Hwang Joon-Ho, Lim Sang-Bin
1 Jeju Love Co., Ltd. , Jeju, Korea.
2 Biotechnology Regional Innovation Center, Jeju National University , Jeju, Korea.
J Med Food. 2017 Feb;20(2):131-139. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2016.3831.
To increase the functionality of Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten cladodes, it was fermented by Lactobacillus plantarum and Bacillus subtilis. Eighty percent methanol extracts were investigated for their effects on nitric oxide (NO) production, cytokine secretion, nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) activity, and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphorylation in RAW 264.7 cells. Methanol extracts of L. plantarum culture medium (LPCME) and B. subtilis culture medium (BSCME) did not affect lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NO production but, at 500 μg/mL, increased interferon (IFN)-γ-induced NO production by 55.2 and 66.5 μM, respectively, in RAW 264.7 cells. In RAW 264.7 cells not treated with LPS and IFN-γ, LPCME did not affect NO production, but BSCME increased NO production significantly in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, BSCME induced the expression of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in RAW 264.7 cells in a dose-dependent manner. BSCME at 500 μg/mL increased TNF-α and IL-1β mRNA levels by 83.8% and 82.2%, respectively. BSCME increased NF-κB-dependent luciferase activity in a dose-dependent manner; 500 μg/mL BSCME increased activity 9.1-fold compared with the control. BSCME induced the phosphorylation of p38, c-JUN NH-terminal protein kinase (JNK), and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in a dose-dependent manner, but did not affect total ERK levels. In conclusion, BSCME exerted immunostimulatory effects, which were mediated by MAPK phosphorylation and NF-κB activation, resulting in increased TNF-α and IL-1β gene expression in RAW 264.7 macrophages. Therefore, BSCM shows promise for use as an immunostimulatory therapeutic.
为提高仙人掌变种仙人掌茎片的功能,用植物乳杆菌和枯草芽孢杆菌对其进行发酵。研究了80%甲醇提取物对RAW 264.7细胞中一氧化氮(NO)生成、细胞因子分泌、核因子κB(NF-κB)活性和丝裂原活化蛋白激酶(MAPK)磷酸化的影响。植物乳杆菌培养基(LPCME)和枯草芽孢杆菌培养基(BSCME)的甲醇提取物不影响脂多糖(LPS)诱导的NO生成,但在500μg/mL时,分别使RAW 264.7细胞中干扰素(IFN)-γ诱导的NO生成增加55.2和66.5μM。在未用LPS和IFN-γ处理的RAW 264.7细胞中,LPCME不影响NO生成,但BSCME以剂量依赖方式显著增加NO生成。此外,BSCME以剂量依赖方式诱导RAW 264.7细胞中肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)和白细胞介素-1β(IL-1β)的表达。500μg/mL的BSCME分别使TNF-α和IL-1β mRNA水平增加83.8%和82.2%。BSCME以剂量依赖方式增加NF-κB依赖的荧光素酶活性;与对照相比,500μg/mL的BSCME使活性增加9.1倍。BSCME以剂量依赖方式诱导p38、c-JUN氨基末端蛋白激酶(JNK)和细胞外信号调节激酶(ERK)的磷酸化,但不影响总ERK水平。总之,BSCME发挥了免疫刺激作用,这是由MAPK磷酸化和NF-κB激活介导的,导致RAW 264.7巨噬细胞中TNF-α和IL-1β基因表达增加。因此,BSCM有望用作免疫刺激疗法。