Effects of magnesium lithospermate B on aggregation and 5-HT release in rabbit washed platelets.
OBJECTIVE
To study the effects and mechanism of magnesium lithospermate B(MLB) on rabbit platelet aggregation and 5-HT release.


METHODS
The platelet aggregation was determined by Born's method. Release of serotonin (5-HT) and formation of thromboxane A2 (TXA2) were measured by fluorophotometry and radioimmunoassay (RIA) respectively. Cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in platelets was measured by Fura 2-AM fluorescence technique.


RESULTS
In washed platelets, thrombin (200 U/L) or arachidonic acid (AA) (30 mumol/L)-induced aggregation was inhibited by MLB 50-800 mg/L in a concentration-dependent manner. In addition, MLB had more inhibitory effects on platelet aggregation in the absence of extracellular calcium with IC50 of 102 mg/L than in the presence of CaCl2 1 mmol/L with IC50 of 194 mg/L. MLB concentration-dependently decreased the thrombin-activated release of 5-HT, whereas it did not affect the formation of TXA2 in platelets. Furthermore, MLB not only inhibited the rise of [Ca2+]i in thrombin stimulated platelets, but decreased the [Ca2+]i in resting platelets.


CONCLUSIONS
MLB inhibited the aggregation and 5-HT release in rabbit platelets and it is probably by attenuating intracellular calcium concentration.
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Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
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Sun
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Xu
Y M
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Xuan
L J
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D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012701:Serotonin / Q000097:blood*; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000096:biosynthesis
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; C061091:lithospermate B; D012701:Serotonin; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D002118:Calcium