Anti-inflammatory Effect by Cloves Treatment in LPS-induced RAW264.7 Cells

ABSTRACT

Background: Cloves mean the dried flower bud harvested from a tree of Syzygium aromaticum L. (SA). Objectives: The current study was to identify the anti-inflammatory effects of SA on lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (0.2 μg/mL)- treated RAW264.7 cells. Materials and Methods: WST-8 cell proliferation assay kit (WST-8) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assays were completed to observe cell proliferation and cytotoxicity effects of SA. Other biochemical analyses analyzed releases of nitric oxide (NO) and the production of dichlorofluorescin diacetate (DCF-DA). Besides, inflammation-related factors and Sirt1 were carried out through immunohistochemistry (IHC) and immunofluorescence (IF). Results: LPS exposure not only caused abnormal elevations of both NO and reactive oxygen species (ROS) secretions, but also markedly increased inflammation-related proteins including inducible NO synthase (iNOS), cluster of differentiation (CD) 14, and toll-like receptor (TLR) 4, and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB). The above-listed alterations were notably attenuated by SA pretreatment in a dose-dependent manner. We further figured out that, SA particularly activated AMPKα/ Sirt1 signaling pathway. Furthermore, SA dramatically inhibited interleukin (IL)-1β production, which was mediated by NLR family Pyrin domain containing (NLRP) 3 mediated inflammasome signaling pathway. Conclusion: SA inhibits LPS-induced inflammation in RAW264.7 cells via the TRL4/CD14/NF-κB pathway and it can lead to the reduction of IL-1β release by the inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome. Such an anti-inflammatory effect was closely related to AMPKα/Sirt1 activation. Taken together, the findings of this study support both the inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome and activation of Sirt1 can alleviate inflammation.

KEYWORDS

• Cloves
• inflammation
• NLR family Pyrin domain containing 3 inflammasome
• RAW264.7 cells
• Sirtuin1

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• DOI10.1177/09731296221137420Copy

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