Inhibitory effects of apple polyphenol on induced histamine release from RBL-2H3 cells and rat mast cells.
The anti-allergic activities of polyphenol fractions extracted from immature fruits of apple (Rosaceae, Malus sp.) were evaluated by in vitro assays. A crude apple polyphenol (CAP) fraction, which had been obtained from the juice of immature apples by reverse-phase column chromatography, was further purified by LH-20 column chromatography to obtain an apple condensed tannin (ACT) fraction consisting of linear oligomeric epicatechins from the dimer to pentadecamer. ACT strongly inhibited the release of histamine from rat basophilic leukemia (RBL-2H3) cells stimulated by the antigen-stimulation and from rat peritoneal mast cells stimulated by compound 48/80. The IC50 values for histamine release were 30 micrograms/ml and 25 micrograms/ml, respectively. ACT also inhibited hyaluronidase activity and the increase in intracellular free calcium concentration in RBL-2H3 cells stimulated with the antigen. These results suggest that ACT affected early signal transduction including the calcium influx.
Institute for Production Research and Development, Nikka Whisky Distilling Co., Ltd., Chiba, Japan.
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D000818:Animals; D000941:Antigens; D044946:Biflavonoids; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002392:Catechin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002726:Chlorogenic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D005419:Flavonoids; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D006633:Histamine Antagonists / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006636:Histamine Release / Q000187:drug effects*; D006821:Hyaluronoglucosaminidase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D047348:Hydrolyzable Tannins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015471:Leukemia, Basophilic, Acute; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010636:Phenols / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010695:Phlorhizin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011108:Polymers / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D044945:Proanthocyanidins; D051381:Rats; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D003189:p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine
D000941:Antigens; D044946:Biflavonoids; D005419:Flavonoids; D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D047348:Hydrolyzable Tannins; D010636:Phenols; D011108:Polymers; D044945:Proanthocyanidins; D002726:Chlorogenic Acid; D003189:p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine; C017674:procyanidin; D002392:Catechin; D010695:Phlorhizin; D006821:Hyaluronoglucosaminidase; D002118:Calcium