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PHYTOMEDICINE
Volume 22, Issue 4, Pages 444-451Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2015.02.001
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Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza); Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH); Inhibitor; Tanshinone IIA; CAyptotanshinone; Salvianolic acid C
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81202984, 81130068]
- National Science and Technology Major Project Creation of Major New Drugs [2012ZX09303009-002]
- Leading Talents of Scientific Research in TCM of Jiangsu Province [LJ200906]
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Background: Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) has been demonstrated to be a key enzyme involved in the pathologic development of several cardiovascular diseases and inflammation, and inhibition of sEH is therefore very helpful or crucial for the treatment of ischemia-reperfusion injury, cardiac hypertrophy, hypertension and inflammation. Danshen, the dried root of Salvia miltiorrhiza (Fam. Labiatae), has been used for the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in China and other countries for hundreds of years. Recent studies indicated that Danshen and its preparations also have potential for the management of inflammation. However, little information is available about the possibility of Danshen and its components on sEH inhibition. Purpose and methods: Danshen extracts and its constituents were tested for sEH inhibition using its physiological substrate, 8,9-EET, based on a LC-MS/MS assay in this study. Results: Among the tested 15 compounds, tanshinone IIA and ciyptotanshinone were found to be the potent (K-i = 0.87 mu M) and medium (K-i = 6.7 mu M) mixed-type inhibitors of sEH, respectively. Salvianolic acid C (IC; 8.6 it M) was proved to be a moderate noncompetitive sEH inhibitor. In consistent with the inhibition results of the pure compounds, the 75% ethanol extract of Danshen (EE, IC50 = 86.5 mu g/ml) which contained more tanshinone IIA and cryptotanshinone exhibited more potent inhibition on sEH than the water extract (WE, IC50 > 200 mu g/ml) or 1 M NaHCO3 (BE, IC50 > 200 mu g/ml) extract. Conclusion: These data indicated that using the ethanol fraction of Danshen and increasing the amounts of tanshinone IIA, cryptotanshinone and salvianolic acid C, especially the contents of tanshinone IIA in Danshen extract or preparations to enhance the inhibitory effects on s EH might be efficient ways to improve its cardiovascular protective and anti-inflammatory effects, and that herbal medicines could be an untapped reservoir for sEN-inhibition agents and developing sEH inhibitors from the cardiovascular protective and anti-inflammatory herbs is a promising approach. (C) 2015 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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