Anti-inflammatory Function of the Sophora japonica Extract Rutin: The Inhibitory Effect of Rutin of Korean Sophora japonica on the Productions of NO and TNF-alpha from Mouse Peritoneal Macrophages

괴화 추출물 루틴의 소염작용: 쥐의 복강대식세포로부터 NO와 TNF-alpha 생산에 있어서 괴화 루틴에 의한 억제효과

  • Lee, Mu-Hong (Department of Immunology, Medical School, Konkuk University) ;
  • Jeong, Jae-Hyun (Division of food and Biotechnology, Chungju National University) ;
  • Jeong, Myeong-Soo (Hanmi Natural Nutrition Co. Ltd.) ;
  • Chang, Sung-Ho (Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Pusan National University) ;
  • Her, Erk (Department of Immunology, Medical School, Konkuk University)
  • 이무홍 (건국대학교 의학전문대학원 면역학교실) ;
  • 정재현 (충주대학교 식품공학과) ;
  • 정명수 ((주)한미양행) ;
  • 장성호 (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 생화학교실) ;
  • 허억 (건국대학교 의학전문대학원 면역학교실)
  • Received : 2010.02.19
  • Accepted : 2010.04.20
  • Published : 2010.04.30

Abstract

Korean Sophora japonica has been found to posses an anti-inflammatory activity. In this study, Korean Sophora japonica extract, rutin, was used to know whether rutin inhibits to produce inflammatory mediators NO and TNF-$\alpha$ from the mouse peritoneal macrophages that were treated an inflammatory agent LPS. The rutin-1 hr pretreated macrophages were incubated with LPS for 0.5~5 hrs, and then collected the supernatant and the cell lysate for measurements of the level of iNOS, NO, TNF-$\alpha$ mRNA, TNF-$\alpha$, and p-NF-${\kappa}B$. Minimal and maximal effective doses of the rutin on them were 1 and $100{\mu}g/ml$, respectively. The maximal effective dose of rutin certainly inhibted the productions of iNOS, NO, TNF-$\alpha$ mRNA, TNF-$\alpha$and p-NF-${\kappa}B$ from the LPS-treated macrophages (p<0.0001). Its $ED_{50}$ for inhibition of TNF-$\alpha$ mRNA and p-NF-${\kappa}B$ was $5{\mu}g/m{\ell}$, and for iNOS, NO, and TNF-$\alpha$ was $10{\mu}g/m{\ell}$. The rutin did not have any cytotoxic effect. As the results, the Sophora japonica rutin could be a good candidate for an anti-inflammatory action.

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