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Effect of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn Water Extracts on Mouse Spleen and Cytokine Cells Activation

연근 열수추출물 투여가 마우스의 비장세포와 사이토카인의 분비량에 미치는 영향

  • Ryu, Hye-Sook (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, College of Health Sciences, Sangji University)
  • 류혜숙 (상지대학교 보건과학대학 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2019.03.07
  • Accepted : 2019.06.10
  • Published : 2019.06.30
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Abstract

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn has been usedas a traditional remedy and food source in South Korea. It promotes gastrointestinal function and controls blood pressures. Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn water extracts supplement at 5, 10, 50, 100, 250, 500, $1,000{\mu}g/mL$ after a 48 h pre-treatment with the mitogen (ConA or LPS) increased the mouse splenocytes proliferation. Water extract supplement also increased the cytokine production ($IL-1{\beta}$, $TNF-{\alpha}$ and $IFN-{\gamma}$), measured by a cytokine ELISA kit. For the result of in vitro study, the proliferation of splenocytes and cytokine production activated by peritoneal macrophages increased when water extracts were supplemented in the range of $50{\sim}500{\mu}L/mL$ concentration. Specifically, the levels of the splenocytes proliferation, $IL-1{\beta}$, $TNF-{\alpha}$ and $IFN-{\gamma}$ were the highest at $250{\mu}L/mL$ concentration. This in vitro study suggestedthat supplementation with Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn water extracts may enhance the immune function by regulating the splenocyte proliferation and enhancing the cytokine production activating macrophage in vitro.

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Fig. 1. IL-1β production by activated peritoneal macrophage cultured with Nelumbo nucifera water extracts.

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Fig. 2. IFN-γ production by activated peritoneal macrophage cultured with Nelumbo nucifera water extracts.

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Fig. 3. TNF-α production by activated peritoneal macrophage cultured with Nelumbo nucifera water extracts.

Table 1. Proliferation index of mice splenocyte cultured with water extracts of Nelumbo nucifera and mitogen

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