To investigate the effect on central nervous transmission of toosendanin (TSN), a presynaptic blocker, rat striatum was perfused in vivo with a TSN-containing artificial cere-brospinal fluid (ACSF) and the level of do...To investigate the effect on central nervous transmission of toosendanin (TSN), a presynaptic blocker, rat striatum was perfused in vivo with a TSN-containing artificial cere-brospinal fluid (ACSF) and the level of dopamine (DA) as well as related metabolites in the collected dialysates has been determined by a microbore HPLC with electrochemical detection (mi-crobore HPLC-ECD). The results are as follows: ( i ) TSN induced a biphasic change of DA from its basal level;( ii ) the basal contents of two metabolites, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and homovanillic acid (HVA) increased in turn and stayed at a higher level than basal control for a long period. The basal level of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), a metabolite of 5-hydroxytryptamine(5-HT), had a change similar to that of HVA; (iii) after per-fusion with TSN-containing ACSF, high K+-evoked DA release was inhibited. These results show that TSN does not selectively affect acetylcholine (ACh) release, but probably acts on a common展开更多
Toosendanin (TSN), a triterpenoid derivative extracted from the bark of Melia toosendan Seib et Zucc and used in Chinese traditional medicine as an anthelmintic against ascaris, is a presynaptic neuromuscular blocker....Toosendanin (TSN), a triterpenoid derivative extracted from the bark of Melia toosendan Seib et Zucc and used in Chinese traditional medicine as an anthelmintic against ascaris, is a presynaptic neuromuscular blocker. Without affecting the nerve conduction, the muscle resting potential as well as acetylcholine (ACh) sensitivity of the muscle membrane at the end-plate region, TSN blocks the neuromuscular transmission selectively by inhibiting ACh release from the motor nerve terminals. It was interesting to notice展开更多
A new method for the determination of toosendanin in the bark of Melia toosendan sieb.et zucc.by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography（RP-HPLC）with MeOH-H2O as the mobile phase at 215 nm of the uv-vi...A new method for the determination of toosendanin in the bark of Melia toosendan sieb.et zucc.by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography（RP-HPLC）with MeOH-H2O as the mobile phase at 215 nm of the uv-vis wavelength was investigated.A good seperatioin of toosendanin with matrix was obtained within 20 min by using Eclipse XDB-C8 column.The linear regression equation for peak area-toosendain concentration is A=20.818C-31,r=0.9997.展开更多
文摘To investigate the effect on central nervous transmission of toosendanin (TSN), a presynaptic blocker, rat striatum was perfused in vivo with a TSN-containing artificial cere-brospinal fluid (ACSF) and the level of dopamine (DA) as well as related metabolites in the collected dialysates has been determined by a microbore HPLC with electrochemical detection (mi-crobore HPLC-ECD). The results are as follows: ( i ) TSN induced a biphasic change of DA from its basal level;( ii ) the basal contents of two metabolites, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and homovanillic acid (HVA) increased in turn and stayed at a higher level than basal control for a long period. The basal level of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), a metabolite of 5-hydroxytryptamine(5-HT), had a change similar to that of HVA; (iii) after per-fusion with TSN-containing ACSF, high K+-evoked DA release was inhibited. These results show that TSN does not selectively affect acetylcholine (ACh) release, but probably acts on a common
基金This work was supported by National Institute for Physiological Science, Japan and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Partial experiments were performed in Okazaki, Japan
文摘Toosendanin (TSN), a triterpenoid derivative extracted from the bark of Melia toosendan Seib et Zucc and used in Chinese traditional medicine as an anthelmintic against ascaris, is a presynaptic neuromuscular blocker. Without affecting the nerve conduction, the muscle resting potential as well as acetylcholine (ACh) sensitivity of the muscle membrane at the end-plate region, TSN blocks the neuromuscular transmission selectively by inhibiting ACh release from the motor nerve terminals. It was interesting to notice
文摘A new method for the determination of toosendanin in the bark of Melia toosendan sieb.et zucc.by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography（RP-HPLC）with MeOH-H2O as the mobile phase at 215 nm of the uv-vis wavelength was investigated.A good seperatioin of toosendanin with matrix was obtained within 20 min by using Eclipse XDB-C8 column.The linear regression equation for peak area-toosendain concentration is A=20.818C-31,r=0.9997.
