title: Effect of esculentoside H on release of tumor necrosis factor from mouse peritoneal macrophages.
abstract: Effect of esculentoside H (EH) on release of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) from murine peritoneal macrophage (Mphi) in vitro was studied. The results showed that EH (12.5-200 micrograms.ml-1) induced the thioglycolate-broth elicited peritoneal Mphi to release TNF into supernatants in a dose-dependent manner, and higher levels of TNF activity were detected in the supernatants from EH-stimulated calcimycin-primed Mø culture. EH-induced TNF release had a different type of kinetics compared with that of lipopolysaccharides (LPS). LPS-induced release of TNF increased rapidly until 6 h after LPS stimulation, then declined gradually, while EH-induced TNF release increased gradually after EH stimulation and reached its peak at approximately 24 h later. These results suggested that the anti-tumor mechanisms of Phytolaccaceae may be related to the capacity of EH for TNF release.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory of Natural and Synthetic Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Z L
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009828:Oleanolic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D012503:Saponins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012503:Saponins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; C062558:esculentoside H; D009828:Oleanolic Acid