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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Nitric Oxide and Prostaglandin E2 Production Is Inhibited by Tellimagrandin II in Mouse and Human Macrophages.

Chun-Yu Lin, Shih-Han Kao, Ling-Chien Hung, Hsin-Ju Chien, Wen-Hung Wang, Yu-Wei Chang, Yen-Hsu Chen

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chun-Yu LinDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-5640-4969
Shih-Han KaoSchool of Medicine, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Center for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Ling-Chien HungSchool of Medicine, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Center for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-1639-2304
Hsin-Ju ChienDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Wen-Hung WangDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-4494-1123
Yu-Wei ChangSchool of Medicine, Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Center for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-1510-2598
Yen-Hsu ChenDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Kaohsiung Medical University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWUppsala University · SE

Funding

Kaohsiung Medical University KMU-TC109B02Kaohsiung Medical University KMU-TP103A13Kaohsiung Medical University KMU-TP104A30Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital KMUH-S10910Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital KMUH-SA10918Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital kmtth-108-R009Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital KMTTH-DK 109002~2Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST108-2314-B-037-048-MY3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sepsis develops from a serious microbial infection that causes the immune system to go into overdrive. The major microorganisms that induce sepsis are Gram-negative bacteria with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in their cell walls. Nitric oxide (NO) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) are the key factors involved in the LPS-induced pro-inflammatory process. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of polyphenol Tellimagrandin II (TGII) on anti-inflammatory activity and its underlying basic mechanism in murine macrophage cell line RAW 264.7 and human monocyte-derived macrophages. Macrophages with more than 90% cell viability were found in the cytotoxicity assay under 50 μM TGII. Pre- or post-treatment with TGII significantly reduced LPS-induced inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2) protein and mRNA expression, reducing LPS-induced COX-2 protein. Downstream of NOS2 and COX-2, NO and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) were significantly inhibited by TGII. Upstream of NOS2 and COX-2, phospho-p65, c-fos and phospho-c-jun were also reduced after pre-treatment with TGII. Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are also critical to nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) stimulation, and phospho-p38 expression was found to have been blocked by TGII. TGII efficiently reduces LPS-induced NO production and its upstream regulatory factors, suggesting that TGII may be a potential therapeutic agent for sepsis and other inflammatory diseases.

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cyclooxygenase-2inflammationmacrophagenitric oxideTellimagrandin II

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PMID33946374
PMCPMC8146495
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