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Cell Adhesion & Migration 7:2, 237–245; March/April 2013; © 2013 Landes Bioscience

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*Correspondence to: Pi-Yu Chao; Email: [email protected]: 09/03/12; Revised: 12/25/12; Accepted: 01/17/13http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cam.23649

Introduction

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process characterized by increased oxidative stress.1 The resulting adhesion of mono-cytes to the vascular endothelium and subsequent migration into the vessel wall are the pivotal early events in atherogenesis.2,3 The interaction between monocytes and vascular endothelial cells may be mediated by adhesion molecules, including vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM-1),4 intercellular adhesion mol-ecule 1 (ICAM-1)5 and E-selectin6 on the surface of the vascular endothelium.

The inflammatory cytokine, TNF-α, activates NFκB7,8 and AP-1,9-11 which are the two major redox-sensitive eukaryotic transcription factors that regulate expression of adhesion mol-ecules.12,13 Because the activation of NFκB and AP-1 could be inhibited to various degrees by different antioxidants, endog-enous reactive oxygen species (ROS) may play an important role in these redox-sensitive transcription pathways in athero-genesis.1,12,13 For example, quercetin, the most abundant flavo-noid in the human diet and an excellent free radical scavenging antioxidant,14 attenuated expression of ICAM-1 and E-selectin in human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs).15 García-Mediavilla et al.16 also reported inhibitory effects by quercetin and kaempferol

This study investigated the effects of purple sweet potato leaf extract (pspLe) and its components, cyanidin and quercetin, on human aortic endothelial cells (hAeCs) during the inflammatory process. hAeCs were pretreated with 100 μg/mL pspLe or 10 μM quercetin, cyanidin or aspirin for 18 h followed by TNF-α (2 ng/mL) for 6 h, and U937 cell adhesion was determined. Adhesion molecule expression and CD40 were evaluated; NFκB p65 protein localization and DNA binding were assessed. pspLe, aspirin, cyanidin and quercetin significantly inhibited TNF-α-induced monocyte-endothelial cell adhesion (p < 0.05). Cyanidin, quercetin and pspLe also significantly attenuated VCAM-1, IL-8 and CD40 expression, and quercetin significantly attenuated ICAM-1 and e-selectin expression (p < 0.05). significant reductions in NFκB expression and DNA binding by aspirin, cyanidin and quercetin were also observed in addition to decreased expression of eRK1, eRK2 and p38 MApK (p < 0.05). Thus, pspLe and its components, cyanidin and quercetin, have anti-inflammatory effects through modulation of NFκB and MApK signaling. Further in vivo studies are necessary to explore the possible therapeutic effects of pspLe on atherosclerosis.

Inhibitive effect of purple sweet potato leaf extract and its components on cell adhesion and inflammatory response in human aortic

endothelial cellspi-Yu Chao,1,* Ya-ping huang2 and Wen-Bin hsieh3

1Department of Food, health and Nutrition science; Chinese Culture University; Taipei, Taiwan; 2The Graduate Institute of Applied science of Living; Chinese Culture University; Taipei, Taiwan; 3The Graduate Institute of Biotechnology; Chinese Culture University; Taipei, Taiwan

Keywords: phytochemicals, human aortic endothelial cells, adhesion molecules, pro-inflammation, NFκB

on NFκB activation. Furthermore, the protective effects of diets high in leafy vegetables toward cardiovascular and cerebrovascu-lar disease are thought to be derived from their rich antioxidant content.17-19

A previous study found most indigenous purple vegetables from Taiwan reduced low density lipoprotein (LDL) and linoleic acid peroxidation.19 For example, purple sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] leaves (PSPL), which have the highest poly-phenolic content (33.4 ± 0.5 mg gallic acid/g dry weight) of all the commonly grown vegetables in Taiwan, exhibit free radi-cal scavenging ability.20 However, limited information is avail-able regarding the physiologic and biochemical effects of dietary PSPL. In the present study, the effects of PSPL extract (PSPLE) and two of its main components, quercetin and cyanidin, on adhesion molecule expression, endothelial cell-monocyte adhe-sion and the inflammatory response were assessed in human aor-tic endothelial cells. Their effect on intracellular redox-sensitive transcriptional pathways, such as NFκB, which may contribute to leukocyte recruitment and vascular inflammation in athero-genesis, was also examined by western blot analysis and electro-phoretic mobility shift assays. These studies will help determine the anti-inflammatory effects of PSPLE and its components and form the basis of further in vivo studies.

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inhibited p38 MAPK expression (p < 0.05); however, aspirin had no effect as compared with TNF-α alone (Fig. 6B).

Discussion

Because PSPL exhibit free radical scavenging,20 the anti-inflam-matory effects of PSPLE and its components, cyanidin and quer-cetin, on TNF-α-induced cell adhesion and adhesion molecule expression were determined in the present study. PSPLE, aspirin, cyanidin and quercetin significantly inhibited TNF-α-induced monocyte-endothelial cell adhesion, and reduced cell adhesion molecule expression was also detected. Significant reductions in NFκB expression and DNA binding by aspirin, cyanidin and quercetin were also observed in addition to decreased expression of ERK1 and ERK2 as well as p38 MAPK (except of aspirin pretreatment).

Adhesion of monocytes to the vascular endothelium and subsequent migration into the vessel wall are early events in ath-erogenesis.2,3 Proinflammatory cytokines, including TNF-α, interferon-γ (IFN-γ), interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-8 (IL-8), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), macrophage-colony stimulating factor (M-CSF), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and CD40,21-24 enhance the surface expression adhesion molecules, such as ICAM-1, VCAM-1 and E-selectin expression.23,24 Dietary polyphenols, such as catechin and quercetin, significantly reduce binding of monocytes to HAECs,25-27 which is similar to the results of the present study. The reduced cellular adhesion may be due to inhibition of cellular adhesion molecule expression as PSPLE reduced VCAM-1 expres-sion and quercetin reduced VCAM-1, ICAM-1 and E-selectin expression. These results are similar to those recently reported by Martin28 and Loizou et al.29 that demonstrated reduced VCAM-1, ICAM-1 and E-selectin-1 expression in HAECs in response to white button mushrooms and β-Sitosterol.

ROS may play an important role in atherogenesis.1,12,13 In RAW 264.7 macrophages induced by gliadin and IFN-γ, quer-cetin decreased inducible NOS (iNOS) activity.30 Moreover, consumption of PSPL for 7 d reduced exercise-induced oxida-tive damage and pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion.31 Further studies will be undertaken to evaluate the effects of PSPLE and its components on the levels of ROS generated in an in vivo model of atherogenesis.

Exposure of cells to ROS modifies the activity of various sig-naling molecules, including those in the ERK, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38 MAPK pathways.32 Most prominent among these oxidation-sensitive pathways is the NFκB system, which regulates the expression of leukocyte adhesion molecules, such as ICAM-1, VCAM-1,33 platelet/endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1), P-selectin and E-selectin.21 Kim et al.34 reported that Armillariella mellea extract induced ICAM-1 expression in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells through ROS/JNK-dependent signaling pathways leading to the activation of NFκB. In the present study, PSPLE, cyanidin and quercetin reduced both cytoplasmic and nuclear NFκB expression as well as DNA binding in response to TNF-α. It is possible that quercetin and cyanidin influence inhibitory protein of nuclear factor-κBα (IκBα) and of

Results

Effects of PSPLE and its components on monocyte-endothelial cell adhesion. As shown in Figure 1, pretreatment of HAECs with 10 μM cyanidin or quercetin as well as 100 μg/mL PSPLE for 18 h significantly suppressed adhesion of U937 monocytes to TNF-α-stimulated HAECs to a similar extent as that observed for 10 μM aspirin, the positive control. Specifically, an 81%, 88% and 84% reduction in adhesion was observed for cyanidin, quercetin and PSPLE, respectively (Fig. 1B; p < 0.05).

