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  2. Protective effects of iridoid glycosides on acute colitis via inhibition of the inflammatory response mediated by the STAT3/NF-кB pathway

Protective effects of iridoid glycosides on acute colitis via inhibition of the inflammatory response mediated by the STAT3/NF-кB pathway

  • Int Immunopharmacol. 2020 Apr;81:106240. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.106240.
Jiahui Yuan 1 Weipeng Cheng 1 Gongye Zhang 1 Qiujuan Ma 1 Xiaomei Li 1 Bing Zhang 2 Tianhui Hu 1 Gang Song 3
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Affiliations

  • 1 Cancer Research Center, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
  • 2 Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
  • 3 Cancer Research Center, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. Electronic address: gangsongsd@xmu.edu.cn.
Abstract

Morroniside and loganin are iridoid glycosides extracted from Cornus officinalis, a plant species widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. However, the anti-inflammatory effects of morroniside and loganin in colitis are barely understood. The aim of the present study was to explore the effects of morroniside and loganin on the dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced murine model of colitis and an LPS-induced colorectal Cancer (CRC) cell inflammation model, and to clarify the underlying mechanisms. We found that morroniside and loganin were able to ameliorate clinical features, including disease activity index (DAI), histological inflammation score and periodic acid-Schiff staining (PAS). In the mouse model, morroniside and loganin treatment increased expression of tight junction proteins (TJs) and decreased pro-inflammatory cytokine production. Moreover, our findings showed that the expression of p-STAT3 and p-p65 were suppressed compared to the disease group. In in vitro experiments, treatment with morroniside and loganin had no obvious effects on proliferative activity in HCT116 cells and HIEC-6 cells. Expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines was inhibited by morroniside and loganin treatment in comparison with the LPS-treated group. Taken together, morroniside and loganin have beneficial effects on colitis in vivo and are anti-inflammatory in vitro. Possible mechanisms of the anti-inflammatory response may include blockade of the STAT3/NF-κB pathway.

Keywords

Colitis; Inflammatory response; Iridoid glycosides; STAT3/NF-кB.

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