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Molecules ; 26(10)2021 May 20.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34065427

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Early plants began colonizing earth about 450 million years ago. During the process of coevolution, their metabolic cellular pathways produced a myriad of natural chemicals, many of which remain uncharacterized biologically. Popular preparations containing some of these molecules have been used medicinally for thousands of years. In Brazilian folk medicine, plant extracts from the bamboo plant Guadua paniculata Munro have been used for the treatment of infections and pain. However, the chemical basis of these therapeutic effects has not yet been identified. Here, we performed protein biochemistry and downstream pharmacological assays to determine the mechanisms underlying the anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects of an aqueous extract of the G. paniculata rhizome, which we termed AqGP. The anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects of AqGP were assessed in mice. We identified and purified a protein (AgGP), with an amino acid sequence similar to that of thaumatins (~20 kDa), capable of repressing inflammation through downregulation of neutrophil recruitment and of decreasing hyperalgesia in mice. In conclusion, we have identified the molecule and the molecular mechanism responsible for the anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive properties of a plant commonly used in Brazilian folk medicine.


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Analgésicos/uso terapéutico , Antiinflamatorios/uso terapéutico , Bambusa/química , Extractos Vegetales/uso terapéutico , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Analgésicos/administración & dosificación , Animales , Antiinflamatorios/administración & dosificación , Cromatografía de Afinidad , Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión , Relación Dosis-Respuesta a Droga , Electroforesis en Gel de Poliacrilamida , Femenino , Humanos , Hiperalgesia/tratamiento farmacológico , Inflamación/tratamiento farmacológico , Células MCF-7 , Masculino , Ratones , Células 3T3 NIH , Extractos Vegetales/administración & dosificación , Espectrometría de Masa por Láser de Matriz Asistida de Ionización Desorción
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