To determine if the reduced cell adherence observed in Figure 1 was due to inhibition of cellular adhesion molecule surface and proinflammatory cytokine expression, ELISAs were performed to determine VCAM-1, ICAM-1, E-Selectin and IL-8 expression (Fig. 2) and data are expressed as % of TNF-α. Whereas TNF-α treatment alone significantly increased expres-sion of all adhesion-associated molecules analyzed, pre-treatment of HAECs with aspirin significantly reduced by 43%, 42%, 13% and 39% (Fig. 2A–D, respectively, p < 0.05). Pretreatment of HAECs with cyanidin, quercetin and PSPLE significantly attenuated TNF-α-induced VCAM-1 expression by 45%, 34% and 55%, respectively (Fig. 2A, p < 0.05). Pretreatment of HAECs with cyanidin, quercetin and PSPLE also significantly attenuated TNF-α-induced IL-8 expression by 57%, 53% and 56% respectively (Fig. 2D, p < 0.05). Furthermore, quercetin significantly attenuated ICAM-1 and E-Selectin (Fig. 2B and C, p < 0.05) expression by 38% and 54%, respectively. Furthermore, as compared with the TNF-α group, CD40 surface expression on HAECs was also significantly reduced by aspirin, cyanidin and quercetin by 48%, 39% and 48%, respectively (p < 0.05; Fig. 3).

Effects of PSPLE and its components on NFκB activity. In untreated HAECs, NFκB p65 is solely localized within the cytosol; however, its nuclear translocation was observed upon treatment with TNF-α (Fig. 4; p < 0.05). As compared with the TNF-α group, pretreatment with aspirin, cyanidin, quercetin and PSPLE significantly decreased the expression of NFκB p65 in the cytosol as well as the nuclear compartment (p < 0.05).

To determine if the reduced expression of NFκB expression in response to treatment with PSPLE or its components resulted in reduced binding of NFκB to DNA, EMSA were performed. As shown in Figure 5A, treatment of TNF-α with HAECs resulted in increased binding of NFκB. However, pretreatment of HAECs with aspirin, cyanidin and quercetin significantly decreased DNA-bound NFκB. In addition, both cyanidin and quercetin pretreatment reduced the level of DNA-bound AP-1 as com-pared with cells treated with TNF-α alone (Fig. 5B). However, no differences in binding of STAT3 to its target sequence were observed for any treatment group (Fig. 5C).

PSPL components reduce ERK and p38 MAPK signal-ing. Increased ERK and p38 MAPK expression was observed in HAECs treated with TNF-α alone (Fig. 6; p < 0.05). However, pretreatment with PSPL components, cyanidin and quercetin, as well as aspirin significantly inhibited expression of ERK1 and ERK2 as compared with TNF-α alone (Fig. 6A; p < 0.05). Similarly, pretreatment with cyanidin and quercetin significantly

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Figure 1. effects of pspLe and its components on monocyte-endothelial cell adhesion. (A) Representative fluorescent photomicrographs showing the inhibitive effect of pretreatment with 10 μM aspirin, cyanidin or quercetin or 100 μg/mL pspLe on TNF-α-induced adhesion of fluorescein-labeled U937 cells to human aortic endothelial cells. (B) summary and statistical analysis of the adhesion assay data in (A). # indicates a significant difference between the TNF-α and control groups, p < 0.05. * indicates a significant difference between the TNF-α and experimental treatment groups, p < 0.05.

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if the amount of quercetin obtained in the diet is sufficient to ascertain any protective effects. However, reduced exercise-induced oxidative stress and pro-inflammatory cytokine secre-tion was observed after consumption of PSPL for 7 d, indicating a possible benefit from consumption.31

The present study has limitations. For example, although reduced NFκB expression and DNA binding was observed upon treatment with quercetin and cyanidin, the mechanism was not assessed and will be the topic of further studies. In addition, the present results were obtained using in vitro studies and must be corroborated in an in vivo model of atherogenesis similar to that reported by Miyazaki et al.38 in which anthocyanins from purple sweet potato suppress the development of atherosclerotic lesions. In our early studies, black bean significantly prolonged LDL lag time and decreased the atheroma region of aortic arch and thoracic aorta in hypercholesterolemic NZW rabbits (unpublished data). We also demonstrated that black soybean extract and its com-ponents, such as genistein, daidzein and cyanidin, significantly decreased adhesion of U937 monocytic cells to TNF-α-stimulated HAECs and reduced adhesion molecules expression (VCAM-1 and ICAM-1) as well as NFκB-p65 expression (unpublished data).

