title: Inhibitory activities and attenuated expressions of 5-LOX with red ginseng in Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric epithelial cells.
abstract: Our recent studies documented that red ginseng extract (RGE, isolates from steamed and dried Panax ginseng, C.A. Meyer) can inhibit Helicobacter pylori-induced mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling with repressing either nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB-DNA binding activity or releases of IL-8 and COX-2 in gastric epithelial cells (Dig Dis Sci 50:1218-1227, 2005). We extended the experiment to prove whether RGE influences 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) pathway, thereby suppressing the biosynthesis of 5(S)-HETE. The 5-LOX enzyme activities were measured by thin layer chromatography using (14)C-labeled arachidonic acid (AA) and quantified by reverse phase-high performance liquid chromatography in human gastric adenocarcinoma (AGS) cells cocultured with H pylori (ATCC 43504 strain) with or without pretreatment of RGE. Western blotting analyses for MAPK signaling and 5-LOX, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction for interleukin-8, and electrophoretic mobility shift assay for NF-kappaB-DNA binding were done, respectively. H pylori infection increased exclusively 5-LOX enzyme activity and RGE inhibited H pylori-stimulated 5-LOX activity, resulting in suppression of 5(S)-HETE generations from AA. RGE inactivated c-jun phosphorylation and repressed redox-sensitive transcriptional activation, led to reduced expression of IL-8 and 5-LOX mRNA in gastric mucosal cells, of which action was very similar to known LOX inhibitor, 200 mumol of geraniin. RGE could be phytoceutical against H pylori infection-associated gastric inflammation through its LOX-inhibiting actions, inhibitory 5-LOX enzyme activity, and attenuating its expression.
authors.affiliation: Korea Food Research Institute, Ginseng Research Group, Songnam 463-746, Korea.
authors.forename: Soojin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yeo
authors.forename: Joo-Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Kee-Myung
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sung Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Yoon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Ki-Baik
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Hahm
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D005894:Panax; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D010936:Plant Extracts; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; C022022:5-hydroxy-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid; D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases