Suppression of phospholipase Cγ1 phosphorylation by cinnamaldehyde inhibits antigen-induced extracellular calcium influx and degranulation in mucosal mast cells

Natsuko Kageyama-Yahara, Xiaoyu Wang, Tatsuo Katagiri, Ping Wang, Takeshi Yamamoto, Makoto Tominaga, Makoto Kadowaki*

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Abstract

Antigen-IgE-mediated mucosal mast-cell activation is critical in the development of food allergies. Cinnamaldehyde, a major constituent of Cinnamomi cortex, dose-dependently inhibited the antigen-IgE-induced degranulation of mucosal-type bone-marrow derived mast cells (mBMMCs) and RBL-2H3 cells. Cinnamaldehyde also suppressed the elevation of the intracellular Ca 2+ level that is induced by the extracellular Ca 2+ influx in antigen-IgE-stimulated mBMMCs. Furthermore, tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C (PLC) γ1, which is a crucial activation switch for the intracellular Ca 2+ mobilization in mast cells, was attenuated by cinnamaldehyde. Together, our results demonstrated that cinnamaldehyde suppressed the intracellular Ca 2+ mobilization and the degranulation of mucosal mast cells by inhibiting the activity of the IgE receptor-PLCγ-Ca 2+ influx pathway. These findings suggest that cinnamaldehyde may have therapeutic potential in mucosal mast cell-related allergic diseases, such as food allergies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)283-288
Number of pages6
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume416
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011/12/16

Keywords

  • Ca influx
  • Ca mobilization
  • Cinnamaldehyde
  • Mucosal mast cells
  • Phospholipase Cγ1
  • TRPA1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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