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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 491-499Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2006.12.004
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equol; nitric oxide; inducible nitric oxide synthase; Akt; NF-kappa B
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In the present study, we report the inhibitory effect of equol on nitric oxide (NO) production and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene expression in murine macrophages. In vivo administration of equol (i.p.) attenuated NO production. by peritoneal adherent cells isolated from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated mice. Equol dose-dependently inhibited the LPS-induced production of NO in isolated peritoneal adherent cells and RAW 264.7 cells. The mRNA expression of iNOS was also blocked by equol in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. Further study demonstrated that the LPS-induced activation of Akt was suppressed by, equol in RAW 264.7 cells while the activation of ERK, SAPK/JNK and p38 MAP kinase was not affected. Equol also blocked LPS-induced NF-kappa B activation. Moreover, the LPS-induced NO production and NF-kappa B activation was inhibited by LY294002, a specific inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway, in RAW 264.7 cells. These results suggest that equol might inhibit NO production and NOS gene expression, at least in part, by blocking Akt activation and subsequent down-regulation of NF-kappa B. activity. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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