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Protection by Paeonol on Cytotoxicity of Cultured Rat Hepatocytes Exposed to Br-A23187

  • Bae, Ki-Hwan (Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Ho (Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Oh, Ki-Wan (Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University)
  • Published : 2003.09.01
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Abstract

The present experiment was performed to investigate the protective effects of paeonol isolated from Moutan Cortex Radicis on primary cultured rat hepatocytes exposed to Br-A23187 ($Ca^{2+}$ ionophore). Br-A23187 is frequently used as a model of cell killing as inducing both necrotic and apoptotic cell death. Hepatocytes were isolated by collagenase perfusion from livers of fasted male Sprague Dawley rats and cultured overnight. Cell viability was determined by propidium iodide using fluorocytometry in Krebs-Ringer-HEPES buffer at pH 7.4. In addition, intracellular calcium was measured by excitation at 340 and 380 nm and emission at 505 nm using a luminescence spectrophotometer. Paeonol (20-100 ${\mu}M$) inhibited cell killing induced by 10 ${\mu}M$ Br-A23187, in a dose-dependent manner. Paeonol also reduced increased intracellular calcium level when hepatocytes were exposed to Br-A23187. Therefore, the present results suggest that paeonol protects the hepatocytotoxicity induced by Br-A23187, via inhibiting the influx of calcium into into rat hepatocytes.

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