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Selection of Flavonoids Inhibiting Expression of Cell Adhesion Molecules Induced by Tumor Necrosis Factor- a in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells

종양괴사인자에 의하여 유도된 혈관내피세포의 Cell Adhesion Molecules 발현을 억제시키는 플라보노이드 선별

  • 최정숙 (한림대학교 생명과학부 식품영양학) ;
  • 최연정 (한림대학교 생명과학부 식품영양학) ;
  • 박성희 (한림대학교 생명과학부 식품영양학) ;
  • 이용진 (한림대학교 생명과학부 식품영양학) ;
  • 강영희 (한림대학교 생명과학부 식품영양학)
  • Published : 2002.12.01
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Abstract

Adhesion of leukocytes to the activated vascular endothelium and their subsequent recruitment/migration into the artery wall are key features in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and inflammatory diseases. These features have been mediated by cell adhesion molecules including vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and in tracellular cell adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). This study examined whether flavonoids inhibit the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-$\alpha$-induced monocyte adhesion via a modulation of the protein expression of VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). TNF-$\alpha$ markedly increased the adhesion of THP-1 monocytes to endothelial cells and induced the expression of VCAM-1, ICAM-1 and E-selectin proteins in HUVECs. Micromolar concentrations of the flavones luteolin and apigenin and the flavonol quercetin near completely blocked the monocyte adhesion to the activated endothelial cells and the induction of these adhesion molecules. However, equimicromolar catechins of (-)epigallocatechin gallate and (+)catechin, the flavonol myr- icetin and the flavanones of naringin and hesperidin had no effect on TNF-$\alpha$-activated monocyte adhesion. (-)Epigallocatechin gallate, (+) catechin, and naringin did not attenuate the TNF-$\alpha$ induction of these adhesion molecules. Furthermore, culture with luteolin and apigenin strongly blocked the expression of TNF-$\alpha$-induced VCAM-1 mRNA and modestly attenuated ICAM-1 mRNA. Quercetin modestly decreased the TNF-$\alpha$-activated VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 mRNAs. These results demonstrate that flavonoids classified as flavones and flavonols may inhibit monocyte adhesion to the TNF-$\alpha$-activated endothelium, most likely due to a blockade of expression of functional adhesion molecules down-regulated at the transcriptional level, indicating a definite linkage between the chemical structure of flavonoids and the expression of cell adhesion molecules. Furthermore, the antiathero-genic feature of flavonoids appears to be independent of their antioxidant activity.

염증성 cytokines의 분비 또는 혈관손상으로 인한 백혈구의 adhesion과 transmigration을 통하여 죽상경화과정이 시발되는데, 본 연구에서는 이러한 죽상경화의 초기과정에서 플라보노이드가 억제작용을 발휘하는 지를 규명하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 화학적인 구조가 서로 다른 플라보노이드를 사용하여 화학적인 구조와 항동맥경화작용과의 상관성을 착인하였다. TNF-$\alpha$는 혈관내피세포를 활성화시켜 THP-1 단핵구의 adhesion을 유의적으로 증가시켰다. 여러형태의 플라보노이드를 전처리하고 TNF-$\alpha$를 가하여 혈관내피세포를 활성화 시 켰을 때, flavonols인 quercetin과 flavones의 luteolin과 apigenin은 THP-1 단핵구의 adhesion억제효과를 보여주었다. 그러나, catechins과 flavanones의 플라보노이드는 이러한 억제효과를 전혀 보여주지 못하였다. 이러한 adhesion 억제작용을 가지는 플라보노이드는 CAMs 단백질의 발현도 차단시킨다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. Quercetin, luteolin과 apigenin은 TNF-$\alpha$에 의하여 증가된 VCAM-1, ICAM-1 및 E-selectin의 단백질 발현을 일률적으로 감소 또는 차단시켰다. 그 대신, 단핵구의 adhesion을 차단시키지 못한 (-)epigallo-catechin gallate와 (+)catechin은 TNF-$\alpha$에 의한 이러한 CAMs의 발현을 전혀 억제시키지 못하였다. 또한 quercetin, luteolin과 apigenin의 CAMs단백질 발현 억제작용은 유전자 전사단계에서 mRNA의 down-regulation으로 인하여 나타난다는 사실을 알 수 있었다. 결론적으로 quercetin, luteolin, apigenin과 같은 플라보노이드는 TNF-$\alpha$와 같은 염증성 cytokines에 의한 단핵구의 adhesion을 혈관내피세포의 CAMs 단백질 발현을 억제하므로서 차단시킨다는 것이 확인되었다. 여기서 모든 플라보노이드가 이러한 활성을 다 지니고 있지 않아서 화학적인 구조와 초기 항동맥경화작용에는 서로 연관성이 있다는 것이 제시되었다. 또한, 선별된 플라보노이드의 초기 항동맥경화작용은 활성산소를 소거하는 플라보노이드의 항산화능과는 무관한 것 같다고 할 수 있다.

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