title: Anti-inflammatory activities of hypocretenolides from Leontodon hispidus.
abstract: Hypocretenolides, a small group of sesquiterpene lactones with an unusual ring structure, are constituents of a small number of species from the Lactuceae tribe (Asteraceae). Three biogenetically closely related 14-hypocretenolides from Leontodon hispidus L. were investigated for a putative anti-inflammatory activity. 14-Hydroxyhypocretenolide-beta-D-glucoside-4'-14"-hydroxyhypocr etenoate significantly exhibited in vivo anti-inflammatory activity in the croton oil-induced mouse ear edema. To obtain first information regarding the molecular targets which might be affected by this constituent, two in vitro bioassays were performed: (i) DNA binding activity of the transcription factor NF-kappa B was evaluated by electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) using TNF-alpha-activated Jurkat T cells and (ii) nitrite accumulation in cell culture supernatants of LPS-activated RAW 264.7 macrophages was determined as a parameter for inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)-dependent nitric oxide release. In order to gain information about structure-activity relationships, additionally the aglycone 14-hydroxyhypocretenolide and its D-glycoside were investigated in these in vitro systems. 14-Hydroxyhypocretenolide-beta-D-glucoside-4'-14"-hydroxyhypocr etenoate as well as its aglycone exhibited activity in both test systems, whereas the D-glucoside was not or only weakly active.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmakognosie, Leopold-Franzens-Universität, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zidorn
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Dirsch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rüngeler
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sosa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Della Loggia
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Merfort
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Pahl
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vollmar
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stuppner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D051379:Mice; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D016328:NF-kappa B; D009573:Nitrites; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D004247:DNA