title: Anti-pressor effect of a Chinese-Japanese herbal medicine, saiko-ka-ryukotsu-borei-to on hemodynamics in rabbits.
abstract: Saiko-ka-ryukotsu-borei-to (TJ-12) is a traditional Chinese-Japanese medicinal mixture clinically used for the treatment of hypertension and/or atherosclerosis concurrent with neurotic disorders. Study on the effect of TJ-12 on the vasoconstriction of cutaneous arterioles induced by nor-adrenaline (NA) was carried out using a rabbit ear chamber (REC) under conscious conditions. Before and after oral administration of TJ-12 everyday for 2 weeks, the same position of an arteriole within a REC was analyzed using an image shearing monitor every minute up to 15 min after varying doses (0.3, 1.0, 3.0 and 10.0 micrograms/kg i.v.) of NA. The changes of mean arteriolar diameter and vasomotion amplitude, before and after feeding of TJ-12 (1% w/w) supplemented diet were compared in the same position. Consequently, the pretreatment with TJ-12 significantly attenuated the changes of mean diameter of NA-induced vasoconstriction and also shortened its duration. In addition, concurrent with its cutaneous microcirculatory response, the pretreatment with TJ-12 systemically suppressed the increase of blood pressure under NA-induced vasoconstriction. These results suggest that the anti-pressor effect of TJ-12 might be apparently attributable to the inhibition of NA-induced vasoconstriction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Hygiene, National Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan. okano@iph.go.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okano
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ohkubo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001160:Arterioles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D015194:Diffusion Chambers, Culture; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000187:drug effects; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000187:drug effects; D013997:Time Factors; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; C095444:saiko-ka-ryukotsu-borei-to; D009638:Norepinephrine