Abstract
We investigated the mechanisms of action of S-petasin and S-isopetasin, from Petasites formosanus Kitamura which is used as a folk medicine for treating hypertension, tumors, and asthma in Taiwan. The tension changes of tracheal segments were isometrically recorded on a polygraph. S-Petasin and S-isopetasin non-competitively inhibited cumulative histamine-, and carbachol-induced contractions with an exception that S-isopetasin produced a parallel, rightward shift of the concentration-response curve of carbachol in a competitive manner. S-Petasin also non-competitively inhibited cumulative Ca2+-induced contractions in depolarized (K+, 60 mM; histamine, 100 μM; or carbachol, 10 μM) guinea-pig tracheas. S-Isopetasin did in depolarized (K+, 60 mM) trachea too. The nifedipine (10 μM)-remaining tension of carbachol (0.2 μM)-induced precontraction was further relaxed by S-petasin or S-isopetasin, suggesting that no matter whether either blocked VDCCs or not, S-petasin or S-isopetasin may have other mechanisms of relaxant action. The relaxant effect of S-petasin or S-isopetasin was unaffected by the presence of propranolol (1 μM), 2′,5′-dideoxyadenosine (10 μM), methylene blue (25 μM), glibenclamide (10 μM), N
ω-nitro-L-arginine (20 μM), or α-chymotrypsin (1 U/ml). However, S-petasin (100 - 300 μM), but not S-isopetasin, significantly inhibited cAMP-, but not cGMP-dependent PDE activity of the trachealis. The above results reveal that the mechanisms of relaxant action of S-petasin and S-isopetasin may be primarily due to its non-specific antispasmodic and antimuscarinic effects, respectively.
Abbreviations
ROCCs:receptor-operated calcium channels
VDCCs:voltage dependent calcium channels
cAMP:adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate
cGMP:guanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate
PDE:phosphodiesterase
IBMX:3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine
Key words
S-Petasin -
S-isopetasin -
Petasites formosanus
- Asteraceae - guinea-pig trachea - calcium release - calcium influx - cAMP-dependent PDE
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Prof. Wun-Chang Ko
Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
Taipei Medical College
250 Wu-Hsing St.
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Taiwan, R.O.C.
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