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Scrophularia Buergeriana inhibits the Production of NO through the Suppression of NF-kB adivity in LPS-stimulated Mouse Peritoneal Macrophages

Ha Mi Suk (Department of Molecular Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Pusan National University)
Kim Young Hee (Department of Molecular Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Pusan National University)
Ko Woo Shin (Department of Oriental Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongeui University)
Kim Han Do (Department of Molecular Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Pusan National University)

Publication Information

Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine / v.16, no.6, 2002 , pp. 1284-1290 More about this Journal

Abstract

Scrophularia buergeriana Miquel (Scrophulariaceae) has been used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the folk medicine recipe and been proved its anti-inflammatory effect in the oriental medicine. Since nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide anion (O/sub 2//sup -/) are ones of the major inflammatory parameters, we studied the effect of aqueous extracts of Scrophularia buergeriana (SB) on NO and O/sub 2//sup -/ production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated mouse peritoneal macrophages. NO, O/sub 2//sup -/production and inducible NO synthase (iNOS) level were significantly reduced in LPS-activated macrophages by SB compared to those without. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) indicated that SB blocked the activation of NF-kB, which was considered to be a potential transcription factor for the iNOS expression. SB also blocked degradation of IkBα. Furthermore, IkB kinase alpha (IKKα), which phosphorylates serine residues of IkB directly, is inhibited by SB. These results suggest that SB could exert its anti-inflammatory actions by suppressing the activation of NF-kB through inhibition of IKK activity.

Keywords

Scrophularia buergeriana Mique; Superoxide; Nitric oxide (NO); Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS); Nuclear Factor kappa B (NF-kB); Inhibitor kappa B(IkB); IkB kinase (IKK);

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