Zhou Xian, Al-Khazaleh Ahmad, Afzal Sualiha, Kao Ming-Hui Tim, Münch Gerald, Wohlmuth Hans, Leach David, Low Mitchell, Li Chun Guang
NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia.
Biomol Ther (Seoul). 2023 Jan 1;31(1):27-39. doi: 10.4062/biomolther.2022.039. Epub 2022 Nov 2.
Extensive research supported the therapeutic potential of curcumin, a naturally occurring compound, as a promising cytokinesuppressive anti-inflammatory drug. This study aimed to investigate the synergistic anti-inflammatory and anti-cytokine activities by combining 6-shogaol and 10-shogaol to curcumin, and associated mechanisms in modulating lipopolysaccharides and interferon-ɣ-induced proinflammatory signaling pathways. Our results showed that the combination of 6-shogaol-10-shogaol-curcumin synergistically reduced the production of nitric oxide, inducible nitric oxide synthase, tumor necrosis factor and interlukin-6 in lipopolysaccharides and interferon-γ-induced RAW 264.7 and THP-1 cells assessed by the combination index model. 6-shogaol-10-shogaol-curcumin also showed greater inhibition of cytokine profiling compared to that of 6-shogaol-10-shogaol or curcumin alone. The synergistic anti-inflammatory activity was associated with supressed NFκB translocation and downregulated TLR4-TRAF6-MAPK signaling pathway. In addition, SC also inhibited microRNA-155 expression which may be relevant to the inhibited NFκB translocation. Although 6-shogaol-10-shogaol-curcumin synergistically increased Nrf2 activity, the anti-inflammatory mechanism appeared to be independent from the induction of Nrf2. 6-shogaol-10-shogaol-curcumin provides a more potent therapeutic agent than curcumin alone in synergistically inhibiting lipopolysaccharides and interferon-γ induced proinflammatory mediators and cytokine array in macrophages. The action was mediated by the downregulation of TLR4/TRAF6/MAPK pathway and NFκB translocation.
大量研究支持了姜黄素(一种天然存在的化合物)作为一种有前景的细胞因子抑制性抗炎药物的治疗潜力。本研究旨在通过将6-姜烯酚和10-姜烯酚与姜黄素联合使用,研究其协同抗炎和抗细胞因子活性,以及调节脂多糖和干扰素-γ诱导的促炎信号通路的相关机制。我们的结果表明,根据联合指数模型评估,6-姜烯酚-10-姜烯酚-姜黄素的组合在脂多糖和干扰素-γ诱导的RAW 264.7和THP-1细胞中协同降低了一氧化氮、诱导型一氧化氮合酶、肿瘤坏死因子和白细胞介素-6的产生。与单独使用6-姜烯酚-10-姜烯酚或姜黄素相比,6-姜烯酚-10-姜烯酚-姜黄素对细胞因子谱的抑制作用也更强。协同抗炎活性与抑制NFκB易位和下调TLR4-TRAF6-MAPK信号通路有关。此外,6-姜烯酚-10-姜烯酚-姜黄素还抑制了可能与抑制NFκB易位相关的微小RNA-155的表达。尽管6-姜烯酚-10-姜烯酚-姜黄素协同增加了Nrf2活性,但其抗炎机制似乎独立于Nrf2的诱导。6-姜烯酚-10-姜烯酚-姜黄素在协同抑制巨噬细胞中脂多糖和干扰素-γ诱导的促炎介质和细胞因子阵列方面,比单独使用姜黄素提供了一种更有效的治疗剂。该作用是由TLR4/TRAF6/MAPK通路的下调和NFκB易位介导的。