title: Depressive effect of a traditional Chinese medicine (sho-saiko-to) on endotoxin-induced nitric oxide formation in activated murine macrophage J774A.1 cells.
abstract: The present study investigated whether or not Sho-saiko-to (crude powder extract, TJ-9) can suppress nitric oxide (NO) generation by endotoxin-activated J774A.1 cells in order to study the preventive mechanism of Sho-saiko-to against endotoxemia. In this experiment, we estimated the NO2- in the murine macrophage cell line J774A.1 using the Griess method. Our results clearly demonstrated that J774A.1 cells stimulated with endotoxin (0.01-10 micrograms/ml) can effectively produce NO, and the production was dependent on the dose of endotoxin. On the other hand, we investigated the suppressive effect of TJ-9 (10-100 micrograms/ml) on NO generation by endotoxin (0.1 microgram/ml)-activated J774A.1 cells. The NO level when the cells were incubated with endotoxin and TJ-9 (10-20 micrograms/ml) was slightly lower than that in cells treated with endotoxin alone. In contrast, treatment with TJ-9 (50-100 micrograms/ml) significantly inhibited endotoxin-activated NO generation in J774A.1 cells, whereas the treatment with TJ-9 (10-100 micrograms/ml) alone was ineffective in inducing NO formation and in inhibiting cell viability in the J774A.1 cells. These findings suggest that a Kampo presciption of Sho-saiko-to shows a suppressive effect on NO generation in macrophages stimulated with endotoxin, and that it may be useful in improving endotoxin-shock symptoms.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Hygienic Chemistry, Tohoku College of Pharmacy, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furusawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008262:Macrophage Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D004731:Endotoxins; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C018142:saiko-keishi-to