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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 131, Issue -, Pages 167-175Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.02.066
Keywords
Chitosan; RAW 264.7 macrophages; Inflammation; Cytokines; Mitogen-activated protein kinase
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Chitosan (300 kDa) was degraded by cellulase to chitosans with molecular weights (MWs) of 156, 72, 7.1, and 3.3 kDa and a chitooligosaccharide mixture (COS). Effects of these on NO secretion, cytokine production, and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced murine RAW 264.7 macrophages were investigated. Larger chitosans (300, 156, 72 kDa) significantly inhibited NO production, whereas smaller chitosans (7.1 & 33 kDa, COS) increased NO production. The 156 and 72 kDa chitosans significantly inhibited TNF-alpha and IL-6 production, whereas the 7.1 kDa chitosan and COS significantly induced their production. The 156 and 72 kDa chitosans inhibited NF-kappa B activation and iNOS expression by binding to the CR3 (for 156 kDa chitosan), or CR3 and TLR4 receptor (for 72 kDa chitosan). The smaller chitosans (e.g. 7.1 kDa chitosan and COS) activated NF-kappa B and enhanced iNOS expression by binding to CD14, TLR4, and CR3 receptors to activate JNK signaling proteins. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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