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BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 62, Issue 9, Pages 1185-1191Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(01)00773-0
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flavonoid; prenylated flavonoid; sophoraflavanone; sanggenon; cyclooxygenases; lipoxygenases; anti-inflammatory activity
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Prenylated flavonoids are chemical entities having an isoprenyl, a geranyl, a 1, 1-dimethylallyl, and/or a lavandulyl moiety as part of their flavonoid backbone structure. In this study, the effects of 19 naturally occurring prenylated flavonoids, isolated from medicinal plants, on cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 and COX-2 and on 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) and 12-LOX were investigated using [C-14]arachidonic acid as a substrate. The homogenates of bovine platelets and polymorphonuclear leukocytes were used as COX-1, 12-LOX, and 5-LOX enzyme sources; the homogenate of aspirin-pretreated lipopolysaccharide-induced RAW 264.7 cells was used for the COX-2 enzyme source. Among the 19 prenylated flavonoids, morusin, kuwanon C, sanggenon B, sanggenon D and kazinol B inhibited COX-2 activity (IC50 = 73-100 muM), but the potencies were far less than that of NS-398 (IC50 = 2.9 muM). In contrast, many prenylated flavonoids, such as kuraridin, kuwanon C and sophoraisoflavanone A, inhibited COX-1 activity. Of the COX-1 inhibiting prenylated flavonoids, kuraridin, kurarinone, and sophoraflavanone G, all having a C-8 lavandulyl moiety, showed potent activity (IC50 = 0.1 to 1 muM) comparable to that of indomethacin (IC50 = 0.7 muM). Most of the prenylated flavonoids tested: inhibited 5-LOX activity with ic,o values ranging from 0.09 to 100 AM. Of these, only kuwanon C, papyriflavonol A and sophoraflavanone G showed inhibitory activity against 12-LOX at low concentration ranges (IC50 = 19-69 muM) comparable to that of NDGA (IC50 = 2.6 muM). Our results suggest that the position and the nature of the prenyl substitution greatly influence in vitro biological activities of these molecules. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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