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KMID : 0387420010120020157
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2001 Volume.12 No. 2 p.157 ~ p.171
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A Study on the Effects of Sunghyangjungkisan-ga-pogokyoung on In vitro Alzheimer’s Disease Experimental Model
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Kang Hyung-Won
Lyu Yeoung-Su
Park Jin-Sung
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Abstract
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Astrocytes are glial cells that play a major role in the inflammation observed in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Upon stimulation from various agents, these cells adopt a reactive phenotype, a morphological hallmark in AD pathology, during which they themselves may produce still more inflammatory cytokines. Substance P (SP) can stimulate secretion of tumor necrosis $factor-\;{\alpha}$ $(TNF-\;{\alpha})$ from astrocytes stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Here I report that Sunghyangjungkisan- ga- pogokyoung(Sgp) can modulate cytokines secretion from primary cultures of rat astrocytes. Sgp $(10\;to\;1000\;{\mu}g/ml)$ significantly inhibited the $TNF-\;{\alpha}$ secretion by astrocytes stimulated with LPS and SP. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) has been shown to elevate $TNF-\;{\alpha}$ secretion from LPS-stimulated astrocytes while having no effect on astrocytes in the absence of LPS. Treatment of Sgp $(10\;to\;1000\;{\mu}g/ml)$ to astrocytes stimulated with both LPS and SP decreased IL-1 secretion significantly. The secretion of $TNF-\;{\alpha}$ by LPS and SP in astrocytes was progressively inhibited with increasing amount of IL-1 neutralizing antibody. Neurodegenerative processes in AD are thought to be driven in part by the deposition of ${\beta}\;-amyloid\;(A\;{\beta})$, a 39- to 43-amino acid peptide product resulting from an alternative cleavage of amyloid precursor protein. Sgp $(10\;to\;1000\;{\mu}g/ml)$ significantly inhibited the $TNF-\;{\alpha}$ secretion by astrocytes stimulated with $A-{\beta}-$and IL-1. These results suggest that Sgp may inhibit $TNF-\;{\alpha}$ secretion by inhibiting IL-1 secretion and that Sgp has an antiinflammatory activity in AD brain
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KEYWORD
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Tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha}\, (TNF-\, {\alpha})$, astrocytes, Interleukin-1(IL-1), ${\beta}\, -amyloid\, (A\, {\beta})$, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Sunghyangjungkisan-ga- pogokyoung(Sgp), Substance P (SP)
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