Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of a combination of cannabidiol and moringin in LPS-stimulated macrophages

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Inflammatory response plays an important role in the activation and progress of many debilitating diseases. Natural products, like cannabidiol, a constituent of Cannabis sativa, and moringin, an isothiocyanate obtained from myrosinase-mediated hydrolysis of the glucosinolate precursor glucomoringin present in Moringa oleifera seeds, are well known antioxidants also endowed with anti-inflammatory activity. This is due to a covalent-based mechanism for ITC, while non-covalent interactions underlie the activity of CBD. Since these two mechanisms are distinct, and the molecular endpoints are potentially complementary, we investigated in a comparative way the protective effect of these compounds alone or in combination on lipopolysaccharide-stimulated murine macrophages. Our results show that the cannabidiol (5μM) and moringin (5μM) combination outperformed the single constituents that, at this dosage had only a moderate efficacy on inflammatory (Tumor necrosis factor-α, Interleukin-10) and oxidative markers (inducible nitric oxide synthase, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2, nitrotyrosine). Significant upregulation of Bcl-2 and downregulation of Bax and cleaved caspase-3 was observed in cells treated with cannabidiol-moringin combination. Treatment with the transient receptor potential vanilloid receptor 1 antagonist was detrimental for the efficacy of cannabidiol, while no effect was elicited by cannabinoid receptor 1 and cannabinoid receptor 2 antagonists. None of these receptors was involved in the activity of moringin. Taken together, our in vitro results testify the anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, and anti-apoptotic effects of the combination of cannabidiol and moringin.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:112

Enthalten in:

Fitoterapia - 112(2016) vom: 31. Juli, Seite 104-15

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rajan, Thangavelu Soundara [VerfasserIn]
Giacoppo, Sabrina [VerfasserIn]
Iori, Renato [VerfasserIn]
De Nicola, Gina Rosalinda [VerfasserIn]
Grassi, Gianpaolo [VerfasserIn]
Pollastro, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Bramanti, Placido [VerfasserIn]
Mazzon, Emanuela [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

19GBJ60SN5
3129-90-6
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Anti-inflammation
Antioxidants
Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins
Cannabidiol
Combination therapy
Cytokines
EC 1.14.13.39
Isothiocyanates
Isothiocyanic acid
Journal Article
LPS
Lipopolysaccharides
Macrophages
Moringin
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
Nos2 protein, mouse

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Date Completed 13.02.2017

Date Revised 21.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.fitote.2016.05.008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM260654671