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Activation of PXR by Alpinetin Contributes to Abrogate Chemically Induced Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Front Pharmacol

Alpinetin is a naturally occurring flavonoid from the ginger plants. We previously reported the identification of alpinetin as a ligand of human pregnane X receptor (hPXR). The current study investigated the role of alpi

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Reference Id
1126
Evidence Id
17716
Core Evidence Id
17716
Source Reference Id
2228
Herb2 Reference Id
HBREF003025
Subject Paper Key
HBIN015751_32372959
Pubmed Id
32372959
Doi
10.3389/fphar.2020.00474
Paper Title
Activation of PXR by Alpinetin Contributes to Abrogate Chemically Induced Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Paper Abstract
Alpinetin is a naturally occurring flavonoid from the ginger plants. We previously reported the identification of alpinetin as a ligand of human pregnane X receptor (hPXR). The current study investigated the role of alpinetin as a putative PXR activator in ameliorating chemically induced inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We found that oral administration of alpinetin significantly alleviated the severity of dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice by decreasing the inflammatory infiltration, the levels of the pro-inflammatory mediators, and the PXR target genes in the colon. In vitro, alpinetin blocked the nuclear translocation of p-p65 in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW264.7 macrophages. Further, alpinetin significantly upregulated PXR target genes and inhibited TNF-alpha-induced NF-kappaB-luciferase activity in LS174T colorectal cells; however, this regulatory effects were lost when cellular PXR gene was knocked down. In PXR transactivation assays, alpinetin increased both mouse and human PXR transactivation in a dose-dependent manner. Ligand occluding mutants, S247W/C284W and S247W/C284W/S208W, in hPXR-reporter assays, abrogated alpinetin-induced hPXR transactivation. Finally, alpinetin bound to the hPXR-ligand-binding domain (LBD) was confirmed by competitive ligand binding assay. The current study significantly extends prior observations by validating a PXR/NF-kappaB regulatory mechanism governing alpinetin's anti-inflammatory effects in a murine model of IBD.
Journal
Front Pharmacol
Publish Year
2020
Experiment Subject
mouse; human; ginger; lipopolysaccharide (lps)-stimulated raw264.7 macrophages; ls174t colorectal cells
Experiment Type
Animal & Cell Experiment
Phenotype Related
Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Colitis
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Paper Title En
Activation of PXR by Alpinetin Contributes to Abrogate Chemically Induced Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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