title: [Effects of butylphthalide on extracellular 6-keto-PGF1 alpha, TXB2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha/TXB2 ratio in cultured rat cortical neurons].
abstract: The effects of 3-n-butylphthalide(NBP) on the levels of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha, TXB2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha/TXB2 ratio were studied with methods of RIA. d-NBP and l-NBP(0.1-100 mumol.L-1) concentration-dependently increased 6-keto-PGF1 alpha release, decreased TXB2 release from neuronal cells, and significantly enhanced extracellular 6-keto-PGF1 alpha/TXB2 ratio in primary cultured rat cortical neurons exposed to hypoxic-hypoglycemic media for 5 h or hypoxic-hypoglycemic media for 5 h following normal media for 3 h. Aspirin(0.1-100 mumol.L-1) was also shown to inhibit TXB2 release from cortical neurons in a dose-dependent manner. However aspirin only increased 6-keto-PGF1 alpha/TXB2 ratio at low dose because aspirin inhibited both 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and TXB2 release simultaneously at large dose(10-100 mumol.L-1). This suggests that the action of l-NBP, d-NBP and dl-NBP on the increase of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha/TXB2 ratio might be one of the mechanisms in which NBP enhanced focal cerebral blood flow and improved ischemic brain damage.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015687:Cell Hypoxia; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; C027125:3-n-butylphthalide; D005947:Glucose