Synthetic Fluororutaecarpine Inhibits Inflammatory Stimuli and Activates Endothelial Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid-Type 1
作者:Chi-Ming Lee、Jiun-An Gu、Tin-Gan Rau、Chi Wang、Chiao-Han Yen、Shih-Hao Huang、Feng-Yen Lin、Chun-Mao Lin、Sheng-Tung Huang
DOI:10.3390/molecules22040656
日期:——
The natural product, rutaecarpine (RUT), is the main effective component of Evodia rutaecarpa which is a widely used traditional Chinese medicine. It has vasodilation, anticoagulation, and anti-inflammatory activities. However, further therapeutic applications are limited by its cytotoxicity. Thus, a derivative of RUT, 10-fluoro-2-methoxyrutaecarpine (F-RUT), was designed and synthesized that showed no cytotoxicity toward RAW264.7 macrophages at 20 μM. In an anti-inflammation experiment, it inhibited the production of nitric oxide (NO) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW264.7 macrophages; cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and inducible NO synthase (iNOS) induced by LPS were also downregulated. After 24 h of treatment, F-RUT significantly inhibited cell migration and invasion of ovarian A2780 cells. Furthermore, F-RUT promoted expressions of transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) and endothelial (e)NOS in human aortic endothelial cells, and predominantly reduced the inflammation in ovalbumin/alum-challenged mice. These results suggest that the novel synthetic F-RUT exerts activities against inflammation and vasodilation, while displaying less toxicity than its lead compound.
天然产品芸香卡品(RUT)是一种广泛使用的传统中药--Evodia rutaecarpa 的主要有效成分。它具有扩张血管、抗凝血和抗炎活性。然而,其细胞毒性限制了其进一步的治疗应用。因此,我们设计并合成了 RUT 的衍生物 10-氟-2-甲氧基吡咯他卡品(F-RUT),该衍生物在 20 μM 时对 RAW264.7 巨噬细胞无细胞毒性。在抗炎实验中,它抑制了脂多糖(LPS)刺激的 RAW264.7 巨噬细胞中一氧化氮(NO)和肿瘤坏死因子(TNF)-α 的产生;LPS 诱导的环氧化酶(COX)-2 和诱导型 NO 合酶(iNOS)也被下调。处理 24 小时后,F-RUT 能显著抑制卵巢 A2780 细胞的迁移和侵袭。此外,F-RUT 还能促进人主动脉内皮细胞中瞬时受体电位香草素 1 型(TRPV1)和内皮(e)NOS 的表达,并主要减轻卵清蛋白/明矾挑战小鼠的炎症反应。这些结果表明,新型合成 F-RUT 具有抗炎和舒张血管的活性,同时其毒性低于其先导化合物。