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FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 63, Issue -, Pages 53-61Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.10.040
Keywords
Color-fleshed potato peel; Inflammation; NF-kappa B; p38 MAPK; MKK3/6; Colitis
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- Cooperative Research Program for Agriculture Science & Technology Development [PJ009146]
- Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea
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In this study, the authors investigated the molecular mechanism underlying the antiinflammatory effects of the chloroform fraction of the peel of 'Jayoung' (CFPJ), a color-fleshed potato, on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages and in mice with dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis. CFPJ inhibited the expressions of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) at the transcription level, and attenuated the transcriptional activity of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) by reducing the transfocation of NF-kappa B depending on degradation of inhibitory kappa B-alpha (I kappa B-alpha). Furthermore, CFPJ attenuated the phosphorylations of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases3/6 (MKK3/6) and of p38. In colitis model, CFPJ significantly reduced the severity of colitis and the productions and protein levels of pro-inflammatory mediators in colonic tissue. These results suggest that the anti-inflammatory effects of CFPJ are associated with the suppression of NF-kappa B and p38 activation in macrophages, and support its possible therapeutic role for the treatment of colitis. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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