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We have isolated four different phenylethanoid glycosides (purpureaside A, desrhamnosyl acteoside, calceolarioside B and plantainoside D) from the leaves of Digitalis purpurea (foxglove). The effects of these glycosides on activator protein-1 (AP-1)-mediated inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene expression in the Raw264.7 macrophage cell line have been studied. Of these four glycosides, purpureaside A potently inhibited iNOS induction by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Increase in iNOS mRNA by LPS was completely suppressed by purpureaside A. Purpureaside A did not significantly affect LPS-inducible nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation or the nuclear translocation of p65. Moreover, a reporter gene assay using AP-1 specific luciferase reporter revealed that the enhanced activity of AP-1 by LPS was completely abolished in cells treated with purpureaside A. These results demonstrated that purpureaside A inhibited LPS-inducible iNOS expression in macrophages through the suppression of AP-1, but not of NF-kappaB.
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PMID:Effects of phenylethanoid glycosides from Digitalis purpurea L. on the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase. 1596 51

Chrysoeriol is a flavonoid with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Despite the large number of studies performed on its biological activities, no clear picture of its mode of action has emerged. In the present study, we isolated chrysoeriol from the leaves of Digitalis purpurea (foxglove), and studied its effect on the induction of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene, and the mechanism of this induction in Raw264.7 macrophages. Chrysoeriol pretreatment potently inhibited the release of NO in the cells treated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and Western blot and RT-PCR analyses revealed that chrysoeriol inhibited the LPS-induced inductions of iNOS gene. Moreover, it is known that the activations of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and activator protein 1 (AP-1) are crucial steps in the transcriptional activation of the iNOS gene. Here, we found that chrysoeriol selectively suppressed AP-1 activation, and that activation of AP-1 is likely to be essential for iNOS induction in LPS-treated macrophages. This presumed inhibitory effect on AP-1 activation by chrysoeriol may be associated with its potent NO blocking and anti-inflammatory effects.
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PMID:Chrysoeriol potently inhibits the induction of nitric oxide synthase by blocking AP-1 activation. 1622 89