• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.129-132
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• 1995

Intravenous administration of O-acetyliervine (an alkaloid from Vertrum album) produced a dose-dependent (10-100 .mu.g/kg) fall in blood pressure and tachycardia in anaesthetized normotensive rats. Pretreatment of animals with propranolol (1mg/kg) abolished these cardiovascular responses of O-acetyljervine similar to that of isoprenaline $(1\mu/ml)$. In isolated tissue experiments, O-acetyljervine $(10-100\mu/ml)$ produced a dose-dependent relaxation of phenylephrine-induced contraction of the rabbit aorta. In guinea-pig spontaneously beating atria, it caused positive inotropic and chronotorpic responses in a dose-dependent fashion $(10-100\mu/ml)$. These responses were abolished in the presence of propranolol $(1\mu/ml)$ similar to that of isoprenaline. These results indicate that O-accetyljervine is adrenoceptor stimulant $(\beta_1\; and\;beta_2)$ like isoprenaline.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.167-175
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• 2001

Recent studies have shown that cytokines are capable of modulating cardiovascular function and that some drugs used in the treatment of heart failure variably modulate the production of cytokines. Hige- namine, a positive inotropic isoquinoline alkaloid, has been used traditionally as cardiac stimulant, and reported to reduce nitric oxide (NO) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression in LPS- and/or cytokine-activated cells in vitro and in vivo. Therefore, we investigated whether higenamine modulates the production of proinflammatory cytokines in myocardial infarction. In addition, effects of higenamine on antioxidant action and antioxidant enzyme expression (MnSOD) were studied. Myocardial infarction (MI) was confirmed by measuring left ventricular (LV) pressure after occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) for 5 weeks in rats. Treatment of higenamine (10 mg/kg/day) reduced infarct size about 35 %, which accompanied by reduction of production TNF-$\alpha$, IL-6, but not IFN-${\gamma}$ and IL-1$\beta$ in the myocardium. The expression of TNF-$\alpha$ mRNA in infracted myocardium was significantly reduced by higenamine. Although iNOS mRNA was not detected, nitrotyrosine staining was significantly increased in myocardium of Ml compared to higenamine-treated one, Indicating that peroxynitrite-induced damage is evident in MI. Cytochrome c oxidation by peroxynitrite was concentration-dependently reduced by higenamine, an effect which was almost compatible to glutathion. Higenamine treatment did not affect the expression of MnSOD mRNA in myocardial tissues in MI. Taken together, higenamine may be beneficial in oxidative stress conditions such as ischemic-reperfusion injury and MI due to antioxidant action as well as modulation of cytokines.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.1658-1664
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• 2012

Hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$)를 처리한 rat cardiomyoblast H9c2 cell (rat 배아심근 세포)에서 conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)의 oxidative stress 경감 효과를 연구하였다. H9c2 세포는 DMEM/F-12 배지에서 배양($37^{\circ}C$, 5% $CO_2$)하였다. CLA (10, 20, 30, 40, $50{\mu}M$)는 배양 6일간 H9c2 세포 증식을 거의 직선적으로 촉진하였다. 따라서 CLA ($20{\mu}M$, $50{\mu}M$)를 H9c2 cell에 2일간 처리한 후 $H_2O_2$ ($10{\mu}M$; 각각 1시간 및 2시간 처리)의 독성을 조사한 결과 CLA ($20{\mu}M$, $50{\mu}M$)는 $10{\mu}M$ $H_2O_2$ 1시간 처리에서 세포독성을 대조에 비해 유의성 있게 억제하였다(p<0.05). 또한 이 CLA는 apoptotic DNA 분포를 대조 세포에 비해 유의성 있게 감소 시켰다(p<0.05). 따라서 이 결과는 CLA가 $H_2O_2$에 의한 apoptosis를 억제함으로서 oxidative stress로부터 H9c2 세포를 보호한다고 사료되고, 이 CLA는 cardiac diseases를 보호할 수 있는 물질로 사용될 수 있을 것이다. 그러나 많은 연구가 수행되어야 할 것이다.