Evaluation of endogenous fatty acid amides and their synthetic analogues as potential anti-inflammatory leads
作者:Hung The Dang、Gyeoung Jin Kang、Eun Sook Yoo、Jongki Hong、Jae Sue Choi、Hyung Sik Kim、Hae Young Chung、Jee H. Jung
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2010.12.046
日期:2011.2
A series of endogenous fatty acid amides and their analogues (1-78) were prepared, and their inhibitory effects on pro-inflammatory mediators (NO, IL-1 beta, IL-6, and TNF-alpha) in LPS-activated RAW264.7 cells were evaluated. Their inhibitory activity on the pro-inflammatory chemokine MDC in IFN-gamma-activated HaCaT cells was also examined. The results showed that the activity is strongly dependent on the nature of the fatty acid part of the molecules. As expected, the amides derived from enone fatty acids showed significant activity and were more active than those derived from other types of fatty acids. A variation of the amine headgroup also altered bioactivity profile remarkably, possibly by modulating cell permeability. Regarding the amine part of the molecules, N-acyl dopamines exhibited the most potent activity (IC50 similar to 2 mu M). This is the first report of the inhibitory activity of endogenous fatty acid amides and their analogues on the production of nitric oxide, cytokines (IL-1 beta, IL-6, and TNF-alpha) and the chemokine MDC. This study suggests that the enone fatty acid-derived amides (such as N-acyl ethanolamines and N-acyl amino acids) and N-acyl dopamines may be potential anti-inflammatory leads. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Apoptosis induction by dohevanil, a DHA substitutive analog of capsaicin, in MCF-7 cells
Capsaicin (8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide), a major pungent ingredient in a variety of red peppers of the genus Capsicum, is a type of vanilloid. It has been shown to induce apoptosis in many cell types. The effects of vanilloids on apoptosis induction are thought to be correlated with the length and degree of the unsaturation of the fatty acyl chains, In this Study, we compared the effect of capsaicin and its docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6) analog (we named as dohevanil) on human breast cancer MCF-7 cells, which do not express caspase-3. Dohevanil, which was synthesized from DHA and vanillylamine, has longer and highly unsaturated fatty acyl chain than capsaicin. We showed that both vanilloids exhibit effects of growth inhibition and DNA fragmentation induction in MCF-7 cells. These effects of dohevanil were more potent than capsaicin. Because these effects were inhibited by z-VAD-fmk, 1 broad-spectrum caspase inhibitor, the vanilloids induced the apoptosis via caspase-dependent pathway not involving caspase-3. In conclusion, dohevanil has I more potent effect on apoptosis induction in MCF-7 cells than capsaicin. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Capsaicin Analogues Derived from n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) Reduce Inflammatory Activity of Macrophages and Stimulate Insulin Secretion by β-Cells In Vitro
In this study, two capsaicin analogues, N-eicosapentaenoyl vanillylamine (EPVA) and N-docosahexaenoyl vanillylamine (DHVA), were enzymatically synthesized from their corresponding n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), both dietary relevant components. The compounds significantly reduced the production of some lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced