title: Effect of Gosha-jinki-gan, a Kampo medicine, on enhanced platelet aggregation in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
abstract: We evaluated the effects of Gosha-jinki-gan on platelet aggregation in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Enhanced ADP (2 microM)-induced aggregation of platelets obtained from diabetic rats was inhibited by a single treatment with Gosha-jinki-gan (0.3, 1.5 g/kg, p.o.). The anti-platelet aggregatory effect of Gosha-jinki-gan (1.5 g/kg, p.o.) was attenuated by simultaneous administration of atropine (1 mg/kg, i.p.) and was abolished by combination of atropine with Hoe 140 (250 microg/kg x 2, i.p.), a bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist or L-NAME (10 mg/kg, i.p.), an inhibitor of nitric oxide-synthase. These results suggested that Gosha-jinki-gan could improve platelet aggregation in diabetes through increased production of nitric oxide via bradykinin B2-receptors and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.
authors.affiliation: Kampo and Pharmacognosy Laboratories, Tsumura & Co., Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishige
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kamei
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D065168:Bradykinin Receptor Antagonists; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000097:blood*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D001786:Blood Glucose; D065168:Bradykinin Receptor Antagonists; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; C076165:gosha-jinki-gan-ryo extract; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D001285:Atropine; C065679:icatibant; D001920:Bradykinin; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester