19:10 - 21:00
Room: Ishikawa Ongakudō Interchange Hall
Poster Session
Anti-inflammatory effect of Morus alba L. bark suppresses Toll-like receptor activation in RAW264.7 macrophages
Rin Umeyama, Satoru Yokoyama, Yoshihiro Hayakawa
Division of Pathogenic Biochemistry, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Morus alba L. bark has been widely used in traditional medicine for treating several inflammatory diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus and coughing, however, the molecular mechanisms of its anti-inflammatory effect has been not clearly understood. In this study, we examined the effect of an extract of Morus alba L. bark (MabE) on TLR-induced activation of RAW264.7 macrophages. RAW264.7 cells were stimulated with polyI:C (TLR3 ligand), lipopolysaccharide (LPS, TLR4 ligand), or Imiquimod (IMQ, TLR7 ligand) with or without MabE and measured NF-kB activation and cytokine production. By using luciferase reporter assay, we found that MabE inhibited the activation of NF-kB. In addition, MabE inhibited the phosphorylation of p65, extracellular-signal-regulated kinases (ERK), and p38 in RAW264.7 cells. In accordance with the inhibition of inflammatory signals, MabE also inhibited the production of IL-6 and IL-1 from TLR ligands-treated RAW264.7 cells. These results suggest that the anti-inflammatory effect of MabE can be mediated by the inhibition of NF-kB /p38 /ERK inflammatory pathways. Collectively, these results indicate that MabE and their active compounds are promising targets for developing novel anti-inflammatory drug.


Reference:
Mo-P1-39
Session:
Poster Session 1 ‟Innate immunity and infection”
Presenter/s:
Rin Umeyama
Presentation type:
Poster Presentation
Room:
Ishikawa Ongakudō Interchange Hall
Date:
Monday, 30 October 2017
Time:
19:10 - 21:00
Session times:
19:10 - 21:00