期刊
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
卷 20, 期 2, 页码 298-306出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2014.04.004
关键词
Geniposide; Inflammation; Nuclear factor (NF)-kappa B; Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases; Activator protein (AP)-1
资金
- National Science Foundation of China [81071535]
Inflammatory responses are important to host immune reactions, but uncontrolled inflammatory mediators may aid in the pathogenesis of other inflammatory diseases. Geniposide, an iridoid glycoside found in the herb gardenia, is believed to have broad-spectrum anti-inflammatory effects in murine models but its mechanism of action is unclear. We investigated the action of this compound in murine macrophages stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), as the stimulation of macrophages by LPS is known to induce inflammatory reactions. We determined the effect of geniposide on LPS-induced production of the inflammatory mediators, nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E-2 (PGE(2)), the mRNA and protein expression of the NO and PGE(2) synthases, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), respectively, and the mRNA and protein expression of the inflammatory cytokine, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6). Furthermore, nuclear factor (NF)-kappa B, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and activator protein (AP)-1 activity were assayed. To understand the action of geniposide on the NF-kappa B and MAPK pathways, we studied the effect of NF-kappa B and MAPK inhibitors on the LPS-induced production of NO, PGE2 and TNF-alpha. Our findings clearly showed that geniposide mainly exerts its anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting the LPS-induced NF-kappa B, MAPK and AP-1 signaling pathways in macrophages, which subsequently reduces overexpression of the inducible enzymes iNOS and COX-2 and suppresses the expression and release of the inflammatory factors, TNF-alpha, IL-6, NO and PGE(2). Thus, geniposide shows promise as a therapeutic agent in inflammatory diseases. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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