Yang Eun-Jin, Yim Eun-Young, Song Gwanpil, Kim Gi-Ok, Hyun Chang-Gu
Jeju Biodiversity Research Institute (JBRI), Seogwipo-si, Jeju 699-943, Korea.
Interdiscip Toxicol. 2009 Dec;2(4):245-9. doi: 10.2478/v10102-009-0022-2. Epub 2009 Dec 28.
Nitric oxide (NO) produced in large amounts by inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is known to be responsible for the vasodilation and hypotension observed during septic shock and inflammation. Thus, inhibitors of iNOS may be useful candidates for the treatment of inflammatory diseases accompanied by the overproduction of NO. In this study, we prepared alcoholic extracts of Jeju plants and screened them for their inhibitory activity against NO production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated macrophages. Among the 260 kinds of plant extract tested, 122 extracts showed potent inhibitory activity towards NO production by more than 25% at a concentration of 100 µg/mL. Plants such as Malus sieboldii, Vaccinium oldhamii, Corylus hallaisanensis, Carpinus laxiflora, Styrax obassia, and Securinega suffruticosa showed the most potent inhibition (above 70%) at a concentration of 100 µg/mL. The cytotoxic effects of the plant extracts were determined by colorimetric MTT assays and most plant extracts exhibited only moderate cytotoxicity at 100 µg/mL. Therefore, these plants should be considered promising candidates for the further purification of bioactive compounds and would be useful for the treatment of inflammatory diseases accompanying overproduction of NO.
诱导型一氧化氮合酶(iNOS)大量产生的一氧化氮(NO)被认为是导致脓毒症休克和炎症期间出现血管舒张和低血压的原因。因此,iNOS抑制剂可能是治疗伴有NO过量产生的炎症性疾病的有用候选药物。在本研究中,我们制备了济州岛植物的醇提取物,并筛选了它们对脂多糖(LPS)激活的巨噬细胞中NO产生的抑制活性。在所测试的260种植物提取物中,有122种提取物在浓度为100μg/mL时对NO产生表现出超过25%的强效抑制活性。苹果、南烛、哈雷松鹅耳枥、疏花鹅耳枥、安息香、秋雪柳等植物在浓度为100μg/mL时表现出最强的抑制作用(超过70%)。通过比色MTT法测定植物提取物的细胞毒性,大多数植物提取物在100μg/mL时仅表现出中度细胞毒性。因此,这些植物应被视为进一步纯化生物活性化合物的有前景的候选植物,并且对治疗伴有NO过量产生的炎症性疾病有用。