Flavonoids inhibit histamine release and expression of proinflammatory cytokines in mast cells.

Abstract

Mast cells participate in allergy and inflammation by secreting inflammatory mediators such as histamine and proinflammatory cytokines. Flavonoids are naturally occurring molecules with antioxidant, cytoprotective, and antiinflammatory actions. However, effect of flavonoids on the release of histamine and proinflammatory mediator, and their comparative mechanism of action in mast cells were not well defined. Here, we compared the effect of six flavonoids (astragalin, fisetin, kaempferol, myricetin, quercetin, and rutin) on the mast cell-mediated allergic inflammation. Fisetin, kaempferol, myricetin, quercetin, and rutin inhibited IgE or phorbol-12-myristate 13-acetate and calcium ionophore A23187 (PMACI)-mediated histamine release in RBL-2H3 cells. These five flavonoids also inhibited elevation of intracellular calcium. Gene expressions and secretion of proinflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6, and IL-8 were assessed in PMACI-stimulated human mast cells (HMC-1). Fisetin, quercetin, and rutin decreased gene expression and production of all the proinflammatory cytokines after PMACI stimulation. Myricetin attenuated TNF-alpha and IL-6 but not IL-1beta and IL-8. Fisetin, myricetin, and rutin suppressed activation of NF-kappaB indicated by inhibition of nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB, NF-kappaB/DNA binding, and NF-kappaB-dependent gene reporter assay. The pharmacological actions of these flavonoids suggest their potential activity for treatment of allergic inflammatory diseases through the down-regulation of mast cell activation.

• Authors: Hyo-Hyun Park, Soyoung Lee, Hee-Young Son, Seung-Bin Park, Mi-Sun Kim, Eun-Ju Choi, Thoudam S K Singh, Jeoung-Hee Ha, Maan-Gee Lee, Jung-Eun Kim, Myung Chul Hyun, Taeg Kyu Kwon, Yeo Hyang Kim, Sang-Hyun Kim
• Journal: Archives of pharmacal research (Arch Pharm Res) Vol. 31 Issue 10 Pg. 1303-11 (Oct 2008) ISSN: 0253-6269 [Print] Korea (South)
• PMID: 18958421 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents
• Cytokines
• DNA Primers
• Flavonoids
• Histamine Antagonists
• NF-kappa B
• Luciferases
• Calcium

Topics

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents
• Blotting, Western
• Calcium (metabolism)
• Cells, Cultured
• Cytokines (biosynthesis)
• DNA Primers (pharmacology)
• Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay
• Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
• Flavonoids (pharmacology)
• Histamine Antagonists
• Histamine Release (drug effects)
• Luciferases (metabolism)
• Mast Cells (drug effects, metabolism)
• NF-kappa B (metabolism)
• Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Transfection