title: Effects of bee venom on the pro-inflammatory responses in RAW264.7 macrophage cell line.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to elucidate the molecular mechanism of anti-inflammatory effect of bee venom (BV), which has been used for the treatment of various inflammatory diseases in oriental medicine. With this aim, we examined the effects of BV on the nitric oxide (NO) production by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or sodium nitroprusside in RAW264.7 macrophages. We further investigated the effects of BV on the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) with RT-PCR in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 cells. BV suppressed the NO production and decreased the levels of iNOS, COX-2, NF-kappaB and MAPK mRNA in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that BV has an anti-inflammatory effect by inhibiting iNOS and COX-2 expression, possibly through suppression of NF-kappaB and MAPK expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of East-West Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul 130-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hyoung-Seok
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Sun Kwang
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae-Bok
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Hyun-Jong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Hyunsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Byung-Il
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Min
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001514:Bee Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D001514:Bee Venoms; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D016328:NF-kappa B; D009599:Nitroprusside; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C496317:Nos2 protein, mouse; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases