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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 33, Number 9
BKCSDE 33(9)
September 20, 2012

Title	Anti-inflammatory Effects of Amentoflavone on Modulation of Signal Pathways in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 Cells
Author	Eunjung Lee, Soyoung Shin, Jin-Kyoung Kim, Eun-Rhan Woo, Yangmee Kim*
Keywords	Flavonoid, Amentoflavone, Anti-inflammatory activity, Cytokine, TLR4
Abstract	Amentoflavone is naturally occurring bioflavonoid that is found in a number of plants. In this paper, the antiinflammatory activity of amentoflavone in LPS-stimulated macrophages and its mode of action were examined. Using LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 macrophage cells, we found that amentoflavone exerted antiinflammatory activities through inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) production and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2 secretion. Amentoflavone (1.0-20 μM) gradually inhibited nitrite production without cytotoxicity. Amentoflavone (1.0 and 10 μM) effectively suppressed both TNF-α and MIP-2 cytokine release from LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 cells. The expression of mIL-1β and mMIP-2 cytokine mRNAs was completely inhibited while expression of mMIP-1 was effectively suppressed and mTNF-α expression was slightly inhibited by 10 μM amentoflavone. We also demonstrated that the innate immune response to amentoflavone involves the toll-like receptor (TLR) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways. LPS-induced upregulation of p38 MAPK phosphorylation was significantly reduced by 10 μM amentoflavone. These results suggest that amentoflavone exhibits effective anti-inflammatory activities through regulation of TLR4 and phosphorylation of p38 MAPKs.
Page	2878 - 2882
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