期刊
BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
卷 92, 期 4, 页码 599-606出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2014.10.001
关键词
Procyanidin B2; NLRP3 inflammasome; ROS; AP-1
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31430045, 81470373, 21306146, 81220108005, 81300242]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2014T70926]
Procyanidins are the flavanols from polyphenols commonly found in fruits and red wine. Recent studies have shown that procyanidins possess potential anti-inflammatory activities. However, underlying mechanisms remain to be understood. Inflammasomes are multi-protein complexes composed of pro-caspase and pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) such as NOD-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3). Since aberrant activation of NLRP3 intlammasome is implicated in the pathogeneses of pro-inflammatory diseases such as diabetes, atherosclerosis and arthritis, we aimed to investigate whether procyanidin B2 (PCB2), the most widely distributed natural procyanidins, inhibits the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome in endothelial cells (ECs). We found that, in human umbilical vein ECs (HUVECs), PCB2 significantly suppressed the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome and inhibited subsequent caspase-1 activation and interleukin (IL)-1 beta secretion in response to lipopolysaccharides (LPS). PCB2 negatively regulated the gene expression of NLRP3. In addition, PCB2 attenuated LPS-induced production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the transcriptional activity of activator protein-1 (AP-1). In conclusion, we demonstrated for the first time that procyanidin B2 inhibits NLRP3 inflammasome activation via suppression of AP-1 pathway in ECs. These results suggest a new mechanism by which natural flavoids such as procyanidins exert their vascular protective effects. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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