Use of Physcion to Improve Atopic Dermatitis-Like Skin Lesions through Blocking of Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin

Molecules

Hyun-Ja Jeong¹  Na-Ra Han²  Phil-Dong Moon²  JinSoo Lee²  Hyung-Min Kim²  Soonsik Kang³  Sungwei Hong³  Min-Sun Yoo³  Hyeong-Jin Kim³  Ji-Hyeon Kim³  Hyun-Woo Jee³ 

[1] Department of Food Science &Department of Pharmacology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea;Department of Science in Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea;

关键词: physcion;    thymic stromal lymphopoietin;    atopic dermatitis;    mast cells;    caspase-1;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules24081484

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Physcion is well known for the treatment of carcinoma. However, the therapeutic effect of physcion on atopic dermatitis (AD) through the inhibition of thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) level remains largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the anti-AD effect of physcion using HMC-1 cells, splenocytes, and a murine model. Treatment with physcion decreased production and mRNA expression levels of TSLP, IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-1β in activated HMC-1 cells. Physcion reduced the expression levels of RIP2/caspase-1 and phospho (p)ERK/pJNK/pp38 in activated HMC-1 cells. Physcion suppressed the expression levels of pIKKβ/NF-κB/pIkBα in activated HMC-1 cells. Moreover, physcion attenuated the production levels of TSLP, IL-4, IL-6, TNF-α, and IFN-γ from activated splenocytes. Oral administration of physcion improved the severity of 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene-induced AD-like lesional skin through reducing infiltration of inflammatory cells and mast cells, and the protein and mRNA levels of TSLP, IL-4, and IL-6 in the lesional skin tissues. Physcion attenuated histamine, IgE, TSLP, IL-4, IL-6, and TNF-α levels in serum. In addition, physcion inhibited caspase-1 activation in the lesional skin tissues. These findings indicate that physcion could ameliorate AD-like skin lesions by inhibiting TSLP levels via caspase-1/MAPKs/NF-kB signalings, which would provide experimental evidence of the therapeutic potential of physcion for AD.

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