期刊
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 17, 期 4, 页码 1094-1100出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2013.10.013
关键词
Ginsenoside-Rd; Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS); Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2); Antioxidant enzymes; Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B); Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs)
资金
- Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province [0803RJZA063]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [lzujbky-2010-121]
- Research Fund of Key Lab of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province [GSKFKT-0808]
Our previous study has reported that ginsenoside-Rd significantly inhibited the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and mediators in carrageenan (Carr)-induced rat paw edema, which might be due to its blocking of the nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) signaling pathway. The aim of the present study was to clarify the more detailed mechanisms of anti-inflammatory activity of ginsenoside-Rd in Carr-induced rat paw edema model. Rats were pretreated with dexamethasone or ginsenoside-Rd 1 h before the Carr injection. Six hours after Carr injection, the malondialdehyde (MDA) level and myeloperoxidase (MPO), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and catalase (CAT) activities in inflamed paw tissues were determined. The levels of nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E-2 (PGE(2)) in serum were measured. The expressions of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and NF-kappa B were detected by western blot In addition, the extent of phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK), p38 and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) was analyzed by western blot. The results showed that ginsenoside-Rd significantly attenuated MPO activity and MDA level, increased the activities of SOD, GPx and CAT, lowered the levels of NO and PGE(2), down-regulated the expressions of iNOS, COX-2 and NF-kappa B, and suppressed the phosphorylation of ERK and JNK. Taken together, the possible mechanisms of anti-inflammatory activity of ginsenoside-Rd were: it could reduce the inflammatory cell infiltration into inflammatory sites, inhibit the tissue lipid peroxidation, increase the antioxidant enzyme activities, and suppress the proinflammatory enzyme expressions through the downregulation of NF-kappa B activation via suppression of ERK and JNK phosphorylation. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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