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Tamarixetin Exhibits Anti-inflammatory Activity and Prevents Bacterial Sepsis by Increasing IL-10 Production.
Journal of Natural Products 2018 June 23
Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response to pathogenic infection that currently has no specific pharmaceutical interventions. Instead, antibiotics administration is considered the best available option, despite increasing drug resistance. Alternative strategies are therefore urgently required to prevent sepsis and strengthen the host immune system. One such option is tamarixetin (4'- O-methylquercetin), a naturally occurring flavonoid derivative of quercetin that protects against inflammation. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the anti-inflammatory effects of tamarixetin protect against the specific inflammatory conditions induced in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or Escherichia coli K1 models of sepsis. Our study showed that tamarixetin reduced the secretion of various inflammatory cytokines by dendritic cells after activation with LPS. It also promoted the secretion of the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-10 and specifically increased the population of IL-10-secreting immune cells in LPS-activated splenocytes. Tamarixetin showed general anti-inflammatory effects in mouse models of bacterial sepsis and decreased bacteria abundance and endotoxin levels. We therefore conclude that tamarixetin has superior anti-inflammatory properties than quercetin during bacterial sepsis. This effect is associated with an increased population of IL-10-secreting immune cells and suggests that tamarixetin could serve as a specific pharmaceutical option to prevent bacterial sepsis.
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