Abstract:
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE:Magnolia officinalis bark is used in traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of cough, colds, fever, chronic bronchitis and stomach ailments. AIM OF THE STUDY:To investigate therapeutic effects of polyphenol rich extract from M. officinalis bark (MPE) in influenza virus A-infected mice, and to provide evidence for the inflammation response and immunomodulatory potential during infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Mice were infected with influenza virus A (IVA) and MPE at doses of 10 and 20mg/kg were orally administrated daily for 5 days after challenge. The levels of serum L-6 and TNF-α were determined by ELISA while protein expressions of NF-κB and TLR3 were detected by western blotting analysis. RESULTS:MPE exhibited significant therapeutical effects on reducing levels of serum NO, IL-6 and TNF-α, inhibiting pneumonia, decreasing lung viral titers and sensitizing IVA-induced apoptosis through down-regulation of NF-κB and TLR3 protein expression in the lung tissue of IVA-infected mice. CONCLUSIONS:MPE could exhibit preventive and therapeutical effects on IVA-infected mice as a suppressor of the production of inflammatory mediators, NO and pro-inflammatory cytokines, TNF-α and IL-6. These effects appeared to be mediated, at least in part, by an inhibition of TLR3 and NF-κB activation. Therefore, MPE could provide a safe and effective therapeutic approach for influenza and its subsequent viral pneumonia.
journal_name
J Ethnopharmacoljournal_title
Journal of ethnopharmacologyauthors
Wu XN,Yu CH,Cai W,Hua J,Li SQ,Wang Wdoi
10.1016/j.jep.2010.11.074subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-03-08 00:00:00pages
191-4issue
1eissn
0378-8741issn
1872-7573pii
S0378-8741(10)00859-7journal_volume
134pub_type
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