己糖激酶介导小豆蔻明改善血管平滑肌细胞糖代谢的作用

目的:探讨小豆蔻明对胰岛素抵抗状态(IR)血管平滑肌细胞(VSMCs)糖代谢的影响及其作用机制。方法:采用高糖(2.5×l0-2 mol·L-1)高胰岛素(100 U·L-1)培养VSMCs,72 h后加入小豆蔻明培养48 h,观察培养液中葡萄糖消耗量、细胞内己糖激酶活性以及细胞增殖。结果:高糖高胰岛素培养72h后,血管平滑肌细胞糖消耗量降低(P<0.01);小豆蔻明能显著性增加IR细胞的平均糖消耗量(P<0.01),增强己糖激酶活性(P<0.01);同时明显抑制高糖高胰岛素引起的VSMCs增殖(P<0.01)。结论:小豆蔻明能增强己糖激酶活性,改善IR状态下细胞糖代谢;同时抑制高糖高胰岛素刺激引起的VSMCs异常增殖。     

Promising anti-inflammatory effects of chalcones via inhibition of cyclooxygenase,prostaglandin E2, inducible NO synthase and nuclear factor κb activities

Chalcones (1, 3-Diphenyl-2-propen-1-one) consist of a three carbon α, β-unsaturated carbonyl system and act as precursors for the biosynthesis of flavonoids in plants. However, laboratory synthesis of various chalcones has also been reported. Both natural and synthetic chalcones are known to exhibit a variety of pharmacological activities such as anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antibacterial, antifungal, antimalarial and antituberculosis. These promising activities, ease of synthesis and simple chemical structure have awarded chalcones considerable attraction. This review focuses on the anti-inflammatory effects of chalcones, caused by their inhibitory action primarily against the activities and expressions of four key inflammatory mediators viz., cyclooxygenase, prostaglandin E₂, inducible NO synthase, and nuclear factor κB. Various methodologies for the synthesis of chalcones have been discussed. The potency of recently synthesized chalcones is given in terms of their IC₅₀ values. Structure-Activity Relationships (SARs) of a variety of chalcone derivatives have been discussed. Computational methods were applied to calculate the ideal orientation of a typical chalcone scaffold against three enzymes, namely, cyclooxygenase-1, cyclooxygenase-2 and inducible NO synthase for the formation of stable complexes. The global market of anti-inflammatory drugs and its expected growth (from 2018 to 2026) have been discussed. SAR analysis, docking studies, and future prospects all together provide useful clues for the synthesis of novel chalcones of improved anti-inflammatory activities.     

小豆蔻明调控自噬抑制卵巢癌SKOV3细胞增殖的研究

目的：卵巢癌为女性常见病,死亡率高,分子靶向治疗药物较少,研发高效低毒的靶向新药意义重大。细胞自噬（autophagy）维持着细胞内稳态和生长,是抗癌药物作用的关键靶部位。本课题旨在明确小豆蔻明（Cardamonin,CAR）调控自噬对卵巢癌SKOV3细胞增殖的影响。方法：体外培养卵巢癌SKOV3细胞,不同药物分组处理,荧光显微镜下观察单黄酰戊二胺（MDC）染色后细胞自噬囊泡,WesternBlot法检测细胞自噬相关蛋白LC3的表达,四氮唑蓝（MTT）法观察SKOV3细胞增殖情况,流式细胞术检测SKOV3细胞凋亡的变化。结果：自噬抑制剂3-MA显著性降低SKOV3细胞内MDC染色的荧光颗粒数目、LC3II蛋白表达,抑制细胞增殖;而CAR（高、中剂量）、雷帕霉素和AZD8055与3-MA联用后细胞内MDC荧光颗粒数目增多、LC3II蛋白表达增加、细胞增殖抑制率及凋亡率明显升高;且高剂量CAR（10^-6mol·L^-1）的作用比低剂量CAR（10^-6mol·L^-1）明显。结论：CAR能够抑制SKOV3细胞增殖,诱导细胞自噬,促进细胞凋亡。CAR有望成为卵巢癌药物治疗的先导化合物。本研究为进一步研发此类化合物提供了实验依据及一定的理论基础。     

Comparison of the characterization on binding of alpinetin and cardamonin to lysozyme by spectroscopic methods

Studies on the binding affinity of protein to the active components of herbs are novel in biochemistry and are valuable for the information about speciation of drugs and exchange in biological systems. Alpinetin and cardamonin, two of the main constituents from the seeds of Alpinia katsumadai Hayata, have been used in traditional herbs as antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and other important therapeutic activities of significant potency and low systemic toxicity. The interactions between two flavonoids analogs and lysozyme have been studied for the first time by spectroscopic method including Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, circular dichroism (CD) and UV-absorption spectroscopy in combination with Fluorescence quenching study. Both molecules showed high affinities to lysozyme under the experimental condition with drug concentrations from 3.33 × 10⁻⁶ to 2.67 × 10⁻⁵ mol L⁻¹ for alpinetin and 1.67 × 10⁻⁶ to 13.33 × 10⁻⁶ mol L⁻¹ for cardamonin. The alterations of protein secondary structure in the presence of drugs in aqueous solution were quantitatively estimated by the evidences from CD and FT-IR spectroscopy. The thermodynamic parameters obtained and the results of spectroscopic measurements suggest that hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions are the predominant intermolecular forces stabilizing two coordination compounds. The quenching mechanism and the number of binding site (n ≈ 1) were obtained by fluorescence titration data. The efficiency of energy transfer provided the binding distances of 4.04 and 5.90 nm for alpinetin-LYSO and cardamonin-LYSO systems, respectively.     

