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ArticleMediators of inflammation2021

Tomatidine Improves Pulmonary Inflammation in Mice with Acute Lung Injury.

Wen-Chung Huang, Shu-Ju Wu, Ya-Ling Chen, Chwan-Fwu Lin, Chian-Jiun Liou

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Article in Mediators of inflammation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wen-Chung HuangGraduate Institute of Health Industry Technology, Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City 33303, Taiwan.
Shu-Ju WuDepartment of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City 33303, Taiwan.
Ya-Ling ChenSchool of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei City 11031, Taiwan.
Chwan-Fwu LinDepartment of Cosmetic Science, Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan City 33303, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8699-7459
Chian-Jiun LiouDivision of Allergy, Asthma, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan City 33303, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2949-7060
Chang Gung University of Science and Technology · TWTaipei Medical University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tomatidine, which is isolated from green tomato, can ameliorate inflammation and oxidative stress in cells and animal experiments and has been shown to improve airway inflammation in a murine model of asthma. Here, we investigated whether tomatidine can ameliorate acute lung injury in mice. Mice were given tomatidine by intraperitoneal injection for 7 consecutive days, and then, lung injury was induced via intratracheal instillation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Tomatidine reduced inflammatory cytokine expressions in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), attenuated neutrophil infiltration in the BALF and lung tissue, increased superoxide dismutase activity and glutathione levels, and alleviated myeloperoxidase expression in the lung tissue of mice with lung injury. Tomatidine also decreased inflammatory cytokine and chemokine gene expression in inflammatory lungs and attenuated the phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase and nuclear factor kappa B. Furthermore, tomatidine enhanced the production of heme oxygenase-1, decreased the secretion of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in LPS-stimulated lung epithelial cells, and attenuated THP-1 monocyte adhesion. Our findings suggest that tomatidine attenuates oxidative stress and inflammation, improving acute lung injury in mice.

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InflammationA549 CellsAcute Lung InjuryAnimalsBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidCell AdhesionChemokinesCytokinesGlutathioneHumansLipopolysaccharidesMaleMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMiceMice, Inbred BALB CNeutrophilsChemokinesCytokinesGlutathioneLipopolysaccharidesNF-kappa B p50 SubunitNFKB1 protein, humanNfkb1 protein, mousePeroxidaseSuperoxide DismutasetomatidineTomatine

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