IκB kinase α (IKKα) activity as in García-Mediavilla et al.16 and Min et al.35 In addition, Lee et al.36 reported that quercetin attenu-ated PMA-induced NFκB, AP-1, p-ERK and p-MEK activities through inhibition of mitogen-activated protein kinase/ERK kinase (MEK) 1 activity. Recently, Liu et al.37 demonstrated that quercetin had protective effects against Pb-induced inflamma-tion through inhibiting COX-2, IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α protein expression, by suppressing the MAPKs and NFκB activation. In the present study, reduced expression of ERK1 and ERK2 as well as p38 MAPK was observed in response to cyanidin and querce-tin. Further studies are necessary to determine if reduced ERK1/2 and/or p38 MAPK signaling in response to PSPLE components may be responsible for altered NFκB activity.

In the present study, the effects of quercetin were often more pronounced than those observed for PSPLE. Analysis of the con-centration of quercetin and cyanidin in PSPLE were revealed concentrations of 0.26 μM and 0.34 μM, respectively (data not shown), which is > 29-fold lower than that used in the quercetin and cyanidin alone treatment groups. Although quercetin is the most abundant flavonoid in the human diet and is an excellent free radical scavenging antioxidant,14 it remains to be determined

Figure 2. effects of pspLe and its components on expression of adhesion molecules. VCAM-1 (A), ICAM-1 (B), e-selectin (C) and IL-8 (D) expression was determined by eLIsA. hAeCs were pre-incubated with the indicated samples followed by TNF-α for 6 h. Data are expressed as the mean ± sD of three experiments. # indicates a significant difference between the TNF-α treatment and control group, p < 0.05. * indicates a significant difference between the TNF-α and experimental treatment groups, p < 0.05.

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This is particularly important given the opposing effects of poly-phenols from PSPL obtained using in vitro and ex vivo studies.39

In conclusion, the antioxidative components of PSPLE, quer-cetin and cyanidin, may downregulate intracellular redox-depen-dent signaling pathways in HAECs upon TNF-α stimulation, which may prevent ROS-mediated endothelial cell dysfunction (Fig. 7). These results form a theoretical basis of further in vivo studies to assess the therapeutic potential of pytochemicals as an anti-inflammatory for use in cytokine-induced vascular disor-ders, including atherosclerosis.

Materials and Methods

Purple sweet potato leaf extract preparation. Purple sweet potato was generously provided by Dr. Zhi-Wei Yang, who also identified them from the NTU Experimental Farm, College of Bioresources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University. After the PSPLs were harvested in June of 2005, they were divided into eight individual batches, lyophilized using a Freeze Dryer (FD-5060, Panchum Scientific Corp.), ground, and stored at -80°C

until future use. An extract was produced from 5 mg of the stored PSPL powder with a 5-fold volume of methanol at room temperature and filtered through Whatman #1 filter paper. The remaining residue was re-extracted thrice until it was colorless. The three extracts were combined, concentrated to a powder by Freeze Dryer (FD-5060, Panchum Scientific Corp.), and stored at -20°C until future use.

Cell cultures and treatment. HAECs (Clonetics) were grown in Medium 200 (GIBCO Invitrogen) supplemented with 1% low serum growth supplement (LSGS; GIBCO Invitrogen) and 10% FBS (GIBCO Invitrogen) in an atmosphere of 95% air and 5% CO

2 at 37°C in plastic flasks in an incubator (Astec Co. Ltd.) as

described by Vielma et al.40 The human monocytic cell line, U937 cells (American Type Culture Collection), was grown in suspen-sion culture in RPMI-1640 (GIBCO Invitrogen) containing 10% FBS (Sigma) and 1% antibiotic-antimycotic mixture (Sigma) in an atmosphere of 95% air and 5% CO

2 at 37°C. After incuba-

tion with pytochemicals and aspirin, or TNF-α, cell viability was assessed using trypan blue exclusion method or MTT assay using a TE-2000U microscope (Nikon Corporation) and was always greater than 90%. As determined by the MTT assay, the greatest cell viability was observed in cells treated with 100 μg PSPLE, 10 μM quercetin or 10 μM cyanidin with decreased cell viability with concentrations > 20 μM for quercetin and cyanidin (data

Figure 3. Reduced CD40 expression in response to pspLe components. (A) CD40 expression in untreated cells (green), TNF-α treated cells (red), aspirin treated cells (blue), quercetin treated cells (black) and cyanidin treated cells (purple) was quantified by flow cytometry. (B) Data are ex-pressed as the mean ± sD of three experiments. # indicates a significant difference between the TNF-α treatment and control group, p < 0.05. * indicates a significant difference between the TNF-α and experimental treatment groups, p < 0.05.

Figure 4. effects of pspLe and its components on NFκB activity. After hAeCs were pretreated with the indicated samples then incubated with TNF-α, cytosolic and nuclear extracts were prepared, and the expres-sion of NFκB p65 was assessed by western blot analysis. A representa-tive image of three similar results is shown (upper panel). Actin served as the loading control for the cytosolic compartment while hnpNpc1/c2 was used for the nuclear extract. semi-quantitative analysis of three independent experiments are also shown (lower panel). # indicates a significant difference between the TNF-α treatment and control groups, p < 0.05. * indicates a significant difference between the TNF-α and experimental treatment groups, p < 0.05.

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expression in HAECs by 30 μM quercetin treatment for 18 h and combined treatment with 100 U/mL TNF-α for an addi-tional 7 h.

The adhesion assays were then performed as previously described, with minor modification.45 Injured endothelium expresses adhesion molecules, such as VCAM and ICAM, which permit interaction with monocytes and T-lymphocytes. U937 cells represent a human monocyte cell line and used to evaluate the effects of PSPLE and its components on endothelial cell-leukocyte interactions. Antioxidants found within PSPLE may inhibit endothelial expression of adhesion molecules and/or the endothelial adhesiveness to circulating monocytes. Briefly, U937 cells were labeled with 10 μmol/L of the fluorescent dye, 2,7-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein acetoxymethyl ester (BCECF-AM, Molecular Probes), at 37°C for 1 h in RPMI-1640 medium, and subsequently washed by centrifugation. Confluent HAECs in 24-well plates were incubated with labeled U937 cells (1 × 106 cells/mL) at 37°C for 1 h. Nonadherent monocytes were removed, and plates were gently washed twice with PBS. The numbers of adherent monocytes were determined by counting four fields per x100 high-power-field well and pho-tographed using a Zeiss Axio Mager Z1 Upright Fluorescence Microscope. Four randomly chosen high-power fields were counted per well. Experiments were performed in duplicate or triplicate and were repeated at least 3 times.

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The effects of pytochemicals and aspirin on the HAECs surface expression of VCAM-1, ICAM-1, E-selectin and IL-8 were analyzed by ELISA using RayBio ELISA Kits (RayBiotech). The sensitivity of the ICAM-1, VCAM-1, E-selectin and IL-8 kits was less than 74.07 pg/mL. As indicated by the manufacturer (RayBiotech), the minimum detectable dose of ICAM-1, VCAM-1, E-selectin and IL-8 are typically 20 pg/mL, 1.5 pg/mL, 30 pg/mL and 1.8 pg/mL, respectively.

