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SUBMITTER: Ohno O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9143063 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ohno Osamu O Mizuno Eika E Miyamoto Junichiro J Hoshina Tomoyuki T Sano Takuya T Matsuno Kenji K
Marine drugs 20220509 5
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a component of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria and causes inflammatory diseases. We searched MeOH extracts of collected marine organisms for inhibitors of LPS-induced nitric oxide (NO) production in RAW264.7 cells and identified prostaglandin A<sub>2</sub> (PGA<sub>2</sub>) as an active compound from the MeOH extract of the soft coral <i>Lobophytum</i> sp. PGA<sub>2</sub> inhibited the production of NO and reduced the expression of inducible NO synthase ( ...[more]