Suppressing mPGES-1 expression by sinomenine ameliorates inflammation and arthritis.

Biochemical pharmacology 2017 Oct 15

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Recently, microsomal prostaglandin E synthase 1 (mPGES-1) has attracted much attention from pharmacologists as a promising strategy and an attractive target for treating various types of diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which could preserve the anti-inflammatory effect while reducing the adverse effects often occur during administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Here, we report that sinomenine (SIN) decreased prostaglandin (PG)E2 levels without affecting prostacyclin (PG)I2 and thromboxane (TX)A2 synthesis via selective inhibiting mPGES-1 expression, a possible reason of low risk of cardiovascular event compared with NSAIDs. In addition, mPGES-1 protein expression was down-regulated by SIN treatment in the inflamed paw tissues both in carrageenan-induced edema model in rats and the collagen-II induced arthritis (CIA) model in DBA mice. More interestingly, SIN suppressed the last step of mPGES-1 gene expression by decreasing the DNA binding ability of NF-κB, paving a new way for drug discovery. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Hua Zhou, Jian-Xin Liu, Jin-Fang Luo, Chun-Song Cheng, Elaine Lai-Han Leung, Ying Li, Xiao-Hui Su, Zhong-Qiu Liu, Ting-Bo Chen, Fu-Gang Duan, Yan Dong, Yi-Han Zuo, Chong Li, Chon Kit Lio, Ting Li, Pei Luo, Ying Xie, Xiao-Jun Yao, Pei-Xun Wang, Liang Liu. Suppressing mPGES-1 expression by sinomenine ameliorates inflammation and arthritis. Biochemical pharmacology. 2017 Oct 15;142:133-144