Effects of potassium chloride on sexual behavior and the cortical EEG in the ovariectomized rat

The facilitation of lordosis behavior by the cortical application of KCl has been confirmed. Ovariectomized female rats were injected with estradiol benzoate (EB) for 3 days and then a 15% KCl solution was put into permanent cannulae resting on the cortical dura. Sexual behavior tests were performed 15, 30, 60 and 90 min and 24 hr after KCl application and a lordosis quotient (LQ) was obtained from each 10-mount test. There was a significant increase in the LQ 15 min after KCl application to levels which approached those seen after priming with both EB and progesterone. Although lordosis behavior was facilitated, no EEG changes were found following KCl application in 7 of 9 rats, but there was marked depression of the amplitude of the cortical EEG in the remaining 2. It is concluded that KCl application, a treatment which produces functional decortication by inducing spreading depression, suppresses a cortical inhibitory system for lordosis behavior.     

Regulatory volume response of erythrocytes exposed to a gradual and slow decrease in medium osmolality

 A sudden decrease in external medium osmolality (90 mosmol/kg) causes an immediate swelling of trout erythrocytes, followed by a regulatory volume decrease (RVD) due to activation of both a KCl cotransporter and a taurine transport pathway. Here, we determined how trout red cells respond when they are exposed to a gradual and slow decrease in medium osmolality (80 mosmol/kg at a rate of 0.7 mosmol/kg per min). Erythrocytes were unable to regulate their volume efficiently when swollen gradually and it increased continuously throughout the experimental period (120 min). As long as volume was increased slowly by 15–25%, regulatory pathways remained essentially inactivated, erythrocytes losing no significant amount of intracellular osmotically active solutes. Above this swelling threshold, a response was triggered but the quantity of solutes lost via the regulatory pathways was still not sufficient to counterbalance the continuous entry of water due to the slow and gradual decrease in medium tonicity. Received: 18 January 1999 / Received after revision: 10 February 1999 / Accepted: 11 February 1999     

TMB-8抑制5-HT和KCl引起大鼠脑血流量减少

目的研究TMB-8对5-HT和KCl引起的大鼠脑血流量(CBF)减少的作用。方法用激光多普勒血流仪测量大鼠CBF,在人工脑脊液灌流液中加入TMB-8和工具药进行干预。结果12.5, 25和50 μmol·L^-1 TMB-8对大鼠CBF无明显影响,TMB-8可抑制5-HT引起的大鼠CBF减少。在1 μmol·L^-1 5-HT引起大鼠CBF持续下降的状态下,TMB-8可浓度依赖的增加大鼠CBF。TMB-8也可抑制KCl引起的大鼠CBF减少。在20 mmol·L^-1 KCl引起大鼠CBF持续下降的状态下,TMB-8可浓度依赖的增加大鼠CBF。结论TMB-8可抑制5-HT和KCl引起的大鼠CBF减少,也可浓度依赖的增加被5-HT和KCl所减少的大鼠CBF,改善大鼠缺血区脑血供。     

萘哌地尔衍生物(BWYJ)对血管平滑肌细胞游离钙浓度的影响

目的:观察萘哌地尔衍生物(BWYJ)对家兔血管平滑肌细胞游离钙浓度的影响,对其血管活性进行机理探讨,进一步明确其作用机制。方法:采用钙荧光指示剂Fura-2/AM负载的培养家兔胸主动脉平滑肌细胞,观察该药对NA、5-HT和高钾所致的[Ca2 ]i的升高的影响。结果:Fura-2/AM负载血管平滑肌细胞的实验中,静息时各浓度的BWYJ对[Ca2 ]i无明显影响,但其对NA和5-HT所引起的血管平滑肌[Ca2 ]i增加均有明显的抑制作用,而不影响高钾所致血管平滑肌[Ca2 ]i的增加。结论:BWYJ通过阻断细胞膜上的α1受体或5-HT2A受体,抑制这些受体中介的钙内流,从而抑制细胞内Ca2 的释放,使血管平滑肌[Ca2 ]i降低。     

二乙酰基莲心碱对猪冠状动脉条的影响

目的:观察二乙酰基莲心碱拮抗氯化钾、乙酰胆碱(Ach)和组胺(His)所致猪冠状动脉条收缩的作用.方法:离体平滑肌实验方法,观察二乙酰基莲心碱对氯化钾,Ach,His所致猪冠状动脉条收缩曲线的影响以及在无钙克氏液中,对His引起猪冠状动脉条第一相收缩和钙引起第二相收缩的影响.结果:不同剂量二乙酰基莲心碱可使氯化钾,Ach,His所致冠脉条收缩量效曲线呈非竞争性拮抗作用,对冠脉条第一相和第二相收缩都有明显的抑制作用结论:二乙酰基莲心碱具有扩张冠脉的作用,此作用与拮抗细胞内钙的释放和抑制外钙内流有关.     

