Cardiovascular effects of trans-dehydrocrotonin, a diterpene from Croton cajucara in rats
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- 作者：Silva ; Regilane M. ; Oliveira ; Francisco A. ; Cunha ; Karina M.A. ; Maia ; Juliana L. ; Maciel ; Maria Aparecida M. ; et. al.
- 关键词：Croton cajucara ; t-DCTN ; Diterpene ; Hypotensive action ; Left atrial contractile force ; Spontaneously beating right atria ; Vasorelaxation ; Rat
- 刊名：Vascular Pharmacology
- 出版年：2005
- 出版时间：June, 2005
- 年：2005
- 卷：43
- 期：1
- 页码：11-18
- 全文大小：210 K
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Previous studies have established the gastroprotective, hypoglycemic, and hypolipidemic effects of trans-dehydrocrotonin (t-DCTN), a major diterpene isolated from the Amazon medicinal plant Croton cajucara. This study aims to examine the potential effects of t-DCTN on hemodynamic parameters that include resting arterial blood pressure and heart rate in vivo, and on left atrial force, spontaneous beating atria, and aortic rings of rats in vitro. Intravenous bolus injections of t-DCTN (5, 10, or 15 mg/kg) to urethane anesthetized normotensive rats reduced the mean arterial pressure and heart rate in a dose-dependent manner. The hypotensive effect of t-DCTN (10 mg/kg) appears not mediated through effects on the muscarinic cholinergic receptor, β-adrenoceptor, or ganglionic blockade, for it was not affected by atropine, propranolol, or hexamethonium but was abolished by Nw-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME), a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor. The diterpene t-DCTN showed no significant influence on inotropism. In isolated rat aortic rings with intact or denuded endothelium, t-DCTN relaxed the tonic contraction induced by phenylephrine (1 μM). Its vasorelaxant effect seen at smaller concentrations in endothelium intact preparations was, however, abolished in endothelium denuded or in l-NAME treated tissues. These data indicate the hypotensive and bradycardia effects of t-DCTN, possibly related in part to the release of nitric oxide and in part to direct effects on vascular smooth muscle, and cardiac pacemaker activity.