Involvement of Na(+)-Ca (2+) exchanger in the endothelium-independent vasorelaxation induced by Curcuma longa L. in isolated rat superior mesenteric arteries.

نویسندگان

  • Oluwatosin A Adaramoye
  • Isac A Medeiros
چکیده

Previous studies confirmed that the methanolic extract from Curcuma longa L. (CLME) lowers arterial blood pressure and heart rate in rats due to the blockade of extracellular Ca(2+) influx. The aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of Na(+)-Ca (2+) exchanger in the vasorelaxant effects elicited by CLME in isolated rat superior mesenteric arteries. CLME (1-1,000 microg/ml) concentration-dependently relaxed phenylephrine (PHE) (10 microM) pre-contracted arterial rings with intact-endothelium (pD(2) and E(max) = 2.04 +/- 0.06 and 88.3 +/- 3.2%) or denuded-endothelium (pD(2) and E(max) = 2.06 +/- 0.03 and 91.4 +/- 1.0%), respectively, suggesting that the removal of endothelium has no significant effect (P>0.05) on the vasorelaxation induced by CLME. Furthermore, CLME (30, 100 and 300 microg/ml) inhibited the cumulative concentration-response curves to PHE (10(-8)-10(-5) M) in a concentration-dependent manner, whereas, treatment with ouabain 100 microM (selective blocker of Na(+)-K(+) ATPase) has no effect on the relaxant responses of CLME. However, treatment with nickel chloride (NiCl(2)) (100, 300 and 400 microM), a putative Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchanger inhibitor, concentration-dependently reduced the vasorelaxant responses of CLME. Precisely, NiCl(2) at 100, 300 and 400 microM significantly (P<0.05) decreased the pD(2) and E(max) values of CLME (1.86 +/- 0.03 and 81.3 +/- 1.2%, 1.77 +/- 0.03 and 60.2 +/- 0.8%, 1.69 +/- 0.04 and 55.3 +/- 1.6%, respectively). Also, CLME (100 microg/ml) produced less relaxant effect with decreasing extracellular Na(+) concentration. CLME-induced vasorelaxation was completely abolished in a Na(+)-free Tyrode's solution, a condition that eliminates the influence of the forward mode of the exchanger. The results provide indirect evidence that the stimulation of the forward mode of Na(+)-Ca (2+) exchanger may probably contribute to the vasorelaxation induced by CLME in endothelium-denuded arterial rings.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of smooth muscle research = Nihon Heikatsukin Gakkai kikanshi

دوره 44 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008