PMID- 28263837 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180209 LR - 20180210 IS - 1879-0089 (Electronic) IS - 0145-305X (Linking) VI - 73 DP - 2017 Aug TI - Echinacea pupurea extracts promote murine dendritic cell maturation by activation of JNK, p38 MAPK and NF-kappaB pathways. PG - 21-26 LID - S0145-305X(16)30459-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.dci.2017.03.002 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) comprise a system of highly professional antigen presenting cells (APCs) which connect innate and adaptive immunity by undergoing dramatic shift in their maturation state. Phytomedicine Echinacea purpurea extracts (EE) could modulate murine dendritic cell fate and function. However, the underlying mechanism of EE on DCs development and maturation remains limited. In this study, immature DCs were induced phenotypic maturation with up-regulated expression of key accessory molecules and the phagocytic activity was decreased after being treated with EE (400 mug/ml) for 48 h. We found that TLR1/2, JNK, p38-MAPK and NF-kappaB pathways were activated following EE exposure. Notably, JNK activation was demonstrated to be associated with increased IFN-gamma response while p38-MAPK pathway exhibited immuno-regulatory effects via induction of IL-10 and TGF-beta1. Furthermore, it was verified that NF-kappaB signaling was responsible for EE-induced synthesis of IFN-gamma, IL-12 and TGF-beta1, but not for IL-10 induction. These results indicate that EE have the immunomodulatory potency to promote both phenotypic and functional maturation of BMDCs via modulating the activation of JNK, p38-MAPK and NF-kappaB pathways. Our findings contributed to the current understanding of the immunoregulatory function of EE and the mechanism of DCs maturation. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Li, Yali AU - Li Y AD - Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition and Feed Sciences, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China; Animal Nutrition and Human Health Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410006, PR China. FAU - Wang, Yuanyuan AU - Wang Y AD - Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition and Feed Sciences, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. FAU - Wu, Yanping AU - Wu Y AD - Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition and Feed Sciences, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. FAU - Wang, Baikui AU - Wang B AD - Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition and Feed Sciences, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. FAU - Chen, Xi AU - Chen X AD - International Medical Center, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, 310014, PR China. FAU - Xu, Xin AU - Xu X AD - Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition and Feed Sciences, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. FAU - Chen, Hongliang AU - Chen H AD - Qilu Animal Health Products Co., Ltd., Jinan, 250100, PR China. FAU - Li, Weifen AU - Li W AD - Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition and Feed Sciences, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. Electronic address: weifenli@zju.edu.cn. FAU - Xu, Xiaogang AU - Xu X AD - Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition and Feed Sciences, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, PR China. Electronic address: xuxg@zju.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20170302 PL - United States TA - Dev Comp Immunol JT - Developmental and comparative immunology JID - 7708205 RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Plant Extracts) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Dendritic Cells/cytology/*drug effects/immunology MH - *Echinacea MH - Female MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - NF-kappa B/drug effects MH - Plant Extracts/*pharmacology MH - Signal Transduction/*drug effects/immunology MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - Dendritic cells OT - E. purpurea OT - MAPKs OT - Maturation OT - NF-kappaB OT - TLRs EDAT- 2017/03/07 06:00 MHDA- 2018/02/10 06:00 CRDT- 2017/03/07 06:00 PHST- 2016/12/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/03/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/03/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/03/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/02/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/03/07 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0145-305X(16)30459-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.dci.2017.03.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Dev Comp Immunol. 2017 Aug;73:21-26. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2017.03.002. Epub 2017 Mar 2.