ABSTRACT
【Objective】To observe the effect of different active ingredients from Chinese herbal medicine on interleukin 8(IL-8) secretion and Toll-like receptor 4(TLR4) mRNA expression in human intestinal tumor cell(HT-29)line.【Methods】Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) was used to detect TLR4 mRNA expression,and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) was used to examine IL-8 secretion.【Results】Astragaloside and emodin inhibited TLR4 mRNA expression stimulated by interferon ?(IFN-?),and emodin decreased IL-8 secretion stimulated by IFN-? and lipopolysaccharide(LPS).However,curcumin,naringin and jasminoidin had no effect on TLR4 mRNA expression.【Conclusion】The anti-inflammatory cellular mechanism of emodin may be related to the inhibition of TLR4 mRNA expression stimulated by IFN-?,and to the inhibition of IL-8 secretion stimulated by IFN? and LPS in HT-29 cell line.