Suppression by a sesquiterpene lactone from Carpesium divaricatum of inducible nitric oxide synthase by inhibiting nuclear factor-kappaB activation.
Excessive nitric oxide (NO) produced by inducible NO synthase (iNOS) acts as a causative regulator in various inflammatory disease states. Carpesium divaricatum has been used in Korean traditional herbal medicine for its antipyretic, analgesic, vermifugic, and anti-inflammatory properties. We investigated the molecular mechanism for the suppression of lipopolysaccharide/interferon-gamma (LPS/IFN-gamma)-induced NO production in RAW 264.7 macrophages by the sesquiterpene lactone 2beta,5-epoxy-5,10-dihydroxy-6alpha-angeloyloxy-9beta-isobutyloxy-germacran-8alpha,12-olide (C-1), which has been identified recently as a new compound from C. divaricatum. C-1 decreased NO production in LPS/IFN-gamma-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells in a concentration-dependent manner, with an IC50 of approximately 2.16 microM; however, it had no direct effect on the iNOS activity of fully LPS/IFN-gamma-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. Furthermore, treatment with C-1 led to a decrease in iNOS protein and mRNA. These effects appear to be due to inhibition of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation through a mechanism involving stabilization of the NF-kappaB/inhibitor of the kappaB (I-kappaB) complex, since inhibition of NF-kappaB DNA binding activity by C-1 was accompanied by a parallel reduction of nuclear translocation of subunit p65 of NF-kappaB and I-kappaBalpha degradation. Taken together, the results suggest that the ability of C-1 to inhibit iNOS gene expression may be responsible, in part, for its anti-inflammatory effects.
College of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, 440-746, Suwon, South Korea.
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D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002384:Catalysis; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004794:Enzyme Repression / Q000187:drug effects; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D008025:Ligases / Q000378:metabolism; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D000072000:NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D016328:NF-kappa B; C000606205:Nfkbia protein, mouse; D009573:Nitrites; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D000072000:NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C496317:Nos2 protein, mouse; D008025:Ligases; C028812:guanosine 3',5'-polyphosphate synthetases