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PROSTAGLANDINS LEUKOTRIENES AND ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS
卷 66, 期 5-6, 页码 485-492出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1054/plef.2002.0387
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Flavonoids are natural polyphenolic compounds ubiquitously present in the plant kingdom. They are reported to exhibit numerous beneficial health effects. In the present study, we demonstrate the potential effects of different flavonolds on cytokines mediated cyclooxygenase-2 and inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and activities in A549 cell line using quercetin, amentoflavone and flavanone. Our data revealed that quercetin, at 50 muM concentration inhibited PGE(2) biosynthesis by A549 very strongly with little effect on COX-2 mRNA and protein expression. Unlike quercetin, amentoflavone inhibited both PGE(2) biosynthesis and COX-2 mRNA and protein expression strongly In another set of experiment, quercetin inhibited iNOS protein expression completely without affecting iNOS mRNA expression. In contrast, amentoflavone although exerted no inhibitory effect on iNOS m RNA expression, did inhibit weakly I NOS protein expression, Flavanone had no inhibitory effect on either enzyme at the same concentration. Taken together, our data indicated that amentoflavone and quercetin differentially exerted supression of PGE(2) biosynthesis via downregulation of COX-2/iNOS expression. (C) 2002 Elsevier science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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