Journal
BMB REPORTS
Volume 49, Issue 5, Pages 276-281Publisher
KOREAN SOCIETY BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2016.49.5.241
Keywords
Acute inflammation; Corosolic acid; Inflammasome; IRAK-1; Macrophages
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Funding
- Korea Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea [A120864]
- Korea New Faculty, Korea Research Foundation, Republic of Korea [NRF-2013R1A1A1006606]
- Korea Research Foundation, Medical Research Center [2014R1A5A2010008]
- Korea Health Promotion Institute [HI12C0777000014] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2013R1A1A1006606, 2014R1A5A2010008] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Corosolic acid (CA), a triterpenoid compound isolated from Lagerstroemia speciosa L. (Banaba) leaves, exerts anti-inflammatory effects by regulating phosphorylation of interleukin receptor-associated kinase (IRAK)-2 via the NF-kappa B cascade. However, the protective effect of CA against endotoxic shock has not been reported. LPS (200 ng/mL, 30 min) induced phosphorylation of IRAK-1 and treatment with CA (10 mu M) significantly attenuated this effect. In addition, CA also reduced protein levels of NLRP3 and ASC which are the main components of the inflammasome in BMDMs. LPS-induced inflammasome assembly through activation of IRAK-1 was down-regulated by CA challenge. Treatment with Bay11-7082, an inhibitor of I kappa B-alpha, had no effect on CA-mediated inhibition of IRAK-1 activation, indicating that CA-mediated attenuation of IRAK-1 phosphorylation was independent of NF-kappa B signaling. These results demonstrate that CA ameliorates acute inflammation in mouse BMDMs and CA may be useful as a pharmacological agent to prevent acute inflammation.
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