PMID- 27492123 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170306 LR - 20171116 IS - 1095-9947 (Electronic) IS - 1050-4648 (Linking) VI - 56 DP - 2016 Sep TI - Pinocembrin attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory responses in Labeo rohita macrophages via the suppression of the NF-kappaB signalling pathway. PG - 459-466 LID - S1050-4648(16)30473-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.07.038 [doi] AB - Pinocembrin is a flavonoid that has been reported to exhibit various pharmacological and biological activities including antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory. To explore the anti-inflammatory activity of pinocembrin in a fish cell line, we investigated its ability to regulate the inflammatory mediators elevated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in Labeo rohita head-kidney (HK) macrophages. HK macrophages of L. rohita were treated with LPS (1 mug mL(-1)) in the presence or absence of pinocembrin. We examined the inhibitory effect of pinocembrin on LPS-induced nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production. The inhibitory effect of pinocembrin on nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) was investigated by RT-PCR and western blot. The effect of pinocembrin on pro-inflammatory cytokines (tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta)) and anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 was investigated by ELISA and RT-PCR. The phosphorylation of three mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs) ERK, JNK, and p38 was analysed by western blot. Pinocembrin inhibited LPS-induced productions of NO and PGE2, and also markedly inhibited TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, iNOS, and COX-2 production in a concentration-dependent manner. In addition, TNF-alpha and IL-1beta mRNA expression levels decreased significantly, while IL-10 mRNA expression increased (P < 0.05) with pinocembrin pre-treatment. RT-PCR and western blot analysis showed that pinocembrin decreased both the mRNA and protein expression levels of LPS-induced iNOS and COX-2 in HK macrophages. Pinocembrin suppressed the phosphorylation of MAPK in LPS-stimulated HK macrophages. Further, pinocembrin significantly inhibited LPS-induced NF-kappaB transcriptional activity via the attenuation of IkappaBalpha degradation. Taken together, pinocembrin reduced the levels of pro-inflammatory mediators, such as iNOS, COX-2, TNF-alpha, and IL-1beta, by inhibiting NF-kappaB activation via the suppression of ERK and p38 phosphorylation, and by attenuating the degradation of IkappaBalpha. These results suggest that pinocembrin is a potential novel candidate for the treatment of inflammatory conditions in L. rohita macrophages. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Giri, Sib Sankar AU - Giri SS AD - Laboratory of Aquatic Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; Dept. of Zoology, Kundavai Nachiyar Government Arts College for Women (Autonomous), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. FAU - Sen, Shib Sankar AU - Sen SS AD - School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. FAU - Sukumaran, Venkatachalam AU - Sukumaran V AD - Dept. of Zoology, Kundavai Nachiyar Government Arts College for Women (Autonomous), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Electronic address: drvsukumar@gmail.com. FAU - Park, Se Chang AU - Park SC AD - Laboratory of Aquatic Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: parksec@snu.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160802 PL - England TA - Fish Shellfish Immunol JT - Fish & shellfish immunology JID - 9505220 RN - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents) RN - 0 (Flavanones) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 8T7C8CH791 (pinocembrin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Inflammatory Agents/*pharmacology MH - *Cyprinidae MH - Fish Diseases/chemically induced/*prevention & control MH - Flavanones/*pharmacology MH - Inflammation/chemically induced/prevention & control/*veterinary MH - Lipopolysaccharides/physiology MH - Macrophages/immunology MH - NF-kappa B/genetics/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - Labeo rohita OT - Lipopolysaccharide OT - NF-kappaB signalling pathway OT - Pinocembrin OT - macrophages EDAT- 2016/08/06 06:00 MHDA- 2017/03/07 06:00 CRDT- 2016/08/06 06:00 PHST- 2016/04/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/07/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/08/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/08/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/03/07 06:00 [medline] AID - S1050-4648(16)30473-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.07.038 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Fish Shellfish Immunol. 2016 Sep;56:459-466. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.07.038. Epub 2016 Aug 2.