title: Basolateral membrane mechanisms involved in ligustrazine-stimulated anion secretion in rat distal colon.
abstract: The present study investigated the cellular mechanism underlying the effect of ligustrazine on the ion transport in rat distal colon using the short-circuit current (I(SC)) technique. In freshly isolated colonic strips, basolateral addition of ligustrazine stimulated a rise in I(SC), which was resistant to basolateral application of neuronal sodium channel blocker tetrodotoxin (TTX), but inhibited by 55.2% by basolateral pretreatment with prostaglandin inhibitor indomethacin. The ligustrazine-induced I(SC) increase was inhibited by apical application of Cl(-) channel blockers diphenylamine-2,2'-dicarboxylic acid (DPC) and glibenclamide. Basolaterally administered bumetanide, an inhibitor of Na(+)-K(+)-2 Cl(-) cotransporter, inhibited ligustrazine-evoked current increases by 85.2% and basolateral exposure to Ba(2+), a non-specific potassium channels blocker, and blocked the current by more than 90%, indicating that basolateral Na(+)-K(+)-2 Cl(-) cotransporter and K(+) channels played an important role in the effect of ligustrazine. The results suggested that ligustrazine could stimulate rat distal colon (-) secretion that is mediated by basolateral Na(+)-K(+)-2 Cl(-) cotransporter and K(+) channel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Medical School, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Qiong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Jin-Xia
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Hsiao-Chang
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D003106:Colon / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D017136:Ion Transport / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D011719:Pyrazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015221:Potassium Channels; D011719:Pyrazines; C017953:tetramethylpyrazine