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FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00040
Keywords
quercetin (QCT); atherosclerosis (AS); inflammation; lipid deposition; Mongolian medicine
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81370537, 81672433, 81270522, 81472232]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [YS1407, 2050205]
- Program for Science & Technology Innovation Talents in Universities of Henan Province (HASTIT) [13HASTIT024]
- Plan for Scientific Innovation Talent of Henan Province
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Aberrant activation of inflammation and excess accumulation of lipids play crucial role in the occurrence and progression of atherosclerosis (AS). Quercetin (QCT) has been tested effectively to cure AS. It is widely distributed in plant foods and has been proved to have potential antioxidative and anticancer activities. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of OCT in AS are not completely understood. In the present study, we stimulated murine RAW264.7 cells with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or oxidized low-density lipoproteins (ox-LDL) to mimic the development of AS. The data show that OCT treatment leads to an obvious decrease of multiple inflammatory cytokines in transcript level, including interleukin (IL)-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, IL -2, IL-10, macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX -2) induced by LPS. Moreover, expressions of other factors that contribute to the AS development, such as matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) and suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3) induced by LPS are also downregulated by QCT. Furthermore, we found that OCT suppressed LPS-induced the phosphorylation of STAT3. Meanwhile, OCT could ameliorate lipid deposition and overproduction of reactive oxygen species induced by ox-LDL, and block the expression of lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor-1 (LOX-1) in cultured macrophages. Taken together, our data reveal that OCT has obvious anti-inflammatory and antioxidant virtues and could be a therapeutic agent for the prevention and treatment of AS.
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