engeletin and Endometritis

Phytochemicals belonging to the class of flavonoids have been used in medicine for the treatment of different kinds of human health complications. Flavonoids have beneficial health aspects in medicine mainly due to their anti-microbial, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and anti-carcinogenic activities. They have been scientifically investigated for their health benefit and pharmacological activities in medicine. Engeletin is a pure flavanonol class phytocompound present in the skin of white grapes and white wine. Engeletin has numerous pharmacological activities in medicine.. In order to know the beneficial health aspects of engeletin in medicine, scientific data on engeletin have been collected from different literature sources and analyzed in the present work. The present work summarized the important findings of engeletin with respect to its medicinal uses, pharmacological activities, and analytical aspects in medicine. All the scientific data were collected from PubMed, Google, Scopus, Science Direct and Google Scholar and analyzed in the present work.. Scientific data analysis of research works revealed the biological importance and therapeutic benefit of engeletin in medicine. Engeletin has attracted scientific attention mainly due to its antiinflammatory and anti-tumor potential. Engeletin could inhibit the occurrence of cervical cancer and delay the development of liver damage and lung cancer in mice. Engeletin was found to inhibit lipopolysaccharides- induced endometritis in mice by inhibiting the inflammatory response. Pharmacological data analysis revealed the therapeutic importance of engeletin against acute lung injury, inflammatory diseases, liver injury, pulmonary fibrogenesis, Alzheimer's disease, endometritis, cervical carcinogenesis, lung cancer, and osteoarthritis. Analytical data signified the importance of modern analytical tools for separating, isolating, and identifying engeletin.. Scientific data analysis revealed the biological importance and therapeutic benefit of engeletin in medicine and other allied health sectors.

Topics: Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Endometritis; Female; Flavonols; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Medicine, Traditional; Mice

Engeletin (dihydrokaempferol 3-rhamnoside) is a flavanonol glycoside. It can be found in the skin of white grapes and white wine and is widely distributed in southeast Asia, and the leaves are used in a tea. Here, we explored the impact of engeletin against the inflammatory reaction in a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced endometritis mouse model. Engeletin treatment significantly attenuated uterus damage and decreased myeloperoxidase activity. ELISA and qPCR assays showed that engeletin dose-dependently suppressed the expression of TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6. Molecular studies also demonstrated that the levels of iNOS, COX-2, and TLR4, along with their downstream molecules MyD88, IRAK1, TRAF6, and TAK1, were also suppressed by engeletin. In addition, engeletin treatment inhibited NF-κB signaling-pathway activation. Moreover, immunofluorescence analysis demonstrated that engeletin suppressed NF-κB-p65 nuclear translocation. These data indicated the protective action of engeletin against LPS-stimulated endometritis in mice via negative regulation of pro-inflammatory mediators via the TLR4-regulated NF-κB pathway.

Topics: Animals; Endometritis; Female; Flavonols; Glycosides; Humans; Lipopolysaccharides; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; NF-kappa B; Signal Transduction; Toll-Like Receptor 4