title: Inhibition of platelet thromboxane formation and phosphoinositides breakdown by osthole from Angelica pubescens.
abstract: Osthole, isolated from Chinese herb Angelica pubescens, inhibited platelet aggregation and ATP release induced by ADP, arachidonic acid, PAF, collagen, ionophore A23187 and thrombin in washed rabbit platelets. It showed a weak activity in platelet-rich plasma. Osthole inhibited the thromboxane B2 formation caused by arachidonic acid, collagen, ionophore A23187 and thrombin in washed platelets, and also the thromboxane B2 formation caused by the incubation of lysed platelet homogenate with arachidonic acid. The generation of inositol phosphates in washed platelets caused by collagen, PAF and thrombin was suppressed by osthole. These data indicate that the inhibitory effect of osthole on platelet aggregation and release reaction was due to the inhibition of thromboxane formation and phosphoinositides breakdown.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacological Institute, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
authors.forename: F N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Liou
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Teng
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D003374:Coumarins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D003374:Coumarins; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; C046627:osthol