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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Volume 35, Issue 1, Pages 202-210Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2014.1982
Keywords
veratric acid; inducible nitric oxide synthase; phosphoinositide 3-kinase; Akt; histone deacetylases; histone acetyltransferases; histone
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- Next-Generation BioGreen 21 Program (SSAC) from the Rural Development Administration [PJ009615]
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In the present study, we investigated regulatory effects of veratric acid on the production of nitric oxide (NO) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW264.7 cells. NO production was significantly decreased by veratric acid in the LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 cells in a dose-dependent manner. The reduction in nitric oxide production was induced by the downregulation of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) expression. Veratric acid suppressed the LPS-induced effects on the regulatory and catalytic subunits of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), comprised of p85, p110, p110 and Akt. The acetylation of p300 and the phosphorylation of activating transcription factor 2 (ATF-2) induced by LPS were downregulated following treatment with veratric acid; similar effects were observed following treatment with LY294002, a specific inhibitor of PI3K/Akt. The LPS-induced expression of histone deacetylase (HDAC)3 decreased to basal levels following treastment with veratric acid, and its expression was also downregulated by LY294002. In the measurement of histone acetylation levels, the LPS-stimulated acetylation of histone H4 was significantly attenuated by veratric acid, and was also reduced following the inhibition of PI3K/Akt with LY294002. From our data, it can be concluded that veratric acid exerts a regulatory effect on LPS-induced iNOS expression. Our results suggest that veratric acid impedes the PI3K/Akt-mediated histone acetyltransferase (HAT) activation and HDAC expression induced by LPS, thereby abrogating iNOS expression.
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