Knipholone, a selective inhibitor of leukotriene metabolism
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- 作者：A.A. Wube ; F. Bucar ; K. Asres ; S. Gibbons ; M. Adams ; B. Streit ; A. Bodensieck ; R. Bauer
- 关键词：Kniphofia foliosa ; Knipholone ; Leukotrienes ; 5-Lipoxygenase ; 12-Lipoxygenase ; Cycloxygenases
- 刊名：Phytomedicine
- 出版年：2006
- 出版时间：12 June 2006
- 年：2006
- 卷：13
- 期：6
- 页码：452-456
- 全文大小：179 K
文摘
Inhibition of leukotriene formation is one of the approaches to the treatment of asthma and other inflammatory diseases. We have investigated knipholone, isolated from the roots of Kniphofia foliosa, Hochst (Asphodelaceae), for inhibition of leukotriene biosynthesis in an ex vivo bioassay using activated human neutrophile granulocytes. Moreover, activities on 12-lipoxygenase from human platelets and cycloxygenase (COX)-1 and -2 from sheep cotyledons and seminal vesicles, respectively, have been evaluated. Knipholone was found to be a selective inhibitor of leukotriene metabolism in a human blood assay with an IC50 value of 4.2 μM. However, at a concentration of 10 μg/ml, the compound showed weak inhibition of 12(S)-HETE production in human platelets and at a concentration of 50 μM it produced no inhibition of COX-1 and -2. In our attempt to explain the mechanism of inhibition, we examined the antioxidant activity of knipholone using various in vitro assay systems including free radical scavenging, non-enzymatic lipid peroxidation, and metal chelation. Knipholone was found to be a weak dose-independent free radical scavenger and lipid peroxidation inhibitor, but not a metal chelator. Therefore, the leukotriene biosynthesis inhibitory effect of knipholone was evident by its ability either to inhibit the 5-lipoxygenase activating protein (FLAP) or as a competitive (non-redox) inhibitor of the enzyme. Cytotoxicity results also provided evidence that knipholone exhibits less toxicity for a mammalian host cell.