Therapeutic potential of phytochemical luteolin in restoring skin barrier by inhibiting antimicrobial peptides associated with TRAF6/TAK1/IKK/IκB in psoriasis-like HaCaT models
摘要
Autoimmune skin diseases, such as psoriasis are primarily characterized by excessive inflammation and skin barrier damage. The disrupted skin barrier is directly related to skin dryness. Luteolin, a flavonoid compound, has various biological activities such as antioxidant, anticancer, anti-aging, and anti-inflammatory. However, little has been known about the anti-psoriatic therapeutic function of luteolin. This study focused on the recovery of the skin barrier by luteolin through the regulation of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as well as anti-inflammatory activity, using TNF-α/IL-17A/IFN-γ-stimulated HaCaT cells. First, luteolin significantly inhibited the mRNA expression of antimicrobial peptides LL-37, human β-defensin-2 (hBD-2), S100A7, and S100A8 by regulating IκB/NF-κB signaling pathway through TRAF6/IκB. Moreover, luteolin increased the expression of filaggrin, loricrin and involucrin, which are essential of cornified envelope (CE) formation in epidermis. These results suggest anti-inflammatory luteolin has the function of restoring the disrupted skin barrier by regulating antimicrobial peptides and cornified envelope proteins.