ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2019, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (7): 1493-1499.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2019.07.019

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Inhibiting Effect of Thymol on Inflammation Induced by LPS in Endometrial Epithelial Cells

SHAO Dan1, SONG Pengjie1, YAN Baoqi1, WU Xiaohu1, WANG Dongsheng1, LI Yajuan1,2, ZHANG Shidong1*, YAN Zuoting1*   

  1. 1. Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730050, China;
    2. Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
  • Received:2019-01-03 Online:2019-07-23 Published:2019-07-23
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Abstract: In order to investigate the anti-inflammatory effect of thymol on endometritis, the inflammatory model was established in LPS-induced goat endometrial epithelial cells (gEECs)with thymol treantment. The secretion of NO and cytokines were measured by NO kit and ELISA kits respectively in LPS-induced gEECs. Gene transcription of IL-1β, TLR4, and NF-κB were detected by RT-PCR respectively in LPS-induced gEECs. The results showed that thymol (100, 50, 25 μg·mL-1) inhibited the secretion of TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, NO, and PGE2 to a significant extent in LPS-induced gEECs (P<0.01). In addition, thymol markedly decreased gene transcription of IL-1β, TLR4, and NF-κB in LPS-induced gEECs (P<0.01). These results demonstrated that thymol exerted anti-inflammatory effect through inhibiting the level of inflammatory cytokines, which possibly involved in the inhibition of TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway.

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