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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Tang, Jiang-Jiang
• Wang, Min-Ran
• Dong, Shuai
• Huang, Lan-Fang
• He, Qiu-Rui
• Gao, Jin-Ming

Titel

1,10-Seco-Eudesmane sesquiterpenoids as a new type of anti-neuroinflammatory agents by suppressing TLR4/NF-κB/MAPK pathways

Ist Teil von

• European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2021-11, Vol.224, p.113713-113713, Article 113713

Ort / Verlag

France: Elsevier Masson SAS

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Dysregulation of neuroinflammation is a key pathological factor in the progressive neuronal damage of neurodegenerative diseases. An in-house natural products library of 1407 compounds were screened against neuroinflammation in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated microglia cells to identify a novel hit 1,6-O,O-diacetylbritannilactone (OABL) with anti-neuroinflammatory activity. Furthermore, a 1,10-seco-eudesmane sesquiterpenoid library containing 33 compounds was constructed by semisynthesis of a major component 1-O-acetylbritannilactone (ABL) from the traditional Chinese medicinal herb Inula Britannica L. Compound 15 was identified as a promising anti-neuroinflammatory agent by nitrite oxide (NO) production screening. 15 could attenuate tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) productions, and inhibit the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) at a submicromolar level. Mechanistic study revealed that 15 significantly modulated TLR4/NF-kB and p38 MAPK pathways, and upregulated the anti-oxidant response HO-1. Besides, 15 promoted the conversion of the microglia from M1 to M2 phenotype by increasing levels of arginase-1 and IL-10. The structure-activity relationships (SARs) analysis indicated that the α-methylene-γ-lactone motifs, epoxidation of C5=C10 bond and bromination of C14 were important to the activity. Parallel artificial membrane permeation assay (PAMPA) also demonstrated that 15 and OABL can overcome the blood-brain barrier (BBB). In all, compound 15 is a promising anti-neuroinflammatory lead with potent anti-inflammatory effects via the blockage of TLR4/NF-κB/MAPK pathways, favorable BBB penetration property, and low cytotoxicity. [Display omitted] •A 1,10-seco-eudesmane sesquiterpenoids library was constructed by semisynthesis as new anti-neuroinflammatory agents.•15 was identified as a promising anti-neuroinflammatory agent at a submicromolar level.•15 significantly modulated TLR4/NF-kB/MAPK pathways, upregulated HO-1, and promoted the polarization from M1 to M2.•15 and OABL both exhibited a favorable BBB penetration and ADMET property.