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  2. Oroxylin A suppress LL-37 generated rosacea-like skin inflammation through the modulation of SIRT3-SOD2-NF-κB signaling pathway

Oroxylin A suppress LL-37 generated rosacea-like skin inflammation through the modulation of SIRT3-SOD2-NF-κB signaling pathway

  • Int Immunopharmacol. 2024 Feb 15:129:111636. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2024.111636.
Chunmei Feng 1 Haiyan Zhang 1 Peiru Wang 1 Linglin Zhang 1 Xiaojing Liu 1 Guorong Yan 1 Yu Yan 1 Jin Yang 1 Jia Liu 1 Fei Tan 2 Xiuli Wang 3 Qingyu Zeng 4
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Shanghai Skin Disease Clinical College, The Fifth Clinical Medical College, Anhui Medical University, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Shanghai 200443, China; Institute of Photomedicine, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200443, China.
  • 2 Shanghai Skin Disease Clinical College, The Fifth Clinical Medical College, Anhui Medical University, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Shanghai 200443, China; Institute of Photomedicine, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200443, China. Electronic address: tanfeitrue@126.com.
  • 3 Shanghai Skin Disease Clinical College, The Fifth Clinical Medical College, Anhui Medical University, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Shanghai 200443, China; Institute of Photomedicine, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200443, China. Electronic address: wangxiuli_1400023@tongji.edu.cn.
  • 4 Shanghai Skin Disease Clinical College, The Fifth Clinical Medical College, Anhui Medical University, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Shanghai 200443, China; Institute of Photomedicine, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200443, China. Electronic address: zengqingyu2011@tongji.edu.cn.
Abstract

Rosacea is a long-term inflammatory skin disease associated with the dysfunction of vascular and immunological systems. Treatment options for rosacea are difficult to implement. Oroxylin A(OA), a traditional Chinese medicine, has anti-inflammation effects in a variety of inflammatory diseases. However, it is not known that whether OA exerts protective effects against LL-37-induced rosacea. In this study, bioinformatics analyses showed that the mechanisms of rosacea and the pharmacological targets of OA were highly overlapped. Subsequently, it was shown that the administration of OA resulted in a notable amelioration of rosacea-like skin lesions, as evidenced by a reduction in immune cell infiltration, modulation of cytokine production, and inhibition of angiogenesis. Plus, it was shown that OA effectively suppressed the generation of ROS generated by LL-37, as well as the subsequent activation of NF-κB signaling pathway. To explore further, we found that OA inhibited LL-37-induced ROS production via SIRT3-SOD2 signaling pathway in keratinocytes. Based on the aforementioned evidence, it can be inferred that OA exhibits a mitigating effect on the inflammatory response in rosacea by modulating the SIRT3-SOD2-NF-κB signaling pathway.

Keywords

NF-κB; Oroxylin A; ROS; Rosacea; SIRT3; SOD2.

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