• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.481-489
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• 2005

Lonicerae Flos has antibacterial effects against Staphylococcus aureus, streptococci, pneumococci, Bacillus dysenterii, Salmonella typhi, and paratyphoid. It is an antiviral agent. The herb has a cytoprotective effect against $CCl_{4}-induced$ hepatic injury. It has antilipemic action, interfering with lipid absorption from the gut. Nowadays this herb is used mainly in the treatment of upper respiratory infections, such as tonsillitis and acute laryngitis. It is also used in the treatment of skin suppurations, such as carbuncles, and to treat viral conjunctivitis, influenza, pneumonia, and mastitis. Lonicerae Flos is dried flower buds of Lonicera japonica, L. hypoglauca, L. confusa, or L. dasystyla. But, for the most part, we use whole plant of Lonicera japonica, as a flower bud of it. And, little is known of the original copy of effects of whole plant, except for the 'Bon-Cho-Gang-Mok', which is written the effects of flower of Lonicera japonica are equal to effects of leaves and branch of it. The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of flower and whole plant of Lonicera japonica on the regulatory mechanism of cytokines, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase (COX-2) for the immunological activities in Raw 264.7 cells. In Raw 264.7 cells stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to mimic inflammation, flower and whole plant of Lonicera japonica water extracts inhibited nitric oxide production in a dose-dependent manner and abrogated iNOS and COX-2. Flower and whole plant of Lonicera japonica water extract did not affect on cell viability. To investigate the mechanism by which flower and whole plant of Lonicera japonica water extract inhibits iNOS and COX-2 gene expression, we examined the on phosphorylation of inhibitor ${\kappa}B{\alpha}$ and assessed production of $TNF-{\alpha}$, $interleukin-1{\beta}$ $(IL-1{\beta})$ and interleukin-6 (IL-6). Results provided evidence that flower and whole plant of Lonicera japonica inhibited the production of $IL-1{\beta}$, IL-6 and activated the phosphorylation of inhibitor ${\kappa}B{\alpha}$ in Raw 264.7 cells activated with LPS. These findings suggest that flower and whole plant of Lonicera japonica can produce anti-inflammatory effect, which may play a role in adjunctive therapy in Gram-negative bacterial infections, respectively.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.1516-1522
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• 2018

죽상동맥경화는 대동맥의 만성염증에 의해 주로 발병되는 폐쇄동맥질환이다. 혈관평활근세포의 증식 및 이동은 죽상동맥경화 발병의 주된 병리적 반응이다. 본 연구에서는 죽상동맥경화 발병기전을 유도하는 표적 염증반응 물질의 탐색 및 이들에 의한 신호전달 기전을 연구하였다. 혈관평활근세포의 증식 및 이동은 prostaglandin $F_{2{\alpha}}$ ($PGF_{2{\alpha}}$)에 의해 의미 있게 증가하였으나 tumor necrosis factor ${\alpha}$ ($TNF{\alpha}$)에 의해서는 증가하지 않았다. Prostacyclin $I_2$ ($PGI_2$)는 혈관평활근세포의 증식은 촉진시켰으나 이동은 오히려 억제하였다. prostaglandin $D_2$ ($PGD_2$) 및 prostaglandin $E_2$ ($PGE_2$)는 혈관평활근세포의 증식을 촉진시켰으나 이동에는 영향을 미치지 않았다. $PGF_{2{\alpha}}$는 용량 의존적으로 혈관평활근세포의 증식 및 이동을 촉진시켰고 EC50는 약 $0.1{\mu}M$로 관찰되었다. 혈관평활근세포에서 phospholipase $C-{\beta}3$ ($PLC-{\beta}3$) 아형의 발현은 매우 높았으나 $PLC-{\beta}1$, $PLC-{\beta}2$, 및 $PLC-{\beta}4$의 발현은 관찰되지 않았다. U73122 처리를 통해 PLC의 활성을 억제하면 $PGF_{2{\alpha}}$에 의한 혈관평활근세포의 이동이 억제되었다. 또한 $PLC-{\beta}3$의 발현을 억제하면 $PGF_{2{\alpha}}$에 의한 혈관평활근세포의 증식 및 이동이 억제되었다. 이러한 결과들을 바탕으로 $PGF_{2{\alpha}}$ 는 혈관평활근세포의 증식 및 이동에 중요한 역할을 수행하고, 여기에는 $PLC-{\beta}3$가 필수적인 역할을 담당하고 있음을 제안한다.