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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-3-31
pubmed:abstractText
In the present study, we investigated antiinflammatory effects of six flavonoids isolated from the rhizomes of Belamcanda chinensis (Iridaceae) in RAW 264.7 macrophages. The results indicated that irigenin concentration dependently inhibited lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin (PG) E(2) production. Furthermore, this compound inhibited the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 proteins and mRNAs without an appreciable cytotoxic effect. Treatment of the transfectant RAW 264.7 cells with irigenin reduced the level of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activity, also effectively lowered NF-kappaB binding measured by electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA), which was associated with decreased p65 protein levels in the nucleus. On the basis of the above data, we suggest that the effect of irigenin in decreasing LPS-induced NO and PGE(2) synthesis is due to diminish the mRNA and protein expression of iNOS and COX-2, respectively, also may be due to under the suppression of NF-kappaB activation. Therefore, irigenin isolated from the rhizomes of Belamcanda chinensis could be offered as a leading compound for anti-inflammation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0024-3205
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2336-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Cyclooxygenase 2, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Dinoprostone, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Flavonoids, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Iridaceae, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Isoflavones, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Plant Roots, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16307761-Transcriptional Activation
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhibitory effects of Irigenin from the rhizomes of Belamcanda chinensis on nitric oxide and prostaglandin E(2) production in murine macrophage RAW 264.7 cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't