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  2. Inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced iNOS and COX-2 expression by dehydroevodiamine through suppression of NF-kappaB activation in RAW 264.7 macrophages

Inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced iNOS and COX-2 expression by dehydroevodiamine through suppression of NF-kappaB activation in RAW 264.7 macrophages

  • Life Sci. 2006 Jul 10;79(7):695-701. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.02.020.
Eun Jung Noh 1 Kwang Seok Ahn Eun Myoung Shin Sang Hoon Jung Yeong Shik Kim
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  • 1 Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, 28 Yeongun-dong, Jongno-Ku, Seoul 110-460, South Korea.
Abstract

Dehydroevodiamine is a major bioactive quinazoline alkaloid isolated from Evodiae Fructus. We investigated the anti-inflammatory properties of dehydroevodiamine in RAW 264.7 murine macrophages. The results indicated that dehydroevodiamine inhibited the expression of LPS-induced iNOS and COX-2 proteins and suppressed also their mRNAs from RT-PCR experiment on RAW 264.7 cells. Furthermore, this compound inhibited the level of LPS-stimulated prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and LPS-induced nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB). Therefore, we suggested that the effect of dehydroevodiamine-mediated inhibition of the expression LPS-induced iNOS and COX-2 genes is due to under the suppression of NF-kappaB activation in the transcriptional level.

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