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The anti-inflammatory effect and mechanism of Usnic acid (UA) were explored on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW264.7 cell line. The effects of UA on pro-inflammatory cytokines including tumor necrosis factor-alfa (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), pro-inflammatory mediators such as nitric oxide (NO), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) were studied by sandwich ELISA, real-time PCR and western blot analyses. Similarly, the effect of UA on anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 (IL-10) and anti-inflammatory mediator heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) were also studied following the same methods. Furthermore, nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) was assayed by immunocytochemistry. The results showed that UA has anti-inflammatory effect by down-regulatinng iNOS, COX-2, IL-1 beta, IL-6 and TNF-alpha, COX-2 gene expression through the suppression of NF-kappa B activation and increasing anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 and anti-inflammatory mediator HO-1 production.
