title: In vitro TGF-beta1 antagonistic activity of ursolic and oleanolic acids isolated from Clerodendranthus spicatus.
abstract: The mechanism of action of the aerial parts of Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C.Y. Wu, [syn. Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq,] a medicinal plant used in China to treat human renal disease, was investigated. The aqueous and methanol crude extracts exhibited dose-dependent inhibitory activity on 125I-TGF-beta1 binding to its receptor in Balb/c 3T3 cells. Subsequent bioassay-guided fractionation led to identification of two known triterpenoidal constituents, ursolic and oleanolic acids. Ursolic and oleanolic acids inhibited the binding of 125I-TGF-beta1 to its receptor with IC 50 values of 6.9 +/- 0.8 and 21.0 +/- 2.3 microM, respectively. The results suggest that TGF-beta1 antagonistic activity is responsible, at least in part, for the therapeutic efficacy of this plant to treat humans with renal disease.
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Koko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Shiuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: Nannan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xingguo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Junshan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D019686:Lamiaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009828:Oleanolic Acid / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000097245:Ursolic Acid
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D009828:Oleanolic Acid; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D014315:Triterpenes; D000097245:Ursolic Acid; C508960:TGFB1 protein, human; C508961:Tgfb1 protein, mouse