title: Effect of Buddleja officinalis on high-glucose-induced vascular inflammation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells.
abstract: In this study, we aimed to investigate whether an aqueous extract of Buddleja officinalis (ABO) suppresses high-glucose-induced vascular inflammatory processes in the primary cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). The high-glucose-induced increase in expression of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) such as intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), and endothelial-selectin (E-selectin) was significantly attenuated by pretreatment with ABO in a dose-dependent manner. Enhanced cell adhesion caused by high glucose in co-cultured U937 and HUVEC was also blocked by pretreatment with ABO. Pretreatment with ABO also blocked formation of high-glucose-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS). In addition, ABO suppressed the transcriptional activity of NF-kappaB and IkappaB phosphorylation under high-glucose conditions. Pretreatment with N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), an endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, attenuated the protective action of ABO on high-glucose-induced CAM expression, suggesting a potential role of NO signaling. The present data suggest that ABO could suppress high-glucose-induced vascular inflammatory processes, and ABO may be closely related with the inhibition of ROS and NF-kappaB activation in HUVEC.
authors.affiliation: Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Jeonbuk, 570-749, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yun Jung
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dae Gill
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Jin Sook
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ho Sub
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D032861:Buddleja / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D009000:Monocytes / Q000166:cytology; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III / Q000378:metabolism; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D020298:U937 Cells; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000166:cytology*; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B; D010936:Plant Extracts; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D005947:Glucose