莲心碱二乙醚对猪冠状动脉条的影响

OBJECTIVETo observe the antagonism of on contraction of porcine artery strips induced by KCl, acetyl choline (Ach) and histamine (Hist) respectively. METHODUsing experimental methol of smoth muscle. RESULTSDifferent dosage of O,O-Diethyl-liensinine had no     

Gastric H+, K+-ATPase as a therapeutic target in peptic ulcer disease

The presence of unbuffered acid appears to be an essential contributory factor in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease. Treatment has concentrated therefore on the reduction of acidity, and the last decade has seen the widespread and effective use of H₂ antagonists. They are, at low doses, more successful in improving the natural history of duodenal ulcer disease than of gastric or esophageal ulceration. The H₂ receptor plays a central role in activation of parietal cell acid secretion, and antagonists at this receptor block most (but not all) of the acid secretion due to even gastrinergic or muscarinic (vagal) stimulation. In hypergastrinemic states such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, or where acid secretion has to be inhibited by more than 20% over a 24-hr period, such as for treatment of esophagitis, NSAID damage, or gastric ulcers, the dose and frequency of administration of the currently available antagonists must be increased to achieve reliable therapy. This has led to a search for an alternative target for acid inhibitory drugs, such as the gastric acid pump, the H⁺,K⁺-ATPase. This article focuses on the function of this ATPase and suggests that inhibition of this pump will provide a more efficacious means of reduction of acid secretion by the stomach, hence improving and simplifying therapy of acid related diseases.This work was supported in part by grants from NIH and the USVA.     

Comparison of vasoconstrictor actions of norepinephrine and potassium chloride before and after damage of endothelium by saponin

Summary Using isolated and perfused mesenteric arterial preparations of dogs, vasoconstrictor responses to intraluminal norepinephrine and potassium chloride were investigated in the presence and absence of the endothelium. Intraluminal administration of saponin readily removed the endothelium. Saponin (1–3 mg) caused an increase in perfusion pressure, and then approximately 20 min later perfusion pressure became stable at a somewhat higher level than that of the control. A larger dose of saponin (10 mg) caused a tremendous but temporary increase of perfusion pressure. KCl-induced vasoconstriction was significantly enhanced by pretreatment with 0.3, 1, and 3 mg saponin, but norepinephrine-induced constriction was not modified significantly. Moreover, it was demonstrated that diltiazem, a potent Ca antagonist, inhibited the KCl-induced vasoconstriction more readily in the absence than in the presence of the endothelium.     

Evaluation of the immunomodulatory and DNA protective activities of the shoots of Cynodon dactylon

Ethnopharmacological relevance

Fresh juice of Cyanodon dactylon known as ‘durva’ grass is employed in India as a rejuvenator and for wound healing.

Aim of the study

To validate the traditional use of the herb through evaluation of DNA protective activity in vitro and immunomodulatory activity in vivo.

Materials and methods

Fresh juice of the grass was prepared as indicated for use in traditional medicine and standardized for solid content. Its total phenol content was estimated by Folin–Ciocalteau method. Freshly prepared juice was investigated for its effect on doxorubicin-induced DNA damage in vitro. Its immunomodulatory activity was tested on balb/c mice by the humoral antibody response which was determined by haemagglutination antibody titer and spleen cell assay.

Results

Fresh juice of Cyanodon dactylon of 1.46% (w/w) solid content had a phenolic content of 47 ± 0.33 mg/kg GAE. At doses equivalent to 50, 100 and 200 mg total solids/kg body weight the juice protected human DNA against doxorubicin-induced DNA damage as demonstrated in DNA spectral studies, where the ratio of absorbance of DNA at 260 and 280 nm in samples pretreated with the juice was 1.66, 1.53 and 1.63 respectively, while it was 1.37 for DNA treated with doxorubicin only. This indicates nucleic acid purity in the Cynodon dactylon treated samples. Oral administration of the juice at 250 and 500 mg/kg in balb/c mice increased humoral antibody response upon antigen challenge, as evidenced by a dose-dependent, statistically significant increase in antibody titer in the haemagglutination antibody assay and plaque forming cell assay.

Conclusions

The present report demonstrated the DNA protective activity and immunomodulatory property of the fresh juice of Cynodon dactylon validating the traditional use of the herb as a ‘rasayana’ in ayurvedic system of medicine.     

Carrier-mediated KCl accumulation accompanied by water movements is involved in the control of physiological K levels by astrocytes

Potassium accumulation and water transport into mouse astrocytes in primary cultures were investigated when external potassium was increased from 3 to 12 mM. The intracellular potassium content increased by 63% within 50 s of such a change. The increase consisted of a ouabain- and furosemide-sensitive component, both contributing in about the same amounts. Experiments with altered ion composition revealed that the furosemide-sensitive component consisted of a KCl accumulation. Water moved into the astrocytes without delay after such an external K⁺ increase and increased the cell water by 27%. This water increase was abolished in solutions with reduced Cl⁻ and during application of furosemide. Thus, these results on a KCl uptake accompanied by water movements into astrocytes suggest a potential mechanism by which glial cells in situ can regulate external K⁺ levels.