抑制肠道平...肠道平滑肌的收缩和舒张与粗细肌丝的调节密切相关。Caldesmon作为一种肌动蛋白结合蛋白,是参与肠道平滑肌粗细肌丝调节的重要收缩蛋白之一,可通过与肌动蛋白、肌球蛋白和原肌球蛋白交联,阻碍肌动蛋白与肌球蛋白的结合,从而抑制肠道平滑肌的收缩。然而,Caldesmon的磷酸化修饰可以逆转这种抑制作用。Caldesmon可以被不同信号通路中的蛋白激酶刺激,引起自身的磷酸化,促进肌动蛋白与肌球蛋白的结合,进一步导致肠道平滑肌的收缩,在肠道动力障碍疾病中起到关键作用。分别以“Caldesmon”、“平滑肌”、“磷酸化”和以“Caldesmon”、“smooth muscle”、“phosphorylation”、“actin”、“myosin”、“contraction and relaxation”为主题词在中国知网(CNKI)、百度学术和PubMed数据库中查找Caldesmon与平滑肌或肠道平滑肌相关文献。该文就Caldesmon及其磷酸化参与调节肠道平滑肌收缩舒张的功能以及介导Caldesmon磷酸化的相关上游信号通路等方面进行综述,旨在为以基于Caldesmon及其磷酸化调节肠道平滑肌收缩舒张为靶点的临床疾病治疗提供理论依据。展开更多
基金Supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 30873328The State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People’s Republic of China, No. 06-075930
文摘AIM: To investigate the effect and the possible mechanism of ginsenoside Rb1 on small intestinal smooth muscle motility in mice. METHODS: Intestinal smooth muscle strips were isolated from male ICR mice (5 wk old), and the effect of ginsenoside Rb1 on spontaneous contraction was recorded with an electrophysiolograph. The effect of ginsenoside Rb1 on ion channel currents, including the voltage-gated K + channel current (IK V ), calcium-activated potassium channel currents (IK Ca ), spontaneous transient outward currents and ATP-sensitive potassium channel current (IK ATP ), was recorded on freshly isolated single cells using the whole-cell patch clamp technique. RESULTS: Ginsenoside Rb1 dose-dependently inhibited the spontaneous contraction of intestinal smooth muscle by 21.15% ± 3.31%, 42.03% ± 8.23% and 67.23% ± 5.63% at concentrations of 25 μmol/L, 50 μmol/L and 100 μmol/L, respectively (n=5,P<0.05). The inhibitory effect of ginsenoside Rb1 on spontaneous contraction was significantly but incompletely blocked by 10 mmol/L tetraethylammonium or 0.5 mmol/L 4-aminopyridine, respectively (n=5, P<0.05). However, the inhibitory effect of ginsenoside Rb1 on spontaneous contraction was not affected by 10 μmol/L glibenclamide or 0.4 μmol/L tetrodotoxin. At the cell level, ginsenoside Rb1 increased outward potassium currents, and IK V was enhanced from 1137.71 ± 171.62 pA to 1449.73 ± 162.39 pA by 50 μmol/L Rb1 at +60 mV (n=6, P<0.05). Ginsenoside Rb1 increased IK Ca and enhanced the amplitudes of spontaneous transient outward currents from 582.77 ± 179.09 mV to 788.12 ± 278.34 mV (n=5, P<0.05). However, ginsenoside Rb1 (50 μmol/L) had no significant effect on IK ATP (n=3, P<0.05). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that ginsenoside Rb1 has an inhibitory effect on the spontaneous contraction of mouse intestinal smooth muscle mediated by the activation of IK V and IK Ca , but the K ATP channel was not involved in this effect.
文摘Constipation is a condition in which a person or animal has difficulty in eliminating solid waste from the body and the faeces are hard and dry. It is mainly characterized by a difficulty in defecation. The aim of the study is to assess the laxative effect of some plants such as Adansonia digitata , Ziziphus mauritiana and Psidium guayava traditionally used in Chad to treat the problems of constipation. The Microdynamometer method (Biomecatronics) is used to carry out this study. The outcomes show that the extracts’ leaves of Psidium guayava and barks of Ziziphus mauritiana did not lead a significant contraction of duodenum of rabbit until a maximum concentration of 1000 μg, but the extracts’ leaves of Adansonia digitata had a significant effect (P < 0.05) on the intestinal motility of rabbit. This effect of the extract of Adansonia digitata varies with the increase of its concentration (dose dependent) with a maximum of 500 μg and the minimal effect is inferior to 10 μg. On the other hand, the extract of Adansonia digitata has a musculotrope effect because the results have shown that inhibitive molecules such as the atropine and the naloxone do not have to inhibit the action of Adansonia digitata on the intestinal motility of rabbit. Thus, the extract of this plant would reduce significantly the time of intestinal transit and it will be an important laxative drug candidate as described traditionally in Chad.
基金Supported by Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau FoundationNo.2010037+2 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNos.3090015681071444 and 31000986
文摘AIM: To generate a Gpr128 gene knockout mouse model and to investigate its phenotypes and the biological function of the Gpr128 gene.
文摘肠道平滑肌的收缩和舒张与粗细肌丝的调节密切相关。Caldesmon作为一种肌动蛋白结合蛋白,是参与肠道平滑肌粗细肌丝调节的重要收缩蛋白之一,可通过与肌动蛋白、肌球蛋白和原肌球蛋白交联,阻碍肌动蛋白与肌球蛋白的结合,从而抑制肠道平滑肌的收缩。然而,Caldesmon的磷酸化修饰可以逆转这种抑制作用。Caldesmon可以被不同信号通路中的蛋白激酶刺激,引起自身的磷酸化,促进肌动蛋白与肌球蛋白的结合,进一步导致肠道平滑肌的收缩,在肠道动力障碍疾病中起到关键作用。分别以“Caldesmon”、“平滑肌”、“磷酸化”和以“Caldesmon”、“smooth muscle”、“phosphorylation”、“actin”、“myosin”、“contraction and relaxation”为主题词在中国知网(CNKI)、百度学术和PubMed数据库中查找Caldesmon与平滑肌或肠道平滑肌相关文献。该文就Caldesmon及其磷酸化参与调节肠道平滑肌收缩舒张的功能以及介导Caldesmon磷酸化的相关上游信号通路等方面进行综述,旨在为以基于Caldesmon及其磷酸化调节肠道平滑肌收缩舒张为靶点的临床疾病治疗提供理论依据。
