Natural Compounds from Danshen Suppress the Activity of Hepatic Stellate Cells

Danshen is an herbal medication frequently used in oriental medicine to treat liver or kidney malfunction. In the course of our studies, we observed that compounds purified from Danshen exhibit an inhibitory activity against Discoidin Domain Receptor 2 (DDR2) tyrosine kinase. Through this inhibition...

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Published inArchives of pharmacal research Vol. 29; no. 9; pp. 762 - 767
Main Authors Oh, Seong-Hwan, Cho, Kyung-Hwan, Yang, Beom-Seok, Roh, Yong-Kyun
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 2006
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Fibrosis
Liver stellate cell
Kinase inhibitor
Danshen
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Summary:Danshen is an herbal medication frequently used in oriental medicine to treat liver or kidney malfunction. In the course of our studies, we observed that compounds purified from Danshen exhibit an inhibitory activity against Discoidin Domain Receptor 2 (DDR2) tyrosine kinase. Through this inhibition, these compounds also inhibited the growth of HSC T6 cells and suppressed the expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin and MMP2, as well as collagen synthesis, all of which are increased in activated liver stellate cells. Given that activation of liver stellate cells is the hallmark of liver fibrosis and that DDR2 plays a critical role in this activation, these results suggest that one of the pharmacological activities of Danshen extract that protects the liver is the inhibition of key cell-signaling kinases, such as DDR2, in liver stellate cells.
Bibliography:KISTI1.1003/JNL.JAKO200603038911248
ISSN:0253-6269
1976-3786