[Study on the anti-endotoxin effect of saponin from Tupistra chinensis]
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Jing Ren1, Lin-Sheng Lei, Chuan-Lin Yu
1School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Objective:
To investigate the effect of saponin from Tupistra chinensis Baker (STCB) on lethal toxicity of endotoxin in mice and explore the underlying mechanism.
Methods:
Mouse models of endotoxin-induced death and endotoximia were established by intraperitoneal administration of KM mice with lipopolysaccharides (LPS) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa in doses of 60 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg respectively. Mouse survival rate and survival time were recorded and the serum levels of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in endotoximia mice were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Mouse peritoneal exudate cells induced by LPS were used as an in vitro inflammatory model,which was then intervened with STCB and the levels of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha in the culture supernatants were measured by ELISA.
Results:
The survival rates of mice prophylactically treated with STCB (200 and 400 mg/kg, in 5 consecutive days) were slightly higher compared with that in model group,but no statistical difference was observed (P>0.05). The survival time was much longer in the treated group (P<0.05). The serum levels of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha in STCB-treated mice (200 and 400 mg/kg, in 5 consecutive days) were significantly lower compared with those in model group (P<0.05). STCB (20 and 40 microg/mL) remarkably inhibited LPS-induced IL-1beta and TNF-alpha production by peritoneal exudate cells in vitro (P<0.05).
Conclusion:
Saponin from Tupistra chinensis showed beneficial effect on the prevention of mice from lipopolysaccharides-induced death, in which down regulation of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha expression might be involved.