PMID- 37594560 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230821 LR - 20230821 IS - 1557-7600 (Electronic) IS - 1096-620X (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 8 DP - 2023 Aug TI - Ethanol-Extracted Acorn Induces Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Human Keratinocyte and Production of Hyaluronic Acid in Human Fibroblasts. PG - 595-604 LID - 10.1089/jmf.2022.K.0128 [doi] AB - Acorn (Quercus acutissima CARR.) has been used in traditional food and medicinal ethnopharmacology in Asia, and it has shown multifarious functions such as antidementia, antiobesity, and antiasthma functions. However, there is limited scientific evidence about the efficacy of acorn for ameliorating skin problems. Treatment with ethanol-extracted acorns (EeA's) ablated the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), and interleukin (IL)-8 stimulated by tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha in human adult low calcium high temperature (HaCaT) cells under sublethal dosages. In addition, treatment with EeA dose dependently inhibited the ex vivo hyper keratin formation induced by TNF-alpha in HaCaT cells in conjunction with the blockade of cytokeratin-1 (CK-1) and cytokeratin-5 (CK-5) expression. Moreover, EeA treatment stimulated the expression of hyaluronic acid (HA) expression in human fibroblasts in a dose-dependent manner. Linoleamide was identified as the functional component of EeA using preparative high-performance liquid chromatography and ultra high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-mass spectrometry analysis, and the anti-inflammatory features and enhanced HA expression were verified. Collectively, these results suggest the efficacy of EeA supplementation in improving skin problems via anti-inflammation and upregulating HA production. FAU - Lee, Jungwhoi AU - Lee J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3453-0478 AD - Department of Biotechnology, College of Applied Life Science, SARI, Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea. FAU - Jo, Sung-Eun AU - Jo SE AD - ChanChanHee, Inc., Jeju, Korea. FAU - Han, Song-I AU - Han SI AD - Department of Biotechnology, College of Applied Life Science, SARI, Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea. FAU - Kim, Jae-Hoon AU - Kim JH AD - Department of Biotechnology, College of Applied Life Science, SARI, Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea. AD - Subtropical/Tropical Organism Gene Bank, Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Med Food JT - Journal of medicinal food JID - 9812512 RN - 9004-61-9 (Hyaluronic Acid) RN - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Humans MH - *Hyaluronic Acid MH - *Quercus MH - Keratinocytes MH - HaCaT Cells MH - Ethanol OTO - NOTNLM OT - HA OT - acorn OT - atopic dermatitis OT - chemokine OT - keratinocyte EDAT- 2023/08/18 12:42 MHDA- 2023/08/21 06:42 CRDT- 2023/08/18 11:07 PHST- 2023/08/21 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/08/18 12:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/08/18 11:07 [entrez] AID - 10.1089/jmf.2022.K.0128 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Med Food. 2023 Aug;26(8):595-604. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2022.K.0128.