title: Hemostatic and Wound Healing Properties of Chromolaena odorata Leaf Extract.
abstract: Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and Robinson (Siam weed) extract has been used to stop bleeding and in wound healing in many tropical countries. However, its detailed mechanisms have not been elucidated. In this study, we examined the molecular mechanisms by which Siam weed extract (SWE) affected hemostatic and wound healing activities. SWE promoted Balb/c 3T3 fibroblast cell migration and proliferation. Subsequently, we found that heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), the accelerating wound healing enzyme, was increased at the transcriptional and translational levels by SWE treatments. The HO-1 promoter analyzed with luciferase assay was also increased by treatment of SWE in a dose-dependent manner. This induction may be mediated by several kinase pathways including MEK, p38MAPK, AKT, and JNK. Quantitative real-time PCR using undifferentiated promonocytic cell lines revealed that thromboxane synthase (TXS), a potent vasoconstrictor and platelet aggregator, was increased and MMP-9, an anti platelet aggregator, was decreased in the presence of SWE. Our studies presented that SWE accelerated hemostatic and wound healing activities by altering the expression of genes, including HO-1, TXS, and MMP-9.
authors: Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA ; Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, 447 Sri Ayutthaya Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
authors: Hataichanok
authors: H
authors: Pandith
authors: Xiaobo
authors: X
authors: Zhang
authors: Jason
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authors: Liggett
authors: Kyung-Won
authors: KW
authors: Min
authors: Wandee
authors: W
authors: Gritsanapan
authors: Seung Joon
authors: SJ
authors: Baek
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