Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1926942 | Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics | 2007 | 7 Pages |
It is well known that the pro-inflammatory mediators such as nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin (PG)E2 are involved in several inflammatory diseases and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) can stimulate these inflammatory responses. Oleanolic acid 3-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl(1 → 3)-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl(1 → 2)-α-l-arabinopyranoside (OA) was purified from edible plant Aralia elata. OA inhibited LPS-induced NO and PGE2 production in raw 264.7 murine macrophages in a dose-dependent manner and RT-PCR analysis indicated OA inhibited mRNA transcriptions of iNOS and COX-2 genes in LPS-induced cells. EMSA and Western blot analysis revealed that OA drastically reduced NF-κB translocation by the inhibition effects of LPS-induced phosphorylation of IκBα. In addition, it was found that OA inhibited the phosphorylation of ERK1/2, p38 and JNK MAPK, and the treatment of U0126 in LPS-induced raw 264.7 cells showed significant inhibition activity on the NO production and the phosphorylation of IκBα. Taken together, it is suggested that OA from A. elata has an anti-inflammatory activity via down-regulation of NF-κB.