title: Pheophorbide a, a potent endothelin receptor antagonist for both ETA and ETB subtypes.
abstract: Many crude drugs were screened for their capacity to inhibit the binding of endothelin-1 (ET-1) to ET receptors; several crude drugs showed significant binding inhibitory activity. Pheophorbide a (1), a potent non-peptide ET receptor antagonist, was isolated from Altemisiae capillaris Flos ("Inchinko" in Japanese), which has been utilized as a remedy for hepatitis in Oriental medicine. In receptor binding experiments, compound 1 inhibited ET-1 binding specifically to both the ETA receptor (ETAR) and ETB receptor (ETBR), with IC50 values of 8.0 x 10(-8) and 2.1 x 10(-7) M, respectively. Thus, compound 1 is an ET-1 binding inhibitor; however, it exhibited no affinity for the other receptors of angiotensin II and atrial natriuretic peptide. We also evaluated the inhibitory activity of porphyrin compounds, and found that some exhibited moderate activity.
authors: Tokyo Research Laboratories, Kowa Co., Ltd., Japan.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Ohshima
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Hirata
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Oda
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Sasaki
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Shiratsuchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D007564:Japan; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D065128:Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; D010936:Plant Extracts; D002734:Chlorophyll; C032623:pheophorbide a