ethyl-linolenate has been researched along with Disease-Models--Animal* in 1 studies
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Mulberry fruit prevents LPS-induced NF-κB/pERK/MAPK signals in macrophages and suppresses acute colitis and colorectal tumorigenesis in mice.
Here, we investigated the impact of mulberry fruit (MBF) extracts on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory responses in RAW 264.7 macrophages, and the therapeutic efficacy of MBF diet in mice with dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced acute colitis and MUC2(-/-) mice with colorectal cancer. In vitro, LPS-induced nitric oxide (NO) production was significantly inhibited by MBF extracts via suppressing the expression of proinflammatory molecules, including inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), interleukin-1 beta (IL-β) and IL-6. Particularly, a dose-dependent inhibition on LPS-induced inflammatory responses was observed following treatment with MBF dichloromethane extract (MBF-DE), in which linoleic acid and ethyl linolenate were identified as two active compounds. Moreover, we elucidated that MBF-DE attenuated LPS-induced inflammatory responses by blocking activation of both NF-κB/p65 and pERK/MAPK pathways. In vivo, DSS-induced acute colitis was significantly ameliorated in MBF-fed mice as gauged by weight loss, colon morphology and histological damage. In addition, MBF-fed MUC2(-/-) mice displayed significant decrease in intestinal tumor and inflammation incidence compared to control diet-fed group. Overall, our results demonstrated that MBF suppressed the development of intestinal inflammation and tumorgenesis both in vitro and in vivo, and supports the potential of MBF as a therapeutic functional food for testing in human clinical trials. Topics: Animals; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell Survival; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; Colitis; Colorectal Neoplasms; Cytokines; Dextran Sulfate; Dietary Supplements; Disease Models, Animal; Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases; Fruit; Gene Expression Regulation; Inflammation Mediators; Linoleic Acid; Linolenic Acids; Lipopolysaccharides; Macrophages; Mice; Mice, Knockout; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; Morus; Mucin-2; NF-kappa B; Nitric Oxide; Phosphorylation; Plant Extracts; Protein Transport; Signal Transduction | 2015 |