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Kordulewska NK, Król-Grzymała A. The Effect of Osthole on Transient Receptor Potential Channels: A Possible Alternative Therapy for Atopic Dermatitis. J Inflamm Res 2024; 17:881-898. [PMID: 38351985 PMCID: PMC10863468 DOI: 10.2147/jir.s425978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
Abstract
Introduction Chronic recurrent skin inflammation and severe itching in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) significantly impair their quality of life. The H4 histamine receptor plays a key role in histamine-induced itching. During the skin inflammation associated with AD, pro-inflammatory mediators (interleukins, cytokines) are released from neurons. Ultimately, a cascade of reactions leads to the activation and sensitization of transient receptor potential channels (TRP), which exacerbate the inflammation and itching associated with AD. Osthole (OST) is a natural coumarin with a proven versatile pharmacological effect: anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory. However, the molecular mechanism of OST in relieving inflammation in histamine-mediated itching is not yet clear. Purpose In the studies presented, the possible effect of the OST action on the inhibition of the gene expression of the histamine H4 receptor and the key genes of the TRP channels as well as on the concentration of proinflammatory interleukins was analyzed. Methods Inflammation was induced in a 3D skin model and a keratinocyte cell line Normal Human Epidermal Keratinocytes (NHEK) identical to that of AD, and then OST was administered at various doses. The concentrations of IL-4/-13 were determined by ELISA. RNA was isolated from the 3D skin cells and the NHEK cell line, and the qPCR method was used to determine the expression of: IL-4α, H4R, TRPV1, TRPV4, TRPM8 analyzed. Results The study showed that OST significantly reduced the secretion of IL-4/-13 in a keratinocyte cell line and in a 3D skin model. In addition, OST was found to significantly decrease the gene expression of IL-4α, H4R, TRPV1, TRPV4 and increase TRPM8 in both the NHEK cell line and the organotypic 3D skin model. Conclusion The data obtained provide the first in vitro evidence of itch relief following the application of OST to atopic skin. Research on the use of OST as an active component of emollients in the treatment of AD should be continued in the future.
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Affiliation(s)
- Natalia Karolina Kordulewska
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, 10-719, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, 10-719, Poland
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Yang S, Dai W, Wang J, Zhang X, Zheng Y, Bi S, Pang L, Ren T, Yang Y, Sun Y, Zheng Z, Wu S, Kong J. Osthole: An up-to-date review of its anticancer potential and mechanisms of action. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:945627. [PMID: 36160431 PMCID: PMC9490127 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.945627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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With its high incidence and mortality rates, cancer is one of the largest health problems worldwide. Investigating various cancer treatment options has been the focus of many domestic and international researchers, and significant progress has been made in the study of the anticancer effects of traditional Chinese medicines. Osthole, a coumarin compound extracted from Cnidium monnieri (L.) Cuss., has become a new research hotspot. There have been many reports on its anticancer effects, and recent studies have elucidated that its underlying mechanism of action mainly involves inhibiting cancer cell proliferation, inducing cancer cell apoptosis, inhibiting invasion and migration of cancer cells, inhibiting cancer angiogenesis, increasing sensitivity to chemotherapy drugs, and reversing multidrug resistance of cancer cells. This mini-review summarizes the research progress on the anticancer effects of osthole in recent years.
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- Shaojie Yang
- Biliary Surgery (2nd General) Unit, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Innovation Institute of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Biliary Surgery (2nd General) Unit, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Biliary Surgery (2nd General) Unit, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Biliary Surgery (2nd General) Unit, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Biliary Surgery (2nd General) Unit, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Breast Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Urinary Surgery, Taizhou Enze Medical Center (Group) Enze Hospital, Taizhou, China
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- Biliary Surgery (2nd General) Unit, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Biliary Surgery (2nd General) Unit, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Biliary Surgery (2nd General) Unit, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Biliary Surgery (2nd General) Unit, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Biliary Surgery (2nd General) Unit, Department of General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
- *Correspondence: Jing Kong,
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Ogaki A, Ikegaya Y, Koyama R. Replacement of Mouse Microglia With Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (hiPSC)-Derived Microglia in Mouse Organotypic Slice Cultures. Front Cell Neurosci 2022; 16:918442. [PMID: 35910250 PMCID: PMC9325970 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2022.918442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Microglia, the major immune cells in the brain, are reported to differ in gene expression patterns among species. Therefore, it would be preferable in some cases to use human microglia rather than mouse microglia in microglia-targeted disease research. In the past half a decade, researchers have developed in vivo transplantation methods in which human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived microglia (hiPSC-MG) are transplanted into a living mouse brain. However, in vivo transplantation methods are not necessarily accessible to all researchers due to the difficulty of obtaining the materials needed and the transplantation technique itself. In addition, for in vivo systems for microglia-targeted drug screening, it is difficult to control the pharmacokinetics, especially blood-brain barrier permeability. Therefore, in addition to existing in vivo transplantation systems, the development of an ex vivo transplantation system would help to further evaluate the properties of hiPSC-MG. In this study, we aimed to establish a method to efficiently transplant hiPSC-MG into cultured mouse hippocampal slices. We found that approximately 80% of the total microglia in a cultured slice were replaced by hiPSC-derived microglia when innate microglia were pharmacologically removed prior to transplantation. Furthermore, when neuronal death was induced by applying Kainic acid (KA) to slice cultures, transplanted hiPSC-MG changed their morphology and phagocytosed cell debris. Thus, this study provides a method to transplant hiPSC-MG into the mouse hippocampal slice cultures with a high replacement rate. Because the transplanted microglia survived and exerted phagocytic functions, this method will be useful for evaluating the properties of hiPSC-MG ex vivo.