Following manufacturer’s instructions, HAECs cultured at 95% confluence in 24-well microplates were incubated with pytochemicals 18 h before activation or during the 6 h TNF-α activation period. The monolayers were washed three times with cool PBS, and cells were lysed with 1 mL CelLytic Cell Lysis Reagent (Sigma-Aldrich), vortexed, incubated on ice for 30 min, and centrifuged at 12,000 g for 30 min at 4°C (Beckman Coulter Inc.). Aliquots (100 μL) of the supernatant were frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -70°C until later use.

The sICAM-1, VCAM-1, E-Selectin and IL-8 present in an aliquot was captured by the immobilized antibody after an over-night incubation at 4°C. The wells are washed four times with 0.1% Tween-20 in PBS, and 100 μL of 1 × biotinylated primary antibody specific for sICAM-1, VCAM-1, E-Selectin or IL-8 was added for 1 h at room temperature. After washing, 100 μL of HRP-conjugated streptavidin was added to the wells for 45 min at room temperature. After another wash, 100 μL 3,3',5,5'- tet-ramethylbenzidine (TMB) substrate solution was added to the wells for 30 min at room temperature in the dark. After addition of 50 μL 2 M sulfuric acid, the intensity of the color is measured at 450 nm using a Varioskan Flash ELISA plate reader (Thermo Fisher Scientific).

not shown). Therefore, subsequent analyses to determine the effects of the phytochemicals used the following concentrations: 100 μg PSPLE, 10 μM quercetin and 10 μM cyanidin.

Cell adhesion assay. To explore the effect of phytochemi-cals on endothelial cell-monocyte interactions, the adherence of U937 cells to TNF-α-activated HAECs was examined under static conditions. HAECs were grown to confluence in 24-well plates and pretreated with 100 μg/mL PSPLE, 10 μM quercetin or cyanidin, as in Wang et al.,41 or aspirin, which served as a posi-tive control as in Chen et al.,42 for 18 h, the point at which maxi-mal inhibition of adhesion molecule expression was observed by Chen et al.43 After the preincubation with the phytochemicals, HAECs were incubated with TNF-α (2 ng/mL, Sigma) for 6 h, which was the concentration and time point where maximal sur-face expression of VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 was observed by Chen et al.43 These treatment conditions are similar to those of Lotito et al.,44 who demonstrated inhibition of E-selectin and ICAM-1

Figure 5. Quercetin and cyanidin inhibit binding of NFκB to target DNA sequence. NFκB (A), Ap-1 (B) and sTAT3 (C) transcription factor-DNA interactions were assessed by eMsA using IRDye 700 end-labeled oligonucleotide duplexes.

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antibodies directed to p38MAPK and ERK1/2 (Millipore Corporation). After incubation in secondary antibodies consist-ing of IRDye 800CW-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG or IRDye 800CW-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (LI-COR Biosciences) for 60 min at room temperature with gentle shaking, the mem-brane was washed four times for 5 min each at room temperature in PBS with 0.1% Tween-20 and gentle shaking. After a final rinse, the membrane was scanned using an AlphaEaseFC (Alpha Innotech Corporation) to analyze the spot density. In determin-ing the relative density of the protein expression, the internal con-trol was set at 100%.

Electrophoretic mobility shift assay for NFκB, AP-1 and STAT3. The binding reaction consisted of 1 μL 10 × binding buffer (100 mM TRIS, 500 mM NaCl, 10 mM DTT, pH 7.5), 5 μL H

2O, 2 μL 25 mM DTT/2.5 % Tween-20, 1 μL IRDye

700-labeled EMSA oligonucleotides specific for NFκB (5'-AGT TGA GGG GAC TTT CCC AGG C-3' and 3'-CGC TTG ATG ACT CAG CCG GAA-5'), AP-1 (5'-CGC TTG ATG ACT CAG CCG GAA-3' and 3'-GCG AAC TAC TGA GTC GGC CTT-5'), or STAT3 (5'-GAT CCT TCT GGG AAT TCC TAG ATC-3' and 3'-CTA GGA AGA CCC TTA AGG ATC TAG-5')

