Volume 302, Number 3, 183-189, DOI: 10.1007/s00403-009-0979-x

Gingko biloba extract reduces VEGF and CXCL-8/IL-8 levels in keratinocytes with cumulative effect with epigallocatechin-3-gallate

Sandra Trompezinski, Marlène Bonneville, Ingrid Pernet, Alain Denis, Daniel Schmitt and Jacqueline Viac

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Abstract

In skin inflammation, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and CXCL-8/IL-8 play an important role and are produced by activated keratinocytes. Extracts from Ginkgo biloba leaves (GBE), widely used in phytotherapy, have been reported to exert antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties in the skin. We therefore evaluated the effects of GBE on the release of VEGF and CXCL8/IL-8 by normal human keratinocytes (NHKs) activated by tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα). Moreover, as we previously showed that epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) reduces VEGF and CXCL8/IL-8 secretion in TNFα-activated NHKs, we also tested its effect in association with GBE. Our results showed that GBE exerted a potent inhibition on VEGF and CXCL8/IL-8 levels in activated cells. In association with EGCG, GBE down-regulated VEGF and CXCL8/IL-8 levels in a cumulative manner in TNFα-stimulated NHKs. These results suggest that GBE, alone or in association with EGCG may contribute to moderate inflammatory processes in skin diseases associated with angiogenesis.

Keywords  Ginkgo biloba - Normal human keratinocyte - VEGF - CXCL8/IL-8 - Inflammation - EGCG

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