Ouabain octahydrate

Ouabain, A cardioactive glycoside consisting of rhamnose and ouabagenin, obtained from the seeds of Strophanthus gratus and other plants of the Apocynaceae; used like digitalis. It is commonly used in cell biological studies as an inhibitor of the NA-K(+)-exchanging ATPase. (In Vitro):Ouabain (100 μM) induces NLRP3 inflammasome activation and IL-1β release in macrophages. Ouabain-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation is mediated through K+ efflux. Ouabain (3 nM) alters the expression of EMT markers in NHK and ADPKD cells, and modifies cell-cell adhesion properties in ADPKD. Moreover, ouabain enhances migration of ADPKD cells, selectively modulates tight junctions, and modulates adherens junctions in ADPKD cells in a selective manner. Ouabain also activates TGFβ-Smad3 signaling, alters TER in ADPKD cells. Ouabain (25, 50 or 100 nM) treatment significantly reduces cell proliferation and viability in Raji cells in a dose-dependent manner, with IC50 of 76.48±4.03 nM. Ouabain increases the number of apoptotic cells, induces autophagy, and upregulates Beclin-1 in Raji cells.\n(In Vivo):Ouabain (3 mg/kg) significantly decreases cardiac contractile force with an enlarged LVESD when mice are primed with LPS. IL-1β deficiency attenuates ouabain-induced cardiac dysfunction and injury. IL-1β secreted by infiltrated macrophages contributes to ouabain-induced cardiac inflammation. Deficiency of NLRP3 and Casp1 attenuates ouabain-induced cardiac dysfunction and macrophage infiltration. Ouabain (30 μg/kg, i.p.) modulates ABCB1 activity in thymocytes of Wistar rats and it has the same effect on Swiss mice at 300 μg/kg. After 14 days of ouabain treatment, the MAP of rats is significantly elevated.