PMID- 27845861 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170526 LR - 20171116 IS - 1557-7600 (Electronic) IS - 1096-620X (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 11 DP - 2016 Nov TI - Apigetrin from Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi Inhibits Neuroinflammation in BV-2 Microglia and Exerts Neuroprotective Effect in HT22 Hippocampal Cells. PG - 1032-1040 AB - Apigetrin is a flavonoid isolated from various herbal medicines such as Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Matricaria chamomilla, Stachys tibetica Vatke, and Teucrium gnaphalodes. In the present study, we investigated the inhibitory effects of apigetrin on neuroinflammation using the BV-2 microglia cell line. Our data revealed that apigetrin significantly reduced secretion and mRNA expression of inflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated BV-2 mouse microglia. Apigetrin also significantly decreased LPS-mediated production of prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) level and nitric oxide (NO) production as well as expression of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in BV-2 cells. In addition, apigetrin suppressed nuclear expression of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) in LPS-stimulated BV-2 cells. Furthermore, apigetrin significantly impaired reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and enhanced expression of antioxidant enzymes, hempxygenase 1 (HO-1) and nuclear factor-like 2 (Nrf2), in BV-2 cells. Apigetrin also increased 2,2'-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) radical scavenging activity, indicating antioxidative activity of apigetrin. Moreover, we found that apigetrin inhibited hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2))-induced cell death in HT22 hippocampal cells. Overall, our findings indicate that apigetrin has inhibitory effects on neuroinflammation as well as antioxidation and neuroprotection, suggesting the potential prophylactic activity for neurodegenerative diseases through the inter-regulation of neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, and neuronal injury. FAU - Lim, Hye-Sun AU - Lim HS AD - 1 Herbal Medicine Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine , Daejeon, Korea. FAU - Kim, Ohn-Soon AU - Kim OS AD - 1 Herbal Medicine Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine , Daejeon, Korea. FAU - Kim, Bu-Yeo AU - Kim BY AD - 1 Herbal Medicine Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine , Daejeon, Korea. FAU - Jeong, Soo-Jin AU - Jeong SJ AD - 1 Herbal Medicine Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine , Daejeon, Korea. AD - 2 Korean Medicine Life Science, University of Science and Technology , Daejeon, Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Med Food JT - Journal of medicinal food JID - 9812512 RN - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (Plant Extracts) RN - 0 (Scutellaria baicalensis extract) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - 7OF2S66PCH (apigetrin) RN - 7V515PI7F6 (Apigenin) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II) RN - EC 1.14.99.1 (Cyclooxygenase 2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology MH - Apigenin/isolation & purification/*pharmacology/toxicity MH - Cell Line MH - Cyclooxygenase 2/metabolism MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Hippocampus/*drug effects/immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - Inflammation/drug therapy/immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Microglia/*drug effects/immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - Neuroprotective Agents/chemistry/isolation & purification/*pharmacology MH - Nitric Oxide/metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/metabolism MH - Plant Extracts/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Scutellaria baicalensis/*chemistry MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - Scutellaria baicalensis OT - anti-neuroinflammation OT - apigetrin OT - neuroprotection EDAT- 2016/11/16 06:00 MHDA- 2017/05/27 06:00 CRDT- 2016/11/16 06:00 PHST- 2016/11/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/11/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/05/27 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1089/jmf.2016.0074 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Med Food. 2016 Nov;19(11):1032-1040. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2016.0074.