Regulatory effects of Codonopsis lanceolata on macrophage-mediated immune responses
- Authors
- Lee, Yong Gyu; Kim, Joo Young; Lee, Ji Yeon; Byeon, Se Eun; Hong, Eock Kee; Lee, Jaehwi; Rhee, Man Hee; Park, Hwa Jin; Cho, Jae Youl
- Issue Date
- May-2007
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
- Keywords
- Codonopsis lanceolata; campanulaceae; immunomodulatory effect; macrophage functions
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, v.112, no.1, pp 180 - 188
- Pages
- 9
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
- Volume
- 112
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 180
- End Page
- 188
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/24074
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jep.2007.02.026
- ISSN
- 0378-8741
- Abstract
- Codonopsis lanceolata L. has long been used as a folk medicine in Korea, Japan and China for the treatment of lung inflammatory diseases. In this study, therefore, we aimed to demonstrate its ethnopharmacological activity by examining macrophage-function regulating effects. The total methanol extracts of fresh leaves (l-TME) or roots (r-TME) of Codonopsis lanceolata L. significantly suppressed the production of proinflammatory mediators (nitric oxide [NO] and tumor necrosis factor [TNF-alpha]) without altering mRNA levels. The expression of interleukin (IL)-3 and IL-6, however, was strongly diminished. According to the analysis of signaling enzyme activation by immunoblotting, phospho-I kappa B levels, a representative pro-inflammatory gene activation pathway, were not affected by the TMEs. By contrast, the Raf-ERK signaling pathway, which was involved in regulation of post-translational modification of pro-inflammatory gene products, was strongly blocked after 6-h of exposure. Moreover, l-TME down-regulated LPS-mediated phagocytic uptake and CD29-mediated cell-cell adhesion, while r-TME strongly up-regulated these two cellular events as well as fibronectin-cell adhesion. The surface levels of the costimulatory molecules (CD80 and CD86) of RAW264.7 cells were also enhanced by these extracts. l-TME also diminished functional activation (assessed by NO production) and the surface level of dectin-1, but not toll-like receptor (TLR)-2. Taken together, these data suggest that Codonopsis lanceolata may have the ability to modulate macrophage-mediated immune responses, thus contributing to its anti-inflammatory activity. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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