Involvement of capsaicin-sensitive sensory nerves in cardioprotection of rutaecarpine in rats |
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Authors: | Hu Chang-Ping Li Nian-Sheng Xiao Liang Deng Han-Wu Li Yuan-Jian |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410078, China. |
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Abstract: | In the present study, we examined whether rutaecarpine protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats and whether the protective effects of rutaecarpine are related to activation of capsaicin-sensitive sensory nerves. Rats were pretreated with rutaecarpine 10 min before the experiment, and then the left main coronary artery of rat hearts was subjected to 60-min occlusion followed by 3-h reperfusion. The infarct size, serum concentration of creatine kinase, and CGRP concentration in plasma were measured. Pretreatment with rutaecarpine (100 or 300 microg/kg, i.v.) significantly reduced infarct size and creatine kinase release concomitantly with a significant increase in plasma concentrations of CGRP. These effects of rutaecarpine were completely abolished by capsazepine (38 mg/kg, s.c.), a competitive vanilloid receptor antagonist, or by pretreatment with capsaicin (50 mg/kg, s.c.), which selectively depletes transmitters in capsaicin-sensitive sensory nerves. These results suggest that rutaecarpine protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats and that the protective effects of rutaecarpine are related to activation of capsaicin-sensitive sensory nerves via activating vanilloid receptors. |
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