Immunomodulatory efficacy of Cousinia thomsonii C.B. Clarke in ameliorating inflammatory cascade expressions

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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Cousinia thomsonii is traditionally known for treating various diseases including joint pain, swelling, body ache, asthma, dermatitis, cough and arthritis.

AIM OF THE STUDY: This study employs lipopolysaccharide induced inflammatory wistar-rat model to evaluate efficacy of Cousinia thomsonii active-extracts on the expression of crucial inflammatory markers viz. iNOS, PPAR-γ, Rel-A, COX-2 and serum analysis of CRP.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Methanol and aqueous extracts were administered orally at 25, 50, 100 mg/kg doses for 21 days. Serum was collected on 22nd day and rats were sacrificed to extract paw tissues. Dexamethasone (0.5 mg/kg) served as positive control. Immunoblotting and qPCR was used for expression analysis of iNOS, PPAR-γ, Rel-A, COX-2 respectively. ELISA was employed for evaluating CRP levels. Discovery-studio and Auto-Dock-Vina were used to check docking interactions of various identified compounds.

RESULTS: Both extracts caused dose-dependent decline in iNOS, Rel-A, COX-2 and CRP levels, while there was a dose-dependent increase in PPAR-γ expression. Methanol extract dominated immunomodulatory potential as compared with the aqueous extract. The results of the GCMS revealed the presence of ten compounds. Some of these compounds include 1-Octacosanol, Ethyl Linoleate, 1-Heptacosanol, 1-Hexadecanol, 1-Dodecanol and Behenic alcohol having strong anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-acne and anti-viral activities. Molecular Docking scores were calculated between each target protein and selected compounds. The best affinity/interactions were observed between 1-Octacosanol towards iNOS, PPAR-γ, Rel-A, COX-2 and CRP with binding energy of -10.4, -11.1, -8.6, -9.9 and -7.9 (kcal/mol) respectively. These compounds may act as strong inhibitors for iNOS, Rel-A, COX-2 and CRP or as agonists for PPAR-γ; thereby inducing anti-inflammatory/immuno-modulatory activities.

CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that Cousinia thomsonii contains therapeutically active compounds and thus could serve as potential therapeutic regimen against diverse inflammatory diseases.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:300

Enthalten in:

Journal of ethnopharmacology - 300(2023) vom: 10. Jan., Seite 115727

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dar, Khalid Bashir [VerfasserIn]
Parry, Ruhban Ansar [VerfasserIn]
Bhat, Aashiq Hussain [VerfasserIn]
Beigh, Afaq Hameed [VerfasserIn]
Ahmed, Maroof [VerfasserIn]
Khaja, Umer Majeed [VerfasserIn]
Ganie, Aijaz Hassan [VerfasserIn]
Mir, Manzoor Ahmad [VerfasserIn]
Reshi, Bilal Ahmad [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Ishfaq Shafi [VerfasserIn]
Ganie, Showkat Ahmad [VerfasserIn]

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1-octacosanol
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Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Cyclooxygenase 2
Dexamethasone
Dodecanol
EC 1.14.99.1
Fatty Alcohols
Immunomodulatory
Journal Article
Lipopolysaccharide
Lipopolysaccharides
Methanol
Methanol and aqueous extracts
Molecular docking
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
Plant Extracts
Rat model
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Date Completed 11.10.2022

Date Revised 11.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jep.2022.115727

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346333318