Abstract：
:Identification of immunosuppressants from natural sources has a proven track record in immune mediated disorders. Pseudolaric acid B is a diterpenoid isolated from the roots of Pseudolarix amabilis, possessing potent immunomodulatory effect. However, the cytotoxicity limits its future clinical application. The purpose of this study was to investigate the immunosuppressive activity of Hexahydropseudolaric acid B, a Pseudolaric acid B derivative, on T cell-mediated immune response both in vitro and in vivo, and investigated its immunomodulatory effect to develop a more ascendant immunosuppressive agent. The results showed that Hexahydropseudolaric acid B could exert more preferable immunosuppressive activity and lower cytotoxicity than Pseudolaric acid B. Hexahydropseudolaric acid B significantly inhibited T cell proliferation activated by mitogen and alloantigen without obvious cytotoxicity in vitro. Furthermore, Hexahydropseudolaric acid B could ameliorate ear swelling in a mouse model of 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene-induced delayed-type hypersensitivity in vivo. Mechanistic study revealed that Hexahydropseudolaric acid B could enhance regulatory T cells via promoting Foxp3 expression and TGF-β level, accompanied by attenuating Akt activation, blocking p38MAPK/MK2-HSP27 signal cascades, and up-regulating PPAR-γ expression. Taken together, these results suggest that Hexahydropseudolaric acid B exerts more preferable immunosuppressive activity than its precursor Pseudolaric acid B by affecting multiple targets, which support the need for continued efforts to characterize the efficacy of HPAB as a promising and safe candidate to treat immune-related diseases.
journal_name
Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Li T,Chen H,Yang Z,Wang W,Wang YT,Zhang LM,Zhao JH,Zhou X,Li YMdoi
10.1016/j.ejphar.2014.10.009subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-12-15 00:00:00pages
10-8eissn
0014-2999issn
1879-0712pii
S0014-2999(14)00715-8journal_volume
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