Screening for Potential Bioactive Components in Ginkgo biloba Extract by the Rat Renal Tubular Epithelial Cell Extraction and LC-MS/MS.
Rat renal tubular epithelial cell (RTEC) cultured with high glucose has been used to observe the protective effect of Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) against diabetic nephropathy (DN). The compounds in GBE binding with cell membrane or entering into cell are still unknown, which may be potential bioactive components. In this paper, a powerful method for screening and analyzing the potential bioactive components from GBE was developed using cell extraction coupled with high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). 8 prototype compounds and 5 metabolites were obtained, among which 6 prototype compounds and 1 metabolite were identified or tentatively characterized as rutin, bilobalide, ginkgolide B, ginkgolide C, genkwanin, apigenin and diosmetin by comparing their retention times and MS spectra with those of authentic standards or literature data. The 6 prototype compounds were further quantitatively analyzed using electrospray ionization in negative mode multiple reaction monitoring (MRM). The results showed that high glucose changed the Tmax, MRT(0-t), Cmax and AUC(0-t) of all observed compounds and decreased the t1/2 of genkwanin and apigenin, significantly. The overall findings indicate that 8 prototype compounds may be the potential bioactive components of GBE with preventive effect against DN and the method of RTEC extraction coupled with LC-MS/MS technology screening method we developed is a feasible, rapid, and useful tool for screening and analyzing potential bioactive components.
Ying
Y
Li
Yin-jie
YJ
Li
Zheng
Z
Li
Jing-Ying
JY
Qiu
Xiao-Xiao
XX
Zheng
Ting-Ting
TT
Bian
Feng-Lei
FL
Gao
Yan-Yan
YY
Yu
Dong-Zhi
DZ
Yang
Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221004, China. tdq993@hotmail.com.
Dao-Quan
DQ
Tang
D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D020441:Ginkgo biloba / Q000737:chemistry*; D057166:High-Throughput Screening Assays; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry
D010936:Plant Extracts