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Scoparone (6,7-dimethoxycoumarin), a major bioactive compound found in various plant parts, including the inner shell of chestnut (Castanea crenata), was evaluated on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated BV-2 microglia cells. The results indicated that scoparone suppresses the LPS-stimulated increase of neuroinflammatory responses and inhibited the pro-inflammatory cytokine production in the BV-2 microglial cells. A mechanistic study showed that scoparone specifically inhibited the LPS-stimulated activation via a major regulation of IRF-3 and a regulation of ERK, whereby the phosphorylation in the BV-2 microglial cells is blocked. These data suggest that scoparone has anti-neuroinflammatory effects in LPS-activated BV-2 microglial cells, and could possibly be used in the development of novel drugs for the prevention and treatment of neuroinflammatory diseases.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules21121718","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,12,14]],"date-time":"2016-12-14T10:14:47Z","timestamp":1481710487000},"page":"1718","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":41,"title":["Scoparone Inhibits LPS-Simulated Inflammatory Response by Suppressing IRF3 and ERK in BV-2 Microglial Cells"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Duk-Yeon","family":"Cho","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 380-701, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hyun","family":"Ko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 380-701, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3244-9334","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joonsoo","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 380-701, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Byung-Wook","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 380-701, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yo-Sep","family":"Yun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 380-701, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jeong-In","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 380-701, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Palanivel","family":"Ganesan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 380-701, Korea"},{"name":"Nanotechnology Research Center and Department of Applied Life Science, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 380-701, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jin-Tae","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cosmeceutical Science, Daegu Haany University, Gyungsan 38610, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7041-1524","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dong-Kug","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 380-701, Korea"},{"name":"Nanotechnology Research Center and Department of Applied Life Science, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju 380-701, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,12,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3798","DOI":"10.1016\/j.febslet.2011.08.033","article-title":"Role of microglia in CNS inflammation","volume":"585","author":"Graeber","year":"2011","journal-title":"FEBS Lett."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1099","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1471-4159.2009.06537.x","article-title":"Aging-dependent changes of microglial cells and their relevance for neurodegenerative disorders","volume":"112","author":"Tichauer","year":"2010","journal-title":"J. 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