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:The in vivo cardiovascular effect and in vitro vasorelaxant effect of harman, one of harmala alkaloids isolated from Peganum harmala, were examined in this study. Harman (1-10 mg/kg, i.v.) dose-dependently produced transient hypotension and long-lasting bradycardia in pentobarbital-anesthetized rats, which were attenuated by N(G)-nitro-L-arginine pretreatment. In isolated rat endothelium-intact thoracic aortic rings, harman concentration dependently relaxed phenylepherine-induced contractions with an IC(50) value around 9 microM. This vasorelaxant effect was attenuated by endothelium removal or N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester pretreatment, but not by tetraethylammonium or indomethacin pretreatment. In cultured rat aortic endothelial cells, harman (1-100 microM) concentration dependently increased nitric oxide (NO) release, which was dependent on the presence of external Ca(2+). Harman pretreatment (3-30 microM) also concentration dependently inhibited the contractions induced by phenylephrine, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), and KCl in endothelium-denuded aortic rings in a non-competitive manner. In addition, harman pretreatment reduced both phasic and tonic phases of phenylephrine-induced contractions. Receptor binding assays further indicated that harman (K(i) values around 5-141 microM) interacted with the cardiac alpha(1)-adrenoceptors, brain 5-HT(2) receptors, and cardiac 1, 4-dihydropyridine binding site of L-type Ca(2+) channels. Therefore, the present results suggested that the vasorelaxant effect of harman was attributed to its actions on the endothelial cells to release NO and on the vascular smooth muscles to inhibit the contractions induced by the activation of receptor-linked and voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels. The vasorelaxant effect may be involved in the hypotensive effect of harman.
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Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Shi CC,Chen SY,Wang GJ,Liao JF,Chen CFdoi
10.1016/s0014-2999(99)00928-0keywords:
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2000-03-03 00:00:00pages
319-25issue
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390pub_type
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