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Discovery of novel sesquistilbene indanone analogues as potent anti-inflammatory agents

  • Eur J Med Chem. 2016 May 4:113:63-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.02.021.
Mei-Lin Tang 1 Chen Zhong 1 Zheng-Yu Liu 1 Peng Peng 1 Xin-Hua Liu 2 Xun Sun 3
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Natural Products Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, 826 Zhangheng Road, Shanghai 201203, China.
  • 2 Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, 826 Zhangheng Road, Shanghai 201203, China. Electronic address: liuxinhua@fudan.edu.cn.
  • 3 Department of Natural Products Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, 826 Zhangheng Road, Shanghai 201203, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, 221 West Yanan Road, Shanghai 200040, China. Electronic address: sunxunf@shmu.edu.cn.
Abstract

To develop novel anti-inflammatory agents with improved pharmaceutical profiles, twenty-eight novel sesquistilbene indanone analogues were synthesized and evaluated for anti-inflammatory activity using RAW264.7 cells. Among these compounds, compound 11k was found to be one of the most potent analogues in inhibiting NO production in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 cells. Furthermore, it could also significantly suppress LPS-induced iNOS and COX-2 expression and NO production through TLR4/JNK/NF-κB signaling pathway in a concentration dependent manner.

Keywords

Anti-inflammatory; Indanone; TLR4/JNK/NF-κB.

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