title: A Ca(2+) channel blocker-like effect of dehydrocurdione on rodent intestinal and vascular smooth muscle.
abstract: Effects of dehydrocurdione, a zedoary-derived sesquiterpene, on smooth muscle were investigated by recording the mechanical activity of intestines and aorta from guinea pigs and rats. Dehydrocurdione (0.1-3 mM) induced a sustained relaxation of rat duodenum and inhibited spontaneous motility. Dehydrocurdione (0.1-1 mM) inhibited the contractile response of guinea pig ileum induced by acetylcholine (0.01-10 microM), histamine (0.03-10 microM) and substance P (0.1-30 nM) in a non-competitive manner. Acetylcholine (0.5 microM) elicited a transient contraction followed by a sustained contraction of guinea pig ileum, and dehydrocurdione pretreatment inhibited the sustained component, which depends on Ca(2+) entry from the extracellular space. The high K(+)-induced contraction of rat aortic ring is reported to be blocked by Ca(2+) channel blockers, while the norepinephrine-induced contraction includes a Ca(2+) channel blocker-resistant component. Dehydrocurdione (1 mM) blocked the high K(+) (60 mM)-induced contraction of rat aortic ring by 81%, while it inhibited the norepinephrine (1 microM)-induced contraction by only 28%. Dehydrocurdione (1 mM) significantly reduced the high K(+)-stimulated increase in cytosolic Ca(2+) level of Fura-2-loaded mesenteric artery from rats. These results suggest that the inhibitory effects of dehydrocurdione on intestinal and vascular smooth muscle are mediated by blockade of Ca(2+) entry from the extracellular space.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8666, Tokyo, Japan. kirie@research.twmu.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ochiai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishikori
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muraki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002120:Calcium Channel Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000187:drug effects; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000187:drug effects; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D002120:Calcium Channel Agonists; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C117943:dehydrocurdione; D002118:Calcium