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KMID : 1161420110140101181
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Journal of Medicinal Food
2011 Volume.14 No. 10 p.1181 ~ p.1189
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Alcohol-Fermented Soybean Increases the Expression of Receptor-Interacting Protein 2 and IκB Kinase β in Mouse Peritoneal Macrophages
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Rim Hong-Kun
Kim Kyu-Yeob
Ryu Jae-Gyu
Song Young-Hoon
Kim Hong-Hee
Han Jong-Hyun
Jeong Hyun-Ja
Kim Hyung-Min
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Abstract
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Soybean is a useful component of traditional Korean medicine with well-documented health-promoting effects. We investigated the effects of alcohol-fermented soybean (AFS) on immune function. When AFS treatment was used in combination with recombinant interferon-γ (rIFN-γ), there was a marked cooperative induction of nitric oxide (NO) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α production in mouse peritoneal macrophages. AFS increased the expression of inducible NO synthase mRNA and protein in rIFN-γ-primed macrophages. Treating macrophages with pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate, an inhibitor of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB), decreased the synergistic effects of AFS. In addition, AFS in combination with rIFN-γ increased the phosphorylation of p38 and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) but not extracellular signal-regulated kinase. However, AFS had no effect on phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinases by itself. The p38 inhibitor SB203580 or the JNK inhibitor SP600125 inhibited the AFS-induced NO and TNF-α production. When AFS was used in combination with rIFN-γ, there was a co-operative activation of NF-κB and receptor-interacting protein 2 (Rip2)/IκB kinase (IKK)-β. Our results indicate that AFS increases the production of NO and TNF-α through the activation of Rip2/IKK-β in rIFN-γ-primed macrophages.
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KEYWORD
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alcohol-fermented soybean, nitric oxide, nuclear factor-κB, receptor-interacting protein 2
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