Inhibition of leukotriene synthesis by honokiol in rat basophilic leukemia cells

Autor: Sumio Miyazaki, Shuichi Yamamoto, Hakaru Tasaki, Rika Sato, Ikuko Kobayashi, Masafumi Zaitu, Muneaki Matsuo, Tomohiro Ichimaru, Eriko Muro, Shafigeh Miyanji, Yuhei Hamasaki
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: International archives of allergy and immunology. 110(3)
ISSN: 1018-2438
Popis: The effects of honokiol, a diphenyl compound extracted from a Chinese herbal medicine, on leukotriene (LT) synthesis were evaluated in rat basophilic leukemia (RBL) cells. The production of LTC4 and LTB4 stimulated by the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 was measured in RBL-1 cells by high-performance liquid chromatography. Honokiol inhibited the production of LTC4 and LTB4 stimulated by A23187 in RBL-1 cells. Honokiol did not inhibit either phospholipase A2 activity, measured by the release of 3H-arachidonic acid (AA), or LTC4 synthase and LTA4 hydrolase activities, measured with LTA4-free acid as substrate. The synthesis of LTC4 and LTB4 from AA in RBL-1 cell lysates in the presence of Ca2+ was inhibited by honokiol. These results indicate that honokiol blocks LT synthesis by inhibiting 5-lipoxygenase activity. Honokiol also inhibited immunoglobulin E-mediated production of these LTs in RBL-2H3 cells, which was measured by a specific radioimmunoassay (RIA). These results suggest that honokiol may exhibit antiallergic actions by inhibiting LT synthesis in immediate-type hyperreactivity.
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