Tan Li, Chen Weiwei, Wei Ming-Yu, Shen Jinhua, Yu Meng-Fei, Yang Guangzhong, Guo Donglin, Qin Gangjian, Ji Guangju, Liu Qing-Hua
Institute for Medical Biology & Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory for Protection and Application of Special Plant Germplasmin Wuling Area of China, College of Life Sciences, South Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China.
College of Pharmacy, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:523640. doi: 10.1155/2015/523640. Epub 2015 Feb 11.
The traditional herb Plumula Nelumbinis is widely used in the world because it has many biological activities, such as anti-inflammation, antioxidant, antihypertension, and butyrylcholinesterase inhibition. However, the action of Plumula Nelumbinis on airway smooth muscle (ASM) relaxation has not been investigated. A chloroform extract of Plumula Nelumbinis (CEPN) was prepared, which completely inhibited precontraction induced by high K(+) in a concentration-dependent manner in mouse tracheal rings, but it had no effect on resting tension. CEPN also blocked voltage-dependent L-type Ca(2+) channel- (VDCC-) mediated currents. In addition, ACh-induced precontraction was also completely blocked by CEPN and partially inhibited by nifedipine or pyrazole 3. Besides, CEPN partially reduced ACh-activated nonselective cation channel (NSCC) currents. Taken together, our data demonstrate that CEPN blocked VDCC and NSCC to inhibit Ca(2+) influx, resulting in relaxation of precontracted ASM. This finding indicates that CEPN would be a candidate of new potent bronchodilators.
传统草药莲子心在世界范围内被广泛应用,因为它具有多种生物活性,如抗炎、抗氧化、抗高血压以及抑制丁酰胆碱酯酶。然而,莲子心对气道平滑肌(ASM)舒张作用尚未得到研究。制备了莲子心氯仿提取物(CEPN),其在小鼠气管环中以浓度依赖性方式完全抑制高钾(K⁺)诱导的预收缩,但对静息张力无影响。CEPN还阻断电压依赖性L型钙通道(VDCC)介导的电流。此外,CEPN也完全阻断乙酰胆碱(ACh)诱导的预收缩,硝苯地平或吡唑3可部分抑制该作用。此外,CEPN可部分降低ACh激活的非选择性阳离子通道(NSCC)电流。综上所述,我们的数据表明CEPN通过阻断VDCC和NSCC来抑制钙离子内流,从而导致预收缩的ASM舒张。这一发现表明CEPN可能是新型强效支气管扩张剂的候选药物。