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Eupatilin exerts neuroprotective effects in mice with transient focal cerebral ischemia by reducing microglial activation

Authors
Sapkota, ArjunGaire, Bhakta PrasadCho, Kyu SukJeon, Se JinKwon, Oh WookJang, Dae SikKim, Sun YeouRyu, Jong HoonChoi, Ji Woong
Issue Date
8-Feb-2017
Publisher
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Citation
PLOS ONE, v.12, no.2
Journal Title
PLOS ONE
Volume
12
Number
2
URI
https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/6387
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0171479
ISSN
1932-6203
Abstract
Microglial activation and its-driven neuroinflammation are characteristic pathogenetic features of neurodiseases, including focal cerebral ischemia. The Artemisia asiatica (Asteraceae) extract and its active component, eupatilin, are well-known to reduce inflammatory responses. But the therapeutic potential of eupatilin against focal cerebral ischemia is not known, along with its anti-inflammatory activities on activated microglia. In this study, we investigated the neuroprotective effect of eupatilin on focal cerebral ischemia through its anti-inflammation, particularly on activated microglia, employing a transient middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion (tMCAO), combined with lipopolysaccharide-stimulated BV2 microglia. Eupatilin exerted anti-inflammatory responses in activated BV2 microglia, in which it reduced secretion of well-known inflammatory markers, including nitrite, IL-6, TNF-alpha, and PGE(2), in a concentration-dependent manner. These observed in vitro effects of eupatilin led to in vivo neuroprotection against focal cerebral ischemia. Oral administration of eupatilin (10 mg/kg) in a therapeutic paradigm significantly reduced brain infarction and improved neurological functions in tMCAO-challenged mice. The same benefit was also observed when eupatilin was given even within 5 hours after MCAO induction. In addition, the neuroprotective effects of a single administration of eupatilin (10 mg/kg) immediately after tMCAO challenge persisted up to 3 days after tMCAO. Eupatilin administration reduced the number of Iba1-immunopositive cells across ischemic brain and induced their morphological changes from amoeboid into ramified in the ischemic core, which was accompanied with reduced microglial proliferation in ischemic brain. Eupatilin suppressed NF-kappa B signaling activities in ischemic brain by reducing IKK alpha/beta phosphorylation, I kappa B alpha phosphorylation, and I kappa B alpha degradation. Overall, these data indicate that eupatilin is a neuroprotective agent against focal cerebral ischemia through the reduction of microglial activation.
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