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Gynura procumbens Ethanolic Extract Promotes Lymphocyte Activation and Regulatory T Cell Generation In Vitro Dinia Rizqi Dwijayanti; Muhaimin Rifa'i
Journal of Tropical Life Science Vol. 5 No. 1 (2015)
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Immune system is a system of biological structures and processes within organism directed to protect against invaded pathogen. Cellular and humoral immune system mediated by immunocompetent cells such as CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, CD4+CD25+ T cells, and B220 cells play important role for maintaining immunological surveillance. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of ethanolic extract of  G. procumbens leaves (EEGL) on the profile of CD4+ T cells, CD4+CD25+ T cells, and B220+ cells. Splenic cells were isolated from BALB/c mice and cultured in RPMI1640 medium in the presence of EEGL. After 4 days of incubation, cells were harvested, stained with antibodies and analyzed by flow cytometer. The data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA with α= 0.05 and Tukey test using SPSS 16.0 for windows. The results showed that the extract of  G. procumbens could increase proliferation of CD4+CD62L T cell, CD4+CD25+T cells, and B220+ cells compared to the control. Here, we showed the biological effect of G. procumbensas medicinal herb with immunomodulatory activity andthe dose of 0.1 µg/ml and 1.0 µg/ml could promote T cell activation compared to the highest dose of 10 µg/ml. In terestingly, the dose of 10 µg/ml rather promote than inhibit B cell proliferation.
Modulation of Granulocyte Cells Development by VipAlbumin® Administration in BALB/C Mice with Diabetes Mellitus Andi Rizki Adi Pradana; Mansur Ibrahim; Muhammad Sasmito Djati; Muhaimin Rifa'i
Journal of Tropical Life Science Vol. 5 No. 3 (2015)
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Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease that is caused either by the decrease of insulin secretion frompancreatic β cells or the insensitivity of target cells against insulin. High glucose levels (hyperglycemia condition)can trigger the formation of free radicals, the main cause of diabetes micro and macrovascular complications. Theformation of free radicals and AGE (advanced glycation end-products) is assumed to became the key factor in thedecline of granulocyte cell production as well as the disruption of these cells functional activity. The purpose ofthis research was to determine the role of VipAlbumin® in inhibiting the adverse effects of increased blood glucoselevels, which highly influence the production of granulocyte. This study was divided into in vitro and in vivostage. BALB/C mice were used as experimental animals at in vivo stage and induced to undergo diabetes through100 mg/kg BW streptozotocin (STZ) injection at the age of 5 days. VipAlbumin® administered orally for 14 days,which began when mice reached the age of 14 weeks. The administration of VipAlbumin® divided into 3 dosesi.e. 0,01664 mg/gr BW (1st dose), 0,416 mg/gr BW (2nd dose), and 10,4 mg/gr BW (3rd dose). The further step wasa flowcytometric analysis to see the development of granulocyte cells relative amount, which were isolated fromthe bone marrow. The result of this analysis shows that VipAlbumin® administration, particularly at the 2nd and3rd dose, were able to modulate granulocyte cells development in the bone marrow.
Antioxidant Activity of Unripe Sapodilla Fruit Extract (Manilkara zapota L.) through Nrf2 and SOD Expression in Type 1 Diabetic Mice: Antioxidant activity of Manilkara zapota extract in T1DM Muhaimin Rifa'i; Fikriya Novita Sari; Rizky Senna Samoedra; Setyaki Kevin Pratama; Sri Rahayu; Aris Soewondo; Muhammad Halim Natsir
Journal of Tropical Life Science Vol. 13 No. 1 (2023)
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This research aims to analyze the effect of unripe sapodilla fruit extract on endogenous antioxidant expression in T1DM BALB/c mice and its free radical scavenging activity. Manilkara zapota extract (MzE) is an aqueous extract of unripe sapodilla fruit and was obtained by maceration and freeze-drying process. This study used 25 male BALB/c mice with 7-weeks-old of age. They were divided randomly into five groups (n=5) before treatment. A single high dose (145 mg/kg BW) of streptozotocin (STZ) was intraperitoneally injected to induce type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). MzE was given orally once each day for 14 days. Liver cells were isolated and immunoassay with anti-superoxide dismutase (SOD) and anti-nuclear factor erythroid 2-related Factor 2 (Nrf2), and then the results were analyzed by flow cytometry. Diphenylpicrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay was performed to analyze free radical scavenging. Data were analyzed statistically with one-way ANOVA (p<0.05). The result showed that the glucose levels in diabetic mice after MzE administration were significantly lower than in the DM group. MzE treatment increased the expression of Nrf2 and SOD in diabetic mice. MzE could scavenge DPPH with the IC50 value obtained at 48.35 μg/mL, while ascorbic acid as a control could scavenge DPPH with the IC50 value at 22.24 μg/mL. The increase in the scavenging activity is in line with the increase in extract concentration. In conclusion, this study revealed that MzE can be an endogenous antioxidant enhancer by improving the expression of Nrf-2, SOD and can inhibit free radicals as an exogenous antioxidant in T1DM.