Immunomodulatory effect of an isolated fraction from Tinospora crispa on intracellular expression of INF-γ, IL-6 and IL-8

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Salmah Ismail²  Mahmood Ameen Abdulla³  Iman Fahmi⁴  Walaa Najm Abood¹ 

[1] Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Diyala, Baqubah, Iraq;Institute of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;Department of Molecular medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

关键词: Tinospora crispa;    INF-γ;    Immunomodulatory;    IL-8;    IL-6;   

Others  :  830039
DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6882-14-205

 received in 2014-01-02, accepted in 2014-06-23,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Immunomodulators are substances that modify immune system response to a threat. Immunomodulators modulate and potentiate the immune system, keeping it highly prepared for any threat. The immunomodulatory effect of the traditional medicine Tinospora crispa is investigated in this work.

Methods

T. crispa ethanol extract was fractionated by using different solvents. The ethanol extract and effective isolated fraction were used to investigate the potential immunomodulatory effect of different T. crispa doses ranging from 25 μg/mL to 1000 μg/mL on RAW 246.7 cells by detecting intracellular INF-γ, IL-6, and IL-8 expressions. The antioxidant activity of T. crispa was evaluated through FRAP and DPPH. The total phenolic and total flavonoid contents were also quantified.

Results

Results show that T. crispa extract has higher antioxidant potential than ascorbic acid. The FRAP value of T. crispa extract is 11011.11 ± 1145.42 μmol Fe⁺²/g, and its DPPH inhibition percentage is 55.79 ± 7.9, with 22 μg/mL IC50. The results also reveal that the total phenolic content of T. crispa extract is 213.16- ± 1.31 mg GAE/g dry stem weight, and the total flavonoid content is 62.07- ± 39.76 mg QE/g dry stem weight. T. crispa crude extract and its isolated fraction significantly stimulate RAW264.7 cell viability (P ≤ 0.05) and intracellular INF-γ, IL-6, and IL-8 expressions. The results of LC-MS show that four of the active compounds detected in the T. crispa isolated fraction are cordioside, quercetin, eicosenoic acid (paullinic acid), and boldine.

Conclusions

The results of this study obviously indicate that T. crispa has immunomodulatory effects through the stimulation of INF-γ, IL-6, and IL-8 expressions. LC-MS phytochemical analysis showed that the T. crispa fraction has cordioside, quercetin, eicosenoic acid (paullinic acid), and boldine, which may be responsible for the immunostimulator effect of T. crispa.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Abood et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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