title: E17110 promotes reverse cholesterol transport with liver X receptor β agonist activity in vitro.
abstract: Liver X receptor (LXR) plays an important role in reverse cholesterol transport (RCT), and activation of LXR could reduce atherosclerosis. In the present study we used a cell-based screening method to identify new potential LXRβ agonists. A novel benzofuran-2-carboxylate derivative was identified with LXRβ agonist activity: E17110 showed a significant activation effect on LXRβ with an EC50 value of 0.72 μmol/L. E17110 also increased the expression of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) and G1 (ABCG1) in RAW264.7 macrophages. Moreover, E17110 significantly reduced cellular lipid accumulation and promoted cholesterol efflux in RAW264.7 macrophages. Interestingly, we found that the key amino acids in the LXRβ ligand-binding domain had distinct interactions with E17110 as compared to TO901317. These results suggest that E17110 was identified as a novel compound with LXRβ agonist activity in vitro via screening, and could be developed as a potential anti-atherosclerotic lead compound.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100050, China; Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Ni
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Duo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Yanni
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Shuyi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Si
keywords: ABCA1; ABCA1, ATP-binding cassette transporter A1; ABCG1; ABCG1, ATP-binding cassette transporter G1; ApoA-I, apolipoprotein A-I; Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol efflux; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-phosphate dehydrogenase; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LBD, ligand-binding domain; LXR, liver X receptor; LXRE, LXR response element; LXRβ; NR, nuclear receptor; RCT, reverse cholesterol transport; RXR, retinoid X receptor; Reverse cholesterol transport; ox-LDL, oxidized low-density lipoprotein