title: Effects of ligustrazine on the contraction of isolated rabbit corpus cavernosum strips.
abstract: To investigate the role of ligustrazine on relaxation of the isolated rabbit corpus cavernosum tissue in vitro, the effects of ligustrazine on the corpus cavernosum were observed by using experimental method of smooth muscle strips. Concentration-responses to phenylephine (PE) and KCl were recorded. The results showed that ligustrazine concentration-dependently depressed the contraction response of smooth muscle strips induced by PE. The maximum percentage relaxation of cavernosal strips by ligustrazine was 74.1% +/- 6.2% (compared with control: 21.9% +/- 5.6%, P < 0.01). Ligustrazine concentration-dependently reduced the amplitude of the contraction induced by cumulative doses of PE or KCl, shifted the cumulative concentration response curves of PE and KCI to the right and depressed their maximal responses. It was concluded that ligustrazine could significantly relax the cavernosal muscle contraction induced by PE in vitro. The results suggested that ligustrazine inhibited calcium ion influx.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
authors.forename: Hengiun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Jihong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chunping
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Longchang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Zhangqun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ye
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010413:Penis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D011719:Pyrazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D011719:Pyrazines; D010656:Phenylephrine; D011189:Potassium Chloride; C017953:tetramethylpyrazine