title: Effects of Hange-shashin-to on cholera toxin-induced fluid secretion in the small intestine of rats.
abstract: The effects of Hange-shashin-to (TJ-14) on cholera toxin-induced intestinal fluid secretion were studied to elucidate the mechanism by which this kampo medicine manifests antidiarrheal effects. TJ-14 suppressed the intestinal fluid secretion induced by cholera toxin (1 microg/rat) in a dose-dependent manner at doses between 125 and 1000 mg/kg. It also inhibited the luminal prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) level. On the other hand, serotonin (5-HT) release was not affected by TJ-14. Subcutaneous injection of indomethacin at 10 mg/kg or ondansetron at 100 microg/kg significantly suppressed intestinal secretion. The luminal PGE2 level was also inhibited by indomethacin (10 mg/kg, s.c.). TJ-14, even at 10(-4) g/ml, had little effect on the phasic contraction of isolated guinea pig ileum induced by 5-HT (2 x 10(-6) g/ml), while ondansetron suppressed the phasic contraction caused by 5-HT. These results indicate that TJ-14 is useful in suppressing cholera toxin-stimulated intestinal fluid secretion, and that this effect is partially due to its suppressive action on the PGE2 level.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Laboratories, Tsumura and Co., Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kase
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuzurihara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishige
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Komatsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; C088236:hange-shashinto; D002772:Cholera Toxin