TY - JOUR
T1 - Adenosine as an active constituent of Auricularia auricula for the inhibition of rabbit platelet aggregation
AU - Murata, Atsumobu
AU - Oka, Nobuaki
AU - Ohkubo, Satoko
AU - Sato, Yukari
AU - Funamori, Masako
AU - Kikuchi, Haruhisa
AU - Tanitsu, Masa Aki
AU - Kogi, Kentaro
AU - Sato, Susumu
AU - Tadano, Takeshi
AU - Oshima, Yoshiteru
AU - Nakahata, Norimichi
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Auricularia auricula ("Kikurage" in Japan), a kind of mushrooms, has been taken as an ordinary food in East Asia. In the present study, we examined the inhibitory activity of several extracts from Auricularia auricula on rabbit platelet aggregation. We prepared four extracts of Auricularia auricula; water extract, methanol extract, butanol extract from methanol extract (MeOH-BuOH extract) and water extract from methanol extract (MeOH-water extract). Four extracts inhibited ADP-induced platelet aggregation. Since MeOH-BuOH and MeOH-water extracts showed a potent inhibitory activity, both extracts were used for further analysis. MeOH-BuOH and MeOH-water extracts inhibited ADP- or U46619-induced aggregation in a concentration-dependent manner. MeOH-BuOH extract was much more potent than MeOH-water extract. Since adenosine deaminase eliminated the inhibitory effects of both extracts on ADP- or U46619-induced aggregation, they seemed to contain adenosine that inhibits platelet aggregation. In fact, adenosine inhibited ADP- or U46619-induced aggregation in a concentration-dependent manner, and the content of adenosine in each fraction was almost compatible with the inhibitory activity. Furthermore, CGS15943, an adenosine A2A receptor antagonist, reversed the inhibitory effects of both extracts on ADP- or U46619-induced aggregation. These results suggest that Auricularia auricula has anti-platelet activity, and its constituent adenosine mainly exerts its inhibitory activity.
AB - Auricularia auricula ("Kikurage" in Japan), a kind of mushrooms, has been taken as an ordinary food in East Asia. In the present study, we examined the inhibitory activity of several extracts from Auricularia auricula on rabbit platelet aggregation. We prepared four extracts of Auricularia auricula; water extract, methanol extract, butanol extract from methanol extract (MeOH-BuOH extract) and water extract from methanol extract (MeOH-water extract). Four extracts inhibited ADP-induced platelet aggregation. Since MeOH-BuOH and MeOH-water extracts showed a potent inhibitory activity, both extracts were used for further analysis. MeOH-BuOH and MeOH-water extracts inhibited ADP- or U46619-induced aggregation in a concentration-dependent manner. MeOH-BuOH extract was much more potent than MeOH-water extract. Since adenosine deaminase eliminated the inhibitory effects of both extracts on ADP- or U46619-induced aggregation, they seemed to contain adenosine that inhibits platelet aggregation. In fact, adenosine inhibited ADP- or U46619-induced aggregation in a concentration-dependent manner, and the content of adenosine in each fraction was almost compatible with the inhibitory activity. Furthermore, CGS15943, an adenosine A2A receptor antagonist, reversed the inhibitory effects of both extracts on ADP- or U46619-induced aggregation. These results suggest that Auricularia auricula has anti-platelet activity, and its constituent adenosine mainly exerts its inhibitory activity.
KW - Adenosine
KW - Auricularia auricula
KW - Platelet aggregation
KW - Rabbit platelets
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M3 - Article
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SN - 0300-8533
VL - 67
SP - 359
EP - 364
JO - Pharmacometrics
JF - Pharmacometrics
IS - 3-4
ER -