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Eugenol suppresses cyclooxygenase-2 expression in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated mouse macrophage RAW264.7 cells
- Title
- Eugenol suppresses cyclooxygenase-2 expression in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated mouse macrophage RAW264.7 cells
- Authors
- Kim S.S.; Oh O.-J.; Min H.-Y.; Park E.-J.; Kim Y.; Park H.J.; Han Y.N.; Lee S.K.
- Ewha Authors
- 이상국
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 이상국
- Issue Date
- 2003
- Journal Title
- Life Sciences
- ISSN
- 0024-3205
- Citation
- Life Sciences vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 337 - 348
- Indexed
- SCI; SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Inducible cyclooxygenase (COX-2) has been implicated in the processes of inflammation and carcinogenesis. Thus, the potential COX-2 inhibitors have been considered as anti-inflammatory or cancer chemopreventive agents. In this study, the methanolic extract of the cortex of Eugenia caryophyllata Thunberg (Myrtaceae) was found to potently inhibit the prostaglandin E2 production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated mouse macrophage RAW264.7 cells (98.3% inhibition at the test concentration of 10 μg/ml). Further, hexane-soluble layer was the most active partition compared to ethyl acetate, n-butanol, and water-soluble parts. By bioassay-guided fractionation of hexane-soluble partition, eugenol was isolated and exhibited a significant inhibition of PGE2 production (IC50 = 0.37 μM). In addition, eugenol suppressed the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) gene expression in LPS-stimulated mouse macrophage cells. On the line of COX-2 playing an important role in colon carcinogenesis further study was designed to investigate the effect of eugenol on the growth and COX-2 expression in HT-29 human colon cancer cells. Eugenol inhibited the proliferation of HT-29 cells and the mRNA expression of COX-2, but not COX-1. This result suggests that eugenol might be a plausible lead candidate for further developing the COX-2 inhibitor as an anti-inflammatory or cancer chemopreventive agent. © 2003 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0024-3205(03)00288-1
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- 약학대학 > 약학과 > Journal papers
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