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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-3
pubmed:abstractText
In this study, we assessed the preventive effects of Radix asari extract (RAE) against cytokine-induced beta-cell destruction. Cytokines secreted by immune cells that have infiltrated pancreatic islets are crucial mediators of beta-cell destruction in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Treatment of RINm5F (RIN) cells with interleukin (IL)-1beta and interferon (IFN)-gamma resulted in a reduction of cell viability and proliferation. However, treatment of RIN cells with RAE protected the IL-1beta and IFN-gamma- mediated viability and proliferation reduction in a concentration-dependent manner. Incubation with RAE also resulted in significant suppression of IL-1beta and IFN-gamma-induced nitric oxide (NO) production, and this reduction was correlated with reduced levels of mRNA and protein associated with the inducible form of NO synthase (iNOS). The molecular mechanism by which RAE inhibited iNOS gene expression appeared to involve the inhibition of NF-kappaB activation as a result of RAE's suppression of IL-1beta and IFN-gamma-induced IkappaBalpha degradation. The protective effects of RAE were verified via the observation of reduced NO generation and iNOS expression, as well as the observation of normal insulin-secretion responses to glucose in IL-1beta and IFN-gamma-treated rat islets. These results suggest that RAE protects beta cells from cytokine toxicity by suppression of NF-kappaB activation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1107-3756
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
769-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Aristolochiaceae, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Cytoprotection, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Insulin-Secreting Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Interleukin-1beta, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Plant Extracts, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17912472-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Radix asari extract protects pancreatic beta cells against cytokine-induced toxicity: implication of the NF-kappaB-iNOS signaling cascade.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Medical School and Institute for Medical Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 561-756, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't