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Int J Biol Sci 2017; 13(1):65-75. doi:10.7150/ijbs.18045 This issue Cite

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Forsythoside A exerts antipyretic effect on yeast-induced pyrexia mice via inhibiting transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 function

Cuiling Liu*, Hongchang Su*, Hongye Wan, Qingxia Qin, Xuan Wu, Xiangying Kong✉, Na Lin✉

Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
* These authors as first authors contributed equally to this article.

✉ Corresponding authors: Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 16, Nanxiaojie, Dongzhimennei, Beijing 100700, China. Tel: +861064014411-2869 Fax: +861064013996. E-mail: xykongac.cn, nlinac.cn.

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Liu C, Su H, Wan H, Qin Q, Wu X, Kong X, Lin N. Forsythoside A exerts antipyretic effect on yeast-induced pyrexia mice via inhibiting transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 function. Int J Biol Sci 2017; 13(1):65-75. doi:10.7150/ijbs.18045. https://www.ijbs.com/v13p0065.htm
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Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) is a non-selective cation channel gated by noxious heat, playing major roles in thermoregulation. Forsythoside A (FT-A) is the most abundant phenylethanoid glycosides in Fructus Forsythiae, which has been prescribed as a medicinal herb for treating fever in China for a long history. However, how FT-A affects pyrexia and what is the underlying molecular mechanism remain largely unknown. Here we found that FT-A exerted apparent antipyretic effect through decreasing the levels of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and interleukin 8 (IL-8) in a dose-dependent fashion on the yeast induced pyrexia mice. Interestingly, FT-A significantly downregulated TRPV1 expression in the hypothalamus and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) of the yeast induced pyrexia mice. Moreover, FT-A inhibited IL-8 and PGE2 secretions, and calcium influx in the HEK 293T-TRPV1 cells after stimulated with capsaicin, the specific TRPV1 agonist. Further investigation of the molecular mechanisms revealed that FT-A treatment rapidly inhibited phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 in both yeast induced pyrexia mice and HEK 293T-TRPV1 cells. These results suggest that FT-A may serve as a potential antipyretic agent and the therapeutic action of Fructus Forsythiae on pyretic related disease is, in part, due to the FT-A activities.

Keywords: Transient receptor potential, Fever, Forsythoside A, Mitogen-activated protein kinases.

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Liu, C., Su, H., Wan, H., Qin, Q., Wu, X., Kong, X., Lin, N. (2017). Forsythoside A exerts antipyretic effect on yeast-induced pyrexia mice via inhibiting transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 function. International Journal of Biological Sciences, 13(1), 65-75. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijbs.18045.

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Liu, C.; Su, H.; Wan, H.; Qin, Q.; Wu, X.; Kong, X.; Lin, N. Forsythoside A exerts antipyretic effect on yeast-induced pyrexia mice via inhibiting transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 function. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2017, 13 (1), 65-75. DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.18045.

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Liu C, Su H, Wan H, Qin Q, Wu X, Kong X, Lin N. Forsythoside A exerts antipyretic effect on yeast-induced pyrexia mice via inhibiting transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 function. Int J Biol Sci 2017; 13(1):65-75. doi:10.7150/ijbs.18045. https://www.ijbs.com/v13p0065.htm

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Liu C, Su H, Wan H, Qin Q, Wu X, Kong X, Lin N. 2017. Forsythoside A exerts antipyretic effect on yeast-induced pyrexia mice via inhibiting transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 function. Int J Biol Sci. 13(1):65-75.

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