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Maackiain is a novel antiallergic compound that suppresses transcriptional upregulation of the histamine H1 receptor and interleukin-4 genes
Mizuguchi, Hiroyuki,Nariai, Yuki,Kato, Shuhei,Nakano, Tomohiro,Kanayama, Tomoyo,Kashiwada, Yoshiki,Nemoto, Hisao,Kawazoe, Kazuyoshi,Takaishi, Yoshihisa,Kitamura, Yoshiaki,Takeda, Noriaki,Fukui, Hiroyuki
, (2017/11/09)
Kujin contains antiallergic compounds that inhibit upregulation of histamine H1 receptor (H1R) and interleukin (IL)-4 gene expression. However, the underlying mechanism remains unknown. We sought to identify a Kujin-derived antiallergic compound and investigate its mechanism of action. The H1R and IL-4 mRNA levels were determined by real-time quantitative RT-PCR. To investigate the effects of maackiain in?vivo, toluene-2,4-diisocyanate (TDI)-sensitized rats were used as a nasal hypersensitivity animal model. We identified (?)-maackiain as the responsible component. Synthetic maackiain showed stereoselectivity for the suppression of IL-4 gene expression but not for H1R gene expression, suggesting distinct target proteins for transcriptional signaling. (?)-Maackiain inhibited of PKCδ translocation to the Golgi and phosphorylation of Tyr311 on PKCδ, which led to the suppression of H1R gene transcription. However, (?)-maackiain did not show any antioxidant activity or inhibition of PKCδ enzymatic activity per se. Pretreatment with maackiain alleviated nasal symptoms and suppressed TDI-induced upregulations of H1R and IL-4 gene expressions in TDI-sensitized rats. These data suggest that (?)-maackiain is a novel antiallergic compound that alleviates nasal symptoms in TDI-sensitized allergy model rats through the inhibition of H1R and IL-4 gene expression. The molecular mechanism underlying its suppressive effect for H1R gene expression is mediated by the inhibition of PKCδ activation.
4-Chromenesulphones: Synthesis and transformation to isoflavonoid models
Simas, Alessandro Bolis C.,Furtado, Luis F.O.,Costa, Paulo R.R.
, p. 6893 - 6895 (2007/10/03)
Novel sulphones derived from chromenes through substitution at C-4 were prepared. It has been shown that, after conjugate addition of phenyl lithium and sulphone function manipulation on the adducts, these molecules lead to isoflavan, isoflavene and isoflavanone models.
A convenient synthesis of (±)-4-prenylpterocarpin
Coelho,Vasconcellos,Simas,Rabi,Costa
, p. 914 - 916 (2007/10/02)
Coupling of 7-methoxy-8-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-2H-1-benzopyran (4a) with 2-chloromercurio-4,5-methylenedioxyphenol (5) yields (±)-6a,12a-cis-dihydro-3-methoxy-4-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-6H-[1,3]diox olo[5,6]benzofuro[3,2-c][1]benzopyran (6; ±-4-prenylpterocarpi