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- Ari Ogaki
- Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan
- Institute for AI and Beyond, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan
- Center for Information and Neural Networks, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Suita, Japan
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- Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan
- Institute for AI and Beyond, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan
- *Correspondence: Ryuta Koyama
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The Signaling Pathways and Targets of Natural Compounds from Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treating Ischemic Stroke. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27103099. [PMID: 35630576 PMCID: PMC9148018 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27103099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ischemic stroke (IS) is a common neurological disorder associated with high disability rates and mortality rates. At present, recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (r-tPA) is the only US(FDA)-approved drug for IS. However, due to the narrow therapeutic window and risk of intracerebral hemorrhage, r-tPA is currently used in less than 5% of stroke patients. Natural compounds have been widely used in the treatment of IS in China and have a wide range of therapeutic effects on IS by regulating multiple targets and signaling pathways. The keywords "ischemia stroke, traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese herbal medicine, natural compounds" were used to search the relevant literature in PubMed and other databases over the past five years. The results showed that JAK/STAT, NF-κB, MAPK, Notch, Nrf2, and PI3K/Akt are the key pathways, and SIRT1, MMP9, TLR4, HIF-α are the key targets for the natural compounds from traditional Chinese medicine in treating IS. This study aims to update and summarize the signaling pathways and targets of natural compounds in the treatment of IS, and provide a base of information for the future development of effective treatments for IS.
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Kordulewska N, Topa J, Cieślińska A, Jarmołowska B. Osthole Regulates Secretion of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines and Expression of TLR2 and NF-κB in Normal Human Keratinocytes and Fibroblasts. J Inflamm Res 2022; 15:1501-1519. [PMID: 35261546 PMCID: PMC8898189 DOI: 10.2147/jir.s349216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Natalia Kordulewska
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
- Correspondence: Natalia Kordulewska, Tel + 48 89 523 37 63, Fax + 48 89 535 20 15, Email
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- Laboratory of Translational Oncology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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Adu-Nti F, Gao X, Wu JM, Li J, Iqbal J, Ahmad R, Ma XM. Osthole Ameliorates Estrogen Deficiency-Induced Cognitive Impairment in Female Mice. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:641909. [PMID: 34025413 PMCID: PMC8134730 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.641909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Loss of endogenous estrogen and dysregulation of the estrogen receptor signaling pathways are associated with an increase in risk for cognitive deficit and depression in women after menopause. Estrogen therapy for menopause increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancers, and stroke. Therefore, it is critical to find an alternate treatment for menopausal women. Osthole (OST), a coumarin, has been reported to have neuroprotective effects. This study examined whether OST improves ovariectomy (OVX)-induced cognitive impairment, and alleviates anxiety- and depression-like behaviors induced by OVX in mice. Adult female C57BL/6J mice were ovariectomized and then treated with OST at a dose of 30 mg/kg for 14 days. At the end of the treatment period, behavioral tests were used to evaluate spatial learning and memory, recognition memory, anxiety- and depression-like behaviors. A cohort of the mice were sacrificed after 14 days of OST treatment and their hippocampi were collected for measurement of the proteins of interest using western blot. OVX-induced alteration in the levels of proteins was accompanied by cognitive deficit, anxiety- and depression-like behaviors. OST treatment improved cognitive deficit, alleviated anxiety- and depression-like behaviors induced by OVX, and reversed OVX-induced alterations in the levels of synaptic proteins and ERα, BDNF, TrKB, p-CREB, p-Akt and Rac1 in the hippocampus. Therefore, reversal of OVX-induced decrease in the levels of hippocampal proteins by OST might contribute to the effects of OST on improving cognitive deficit and alleviating anxiety- and depression-like behaviors induced by OVX.
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- Frank Adu-Nti
- Department of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Chinese Crude Drugs in Northwest China, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Chinese Crude Drugs in Northwest China, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Chinese Crude Drugs in Northwest China, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Chinese Crude Drugs in Northwest China, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Chinese Crude Drugs in Northwest China, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neuroscience, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National Engineering Laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Chinese Crude Drugs in Northwest China, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT, United States
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