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EXPERIMENTAL AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE
卷 11, 期 5, 页码 2054-2060出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2016.3136
关键词
chlorogenic acid; fibroblast-like synoviocytes; interleukin-6; apoptosis; Janus-activated kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; nuclear factor-kappa B
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81173228]
- Special Fund for the Construction of a Basic R&D platform of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region [KJT13006]
Chlorogenic acid (CGA) is the primary constituent of Caulis Lonicerae, a Chinese herb used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The present study aimed to investigate whether CGA was able to inhibit the proliferation of the fibroblast-like synoviocyte cell line (RSC-364), stimulated by interleukin (IL)-6, through inducing apoptosis. Following incubation with IL-6 or IL-6 and CGA, the cellular proliferation of RSC-364 cells was detected by MTT assay. The ratio of apoptosed cells were detected by flow cytometry. Western blot analysis was performed to observe protein expression levels of key molecules involved in the Janus-activated kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (JAK/STAT) signaling pathway [phosphorylated (p)-STAT3, JAK1 and gp130] and the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) signaling pathway [phosphorylated (p)-inhibitor of kappa B kinase subunit alpha/beta and NF-kappa B p50). It was revealed that CGA was able to inhibit the inflammatory proliferation of RSC-364 cells mediated by IL-6 through inducing apoptosis. CGA was also able to suppress the expression levels of key molecules in the JAK/STAT and NF-kappa B signaling pathways, and inhibit the activation of these signaling pathways in the inflammatory response through IL-6-mediated signaling, thereby resulting in the inhibition of the inflammatory proliferation of synoviocytes. The present results indicated that CGA may have potential as a novel therapeutic agent for inhibiting inflammatory hyperplasia of the synovium through inducing synoviocyte apoptosis in patients with RA.
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