5,6,3′,4′-Tetrahydroxy-7-methoxyflavone as a Novel Potential Proteasome Inhibitor

Abstract

Proteasome inhibition is one of the new pharmaceutical approaches to study antitumor activity. Although the active components are not yet identified for either treating or preventing cancer, the low toxicity plant Anisomeles ovata R. Br. has been used in traditional herbal medicine for more than 1000 years. In this study, the methanol extract from Anisomeles ovata showed potent inhibition of proteasome activity. Twenty compounds, two macrocycylic diterpenoids, six aromatics, seven flavonoids, and five phenylethanoids were isolated from Fang Feng Cao the dried aerial parts of A. ovata. Their structures have been established on the basis of spectral evidence. Using a proteolysis assay for inhibition of 26S proteasome from pig red blood cells, we found that 5,6,3',4'-tetrahydroxy-7-methoxyflavone inhibited 90.5 %, 85.4 % and 73.1 % the chymotrypsin-like, caspase-like and trypsin-like activities of 26S proteasome with IC (50) values of 14.0, 5.4 and 24.1 microM, respectively, when Suc-LLVY-AMC, Z-LLE-AMC and Ac-RLR-AMC were used as substrates. 5,6,3',4'-Tetrahydroxy-7-methoxyflavone had a higher inhibitory at 15 minutes. A combination of 5,6,3',4'-tetrahydroxy-7-methoxyflavone and 5,6,4'-trihydroxy-7,3'-dimethoxyflavone increased the inhibition ability on 26S enzymatic activity. This combination appears to be a potentially attractive chemotherapy approach. We have found that 5,6,3',4'-tetrahydroxy-7-methoxyflavone has the highest inhibitory effects on 26S proteasome activities when compared to the other 11 flavonoids. These results suggest that both the 6-hydroxy and 7-methoxy positions of the flavone may play an important role in targeting 26S proteasome activity.

The Inhibitory Mechanisms Study of 5,6,4′-Trihydroxy-7,3′-Dimethoxyflavone against the LPS-Induced Macrophage Inflammatory Responses through the Antioxidant Ability

“…The 5-TDMF used in this study was purified as a yellow power from the methanol-fraction of Anisomeles ovata by our team following the published procedure [14]. The purified 5-TDMF exhibited similar spectroscopic data (IR, NMR, MS) to a previous publication [31].…”

“…In order to identify the active ingredients of Anisomeles ovata, a number of chemical components have been identified, including flavonoids, terpenoids and steroids [9,[11][12][13]. Among the isolated compounds, 5,6,4′-trihydroxy-7,3′-dimethoxyflavone (5-TDMF) was found to be the major flavonoid in the methanol extract of Anisomeles ovata [14]. However, a detailed pharmacological study of 5-TDMF has yet to be reported.…”