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Photodynamic therapy (PDT), because of its good targeting, minimal invasion, and safety, is becoming a very active area in cancer prevention and treatment, in which the photosensitizers have proved to be the core element for PDT. We developed a new HPLC method for analyzing porphyrin photosensitizers using Shiseido Capcell PAK C18 (150 mm x 4.6 mm, 5 µm) as the column at 30 °C, methanol-1% aqueous solution of acetic acid as the mobile phase in a flow rate of 1.0 mL · min(-1) in a gradient elution mode, and the detection wavelength at 380 nm. This method, showing good specificity, precision, accuracy and robusty via methodology validations, can be applied to the purity test and assay of porphyrin photosensitizers, and has played a key guide role in the R&D of the new porphyrin photosensitizer--sinoporphyrin sodium.
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Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid , Photochemotherapy , Photosensitizing Agents , Chemistry , Porphyrins , ChemistryABSTRACT
This study is to investigate the effect of Vam3, a dimeric derivative of resveratrol, on SNP-induced apoptosis and its potential mechanism in rat articular chondrocytes. Isolated rat articular chondrocytes were treated with sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a NO donor, to induce apoptosis. Apoptosis percentage was evaluated by Annexin V-PI and nucleus fracture was examined by DAPI staining. Level of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) was detected using 2, 7'-dichlorofluorescin diacetate (DCFH-DA) as a fluorescence probe by fluorescence microplate reader. The change in mitochondrial membrane potential was detected by TMRE staining. Expressions of SIRT1, acetylated p53 (ac-p53), cleaved caspase 9 and cleaved caspase 3 were determined by Western blotting. It showed that Vam3 up to 10 micromol x L(-1) could significantly reduce SNP-induced rat articular chondrocytes apoptosis (P < 0.01) and nucleus fracture, inhibit the increase of intracellular ROS level (P < 0.01) and reverse the decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential (P < 0.01). Simultaneously, Vam3 could upregulate the expression of SIRT1, deacetylate p53, and inhibit the cleavage of caspase 9 and caspase 3 (P < 0.01) of rat articular chondrocytes exposed to SNP. This study indicates Vam3 could protect rat articular chondrocytes against SNP-induced apoptosis, perhaps through the upregulation of SIRT1 and deacetylation of p53.
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Animals , Male , Rats , Apoptosis , Arabidopsis Proteins , Pharmacology , Cartilage, Articular , Cell Biology , Caspase 3 , Metabolism , Caspase 9 , Metabolism , Cells, Cultured , Chondrocytes , Cell Biology , Metabolism , Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial , Nitric Oxide Donors , Pharmacology , Nitroprusside , Pharmacology , Qa-SNARE Proteins , Pharmacology , Rats, Wistar , Reactive Oxygen Species , Metabolism , Sirtuin 1 , Metabolism , Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 , MetabolismABSTRACT
Ten compounds were isolated from the 70% ethanol extract of linseed meal (Linum usitatissimum L) through a combination of various chromatographic techniques, including silica gel, macroporous adsorbent resin, Sephadex LH-20, and preparative HPLC. On the basis of spectroscopic data analysis, they were elucidated as 1-methylethyl-2-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1" --> 6')-beta-D-glucopyanoside (1), linustatin (2), neolinustatin (3), lotaustralin (4), linamarin (5), deoxyguanosine (6), deoxyadenosine (7), (+)-pinoresinol-4'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (8), 4-O-beta-D-glucopyranosylvanillyl alcohol (9) and tachioside (10), separately. Among them, compound 1 is a new compound, and compounds 6, 8 and 10 were isolated from the linseed meal for the first time.
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Amygdalin , Chemistry , Deoxyadenosines , Chemistry , Deoxyguanosine , Chemistry , Flax , Chemistry , Glucosides , Chemistry , Glycosides , Chemistry , Lignans , Chemistry , Molecular Structure , Nitriles , Chemistry , Plants, Medicinal , Chemistry , Seeds , ChemistryABSTRACT
The aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of Vam3 which is one of the dihydroxystilbene compounds on expressions of ICAM-1 in the lungs of OVA-induced asthmatic mice and the mechanisms of anti-airway inflammation. Balb/c mice were challenged with OVA inhalation. Lung tissues were stained with Mayer's hematoxylin and eosin for histopathologic examination. The expression of ICAM-1 in the lungs of mice was analyzed by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry method. The NF-kappaB activities were detected by NF-kappaB-luc reporter genetic transient transfection method. The activities of MMP-9 induced by LPS, TNF-alpha and PMA in THP-1 cells were determined by gelatin zymography method. The results showed that Vam3 could inhibit the expression of ICAM-1 in the OVA-induced mouse model. In addition, Vam3 could significantly suppress the activities of NF-kappaB in A549 cells and MMP-9 in THP-1 cells induced by LPS, TNF-alpha and PMA. These results suggested that Vam3 could alleviate the asthmatic inflammation by decreasing ICAM-1 expression in asthmatic mice, down regulating NF-kappaB and MMP-9 activities. Compound Vam3 showed inhibitory effects on inflammatory signal pathways involved in asthma.
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Animals , Humans , Male , Mice , Anti-Asthmatic Agents , Pharmacology , Anti-Inflammatory Agents , Pharmacology , Asthma , Metabolism , Benzofurans , Pharmacology , Cell Line, Tumor , Inflammation , Metabolism , Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 , Metabolism , Leukemia, Myeloid , Metabolism , Pathology , Lung , Metabolism , Pathology , Lung Neoplasms , Metabolism , Pathology , Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 , Metabolism , Mice, Inbred BALB C , NF-kappa B , Metabolism , Ovalbumin , Stilbenes , PharmacologyABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents of Botrychium lanuginosum.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Various chromatographic techniques were used to isolate and purify the constituents. The structures were elucidated by chemical evidence and spectroscopic methods.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Ten compounds were isolated from the 95% ethanol extract of the herb of B. lanuginosum and their structures were elucidated as 30-nor-21beta-hopan-22-one (1), beta-sitosterol (2), luteolin (3), thunberginol A (4), apigenin (5), (6'-O-palmitoyl)-sitosterol-3-O-beta-D-glucoside (6), daucosterol (7), 1-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(2S, 3R, 4E, 8Z)-2-[(2R-hydroxy hexadecanoyl) amino]-4, 8-octadecadiene-1, 3-diol (8), luteolin-7-O-glucoside (9), sucrose (10).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compounds 1-10 were isolated from this genus for the first time.</p>
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Apigenin , Chemistry , Chromatography , Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Chemistry , Ferns , Chemistry , Isocoumarins , Chemistry , Luteolin , Chemistry , Sitosterols , Chemistry , Sucrose , ChemistryABSTRACT
<p><b>AIM</b>To seek for new components as BACE inhibitors from Aloe arborescens.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The chemical constituents were isolated by chromatographic methods and their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Eight compounds were isolated and their structures identified as 6'-O-isobutyryl aloenin A (1), aloenin A (2), aloe-emodin (3), (E)-2-acetonyl-8-(2'-O-feruloxyl)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-7-methoxy-5-methyl-chromone (4), 7-O-methylaloeresin A (5), babarloin A (6), elgonica-dimer A (7), and elgonica-dimer B (8), separately.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Compound 1 is a new compound, and compound 4 was isolated from A. arborescens for the first time. Pharmacological tests indicated that 2, 4, 5 and 6 have moderate inhibitory active on BACE.</p>