PMID- 24076371 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140924 LR - 20161125 IS - 1878-1705 (Electronic) IS - 1567-5769 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 3 DP - 2013 Nov TI - Quercetin inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide production in BV2 microglial cells by suppressing the NF-kappaB pathway and activating the Nrf2-dependent HO-1 pathway. PG - 808-13 LID - S1567-5769(13)00354-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2013.09.009 [doi] AB - Abnormal nitrosative stress-induced neuroinflammation is implicated in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore, it has been thought that nitric oxide (NO) production is a good therapeutic target. In this sense, quercetin is a good chemopreventive component, because it has free radical-scavenging and anti-inflammatory activities. However, explicit mechanisms are not clear in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated BV2 microglial cell line. Here, we found that quercetin significantly suppressed LPS-induced NO production and inducible NO synthase (iNOS) expression. Notably, quercetin inhibited nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation by inhibiting degradation of the inhibitor of kappa Balpha (IkappaBalpha) in LPS-stimulated BV2 microglial cells corresponding to the inhibitory effect of specific NF-kappaB inhibitors, namely proteasome inhibitor I (PSI) and MG132. Quercetin caused significant increases in the levels of heme oxgenase-1 (HO-1) mRNA and protein. Notably, treatment with an HO-1 inducer, cobalt protoporphyrin (CoPP), significantly diminished LPS-stimulated NO production. Additionally, quercetin induced the specific DNA-binding activity of nuclear factor-2-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), and siRNA-mediated knockdown of Nrf2 expression reduced the inhibitory effect of quercetin on LPS-stimulated NO production by inhibiting HO-1 expression, indicating that quercetin regulated NO production by inducing Nrf2-mediated HO-1 expression. Therefore, quercetin has the potential to decrease nitrosative stress by suppressing NF-kappaB activation and inducing Nrf2-mediated HO-1 expression. CI - (c) 2013. FAU - Kang, Chang-Hee AU - Kang CH AD - Laboratory of Immunobiology, Department of Marine Life Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Republic of Korea. FAU - Choi, Yung Hyun AU - Choi YH FAU - Moon, Sung-Kwon AU - Moon SK FAU - Kim, Wun-Jae AU - Kim WJ FAU - Kim, Gi-Young AU - Kim GY LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130925 PL - Netherlands TA - Int Immunopharmacol JT - International immunopharmacology JID - 100965259 RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (NF-E2-Related Factor 2) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (Nfe2l2 protein, mouse) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - 9IKM0I5T1E (Quercetin) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nos2 protein, mouse) RN - EC 1.14.14.18 (Heme Oxygenase-1) RN - EC 1.14.14.18 (Hmox1 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Heme Oxygenase-1/*metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides MH - Membrane Proteins/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Microglia/drug effects/metabolism MH - NF-E2-Related Factor 2/*metabolism MH - NF-kappa B/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Neuroprotective Agents/*pharmacology MH - Nitric Oxide/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Quercetin/*pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Heme oxgenase-1 OT - Nitric oxide OT - Nitric oxide synthase OT - Nuclear factor-2-erythroid 2-related factor 2 OT - Nuclear factor-kappaB OT - Quercetin EDAT- 2013/10/01 06:00 MHDA- 2014/09/25 06:00 CRDT- 2013/10/01 06:00 PHST- 2013/09/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/09/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/09/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/10/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/10/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/09/25 06:00 [medline] AID - S1567-5769(13)00354-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2013.09.009 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Immunopharmacol. 2013 Nov;17(3):808-13. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2013.09.009. Epub 2013 Sep 25.