Synthesis of a novel series of diphenolic chromone derivatives as inhibitors of NO production in LPS-activated RAW264.7 macrophages
Synthesis of a novel series of diphenolic chromone derivatives as inhibitors of NO production in LPS-activated RAW264.7 macrophages
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bmc.2010.03.020
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发表时间:
2010-04-15
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Li, Jian-Xin
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作者:
Liu, Guo-Biao;Xu, Jian-Liang;Li, Jian-Xin
A novel series of diphenolic chromone derivatives were synthesized and their inhibitory activity on nitric oxide (NO) production and cytotoxicity were evaluated using LPS-activated murine macrophages RAW264.7 assay and MTT method, respectively. Among these compounds, (5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxo-4H-chromen-3-yl) methyl esters (6b, 6c, 6f, 6g, and 6h) showed quite potent inhibitory activities with IC50 values of 2.20, 3.48, 0.35, 0.80, and 0.61 mu M, respectively. The MTT results showed that all of the active compounds exhibited no cytotoxicity at the effective concentrations. The preliminary mechanism of the most potent compounds (6b, 6c, 6f, 6g, and 6h) was further examined based on the RT-PCR results and the compounds 6f, 6g, and 6h inhibited NO production by suppressing the expression of iNOS mRNA in a dose dependent manner. Furthermore, a computational analysis of physicochemical parameters revealed that the most of the compounds possessed drug-like properties. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.