Water extract isolated from Chelidonium majus enhances nitric oxide and tumour necrosis factor-alpha production via nuclear factor-kappaB activation in mouse peritoneal macrophages.
Chelidonium majus is used to treat several inflammatory diseases and tumours. We have examined the effect of C. majus on nitric oxide (NO) production using mouse peritoneal macrophages. When C. majus was used in combination with recombinant interferon-gamma (rIFN-gamma, 10 U mL(-1)), there was a marked cooperative induction of NO production. Treatment of rIFN-gamma plus C. majus (1 mgmL(-1)) in macrophages caused a significant increase in tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) production. The increased production of NO and TNF-alpha from rIFN-gamma plus C. majus-stimulated cells was almost completely inhibited by nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) inhibitor, pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (100 microM). These findings demonstrated that C. majus increased the production of NO and TNF-alpha by rIFN-gamma-primed macrophages and suggested that NF-kappaB played a critical role in mediating the effects of C. majus.
Department of Pharmacology, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoigi-Dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea.
Hwan-Suck
HS
Chung
Hyo-Jin
HJ
An
Hyun-Ja
HJ
Jeong
Jin-Hee
JH
Won
Seung-Heon
SH
Hong
Hyung-Min
HM
Kim
D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D028281:Chelidonium; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000819:agonists* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013859:Thiocarbamates / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine / Q000494:pharmacology
D016328:NF-kappa B; D010936:Plant Extracts; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013859:Thiocarbamates; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; C020972:pyrrolidine dithiocarbamic acid; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C496317:Nos2 protein, mouse