1. 6‐Gingerol, an active pungent component of ginger, inhibits L‐type Ca 2+ current, contractility, and Ca 2+ transients in isolated rat ventricular myocytes
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Yurun Xue, Li Chu, Xuan Zhang, Xue Han, Yuanyuan Zhang, Jianping Zhang, Mengying Li, Yingran Liang, Ying Zhang, Jingkai Xiao, and Zhifeng Zhao
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0303 health sciences ,6-gingerol ,Ca2 transients ,Chemistry ,L‐type Ca2+ current ,Ca2 current ,cardiomyocytes ,contractility ,6‐Gingerol ,L‐type Ca2 current ,Pharmacology ,Inhibitory postsynaptic potential ,Contractility ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Ca2+ transients ,parasitic diseases ,Ventricular myocytes ,IC50 ,Intracellular ,Original Research ,030304 developmental biology ,Food Science - Abstract
Ginger has been widely used as a flavor, food, and traditional medicine for centuries. 6‐Gingerol (6‐Gin) is the active components of ginger and offers some beneficial effects on cardiovascular diseases. Here, the effects of 6‐Gin on L‐type Ca2+ current (ICa‐L), contractility, and the Ca2+ transients of rat cardiomyocytes, were investigated via patch‐clamp technique and the Ion Optix system. The 6‐Gin decreased the ICa‐L of normal and ischemic ventricular myocytes by 58.17 ± 1.05% and 55.22 ± 1.34%, respectively. 6‐Gin decreased ICa‐L in a concentration‐dependent manner with a half‐maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 31.25 μmol/L. At 300 μmol/L, 6‐Gin reduced the cell shortening by 48.87 ± 5.44% and the transients by 42.5 ± 9.79%. The results indicate that the molecular mechanisms underlying the cardio‐protective effects of 6‐Gin may because of a decreasing of intracellular Ca2+ via the inhibition of ICa‐L and contractility in rat cardiomyocytes.
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- 2019
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