简介:Theuterinetetaniccontractionanduterinearterybloodflowreductionarepossiblereasonsforprimarydysmenorrhea(PD).Inthepresentstudy,weaimedtoevaluatetheuterinerelaxanteffectandtheinfluenceonuterinearterybloodvelocityofGe-GenDecoction(GGD),awell-knownChineseherbalformula.InfemaleICRmice,uterinecontractionwasinducedbyoxytocinexposurefollowingestradiolbenzoatepretreatment,andtheuterinearterybloodvelocitywasdetectedbyDopplerultrasound.HistopathologicalexaminationoftheuterinetissuesampleswereperformedbyH&Estaining.Exvivostudiesdemonstratedthatoxytocin,posteriorpituitary,oracetylcholineinducedcontractionsinisolatedmouseuterus.GGDinhibitedbothspontaneousandstimulatedcontractions.InvivostudydemonstratedthatGGDsignificantlyreducedoxytocin-inducedwrithingresponseswithamaximalinhibitionof87%.FurtherstudydemonstratedthatGGDnormalizedoxytocin-inducedabnormalitiesofprostaglandinsF2alpha(PGF2α)andCa2+inmice.Inaddition,injectionofoxytocininducedadecreaseinuterinearterybloodflowvelocity.PretreatmentwithGGDreversedtheoxytocinresponseonbloodflowvelocity.HistopathologicalexaminationshowedpretreatmentwithGGDalleviatedinflammationandedemaintheuteruswhencomparedwiththemodelgroup.BothexvivoandinvivoresultsindicatedthatGGDpossessedasignificantspasmolyticeffectonuterinetetaniccontractionaswellasimprovementonuterinearterybloodvelocitywhichmayinvolvePGF2αandCa2+signaling,suggestingthatGGDmayhaveaclinicpotentialinPDtherapy.
简介:Si-Miao-Wan(SMW),atradiationalChinesemedicinalformulaconsistingofAtractylodisRhizoma,PhellodendriChinensisCortex,CoicisSemen,andAchyranthisBidentataeRadix,hasbeenusedforthetreatmentofgoutandgoutyarthritisformanyyears.Inthepresentstudy,aliquidchromatographyquadrupole-time-of-flightmassspectrometry(LC-Q-TOF/MS)methodwasestablishedtoidentifythemultipleconstituentsofSMWanditsmetabolitesinratbiologicalsamplesafteroraladministration.Atotalof48compoundsinSMW,including21alkaloids,12organicacids,2terpenes,3lactones,2phytosterols,and8othercompounds,weretentativelycharacterizedwiththediagnostic-ionfilteringstrategy.BasedonthediagnosticionsappliedtoidentifycompoundsinSMW,28prototypecompoundsand10metaboliccompoundsweredetectedinthebiologicalsamples.ThiswasthefirstcomprehensivedrugmetabolisminvestigationofSMWinrats.Thedevelopedmethodcouldbeausefulmeansforidentifyingthemulti-componentsinSMWandthemetaboliccomponents.TheresultsmayhelpexplorethepossiblemetabolicprocessesandmechanismofactionforSMWinvivo.