title: Effect of five triterpenoid compounds isolated from root bark of Aralia elata on stimulus-induced superoxide generation, tyrosyl or serine/threonine phosphorylation and translocation of p47(phox), p67(phox), and rac to cell membrane in human neutrophils.
abstract: Five triterpenoids; Congmuyanoside V, X, XI, XII, and XV (Cong. V, X, XI, XII, and XV) were isolated from the root bark of Aralia elata. The effect of these triterpenoids on stimulus-induced superoxide generation in human neutrophils was assayed by measuring the reduction of ferricytochrome c (cyt. c) using a dual-beam spectrophotometer. Translocation of p47(phox), p67(phox), and rac to the cell membrane and tyrosyl or serine/threonine phosphorylation of neutrophil proteins were investigated using specific monoclonal antibodies. The five triterpenoids used in the present experiment significantly suppressed N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP)-induced superoxide generation in concentration-dependent manner. Congmuyanoside V, XII, and XV also suppressed arachidonic acid (AA)-induced superoxide generation in high concentration. However, these triterpenoids showed no effect on phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-induced superoxide generation. fMLP- and AA-induced tyrosyl phosphorylation and translocation of the cytosolic proteins p47(phox), p67(phox), and rac to the cell membrane were suppressed in parallel with the suppression of the stimulus-induced superoxide generation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku-shi, Kochi 783-8505, Japan.
authors.forename: Sachiko N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Yagi-Chaves
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manabe
authors.forename: Shao-Jiang
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kodama
mesh_terms: D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D027983:Aralia / Q000737:chemistry*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D045304:Cytochromes c / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D024301:Plant Bark / Q000737:chemistry; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D013912:Threonine / Q000378:metabolism; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014315:Triterpenes; C079789:neutrophil cytosol factor 67K; D013481:Superoxides; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D013912:Threonine; D014443:Tyrosine; D012694:Serine; C020922:4-O-methyl-12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D045304:Cytochromes c; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; C060505:neutrophil cytosolic factor 1; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate