title: Anti-inflammatory effect of rutin on rat paw oedema, and on neutrophils chemotaxis and degranulation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Rutin, a natural flavone derivative, is known for its pharmacological properties. We have previously reported that this flavonol exerted a potent inhibitory effect on respiratory burst of fMet-Leu-Phe-stimulated neutrophils, as well as on phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma activity in a cell free system. In the present study, the anti-inflammatory effect of rutin was investigated in vivo and in vitro.
  
  
  METHODS
  rutin or aspirin (100 mg/kg, body weight) were given orally to rats 1 hour before paw oedema induction, using lambda-carrageenan 1%. The rat paw volume was measured by mean of plethysmometer, initially and during 6 hours. The chemotaxis of neutrophils towards 10(-7) M fMet-Leu-Phe was performed using 48-well chemotaxis chamber. Neutrophils that migrated through 5 microm pore size polycarbonate filter, in presence or in absence of rutin, were counted microscopically. Elastase exocytosis of either phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate or fMet-Leu-Phe/cytochalasin B-stimulated neutrophils was assessed in absence or in presence of rutin using the synthetic substrate N-Suc-Ala-Ala-Ala-p-nitroanilide. The absorbance of released p-nitroaniline was measured at 405 nm using microplate reader.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The maximal swelling in placebo group was observed at 5 hours, after lambda-carrageenan injection. Oral administration of rutin reduced rat paw swelling starting 2 hours after lambda-carrageenan injection. Rutin reduced significantly (p < 0.05) and in a dose-dependant manner the polymorphonuclear neutrophils chemotaxis to fMet-Leu-Phe. Furthermore, elastase exocytosis, induced by both stimuli, was partially inhibited by rutin up to 25 microM.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study revealed that rutin possesses anti-inflammatory properties.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Applied Biochemistry, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Ferhat ABBAS, 19000 Setif, Algeria. laidsel@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Laid
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Selloum
authors.forename: Hamama
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bouriche
authors.forename: Chafia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tigrine
authors.forename: Chahra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boudoukha
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002351:Carrageenan; D015550:Cell Degranulation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004487:Edema / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005121:Extremities; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012431:Rutin / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D012431:Rutin; D002351:Carrageenan