Anti-inflammatory effect of ebosin on rat collagen-induced arthritis through suppressing production of interleukin-1β, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α
RIS ID
87454
Abstract
Reumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease which has been studied experimentally using a wide variety of animal models including collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). Using this CIA model we studied the therapeutic effects and mechanism of action of Ebosin, a novel exopolysaccharide produced by Streptomyces sp. 139, on arthritis. Ebosin at 200, 400 and 600 mg/kg/day was orally administered to rats respectively between day 10 and 30 after immunization with chicken type II collagen. With the treatment arthritic progression was remarkably suppressed. Levels of anti-type II collagen specific antibody, IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha were significantly lower in the Ebosin-treated CIA rats compared with the untreated controls. In cultured fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS), remarkable suppression of TNF-alpha and IL-6 production was detected at both protein and mRNA levels after Ebosin administration. Ebosin also resulted in lower activities of IL-1 beta-converting enzyme and TNF-alpha-converting enzyme in FLS. Based on these results, it is concluded that development and progression of rat CIA can be significantly suppressed by orally-administrated Ebosin. The therapeutic effect may be attributed to its inhibition in the production of IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha and IL-6 in the CIA rats.
Publication Details
Zhang, Y., Wang, L. F., Bai, J. Y., Guan, M. Z., Jiang, R., Guo, L. H., Wu, J. B., Zhang, R., Cheng, G. F. & Li, Y. (2013). Anti-inflammatory effect of ebosin on rat collagen-induced arthritis through suppressing production of interleukin-1β, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α. European Journal of Inflammation, 11 (3), 697-708.