RHODIOLA SACHALINESISINDUCES THE EXPRESSION OF INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE GENE BY MURINE FETAL HEPATOCYTES (BNL CL.2)
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology
- Vol. 23 (1), 25-33
- https://doi.org/10.1081/IPH-100102564
Abstract
We have examined the effect of the aqueous extract of Rhodiola sachalinensis root (RSE), a traditional herbal medicine, on nitric oxide (NO) synthesis in murine fetal hepatocytes (BNL CL.2) by measuring the stable end-product nitrite and the mRNA of inducible NO synthase (iNOS). Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) by itself failed to induce NO synthesis in BNL CL.2 cells. RSE also did not elicit NO synthesis at concentrations up to 1000 μg/ml, but dose- and time-dependently induced NO synthesis in the presence of IFN-γ in BNL CL.2 cells. Whereas RSE or IFN-γ failed to induce detectable levels of iNOS mRNA, a combination of RSE and IFN-γ markedly induced iNOS mRNA in BNL CL.2 cells. Thus, we found that RSE triggered IFN-γ-primed BNL CL.2 cells to synthesize NO by inducing iNOS gene expression. The capability of RSE to induce NO synthesis might be related to the therapeutic efficacy of RSE on the liver diseases.Keywords
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