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Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Essential Oils Extracted from Wood of Four Coniferous Tree Species

침엽수 4종 목부 정유의 항염증 효과 평가

  • YANG, Jiyoon (Division of Wood Chemistry, Department of Forest Products, National Institute of Forest Science) ;
  • CHOI, Won-Sil (Division of Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Korea University) ;
  • KIM, Jae-Woo (Division of Wood Chemistry, Department of Forest Products, National Institute of Forest Science) ;
  • LEE, Sung-Suk (Division of Wood Chemistry, Department of Forest Products, National Institute of Forest Science) ;
  • PARK, Mi-Jin (Division of Wood Chemistry, Department of Forest Products, National Institute of Forest Science)
  • Received : 2019.07.11
  • Accepted : 2019.10.16
  • Published : 2019.11.25
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effects of essential oils extracted from the wood of Chamaecyparis obtusa, Pinus densiflora, Pinus koraiensis, and Larix kaempferi. Essential oils were extracted by hydrodistillation, and their chemical components were determined by GC/MS. Major chemical components of these essential oils were ${\alpha}$-cadinol (19.25%), ${\tau}$-muurolol (14.20%), and ${\alpha}$-pinene (13.74%) in C. obtusa; ${\alpha}$-pinene (47.16%), longifolene (14.31%), ${\beta}$-phellandrene (11.78%), and ${\beta}$-pinene (11.02%) in P. densiflora; ${\alpha}$-pinene (13.49%) and longifolene (10.79%) in P. koraiensis, and geranyl linalool (23.58%) and ${\alpha}$-pinene (18.57%) in L. kaempferi. To evaluate the anti-inflammatory effects of essential oils, lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced RBL-2H3 mast cells were treated with these essential oils; then, the changes in the mRNA expression level of the cytokines IL-4 and IL-13 were examined. Further, degranulation was evaluated by measuring ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase release. After LPS-induced RBL-2H3 mast cells were exposed to $10^{-7}%$ of all types of essential oils, the gene expression levels of IL-4 and IL-13 within the cells remarkably decreased. The relative mRNA expression level of IL-4 was 69.6% in P. densiflora, 63.2% in P. koraiensis, 55.1% in C. obtusa, and 45.8% in L. kaempferi compared with that in the group treated with LPS. The mRNA expression level of L-13 should a similar trend. The inhibitory rate of IL-13 mRNA expression of P. densiflora, P. koraiensis, C. obtusa, and L. kaempferi was 57.8%, 57.1%, 51.1%, and 34.5%, respectively. ${\beta}$-Hexosaminidase release significantly decreased following the treatment with the four types of essential oils. The rate of ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase release were 38.1% C. obtusa; 33.0% P. densiflora; 27.4% P. koraiensis; and 9.1% L. kaempferi. Among all types of essential oils, that extracted from P. densiflora wood showed the highest anti-inflammatory activity. These results show that the tested essential oils exert an anti-inflammatory effect through the inhibition of degranulation and expression of cytokines.

본 연구는 국내산 편백, 소나무, 잣나무, 일본잎갈나무 목부 정유의 항염증 효과를 평가 하였다. 실험에 사용된 정유는 각 수종의 목부에서 증류법(hydrodistillation)으로 추출되었다. 추출한 정유들을 GC-MS를 통해 성분 분석한 결과, 편백의 경우 ${\alpha}$-cadinol (19.25%), ${\tau}$-muurolol (14.20%) 및 ${\alpha}$-pinene (13.74%)이, 소나무는 ${\alpha}$-pinene (47.16%), longifolene (14.31%), ${\beta}$-phellandrene (11.78%) 및 ${\beta}$-pinene (11.02%)이 주요성분이었으며, 잣나무의 경우 ${\alpha}$-pinene (13.49%)와 longifolene(10.79%), 낙엽송의 경우 geranyl linalool (23.58%) 및 ${\alpha}$-pinene (18.57%)이 주요성분으로 확인되었다. 침엽수 목부 정유들의 항염증 효과는 LPS(Lipopolysaccharide)로 염증반응이 유도된 RBL-2H3 비만세포주에 정유를 처리한 후 IL-4(interleukin-4), IL-13(interleukin-13), ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase의 발현 변화를 조사함으로써 평가하였다. MTT assay를 통한 세포 독성 평가 결과, 침엽수 4종 정유 모두 $10^{-7}{\sim}10^{-5}%$ 농도에서 세포 독성을 보이지 않았다. 염증반응이 유도된 RBL-2H3 세포에 침엽수 4종의 목부 정유를 $10^{-7}%$ 농도로 처리하였을 때, LPS 처리군 대비 침엽수 4종의 목부 처리군에서 IL-4와 IL-13의 상대적 발현량이 큰 폭으로 감소하였으며, ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase 분비가 유의하게 억제되었다. 침엽수 정유 4종의 IL-4 상대적 발현량은 LPS 처리군 대비 소나무 69.6%, 잣나무 63.2%, 편백 55.1% 그리고 낙엽송 45.8% 감소하였다. IL-13의 상대적 발현량은 소나무 57.8%, 잣나무 57.1%, 편백 51.1% 그리고 낙엽송 34.5% 감소하였다. ${\beta}$-Hexosaminidase 분비의 경우 LPS 처리군 대비 편백 38.1%, 소나무 33.0%, 잣나무 27.4% 그리고 낙엽송 9.1% 억제하였다. Il-4, IL-13 및 ${\beta}$-hexosaminidase 분비를 비교한 결과, 침엽수 목부 정유 4종 중 소나무 정유의 활성이 가장 우수하였다. 이러한 결과는 국내 침엽수 4종의 목부 정유는 염증반응을 유발하는 싸이토카인의 발현 억제를 통하여 항염증 효과를 나타냄을 확인할 수 있었다.

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