Anti-inflammatory Effect of Ribes fasciculatum in IFN-g/LPS-stimulated Mouse Peritoneal Macrophage

• Published in: Natural product sciences pp. 113 - 118
• Main Authors: 김진규, 전훈, 김하나, 강충식, 서제한, 서현원, 임준상, 김봉석, 차동석, 권진, 오찬호, 마상용, 남정일
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 한국생약학회 01-06-2014
• Subjects: 약학
• ISSN: 1226-3907; 2288-9027

Ribes fasciculatum which belongs to Saxifragaceae has been widely used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of symptoms associated with lacquer poison. However, pharmacological studies on the R. fasciculatum are extremely limited until now. Thus, in this study, we evaluated the possible anti-inflammatory effects of ethyl acetate fraction of R. fasciculatum (ERF) using IFN-g/LPS-stimulated peritoneal macrophage model. We investigated the change in nitrite level in the absence or presence of ERF after LPS stimulation, and we found that ERF effectively attenuates the NO production in a dose dependent manner without notable toxicity. To determine the mechanism of the inhibitory action of ERF on NO production, we performed iNOS enzyme activity assay and Western blotting. Here we showed that both of iNOS enzyme activities and iNOS expressions were significantly down-regulated by ERF, indicating that these dual activities of ERF are responsible for ERF-mediated NO suppression. In addition, ERF inhibitied the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), an another key enzyme in inflammation through suppression of NF-kB activation. We also tested anti-inflammatory properties of ERF not only in vitro, but in vivo using trypsin-induced paw edema model in mice. Our results revealed that the increased paw volume in response to trypsin injection was recovered by ERF supplement dose dependently. KCI Citation Count: 0