2012-07-312012-07-312011-08-02MORAES, Waldiney Pires. Caracterização do mecanismo de ação antiinflamatória do flavonóide BAS1 isolado da planta Brosimum acutifolium. 2011. 90 f. Tese (Doutorado) - Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Belém, 2011. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurociências e Biologia Celular.https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/2876Inflammation is the body's response to injury and danger. Even though it’s a body defensive mechanism, this response’s intensity and/ or persistency might be harmful for an individual. In such context, natural products are important sources of biologically active molecules, and they’re considered promising resources for the discovering of new drugs. Based on ethno pharmacological studies, BAS1 flavonoid (4'-hydroxy, 7, 8 - (2'', 2''-dimethyl-pyran)-flavan), which hasn’t been described by literature yet, was isolated from the Brosimum acutifolium plant, popularly known as "mururé da terra-firme." Facing this, the present study aimed at characterizing the anti-inflammatory mechanism of action of BAS1 flavonoid in stimulated murine macrophages. Macrophages were activated with LPS and IFN-γ, cell viability was evaluated by the MTT, levels of inflammatory mediators were determined by ELISA (TNF-α, PGE2, IL-10) through Griess reaction (NO) and protein expression by Western blotting. The results demonstrate that BAS1 only has cyclotoxic effects at high concentrations (100 μM) inhibited NO production (95%), negatively regulated the expression of NOS-2, reduced the TNF-α production (39%) and PGE2 (57%), but didn’t with IL-10 in activated macrophages. Thus, demonstrating the pharmacological effect of BAS1 flavonoid, as well as supporting the usage of the Brosimum acutifolium plant as an anti-inflammatory in our region was an important contribution from this study. Furthermore, the production of this plant’s extract could provide the local population with an effective and affordable anti-inflammatory. The present work may also contribute to the establishment of a new classification of anti-inflammatory agents, based on natural flavonoids, such as BAS1.porAcesso AbertoInflamaçãoFlavonóidesBAS1Brosimum acutifoliumCaracterização do mecanismo de ação antiinflamatória do flavonóide BAS1 isolado da planta Brosimum acutifoliumTeseCNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::FARMACOLOGIA::FARMACOLOGIA BIOQUIMICA E MOLECULAR