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- Title
- (-)-pinoresinol monomethyl ether inhibits LPS-induced iNOS and Cox-2 expression via the attenuation of NF-κb in Raw 264.7 macrophage cells
- Author(s)
- B Y Park; M Y Lee; Kyung Seop Ahn; Y W Chin; Hyeong Kyu Lee; Sei Ryang Oh
- Bibliographic Citation
- Journal of Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 163-168
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Abstract
- Anti-inflammatory effects of (-)-pinoresinol monomethyl ether (PME) were evaluated on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated Raw 264.7 macrophage cells. PME inhibited translocation of p65-nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) into the nucleus in immunocytochemical analysis for NF-κB activation, expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in Western blotting, as well as production of pro-inflammatory mediators, such as nitric oxide (NO), tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α), and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in LPS-induced Raw 264.7 cells. These results suggest the anti-inflammatory activity of PME could be due to the down-regulation of iNOS, COX-2, TNF-α, and PGE2 in activated Raw 264.7 cells through NF-κB-dependent pathways.
- Keyword
- (-)-pinoresinol monomethyl etherCox-2Inducible nitric oxide synthaseNitric oxideNuclear factor-κbTumor necrosis factorProstaglandin e2
- ISSN
- I000-0171
- Publisher
- Korea Soc-Assoc-Inst
- DOI
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3839/jksabc.2011.027
- Type
- Article
- Appears in Collections:
- Ochang Branch Institute > Natural Product Research Center > 1. Journal Articles
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