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New mechanisms of ginseng saponin-mediated anti-inflammatory action via targeting canonical inflammasome signaling pathways.

作者 Yi, Young-Su

期刊 Journal of ethnopharmacology , 2021-Oct-05,:278

DOI 10.1016/j.jep.2021.114292 PubMed 34089812

摘要 ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Ginseng is an ethnopharmacological herbal plant in Asian countries, particularly in Korea, China, and Japan. Ginseng saponins, including ginsenosides, are major active components in ginseng and have been demonstrated to have numerous pharmacological effects on various human diseases.AIM OF THE REVIEW: Many previous studies investigating the anti-inflammatory effect of ginseng saponins have mostly focused on the ''priming'' step rather than the ''triggering'' step. This review aims to discuss the studies investigating an inhibitory role of ginseng saponins in inflammasome activation of the triggering step.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The literature was explored using the search strings, such as ginseng saponins and inflammasomes and ginsenosides and inflammasomes in several resources, such as PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus databases.RESULTS: Various ginseng saponins of Panax ginseng, Panax japonicas, and Panax quinquefolius alleviated inflammatory responses and diseases by inhibiting the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor (NLR) P3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation. Also, ginseng saponin, Rg1 of Panax ginseng alleviated neuroinflammation and diseases by inhibiting NLRP1 inflammasome activation. Finally, ginseng saponins, Rh1 and Rg3 in Korea red ginseng (KRG) of Panax ginseng ameliorated sepsis by inhibiting absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) inflammasome activation.CONCLUSION: The studies discussed in this review provide insight into the new paradigm of the ginseng saponins as the promising anti-inflammatory agents that could be ethnopharmacologically used to prevent and treat inflammatory and inflammation-induced disorders via targeting inflammasomes.

涉及物种 人参 Panax ginseng