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Protective effects of asiaticoside on septic lung injury in mice.

Abstract
Asiaticoside (AS), a major triterpenoid saponin component isolated from Centella asiatica, has been described to exhibit antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. The present study aimed to determine the protective effects and the underlying mechanisms of AS on septic lung injury induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Mice were pretreated with the AS (45 mg/kg) or AS as well as GW9662 at 1h before CLP, the survival, lung injury, inflammatory mediators and signaling molecules, and Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) were determined 24 h after CLP. The results showed that AS significantly decreased CLP-induced the mortality, lung pathological damage, the infiltration of mononuclear, polymorphonuclear (PMN) leucocytes and total proteins. Moreover, AS inhibited CLP-induced the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB), the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) protein in lung tissues, and the production of serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6). Interestingly, the expression of PPARprotein in lung tissue was up-regulated by AS. Furthermore, GW9662 (the inhibitor of PPAR-γ) significantly reversed these beneficial effects of AS in septic mice. These findings suggest that AS could effectively protect from septic lung injury induced by CLP and the underlying mechanisms might be related to up-regulation of PPAR-γ expression to some extent, which inhibits MAPKs and NF-κB pathway.
AuthorsLi-na Zhang, Jia-jia Zheng, Li Zhang, Xia Gong, Hai Huang, Chang-dong Wang, Bin Wang, Meng-jiao Wu, Xiao-hui Li, Wen-juan Sun, Ying-ju Liu, Jing-yuan Wan
JournalExperimental and toxicologic pathology : official journal of the Gesellschaft fur Toxikologische Pathologie (Exp Toxicol Pathol) Vol. 63 Issue 6 Pg. 519-25 (Sep 2011) ISSN: 1618-1433 [Electronic] Germany
PMID20471230 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
CopyrightCopyright © 2010 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Antioxidants
  • Cytokines
  • PPAR gamma
  • Triterpenes
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
  • Nos2 protein, mouse
  • Ptgs2 protein, mouse
  • Cyclooxygenase 2
  • asiaticoside
Topics
  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal (administration & dosage, isolation & purification, therapeutic use)
  • Antioxidants (administration & dosage, isolation & purification, therapeutic use)
  • Blotting, Western
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid (chemistry, cytology)
  • Centella (chemistry)
  • Cyclooxygenase 2 (biosynthesis)
  • Cytokines (blood)
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Lung (drug effects, enzymology, immunology, pathology)
  • Lung Injury (drug therapy, enzymology, immunology, pathology)
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred Strains
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II (biosynthesis)
  • PPAR gamma (biosynthesis)
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial (drug therapy, enzymology, immunology, pathology)
  • Triterpenes (administration & dosage, isolation & purification, therapeutic use)

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