己糖激酶介导小豆蔻明改善血管平滑肌细胞糖代谢的作用

目的：探讨小豆蔻明对胰岛素抵抗状态（IR）血管平滑肌细胞（VSMCs）糖代谢的影响及其作用机制。方法：采用高糖（2.5×l0-2 mol·L-1）高胰岛素（100 U·L-1）培养VSMCs,72 h后加入小豆蔻明培养48 h,观察培养液中葡萄糖消耗量、细胞内己糖激酶活性以及细胞增殖。结果：高糖高胰岛素培养72h后,血管平滑肌细胞糖消耗量降低（P〈0.01）;小豆蔻明能显著性增加IR细胞的平均糖消耗量（P〈0.01）,增强己糖激酶活性（P〈0.01）;同时明显抑制高糖高胰岛素引起的VSMCs增殖（P〈0.01）。结论：小豆蔻明能增强己糖激酶活性,改善IR状态下细胞糖代谢;同时抑制高糖高胰岛素刺激引起的VSMCs异常增殖。     

Cardamonin protects septic mice from acute lung injury by preventing endothelial barrier dysfunction

Cardamonin, a flavone compound isolated from Alpinia katsumadai Heyata seeds, has been reported to possess anti-inflammatory and anticoagulative activities, and it might be beneficial for management of sepsis. This study was conducted to examine the protective effects of cardamonin on experimental sepsis and resultant acute lung injury (ALI). Cardamonin (30 and 100 mg/kg) significantly elevated the survival rate of septic mice, alleviated ALI and lung microvascular leak, and lowered the serum levels of proinflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6. In vitro, it (25 and 50 μM) concentration dependently inhibited endothelium permeability and downregulated phosphorylation of P38 in rat lung microvascular endothelial cells induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). P38 inhibitor inhibited the endothelium permeability. In RAW 264.7 macrophage cells, cardamonin also showed selective inhibition of P38 phosphorylation induced by LPS. These results indicate that cardamonin can protect septic mice from ALI by preventing endothelium barrier dysfunction via selectively inhibiting P38 activation.     

Chalcones from the seed of Cedrelopsis grevei (Ptaeroxylaceae)

The seed of Cedrelopsis grevei (Ptaeroxylaceae) has yielded the known compounds uvangoletin, 5,7-dimethylpinocembrin, cardamonin, flavokawin B, 2'-methoxyhelikrausichalcone, and the novel prenylated chalcones, cedreprenone and cedrediprenone. Cedridiprenone has been shown to exhibit superoxide scavenging properties.     

小豆蔻明调控自噬抑制卵巢癌SKOV3 细胞增殖的研究

目的：卵巢癌为女性常见病,死亡率高,分子靶向治疗药物较少,研发高效低毒的靶向新药意义重大。细胞自噬（autophagy） 维持着细胞内稳态和生长,是抗癌药物作用的关键靶部位。本课题旨在明确小豆蔻明（Cardamonin,CAR）调控自噬对卵巢癌 SKOV3 细胞增殖的影响。方法：体外培养卵巢癌SKOV3 细胞,不同药物分组处理,荧光显微镜下观察单黄酰戊二胺（MDC）染色 后细胞自噬囊泡,Western Blot 法检测细胞自噬相关蛋白LC3的表达,四氮唑蓝（MTT）法观察SKOV3 细胞增殖情况,流式细胞 术检测SKOV3 细胞凋亡的变化。结果：自噬抑制剂3-MA 显著性降低SKOV3 细胞内MDC染色的荧光颗粒数目、LC3Ⅱ蛋白表 达,抑制细胞增殖;而CAR（高、中剂量）、雷帕霉素和AZD8055 与3-MA 联用后细胞内MDC荧光颗粒数目增多、LC3Ⅱ蛋白表达 增加、细胞增殖抑制率及凋亡率明显升高;且高剂量CAR（10-5mol·L-1）的作用比低剂量CAR（10-6mol·L-1）明显。结论：CAR能够 抑制SKOV3 细胞增殖,诱导细胞自噬,促进细胞凋亡。CAR有望成为卵巢癌药物治疗的先导化合物。本研究为进一步研发此类 化合物提供了实验依据及一定的理论基础。     

Cardamonin inhibited cell viability and tumorigenesis partially through blockade of testes-specific protease 50-mediated nuclear factor-kappaB signaling pathway activation

Previous studies have shown that testes-specific protease 50 (TSP50), a pro-oncogene overexpressed in many types of tumors, could promote cell proliferation, invasion, tumorigenesis, and tumor metastasis, suggesting that it is a potential cancer therapeutic target in drug discovery. Here, a luciferase assay system driven by the TSP50 gene promoter was used to screen the inhibitor of expression of TSP50. The study found that cardamonin, a flavone compound, could efficiently inhibit the expression of TSP50 in both mRNA and protein levels. Further results revealed that cardamonin also efficiently inhibited the viability of TSP50 high-expressing cancer cells by inducing G2/M-phase arrest and mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis. Surprisingly, knocking down the expression of TSP50 gene had the same effects as treatment with cardamonin. Moreover, it has been found that cardamonin had an inhibitory potency on TSP50 high-expressing tumor growth in vivo. In contrast, overexpression of TSP50 greatly decreased the cell sensitivity to the inhibitory effect of cardamonin and reversed the decreased tumor-inhibitory effect of cardamonin. Additionally, both TSP50 interference and treatment with cardamonin could suppress p65 nuclear translocation, and overexpression of TSP50 reversed the suppressive effect of cardamonin on p65 nuclear translocation. Taken together, these results suggest that cardamonin inhibited cell viability and tumorigenesis at least partially via blocking the activation of TSP50-mediated nuclear factor-kappaB signaling pathway, and cardamonin may be a promising anticancer drug candidate in the development of a novel agent for TSP50 high-expressing cancer cells.