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Inhibitory lignans against NFAT transcription factor from Acanthopanax koreanum

  • Xing Fu Cai
  • , Seon Lee Im
  • , Tien Dat Nguyen
  • , Guanghai Shen
  • , Seong Kang Jong
  • , Hyun Kim Dong
  • , Ho Kim Young

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Abstract

Three lignans isolated from the roots of A. koreanum (Araliaceae), namely eleutheroside E (1), tortoside A (2), and hemiariensin (4), were evaluated for their ability to inhibit NFAT transcription factor. Of these compounds, compound 4, possessing a diarylbutane skeleton, exhibited potent inhibitory activity against NFAT transcription factor (IC50: 36.3 ± 2.5 μM). However, the activities of 1 (IC50: > 500 μM) and 2 (IC 50: 136.1 ± 9.4 μM), which possess bisaryldioxabicyclooctane skeletons, were lower. As the lignan derivatives of the same skeletons, hinokinin (5) and (-)-yatein (6) with diarylbutane skeletons and (+)-syringaresinol (3) with a bisaryldioxabicyclooctane skeleton were also studied for their inhibitory effects on NFAT transcription factor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)738-741
Number of pages4
JournalArchives of Pharmacal Research
Volume27
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Jul 2004

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant from the Basic Research Program of the Korea Science & Engineering Foundation (R05-2001-00026). We are grateful to KBSI for supplying the NMR and MS spectra.

Keywords

  • Acanthopanax koreanum
  • Araliaceae
  • Inhibitory effect
  • Lignan
  • NFAT transcription factor

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