Anti-nociceptive, anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic activities of pregnane glycosides from the root bark of Periploca sepium Bunge

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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Periploca sepium Bunge (P. sepium) is used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, particularly rheumatoid arthritis. Periploca sepium periplosides (PePs), isolated from the root bark of P. sepium, characterized as the cardiac glycosides-free pregnane glycosides fraction, is expected to possess therapeutic potential on inflammatory arthritis.

AIM OF THE STUDY: The current study is designed to evaluate the anti-nociceptive, anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic activities effects of the PePs.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The anti-nociceptive activity of PePs was examined in the writhing test and hot-plate test in mice. The anti-inflammatory activity of PePs was determined by the 2, 4-dinitro-1-fluorobenzene (DNFB)-induced ear edema model and the carrageenan induced paw edema model in mice. The anti-arthritic activity of PePs was investigated by evaluating the joint inflammation and arthritis pathology in rat adjuvant induced arthritis (AIA) and murine collagen induced arthritis (CIA). Phytohaemagglutinin M (PHA-M) -elicited human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were further applied to assess the suppressive activity of PePs on IFN-γ and IL-17 production.

RESULTS: PePs treatment markedly decreased the acetic acid-induced visceral nociceptive response and increased the hot-plate pain threshold. Further, oral administration of PePs exhibited anti-inflammatory activity by decreasing DNFB-induced ear edema in mice and carrageenan-induced paw edema in rats. Moreover, oral treatment of PePs ameliorated joint swelling and attenuated bone erosion in rodent arthritis, and the therapeutic benefits were partially attributed to the suppression of proinflammatory cytokines such IFN-γ and IL-17. Moreover, PePs suppressed the proliferation as well as IFN-γ and IL-17 secretion in PHA-M-elicited human PBMCs in a concentration dependent manner.

CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, our results justified the traditional use of Periploca sepium Bunge for the treatment of diseases associated with inflammation and pain.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:265

Enthalten in:

Journal of ethnopharmacology - 265(2021) vom: 30. Jan., Seite 113345

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lin, Ze-Min [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yu-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yue-Teng [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Xiao-Qian [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Feng-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Wei-Min [VerfasserIn]
He, Shi-Jun [VerfasserIn]
Zuo, Jian-Ping [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Analgesics
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Anti-arthritic activity
Anti-inflammatory activity
Anti-nociceptive activity
Antirheumatic Agents
Glycosides
Inflammatory arthritis
Journal Article
Periploca sepium Bunge
Pregnane glycoside
Pregnane glycosides
Pregnanes

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Date Completed 26.02.2021

Date Revised 26.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jep.2020.113345

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314634568