Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine (동의생리병리학회지)

The Physiological Society of Korean Medicine and The Society of Pathology in Korean Medicine (대한동의생리학회·한의병리학회)
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Effect of Forsythiae Fructus Exract on the Release of Inflammatory Mediatorinduced by Lipopolysaccharide in RAW 264.7 Macrophage

  • You, Bok-Jong (Department of Oriental Medical Ophthalmology & Otolarygology & Dermatology, College of Oriental Medicine, Semyung University) ;
  • Kim, Hee-Taek (Department of Oriental Medical Ophthalmology & Otolarygology & Dermatology, College of Oriental Medicine, Semyung University)
  • Published : 2007.06.25
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Abstract

Forsythiae fructus has traditionally been used for the treatment of erysipelas, skin rash and acute or chronic inflammatory disorders. The effect of Forsythiae fructus against lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation was investigated using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), on mouse RAW 264.7 macrophages. Forsythiae fructus extract suppressed the expression of iNOS, COX-2 and NF-$_K$B mRNAs on the lipopolysaccharide-stimulated enhancement in RAW 264.7 macrophages. We examined the expression of iNOS and COX-2 in both mRNA and protein levels to investigate the mechanism by which Forsythiae fructus extract inhibits NO production. Forsythiae fructus extract significantly reduced iNOS, NF-$_K$B and PGE$_2$, but didn't inhibit COX-2 expression which was induced by LPS treatment in Raw 264.7 cells. These results suggest that Forsythiae fructus exerts anti-inflammatory effects probably by suppression of the iNOS and NF-$_K$B expressions.

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