Abstract:
:Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a well-known chemokine critically involved in the pathophysiological progression of several inflammatory diseases including arthrosclerosis. N-caffeoyltryptamine is a phenolic amide with strong anti-inflammatory effects. Therefore, in this paper, the potential effect of N-caffeoyltryptamine on MCP-1 expression was investigated as a potential p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase inhibitor in vitro and in vivo. At the concentration of 20 μM, N-caffeoyltryptamine significantly inhibited p38 MAP kinase α, β, γ and δ by 15-50% (p < 0.05), particularly p38 MAP kinase α (IC50 = 16.7 μM) and β (IC50 = 18.3 μM). Also, the pretreatment of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated THP-1 cells with N-caffeoyltryptamine (10, 20 and 40 μM) led to significant suppression of MCP-1 production by 10-45% (p < 0.05) in the cells. Additionally, N-caffeoyltryptamine was also able to significantly downregulate MCP-1 mRNA expression in the THP-1 cells (p < 0.05). On the basis of this strong inhibition in vitro, an animal study was conducted to confirm this inhibitory effect in vivo. Rats were divided into three groups (n = 8): a normal control diet (C), a high-fat diet (HF), or a high-fat diet supplemented with N-caffeoyltryptamine (2 mg per day) (HFS). After 16 weeks, blood samples were collected from the rats in each group, and MCP-1 levels were determined in plasma with other atherogenic markers (C-reactive protein and soluble E-selectin (sE-selectin)). As expected, the average MCP-1 levels of the HF group were found to be higher than those of the C group (p < 0.05). However, the MCP-1 levels of the HFS group were significantly lower than those of the HF group (p < 0.05), suggesting that N-caffeoyltryptamine could decrease MCP-1 expression in vivo. Related to other atherogenic markers such as C-reactive protein and sE-selectin, there was no significant difference in their levels between the HF and HFS groups. These data suggest that N-caffeoyltryptamine may specifically suppress MCP-1 expression in vitro and in vivo, possibly by inhibiting p38 MAP kinase.
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Int J Mol Scijournal_title
International journal of molecular sciencesauthors
Park JBdoi
10.3390/ijms18061148subject
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2017-05-27 00:00:00issue
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