scholarly journals Anti-inflammatory Benzene Diamine Compound Inhibited Toll-Like Receptor 4-Mediated Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression and Nuclear Factor-KappaB Activation

2005 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 908-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung Hak Kim ◽  
Hyun-Mo Shin ◽  
Sang-Hun Jung ◽  
Young-Gahp Yoon ◽  
Kyung Rak Min ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Nitric Oxide Synthase ◽  
Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase ◽  
Nuclear Factor Kappab ◽  
Nuclear Factor ◽  
Toll Like Receptor ◽  
Toll Like Receptor 4 ◽  
Anti Inflammatory ◽  
Oxide Synthase ◽  
Inducible Nitric Oxide

scholarly journals Isolation and characterization of cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory constituents from Scoparia dulcis L

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 381-387
Author(s):  
Mohammad Nur-e-Alam ◽  
Sarfaraz Ahmed ◽  
Muhammad Yousaf ◽  
Shabana I Khan ◽  
Ramzi A Mothana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Nitric Oxide Synthase ◽  
Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase ◽  
Nuclear Factor Kappa B ◽  
Nuclear Factor ◽  
Scoparia Dulcis ◽  
Anti Inflammatory ◽  
Oxide Synthase ◽  
Inducible Nitric Oxide

Scoparia dulcis L. is one of the edible widely distributed Scropholariaceae species in Asia, Africa and America. It is used in the treatment of respiratory and inflammatory diseases, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, hepatitis and tuberculosis. A phytochemical investigation on S. dulcis led to the isolation of two new acyclic diterpenes Acetic acid 6-hydroxy-2-(6-hydroxy-4-methyl-hex-4-enylidene)-4,8-dimethyl-undeca-4,8-dienyl ester (1) and Acetic acid 8-hydroxy-2-(6-hydroxy-4-methyl-hex-4-enylidene)-6,10-dimethyl-undeca-5,9-dienyl ester (2) in addition to eight known compounds (3–10), namely scopadulciol (3), 4- epi-scopadulcic acid B (4), dulcidiol (5), scopadulcic acid B (6), hymenoxin (7), glutinol (8), eupatilin (9) and 5-demethylnobiletin (10). The structures elucidation was performed using spectroscopic means, including 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance and high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrum spectrometric analysis. Furthermore, the isolated compounds were investigated for their anti-inflammatory activity through the determination of inhibition of nuclear factor-kappa B activity in human chondrosarcoma (SW1353) cells, the inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase mouse macrophages (RAW264.7) and the decrease in cellular oxidative stress in HepG2 cells. Moreover, the cytotoxic activity was investigated against four cancer and two kidney cell lines. Among the isolates, 3, 5 and 10 showed anti-inflammatory activity in terms of inhibiting nuclear factor-kappa B and inducible nitric oxide synthase. Compounds 3–5 were the most cytotoxic towards cancer cell lines (IC50: 3.8 µM to 42.3 µM) followed by 10 (IC50: 30.9- > 64.4 µM). Cytotoxicity of compounds 3–5 was comparable to the activity of doxorubicin.

Toll-like receptor 4 mediates ozone-induced murine lung hyperpermeability via inducible nitric oxide synthase

2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (2) ◽  
pp. L326-L333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven R. Kleeberger ◽  
Sekhar P. M. Reddy ◽  
Liu-Yi Zhang ◽  
Hye-Youn Cho ◽  
Anne E. Jedlicka
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Nitric Oxide Synthase ◽  
Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase ◽  
Specific Inhibitor ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Toll Like Receptor ◽  
Toll Like Receptor 4 ◽  
Tlr4 Mrna ◽  
Oxide Synthase ◽  
Inducible Nitric Oxide

We tested the hypotheses that 1) inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) mediates ozone (O3)-induced lung hyperpermeability and 2) mRNA levels of the gene for iNOS ( Nos2) are modulated by Toll-like receptor 4 ( Tlr4) during O3exposure. Pretreatment of O3-susceptible C57BL/6J mice with a specific inhibitor of total NOS ( NG-monomethyl-l-arginine) significantly decreased the mean lavageable protein concentration (a marker of lung permeability) induced by O3(0.3 parts/million for 72 h) compared with vehicle control mice. Furthermore, lavageable protein in C57BL/B6 mice with targeted disruption of Nos2 [ Nos2(−/−)] was 50% less than the protein in wild-type [ Nos2(+/+)] mice after O3. To determine whether Tlr4 modulates Nos2 mRNA levels, we studied C3H/HeJ (HeJ) and C3H/HeOuJ mice that differ only at a missense mutation in Tlr4 that confers resistance to O3-induced lung hyperpermeability in the HeJ strain. Nos2 and Tlr4 mRNA levels were significantly reduced and correlated in resistant HeJ mice after O3relative to those in susceptible C3H/HeOuJ mice. Together, the results are consistent with an important role for iNOS in O3-induced lung hyperpermeability and suggest that Nos2 mRNA levels are mediated through Tlr4.

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