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Mechanism of resveratrol-induced relaxation in the human gallbladder

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Title
Mechanism of resveratrol-induced relaxation in the human gallbladder
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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, May 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12906-017-1752-x
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Ching-Chung Tsai, Ming-Che Lee, Shu-Leei Tey, Ching-Wen Liu, Shih-Che Huang

Abstract

Resveratrol is a polyphenolic compound extracted from plants and is also a constituent of red wine. Resveratrol produces relaxation of vascular smooth muscle and may prevent cardiovascular diseases. Although resveratrol has been reported to cause relaxation of the guinea pig gallbladder, limited data are available about the effect of resveratrol on the gallbladder smooth muscle in humans. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relaxation effects of resveratrol in human gallbladder muscle strips. We studied the relaxant effects of resveratrol in human gallbladder. In addition, we also investigated mechanism of resveratrol-induced relaxation in human gallbladder by tetraethylammonium (a non-selective potassium channels blocker), iberiotoxin (an inhibitor of large conductance calcium-activated potassium channel), glibenclamide (an ATP-sensitive potassium channel blocker), charybdotoxin (an inhibitor of large conductance calcium-activated potassium channels and slowly inactivating voltage-gated potassium channels), apamine (a selective inhibitor of the small conductance calcium-activated potassium channel), KT 5720 (a cAMP-dependent protein kinase A inhibitor), KT 5823 (a cGMP-dependent protein kinase G inhibitor), NG-Nitro-L-arginine (a competitive inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase), tetrodotoxin (a selective neuronal Na(+) channel blocker), and ω-conotoxin GVIA (a selective neuronal Ca(2+) channel blocker). The present study showed that resveratrol has relaxant effects in human gallbladder muscle strips. In addition, we found that resveratrol-induced relaxation in human gallbladder is associated with nitric oxide, ATP-sensitive potassium channel, and large conductance calcium-activated potassium channel pathways. This study provides the first evidence concerning the relaxant effects of resveratrol in human gallbladder muscle strips. Furthermore, these results demonstrate that resveratrol is a potential new drug or health supplement in the treatment of biliary colic.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 4 19%
Student > Master 4 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 14%
Student > Bachelor 2 10%
Other 1 5%
Other 2 10%
Unknown 5 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 4 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 14%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 14%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 14%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 10%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 29%
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