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The effects of imperatorin (Imp) and iso-imperatorin(Isi) on tumor necrosis factor (TNF) release from mouse peritoneal macrophages were investigated. It was found that Imp and lsi significantly inhibited TNF release from mouse peritoneal macrophages. At the concentration of 10-6～10-4 mol?L-1, the inhibitory effects were presented by Imp and Isi in a dose dependent manner. At 10-4 mol/L TNF release was entirely inhibited by each drug.
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27 rabbits were divided into normal group(n = 4),control group (n = 5), silybin group (n = 6), hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) group (n = 6), and HBO combined with silybin group (n = 6). Circulation of hindlimb was interrupted completely for 6 h and reperfused for 1 h. Malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase(SOD) in plasma from ischemic-reperfused injured limb were measured. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and creatine phosphate (CP) in samples taken from anterior tibial muscle were determined. Ultrastructural changes of injured muscle were observed. The results showed that HBO combined with silybin treatment had a favourable effect on ischemic and reperfused injured limb muscle with reduction of the lipid peroxidated injury, increase of the SOD activity and the high energy phosphate compounds (ATP and CP), and a promoting recovery of injured muscle cells. HBO and silybin had a synergistic action. It suggests that HBO combined with silybin is an effective method for treatment of ischemic and reperfused injured limb.
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The release of platelet activating factor (PAF) induced 14C-arachidonic acid (14C-AA) in the bovine cerebral microvascular endothdial cells (CMEC) and arterior cerebral artery smooth muscle cells (ACASMC) and the antagonism of SZ-1 are described. The results showed that 14C-AA incorporated into the cells rapidly and PAF 0.1-20?mol/L dose-dependently stimulated the AA release significantly. It indicated that the action of PAF on the cerebrovascular system was associated with the stimulation of AA release. SZ-1 0.2-20?nol/L dose-dependently inhibited the PAF induced AA release in CMBC and ACASMC, and PAF induced aggregation of washed rabbit platelets, but did not inhibited ADP or AA induced aggregation of platelet-rich plasma(PRP), and PAF production in CMEC, indicating the specific antagonism of SZ-1 on PAF receptor.
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Specific receptors for leukotriene C4 LTC4 have been identified on intact smooth muscle cells derived from bovine cerebral microvasculatures. Specific pHJLTC4, binding at a fixed input at 25 ℃ was rapid , reaching the maximum at 20min With incremental inputs of radioligand and a constant cell number, specific [3H]LTC4 binding reached a plateau indicative of a saturable binding site. Analysis of Scatchard plots demonstrated a single high affinity binding site with a dissociation constant (Kd) of 2.01?0.4 nmol/L and Bmax = 156.6?13.1 fmol/106 cells. The specific [3H]LTC4 binding could be inhibited by unlabted LTC4, LTD4 and FPL-55712 with an inhibitory rate of 96.9%, 73.9% and 44.9% at 10-5 mol/L, respectively.