title: Synthesis, crystal structure and anti-inflammatory properties of curcumin analogues.
abstract: Curcuminoids have been reported to possess multifunctional bioactivities, especially the ability to inhibit proinflammatory induction. Since it has been suggested that the seven-carbon beta-diketone linker in curcumin is responsible for its instability, nine mono-carbonyl five-carbon linker containing analogues were designed and synthesized. Their bioactivity against lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-alpha amd IL-6 secretion was evaluated by using mouse J774.1 macrophages. The results showed that the 3'-methoxyl plays an important role in bioactivity and cyclohexanone containing analogues exhibited stronger inflammatory inhibition than acetone and cyclopentanone analogues. Subsequently the most active analogue 3c was determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. X-ray analysis and comparison with curcumin reveals that the presence of cyclohexanone in 3c, which remotely resembles the 6-membered ring in the enol tautomer in curcumin, may play an important role in the bioactivity. It is suggested that five-carbon linker analogues containing a cyclohexane ring which are synthetically assessable may be pharmacologically important.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325035, China.
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Shulin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Huiping
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Kexin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Zhifeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xiaokun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D002460:Cell Line; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003474:Curcumin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D015850:Interleukin-6; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D003474:Curcumin