Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy.
Università degli Studi di Salerno, Ph. D. School of Pharmacy, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy.
Molecules. 2020 May 11;25(9):2255. doi: 10.3390/molecules25092255.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by the production of inflammatory factors. In order to overcome the side effects of currently used anti-inflammatory drugs, several attempts have been made to identify natural products capable of relieving RA symptoms. In this work, a herbal preparation consisting of propolis, pomegranate peel, and Aglianico grape pomace (PPP) extracts (4:1:1) was designed and evaluated for its effect on a murine collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) model. Firstly, the chemical contents of four different Italian propolis collected in the Campania region (Italy) were here reported for the first time. LC-MS analyses showed the presence of 38 constituents, identified in all propolis extracts, belonging to flavonoids and phenolic acids classes. The Pietradefusi extract was the richest one and thus was selected to design the PPP preparation for the in vivo assay. Our results highlight the impact of PPP on RA onset and progression. By using in vivo CIA models, the treatment with PPP resulted in a delayed onset of the disease and alleviated the severity of the clinical symptoms. Furthermore, we demonstrated that early PPP treatment was associated with a reduction in serum levels of IL-17, IL-1b, and IL-17-triggering cytokines.
类风湿关节炎(RA)是一种慢性炎症性自身免疫性疾病,其特征是产生炎症因子。为了克服目前使用的抗炎药物的副作用,人们已经尝试了几种方法来识别能够缓解 RA 症状的天然产物。在这项工作中,设计并评估了一种由蜂胶、石榴皮和 Aglianico 葡萄渣(PPP)提取物(4:1:1)组成的草药制剂对小鼠胶原诱导性关节炎(CIA)模型的作用。首先,这里首次报道了在意大利坎帕尼亚地区收集的四种不同的意大利蜂胶的化学成分。LC-MS 分析表明,所有蜂胶提取物中均存在 38 种成分,属于类黄酮和酚酸类。Pietradefusi 提取物最丰富,因此被选择用于设计 PPP 制剂进行体内测定。我们的结果强调了 PPP 对 RA 发病和进展的影响。通过使用体内 CIA 模型,PPP 的治疗导致疾病发病延迟,并减轻了临床症状的严重程度。此外,我们证明早期 PPP 治疗与血清中 IL-17、IL-1b 和 IL-17 触发细胞因子水平的降低有关。