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Hong-Yi Zhou1, Fang Wang, Ke-Qiang Zhang
1Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China. zhouhy518@yahoo.com.cn
Aim:
To study the effects of AP-Q on CCl(4)-induced acute liver injury, delayed outward potassium current (I(K)), inward rectifier potassium current (I(K1)) and calcium release-activated calcium current (I(CRAC)) in isolated rat hepatocytes.
Methods:
A single dose of CCl(4) (10 microg/mL, ip) was injected to induce acute liver injury in rats. Serum aminotransferase activities were determined. Whole cell patch-clamp techniques were used to investigate the effects of AP-Q on delayed outward potassium current (I(K)), inward rectifier potassium current (I(K1)) and calcium release-activated calcium current (I(CRAC)).
Results:
AP-Q (3.5 and 7 microg/kg) pretreatment significantly reduced ALT and AST activities. AP-Q 0.1-100 nM produced a concentration-dependent increase of I(K) with EC(50) value of 5.55+/-1.8 nM (n=6). AP-Q 30 nM shifted the I-V curve of I(K) leftward and upward. CCl(4) 4 mM decreased I(K) current 28.6+/-6.5% at 140 mV. After exposure to CCl(4) for 5 min, AP-Q 30 nM attenuated the decrease of I(K) induced by CCl(4) close to normal amplitude. AP-Q 0.01-100 nM had no significant effect on either inward or outward components of I(K1) at any membrane potential examined. AP-Q 0.1-100 nM had no significant influence on the peak amplitude of I(CRAC), either, and did not affect the shape of its current voltage curve.
Conclusion:
AP-Q has a protective effect on CCl(4)-induced liver injury, probably through selectively increased I(K) in hepatocytes.
