title: Anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of macelignan in murine hippocampal cell line and primary culture of rat microglial cells.
abstract: Epidemiological studies suggest that the treatments of anti-inflammatory agents and anti-oxidants slow the progress of neurological diseases. Lignans are anti-oxidants and phytoestrogens found in a variety of plants. In this study, we investigated the neuroprotective effect of macelignan on glutamate-induced neurotoxicity and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in murine hippocampal HT22 cell line. Macelignan significantly attenuated the ROS production and neurotoxicity induced by glutamate in HT22 cell. Also, the properties of macelignan as an anti-inflammatory agent were investigated in microglials activation by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). It potently suppressed the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and inducible nitric oxide synthase, that consequently resulted in the reduction of nitric oxide in LPS-treated microglial cells. It also significantly suppressed the production of pro-inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6. These results suggest that macelignan possesses therapeutic potentials against neurodegenerative diseases with oxidative stress and neuroinflammation.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Neuroscience and Institute for Brain Science and Technology, Inje University, Daejeon 305-804, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Da-Qing
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Chol Seung
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Jae Kwan
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Ilho
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: Jung-Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000378:metabolism; D017705:Lignans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D017628:Microglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D015850:Interleukin-6; D017705:Lignans; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C502026:macelignan