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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 283-288 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 416 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 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