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  • The regulation of inflammatory cytokine secretion in macrophage cell line by the chemical constituents of Rhus sylvestris.

The regulation of inflammatory cytokine secretion in macrophage cell line by the chemical constituents of Rhus sylvestris.

Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters (2009-05-19)
Yan Ding, Huu Tung Nguyen, Sung In Kim, Ha Won Kim, Young Ho Kim
ABSTRACT

In our preliminary screening study on the anti-inflammatory activity, eight triterpenes, one sterol, and one chalcone were isolated from the CH(2)Cl(2)-soluble extract of the stems and leaves of Rhus sylvestris Siebold and Zucc (Anacardiaceae). On the basis of their spectroscopic data, these compounds were identified as 10alpha-cucurbitadienol (1), glut-5-en-3-ol (2), beta-amyrin acetate (3), beta-amyrin (4) and lupeol (5), cycloart-24-en-3-one (6), cycloart-25-en-3,24-dione (7), 24-hydroxycycloart-25-en-3-one (8), beta-sitosterol (9), and 2'-hydroxy-4,4'-dimethoxychalcone (10). All of them were isolated from this plant for the first. Furthermore, the compounds in non-cytotoxic concentrations (0-1.0microM) were tested for their ability to block inflammatory cytokine secretion in the presence of LPS in the murine RAW264.7 macrophage cell line. Among the compounds that were tested, compounds 8 and 9 reduced the LPS-induced secretion of IL-6, as well as TNF-alpha, in a mouse RAW264.7 macrophage cell line. Moreover, compounds 2, 3, 7, and 10 specifically diminished only the secretion of TNF-alpha even in 0.01microM concentrations. It is thus suggested that they are potential therapeutics of TNF-alpha-related diseases and conditions, such as transplant rejection, type II diabetes, and atherosclerosis.

MATERIALS
Product Number
Brand
Product Description

Sigma-Aldrich
β-Sitosterol, from soybean, ≥96%
Sigma-Aldrich
β-Sitosterol, synthetic, ≥95%
Supelco
β-Sitosterol, certified reference material, 100 μg/mL in chloroform
Sigma-Aldrich
β-Sitosterol, ≥70%
Sigma-Aldrich
Lupeol, ≥94%