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FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 59, Issue -, Pages 362-372Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.05.049
Keywords
Anti-inflammation; IKK; Isorhamnetin; JNK; Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B)
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Korean government (MSIP) [2012-0009400]
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Here, we isolated isorhamnetin, a natural 3'-O-methylated flavonoid, from water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica, Umbelliferae) and investigated its ability to protect against acute inflammation in vivo and in vitro. To induce paw swelling, the hind paw of each rat was injected with a carrageenan 1 h after vehicle or isorhamnetin treatment. In vitro effect and mechanism studies were performed in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated macrophages. Administration of isorhamnetin markedly inhibited the swelling volume and the thickness of hind paws. Moreover, isorhamnetin significantly reduced inflammatory cell infiltration and pro-inflammatory gene expression in rats. Isorhamnetin pretreatment inhibited inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression and NO release in LPS-stimulated cells. Activation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) and activating protein-1 (AP-1) is the key step in the iNOS gene induction. Isorhamnetin specifically inhibited NF-kappa B luciferase activity, but not AP-1. Pretreatment with isorhamnetin suppressed NF-kappa B nuclear translocation in accordance with decreased phosphorylation and degradation of inhibitory-kappa B. Consistently, TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta and IL-6 expression, representative NF-kappa B target genes, were almost completely prohibited by isorhamnetin. Furthermore, isorhamnetin inhibited LPS-induced JNK and AKT/IKK alpha/beta phosphorylation. Our results suggest that isorhamnetin inhibited JNK, and AKT/IKK alpha/beta activation, leading to NF-kappa B inactivation, which might contribute to the inhibition of the acute inflammatory response. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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