Antiinflammatory effect of Daesiho, a Korean traditional prescription for cerebral infarct patients.

Abstract

Daesiho, a prescription composed of eight herbal mixtures, has been widely used in the treatment of cerebral infarct in Oriental medicine. However, the mechanisms by which the formula affects the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in cerebral infarct patients remains unknown. The levels of secretory protein pro-inflammatory cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-6, were significantly increased in both lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from cerebral infarct patients and LPS-stimulated THP-1 differentiated macrophage-like cells (THP-1/M). However, pretreatment with Daesiho significantly inhibited the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, including TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-6, in stimulated PBMCs and THP-1/M cells. In addition, Daesiho significantly suppressed mRNA expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Therefore, these data indicate that Daesiho may be beneficial in the cessation of inflammatory processes of cerebral infarction through suppression of the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines via inhibition of mRNA expression.

• Authors: Yunha Kim, Hong-Seob So, Se-Jin Kim, Myung-Ja Youn, Jeong-Han Lee, Nam-Song Kim, Jeong-Ho Lee, Won-Hong Woo, Dong Wook Lee, Kwang-Ho Cho, Byung-Soon Moon, Raekil Park
• Journal: Phytotherapy research : PTR (Phytother Res) Vol. 22 Issue 6 Pg. 829-35 (Jun 2008) ISSN: 1099-1573 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 18412147 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: Copyright (c) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Chemical References

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents
• Interleukin-1beta
• Interleukin-6
• Plant Extracts
• RNA, Messenger
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Topics

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents (chemistry, isolation & purification, pharmacology)
• Cell Survival (drug effects)
• Cells, Cultured
• Cerebral Infarction (blood, prevention & control)
• Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
• Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
• Humans
• Interleukin-1beta (genetics, metabolism)
• Interleukin-6 (genetics, metabolism)
• Korea
• Leukocytes, Mononuclear (cytology, drug effects, metabolism)
• Medicine, East Asian Traditional
• Plant Extracts (chemistry, isolation & purification, pharmacology)
• Plants, Medicinal (chemistry)
• RNA, Messenger (genetics, metabolism)
• Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (genetics, metabolism)