Identification of an anti-inflammatory potential of Eriodictyon angustifolium compounds in human gingival fibroblasts

• Published in: Food & function Vol. 7; no. 7; pp. 346 - 355
• Main Authors: Walker, Jessica, Reichelt, Katharina V, Obst, Katja, Widder, Sabine, Hans, Joachim, Krammer, Gerhard E, Ley, Jakob P, Somoza, Veronika
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 13.07.2016
• Subjects: Anti-Inflammatory Agents - pharmacology; Cell Line; Cell Survival - drug effects; Cytokines - metabolism; Eriodictyon - chemistry; Eriodictyon angustifolium; Fibroblasts - drug effects; Fibroblasts - metabolism; Flavanones - pharmacology; Gingiva - cytology; Humans; Inflammation - drug therapy; Lipopolysaccharides - toxicity; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; Polyphenols - pharmacology; Porphyromonas gingivalis
• ISSN: 2042-6496; 2042-650X
• DOI: 10.1039/c6fo00482b

Polyphenol-rich plant extracts have been shown to possess anti-inflammatory activity against oral pathogen-induced cytokine release in model systems of inflammation. Here, it was hypothesized that a flavanone-rich extract of E. angustifolium exhibits an anti-inflammatory potential against endotoxin-induced inflammatory response in human gingival fibroblasts (HGF-1). HGF-1 cells were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide from Porphyromonas gingivalis ( pg -LPS) to release pro-inflammatory cytokines. Concentrations of interleukins IL-6 and IL-8 and macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 in the incubation media upon stimulation were determined by means of magnetic bead analysis. A crude ethanol/water extract of E. angustifolium (EE) was fractionated via gel permeation chromatography into a flavanone-rich fraction (FF) and an erionic acid-rich fraction (EF). Individual flavanones and erionic acids as well as EE, EF and FF were tested in the pg -LPS-stimulated HGF-1 cells for their anti-inflammatory potential. The E. angustifolium extract possessed anti-inflammatory potential in this model system, attenuating the pg -LPS-induced release of IL-6 by up to 52.0 ± 15.5%. Of the individual flavanones, eriodictyol and naringenin had the most pronounced effect. However, a mixture of the flavanones did not possess the same effect as the entire flavanoid fraction, indicating that other compounds may contribute to the anti-inflammatory potential of E. angustifolium . For the first time, an anti-inflammatory potential of E. angustifolium and containing erionic acids has been determined. Erionic acids, flavanones and plant extracts possess anti-inflammatory activity against oral pathogen-induced cytokine release in HGF-1 cells.