Herbal melanin activates TLR4/NF-κ
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- 作者：Fredrik Ö ; berg ; Adil Haseeb ; Matilda Ahnfelt ; Fredrik Ponté ; n ; Bengt Westermark ; Adila El-Obeid
- 关键词：Herbal melanin ; NF-κ ; B ; TLR4 ; Iκ ; Bα ; ; Caspase 8
- 刊名：Phytomedicine
- 出版年：2009
- 出版时间：May 2009
- 年：2009
- 卷：16
- 期：5
- 页码：477-484
- 全文大小：321 K
文摘
Expression of many pro-inflammatory cytokines is controlled by the NF-κB signaling pathway. NF-κB is induced by LPS through activation of TLR4. Melanins extracted from fungal, plant and human sources modulate cytokine production and activate NF-κB pathway. We showed that a herbal melanin (HM) from Nigella sativa L. modulates cytokine production and suggested it as a ligand for TLR4. In this study we investigated the possibility that the HM-induced cytokine production is via an NF-κB signaling pathway. We found that HM induced the degradation of IκBα, a key step in the activation of NF-κB. Moreover, addition of IκB kinase (IKK) specific inhibitors effectively inhibited the observed HM-induced production of IL-8 and IL-6 by TLR4-transfected HEK293 cells and THP-1 cells. Our results have also shown that HM induced cleavage of caspase 8, and that this cleavage was partially abrogated by IKK inhibitors. We suggest that HM can modulate the inflammatory response by inducing IL-8 and IL-6 production via TLR4-dependent activation of the NF-κB signaling pathway.