Shanmugam, Kirubakaran, Holmquist, Lina, Steele, Megan, Stuchbury, Grant, Berbaum, Katrin, Schulz, Oliver, Garcia, Obdulio Benavente, Castillo, Julian, Burnell, Jim, Garcia Rivas, Vernon, Dobson, Geoff, and Muench, Gerald (2008) Plant-derived polyphenols attenuate lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide and tumour necrosis factor production in murine microglia and macrophages. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 52 (4). pp. 427-438.

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Lipopolysaccharides released during bacterial infections induce the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and lead to complications such as neuronal damage in the CNS and septic shock in the periphery. While the initial infection is treated by antibiotics, anti-inflammatory agents would be advantageous add-on medications. In order to identify such compounds, we have compared 29 commercially available polyphenol-containing plant extracts and pure compounds for their ability to prevent LPS-induced up-regulation of NO production. Among the botanical extracts, bearberry and grape seed were the most active preparations, exhibiting IC50 values of around 20 g/mL. Among the pure compounds, IC50 values for apigenin, diosmetin and silybin were 15, 19 and 12 M, in N-11 murine microglia, and 7, 16 and 25 M, in RAW 264.7 murine macrophages, respectively. In addition, these flavonoids were also able to down-regulate LPS-induced tumour necrosis factor production. Structure-activity relationships of the flavonoids demonstrated three distinct principles: (i) flavonoid-aglycons are more potent than the corresponding glycosides, (ii) flavonoids with a 4-OH substitution in the B-ring are more potent than those with a 3-OH-4-methoxy substitution, (iii) flavonoids of the flavone type (with a C2=C3 double bond) are more potent than those of the flavanone type (with a at C2-C3 single bond).

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