Inhibitory effect of madecassoside on LPS-stimulated microglia |
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| Authors: | ZHANG Si-si CAI Jiang-hui WAN Jing-yuan LIU Hai-lin LIU Ying-ju |
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| Institution: | Department of Pharmacology, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China |
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| Abstract: | AIM: To observe the inhibitory effect of madecassoside on the LPS-stimulated microglia and to investigate its possible mechanism. METHODS: Microglia cells of neonatal Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were cultured, isolated and purified. Microglia cells were activated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The inhibitory effect of madecassoside on microglia was measured by MTT assay. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin 1β (IL-1β) were detected by ELISA. Cell cycle and apoptotic rate were evaluated by flow cytometry. The expression of TLR4 was detected by Western blotting. The expression of NF-κB was detected by RT-PCR. RESULTS: LPS induced the proliferation of microglia and release inflammatory cytokines significantly. Compared with LPS group, madecassoside inhibited the proliferation of microglia induced by LPS in a dose dependent manner. The IC50 value of madecassoside was 10.97 nmol/L to microglia after incubation for 48 h. Madecassoside also decreased the levels of TNF-α and IL-6, increased the ratios of microglia at the G2 phase and the apoptotic rate, decreased the expression of TLR4 and NF-κB significantly (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Madecassoside has inhibitory effects on the proliferation of LPS-stimulated microglia, by which the mechanism may be related to inhibition of the expression of TLR4 and NF-κB, change of cell cycle distribution and induction of microglia apoptosis. |
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| Keywords: | Madecassoside Lipopolysaccharides Microglia Cell cycle Apoptosis Toll-like receptor 4 Nuclear factor κB |
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