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Inhibition of hind-paw edema and cutaneous vascular plasma extravasation in mice by acetylshikonin.

Abstract：

:Acetylshikonin, a naphthoquinone isolated from the Chinese herb medicine, tzu ts'ao, was demonstrated to inhibit the polymyxin B-induced hind-paw edema in normal as well as in adrenalectomized mice. Liver glycogen content was increased in adrenalectomized mice pretreated with dexamethasone, but not with acetylshikonin. Like diphenhydramine, methysergide and isoproterenol, acetylshikonin reduced the plasma exudation evoked in dorsal hind-paw skin by antidromic stimulation of the saphenous nerve, and in passive cutaneous anaphylactic reaction, bradykinin-, substance P-, compound 48/80-, histamine- and serotonin-induced ear edema. Indomethacin was ineffective in these respects. Bradykinin- and substance P-induced plasma exudation were also significantly reduced when [Thi5,8,D-Phe7]bradykinin and [D-Pro2,D-Trp7,9]substance P were coinjected with bradykinin and substance P, respectively. In isolated rat peritoneal mast cell preparation, acetylshikonin produced a concentration-dependent inhibition of histamine and beta-glucuronidase release from mast cells challenged by compound 48/80. In compound 48/80-pretreated mice, acetylshikonin and isoproterenol produced significantly more inhibitory effect on bradykinin- and substance P-induced plasma exudation than did diphenhydramine in combination with methysergide. Pretreatment with diphenhydramine/methysergide in compound 48/80-pretreated mice significantly further reduced the bradykinin- and substance P-induced plasma exudation if [Thi5,8,D-Phe7]bradykinin and [D-Pro2,D-Trp7,9]substance P were coinjected with bradykinin or substance P, respectively. The results suggest that the inhibitory effect of acetylshikonin on the edematous response is due neither to the release of steroid hormones from the adrenal gland nor to the glucocorticoid activity, but probably partly to the suppression of mast cell degranulation and partly to protection of the vasculature from mediator challenge.

journal_name

Eur J Pharmacol

journal_title

European journal of pharmacology

authors

Wang JP,Raung SL,Chang LC,Kuo SC

doi

10.1016/0014-2999(94)00627-j

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-01-05 00:00:00

pages

87-95

issue

eissn

0014-2999

issn

1879-0712

pii

001429999400627J

journal_volume

272

pub_type

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Inhibition of hind-paw edema and cutaneous vascular plasma extravasation in mice by acetylshikonin.