TY - JOUR AB - Egg white-chalcanthite (EWCC) is a mixture of egg white and chalcanthite prepared by roasting chalcanthite (which is a natural mineral mainly composed of CuSO4•5H2O) to the point of dehydration, pulverizing the dehydrated chalcanthite and then mixing the pulverized chalcanthite to react with egg white to trigger a reaction. When egg white-chalcanthite is prepared in this manner, the toxicity of chalcanthite is neutralized by the egg white, so that the toxicity is reduced or removed and the pharmaceutical properties are increased. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the pharmacological activity of EWCC remain poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effects of EWCC on the production of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced pro-inflammatory mediators in BV2 microglia. Our data indicated that the EWCC treatment significantly inhibited the excessive production of nitric oxide and prostaglandin E2 in LPS-stimulated BV2 microglia in a concentration-dependent manner without causing cytotoxicity. It also attenuated the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase, cyclooxygenase-2 and pro-inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α. Moreover, EWCC exhibited anti-inflammatory properties by the suppression of nuclear factor‑κB (NF-κB) activation by blocking IκB-α degradation, downregulation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase, c-Jun N-terminal kinase, p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathways. Our results indicate that the inhibitory effects of EWCC on LPS-stimulated inflammatory mediator production in BV2 microglia are associated with the suppression of the NF-κB, MAPK and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways. These findings suggest that EWCC may offer a substantial therapeutic potential for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases that are accompanied by microglial activation. AD - Insan Bamboo Salt Inc. and Insan Korean Medical Cancer Clinic, Hamyang 676-805, Republic of Korea Department of Pharmacy, Busan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea Department of East-West Cancer Center, College of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon University, Daejeon 301-724, Republic of Korea Department of Biochemistry, Dongeui University College of Oriental Medicine, Busan 614-052, Republic of Korea AU - Choi,Eun,A AU - Park,Hye ,Young AU - Yoo,Hwa-Seung AU - Choi,Yung ,Hyun DA - 2013/01/01 DO - 10.3892/ijmm.2012.1169 EP - 162 IS - 1 JO - Int J Mol Med KW - egg white-chalcanthite anti-inflammation nuclear factor‑κB mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt PY - 2013 SN - 1107-3756 1791-244X SP - 154 ST - Anti-inflammatory effects of egg white combined with chalcanthite in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated BV2 microglia through the inhibition of NF-κB, MAPK and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways T2 - International Journal of Molecular Medicine TI - Anti-inflammatory effects of egg white combined with chalcanthite in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated BV2 microglia through the inhibition of NF-κB, MAPK and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways UR - https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2012.1169 VL - 31 ER -