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BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
卷 73, 期 2, 页码 248-258出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2006.09.029
关键词
valerian; adenosine receptors; bioassay-guided fractionation; isovaltrate; A(1) antagonist; inverse agonist
A series of extracts of valerian roots (Valeriana officinalis L.) was prepared with solvents of different polarity. Polar as well as nonpolar extracts were found to interact with adenosine A, receptors. While polar extracts activated A, receptors (partial agonistic activity), nonpolar extracts showed antagonistic or inverse agonistic activity at A, receptors, as demonstrated by GTP gamma S binding assays at human recombinant A, receptors stably expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Guided by radioligand binding assays, fractionation of a lipophilic petroleum ether:diethyl ether (1:1) extract led to the isolation of isovaltrate, which was characterized as a potent, highly efficacious inverse agonist at adenosine A, receptors (K-i rat A(1): 2.05 mu M). In experiments at rat brain slices measuring post-synaptic potentials (PSPs) in cortical neurons, isovaltrate at least partly reversed the reduction in the PSPs induced by the adenosine A, receptor agonist N-6-cyclopentyladenosine (CPA). Isovaltrate may serve as a new lead structure for the development of inverse agonists at adenosine A, receptors. The common use of hydrophilic, but not lipophilic valerian extracts as mild sleep-inducing agents is consistent with the opposite actions of hydrophilic and lipophilic extracts on adenosine receptors. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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