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Anti-inflammatory Effects of Asiaticoside on Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase and Cyclooxygenase-2 in RAW 264.7 Cell Line

Asiaticoside가 RAW 264,7 세포에서 Inducible nitric oxide synthase와 Cyclooxygenase-2에 미치는 항염증 작용에 관한 연구

  • 주상섭 (서울대학교 약학대학 종합약학연구소) ;
  • 배옥남 (서울대학교 약학대학 종합약학연구소) ;
  • 정진호 (서울대학교 약학대학 종합약학연구소)
  • Published : 2003.03.01
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Abstract

Asiaticoside has been tested for the ability as an anti-inflammatory drug using lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated macrophage cell line (RAW 264.7 cell). LPS treatment induced dramatically inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in RAW cells. However, asiaticoside inhibited LPS-stimulated iNOS induction in a concentration-dependent manner. Especially, higher concentrations (＞50 $\mu\textrm{M}$) of asiaticoside completely blocked iNOS induction. In addition, LPS-stimulated expression of inducible cyclooxygenase (COX-2) and interleukin-1 $\alpha$ (IL-1 $\alpha$) was inhibited by asiaticoside treatment. Asiaticoside up to 50 $\mu\textrm{M}$ still required to inhibit COX-2 and IL-1 $\alpha$ induced by LPS. Consistent with these findings, treatment with asiaticoside suppressed do novo synthesis and cellular accumulation of prostaglandin $E_2$ to a lesser extent, suggesting that asiaticoside blocked the induction as well as the activity of COX-2 These results suggest the possibility that asiaticoside may be effective therapeutic agents for septic shock and other inflammatory diseases.

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