Nuclear protein isolation. Protein extracts were prepared as described by Min et al.46 Briefly, after cell activation for the indicated times, cells were washed in 1 mL ice-cold PBS, centri-fuged at 400 × g for 5 min, resuspeded in 400 μL ice-cold hypo-tonic buffer (10 mM HEPES, 1.5 mM MgCl

2, 0.1 mM EDTA,

10 mM KCl, 1 mM DTT, 0.5 mM PMSF, pH 7.9), incubated on ice for 10 min, vortexed, and centrifuged at 15,000 × g for 30 sec. The supernatant was collected and stored in -70°C for cyto-solic protein analysis. Pelleted nuclei were gently resuspended in 44.5 μL ice-cold extraction buffer (20 mM HEPES, pH 7.9 with 1.5 mM MgCl

2, 0.42 M NaCl, 0.2 mM EDTA and 25% glycerol)

with 5 μL 10 mM DTT and 0.5 μL Protease Inhibitor Cocktail, (Sigma), incubated on ice for 20 min, vortexed, and centrifuged at 15,000 × g for 5 min at 4°C. Aliquots of the supernatant that contained nuclear proteins were frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -70°C.

Western blot analysis. Total cytosolic and nuclear lysates were subjected to 12% SDS-PAGE (Bio-Rad Laboratories) after which proteins were transferred onto a PVDF membrane (Bio-Rad). Membranes were probed with a mouse monoclo-nal NFκB p65 antibody (BD Biosciences) or rabbit polyclonal

Figure 6. pspL components reduce eRK and p38 MApK signaling. expression of (A) eRK-1 and eRK-2 as well as (B) p38MApK in treated hAeCs was determined using western blot analysis. α-tubulin expression was used as the loading control. A representative image of three similar results is shown. semi-quantitative analysis of three independent experiments are also shown (bottom panel). # indicates a significant difference between the TNF-α treatment and control groups, p < 0.05. * indicates a significant difference between the TNF-α and experimental treatment groups, p < 0.05.

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PBS (Sigma) for 30 min at 4°C and centrifuged at 1,000 rpm × 10 min at 4°C. After the cells were washed and resuspended in Dulbecco’s PBS, they were analyzed in a BD FACSCanto flow cytometer using CellQuest software (Becton Dickinson). At least 5,000 viable cells per condition were analyzed.

Statistical analysis. All the data are expressed as a mean ± standard deviation, and statistical significance was analyzed using one-way ANOVA followed by the Tukey’s Range Test at a 0.05 significance level.

Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest

No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported in part by grants from the National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC 95-2320-B-034-001 and NSC 96-2320-B-034-001).

(Sigma), 1 μL poly(dI•dC) and 1 μL nuclear extract (as prepared above), which was incubated at room temperature for 20 min in the dark. After 1 × Orange Loading Dye (LI-COR Biosciences) was added, the binding reaction was loaded onto a native 4% polyacrylamide gel and separated by electrophoresis at 90V for 40 min. The gels were scanned using an Odyssey Infrared Imaging System (LI-COR Biosciences).

Flow cytometry. Surface expression of CD40 was analyzed on HAECs using a Becton Dickinson FACSCanto (BD Biosciences) as described by Ferran et al.47 Briefly, HAECs were grown to con-fluence in 24-well plates (1 × 106/mL), pretreated with phyto-chemicals and aspirin for 18 h, and stimulated with TNF-α for 6 h. HAECs were trypsinized and incubated with PE mouse anti-human CD40 (0.25 μg/20 μL; PharMingen) in 1 mL Medium 200 without FBS for 30 min at 4°C. Subsequently, the cells were washed twice with PBS, centrifuged at 1,000 rpm × 3 min. Finally, the cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde in Dulbecco’s

Figure 7. The mechanism by which pspLe and its components influence redox-sensitive signaling pathways in endothelial cells. The antioxidative components of pspLe, quercetin and cyanidin, may downregulate intracellular redox-dependent signaling pathways in hAeCs upon TNF-α stimula-tion, which may prevent ROs-mediated endothelial cell dysfunction.

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