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INFLAMMATION
Volume 44, Issue 3, Pages 835-845Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10753-020-01297-8
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hydroxysafflor yellow A; Staphylococcus aureus; TLR2; endometritis
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The study found that HYA can significantly reduce S. aureus-induced mouse endometrial inflammation by inhibiting the expression of various inflammatory proteins, potentially through blocking the TLR2-mediated NF-kB and MAPK pathways.
The present study is designed to investigate the effect of hydroxysafflor yellow A (HYA) on Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus)-induced mouse endometrial inflammation and to explore its molecular mechanism. We established a mouse endometritis model by intrauterine injection of S. aureus and intrauterine injection of HYA for treatment. Immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, and Western blot were used to detect protein expression in uterine tissue, and qPCR was used to measure mRNA expression. HYA could significantly weak uterine pathological changes caused by S. aureus and reduce MPO activity, CD45, CD3, and ED-1 protein expression in uterine tissues of S. aureus-infected mice. Similarly, HYA also significantly decreased S. aureus induced the increase in TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, and IL-6 in uterine tissue. In vivo, we found that knockdown of TLR2 was very important could significantly reduce S. aureus induced the elevated expression of TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, and IL-6 in mEECs. Importantly, in terine tissues of S. aureus-infected mice, HYA significantly decreased the ratio of p-p65/p65, p-IKB alpha/IKB alpha, p-p38/p38, p-Erk/Erk, and p-JNK/JNK expression. HYA displays anti-inflammatory effects on S. aureus mouse endometrial inflammation, and this effect might be related to HYA which could block TLR2-mediated NF-kB and MAPK pathway.
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