Yan Chen1, Jinyan Wang, Ran Xin, Xiaobin Tan. 1. Key Laboratory of New Drug Delivery System of Chinese Meteria Medica, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China. ychen202@yahoo.com.cn
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To study the impact of saikosaponin on absorption and transport of paeoniflorin in Caco-2 cell model. METHOD: The concentration of paeoniflorin in cell culture medium was measured by UPLC and the apparent permeability coefficients (P(app)) was calculated to study differences in bi-direction transport of paeoniflorin solutions of different concentrations and its compatibility with saikosaponin a, and saikosaponin d in Caco-2 cell model. Meanwhile, the electric resistance of Caco-2 cell was determined before and after the experiment. RESULT: The amount of paeoniflorin increased linearly with the transport of Caco-2 cell monolayer in 4 h, with a lower absorptive permeability, which was (0.98 +/- 0.10) x 10(-6), (0.92 +/- 0.09) x 10(-6), (0.89 +/- 0.04) x 10(-6) cm x s(-1) at the concentration of 20, 50, 100 micromol x L(-1), respectively. After compatibility with saikosaponin a and saikosaponin d, the absorptive permeability of paeoniflorin increased by 2.37 times and 2.54 times, respectively, while the electric resistance of Caco-2 cell was decreased significantly after the experiment. CONCLUSION: Saikosaponin a, d can enhance the absorption of paeoniflorin in Caco-2 cell monolayer, which may be related to saikosaponin's ability to open up intercellular tight junctions among Caco-2 cells.
OBJECTIVE: To study the impact of saikosaponin on absorption and transport of paeoniflorin in Caco-2 cell model. METHOD: The concentration of paeoniflorin in cell culture medium was measured by UPLC and the apparent permeability coefficients (P(app)) was calculated to study differences in bi-direction transport of paeoniflorin solutions of different concentrations and its compatibility with saikosaponin a, and saikosaponin d in Caco-2 cell model. Meanwhile, the electric resistance of Caco-2 cell was determined before and after the experiment. RESULT: The amount of paeoniflorin increased linearly with the transport of Caco-2 cell monolayer in 4 h, with a lower absorptive permeability, which was (0.98 +/- 0.10) x 10(-6), (0.92 +/- 0.09) x 10(-6), (0.89 +/- 0.04) x 10(-6) cm x s(-1) at the concentration of 20, 50, 100 micromol x L(-1), respectively. After compatibility with saikosaponin a and saikosaponin d, the absorptive permeability of paeoniflorin increased by 2.37 times and 2.54 times, respectively, while the electric resistance of Caco-2 cell was decreased significantly after the experiment. CONCLUSION:Saikosaponin a, d can enhance the absorption of paeoniflorin in Caco-2 cell monolayer, which may be related to saikosaponin's ability to open up intercellular tight junctions among Caco-2 cells.