Ganghwaljetongyeum, an anti-arthritic remedy, attenuates synoviocyte proliferation and reduces the production of proinflammatory mediators in macrophages: the therapeutic effect of GHJTY on rheumatoid arthritis

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Young Ran Kim⁴  BoA Kim⁵  Young-Eok Kim¹  Chang-Su Na²  Kyung Dong Lee³  Bo-Ram Jeoung⁴ 

[1] Department of Physical Therapy, Dongshin University, Naju, Jeonnam, 520-724, South Korea;College of Oriental Medicine, Dongshin University, Naju, Jeonnam, 520-724, South Korea;Department of Oriental Medicine Materials, Dongshin University, Naju, Jeonnam, 520-724, South Korea;Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Dongshin University, Naju, Jeonnam, 520-724, South Korea;Department of Microbiology, Chonnam University Medical School, Gwangju, 501-746, South Korea

关键词: NF-κB;    IL-1β;    Inflammation;    Synoviocytes;    Rheumatoid arthritis;    Ganghwaljetongyeum;   

Others  :  1230295
DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6882-13-47

 received in 2012-12-15, accepted in 2013-02-25,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Ganghwaljetongyeum (GHJTY), a complex herbal decoction, is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. However, the action mechanism of GHJTY is not still unclear on rheumatoid arthritis. In this study, we examined the beneficial effects and the action mechanisms of GHJTY on synoviocyte proliferation and inflammatory mediators.

Methods

To test the effect of GHJTY on synoviocyte proliferation, HIG-82 cells, rabbit knee synovial membrane cells, were treated with GHJTY under IL-1β. To evaluate the effects of GHJTY on proinflammatory mediators, we tested cytokine levels in RAW264.7 cells.

Results

Proliferation of HIG-82 cells was significantly inhibited by GHJTY treatment. We found that GHJTY caused cytoskeleton damage to HIG-82 cells. In contrast, treatment of GHJTY did not show any cytotoxicity to other different origin cell lines, HeLa and RAW264.7 cells. GHJTY inhibited IL-1β-mediated NF-κB activation in HIG-82 cells and reduced the LPS-mediated production of proinflammatory cytokines, TNF-α, IL-12, and NO in RAW264.7 cells. In addition, the expression of cyclooxygenase in LPS-activated RAW264.7 cells was also decreased by GHJTY treatment.

Conclusions

These results suggest that GHJTY might effectively attenuate rheumatoid arthritis by inhibiting the production of proinflammatory mediators and the proliferation of synoviocytes.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Jeoung et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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