Journal
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 130-137Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2015.04.043
Keywords
Brazilin; S. aureus mastitis; Toll-like receptor 2; Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappa B); MAPKs
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- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2662014BQ024]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31472248, 31272622, 31201925]
- Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20110061130010, 20120061120098]
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Mastitis, which commonly occurs during the postpartum period, is caused by the infection of the mammary glands. The most common infectious bacterial pathogen of mastitis is Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) in both human and animals. Brazilin, a compound isolated from the traditional herbal medicine Caesalpinia sappan L, has been shown to exhibit multiple biological properties. The present study was performed to determine the effect of brazilin on the inflammatory response in the mouse model of S. aureus mastitis and to confirm the mechanism of action involved. Brazilin treatment was applied in both a mouse model and cells. After brazilin treatment of cells, Western blotting and qPCR were performed to detect the protein levels and mRNA levels, respectively. Brazilin treatment significantly attenuated inflammatory cell infiltration and inhibited the expressions of TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta and IL-6 in a dose-dependent manner. Administration of brazilin in mice suppressed S. aureus-induced inflammatory injury and the production of proinflammatory mediators. This suppression was achieved by reducing the increased expression of TLR2 and regulating the NF-kappa B and MAPK signaling pathways in the mammary gland tissues and cells with S. aureus-induced mastitis. These results suggest that brazilin appears to be an effective drug for the treatment of mastitis and may be applied as a clinical therapy. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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