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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 558-567Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2014.10.005
Keywords
Innate immunity; Scutellaria baicalensis extract (SBE); Baicalin; Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV); Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
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- Ministry of Science and Higher Education [N N407 081439]
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Scutellariae Radix (root of Scutellaria baicalensis) has a long history of application in traditional and in modern herbal medications. The major components of Scutellariae Radix are baicalin, baicalein, wogonoside and wogonin. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that Scutellaria has immunomodulatory effects and possesses compelling anticancer potential. Treatment of peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) with Scutellaria extract (SBE) enriched in baicalin, reduced viability of PBLs obtained from patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). SBE had no impact on the survival of healthy, control leukocytes. The immune system modulation by SBE resulted in increased production of IFN gamma in PBLs, and reduced TNF alpha and IL-10 production in bone marrow cells (BMC), in ALL patients. SBE stimulated the nonspecific antiviral immunity, assessed by resistance of PBB and BMC to vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) infection. SBE showed pro-apoptotic activity in NALM-6 cell line (B-type human leukemia). The number of cells expressing annexin V increased from 6% in control cultures to 29% and 52% after treatment with 100 mu g/ml and 200 mu g/ml respectively. Increased percentage of apoptotic cells was observed when cells were treated with corresponding concentration of baicalin. SBE enhanced apoptosis of PBLs in BMC of leukemic children. The percentage of PBLs that underwent apoptosis and mean annexin V expression increased from 11% in the control to 17% and 24% for the doses of 100 mu g/ml and 200 mu g/ml respectively. Importantly, SBE did not induce apoptosis of PBLs in the healthy, control group. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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