Synthesis and biological evaluation of 8-substituted and deglucuronidated scutellarin and baicalin analogues as antioxidant responsive element activators
作者:Ping Yang、XiangZhen Kong、ChangMei Cheng、ChangYan Li、XiaoMing Yang、Xing’E Zhao
DOI:10.1007/s11426-011-4361-4
日期:2011.10
Flavonoids are important bioactive dietary compounds, which are proved to be antioxidant responsive element (ARE) activators to defend against electrophilic toxicants and oxidative stress. The activators induce ARE gene transcription through Nrf2 factor, a major transcriptional stimulator of cytoprotective genes, relieved from a Keap1 complex. In this report, based on the structures of two flavonoids, scutellarin and baicalin, which are extracted from two common Chinese plants Dengzhanhua (Erigeron breviscapus (vant) Hand-Mazz) and Huangqin (Scutellaria baicalensis Georigi), respectively, we synthesized several 8-substituted and deglucuronidated analogues and identified the ARE activation effects of these flavonoids. We found that the Baicalin, deglucurnonidated Baicalin and diaza cyclopenta derivative were more active. Their dose-dependent upregulation activities of ARE and NQO1 and induction effects of Nrf2 were testified. The results presented that these three analogues had good upregulation effects on ARE, and they could be potentially utilized in relieving oxidative stress, upon further neuroprotective tests.
黄酮类化合物是重要的生物活性膳食成分,已被证明是抗氧化反应元件(ARE)的激活剂,可以抵御电惊毒物和氧化应激。这些激活剂通过Nrf2因子诱导ARE基因转录,Nrf2是细胞保护基因的主要转录刺激因子,从Keap1复合物中释放出来。在本报告中,我们基于从两种常见中草药提取的黄酮类化合物——从登山花(Erigeron breviscapus (vant) Hand-Mazz)提取的scutellarin和从黄芩(Scutellaria baicalensis Georigi)提取的baicalin的结构,合成了几种8-取代和脱葡萄糖苷化的类似物,并鉴定了这些黄酮类化合物的ARE激活效果。我们发现,baicalin、脱葡萄糖苷化的baicalin和二氮杂环戊烯衍生物的活性较高。它们在剂量依赖性上上调ARE和NQO1的活性,并诱导Nrf2,得到了证实。结果表明,这三种类似物对ARE具有良好的上调效果,并且它们在进一步的神经保护测试中可能会被用于缓解氧化应激。