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European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) 2005 Aug ; (4) :0
Solanum nigrum produces nitric oxide via nuclear factor-kappaB activation in mouse peritoneal macrophages.
An HJ,   Kwon KB,   Cho HI,   Seo EA,   Ryu DG,   Hwang WJ,   Yoo SJ,   Kim YK,   Hong SH,   Kim HM  

Abstract
Nitric oxide (NO) is an antitumour molecule produced in activated macrophages and Solanum nigrum is a plant used in oriental medicine to treat tumours. In this study using mouse peritoneal macrophages, we have examined the mechanism by which Solanum nigrum regulates NO production. When Solanum nigrum was used in combination with 20 U/ml of recombinant interferon-gamma (rIFN-gamma), there was a marked cooperative induction of NO production. The increase in NO synthesis was reflected as an increased amount of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) protein. The production of NO from rIFN-gamma plus Solanum nigrum-stimulated peritoneal macrophages was decreased by treatment with N-monomethyl-L-arginine or N-tosyl-Phe chloromethyl ketone, an iNOS inhibitor. Additionally, the increased production of NO from rIFN-gamma plus Solanum nigrum-stimulated cells was almost completely inhibited by pretreatment with 100 micromol/l of pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate, an inhibitor of nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB). Furthermore, Solanum nigrum increased activation of NF-kappaB. These findings suggest that Solanum nigrum increases the production of NO by rIFN-gamma-primed macrophages and NF-kappaB plays a critical role in mediating these effects.

DHARA ID: D014231 Pubmed ID: 16030424


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