Effects of naturally occurring prenylated flavonoids on enzymes metabolizing arachidonic acid: cyclooxygenases and lipoxygenases - PubMed (original) (raw)

Effects of naturally occurring prenylated flavonoids on enzymes metabolizing arachidonic acid: cyclooxygenases and lipoxygenases

Y S Chi et al. Biochem Pharmacol. 2001.

Abstract

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 [14C]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 (ic(50) = 73-100 microM), but the potencies were far less than that of NS-398 (ic(50) = 2.9 microM). 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 (ic(50) = 0.1 to 1 microM) comparable to that of indomethacin (ic(50) = 0.7 microM). Most of the prenylated flavonoids tested inhibited 5-LOX activity with ic(50) values ranging from 0.09 to 100 microM. Of these, only kuwanon C, papyriflavonol A and sophoraflavanone G showed inhibitory activity against 12-LOX at low concentration ranges (ic(50) = 19-69 microM) comparable to that of NDGA (ic(50) = 2.6 microM). Our results suggest that the position and the nature of the prenyl substitution greatly influence in vitro biological activities of these molecules.

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Effects of naturally occurring prenylated flavonoids on enzymes metabolizing arachidonic acid: cyclooxygenases and lipoxygenases - PubMed (original) (raw)