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ABSTRACT: Background
11?-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 (11?-HSD1) activates glucocorticoid locally in liver and fat tissues to aggravate metabolic syndrome. 11?-HSD1 selective inhibitor can be used to treat metabolic syndrome. Curcumin and its derivatives as selective inhibitors of 11?-HSD1 have not been reported.Methodology
Curcumin and its 12 derivatives were tested for their potencies of inhibitory effects on human and rat 11?-HSD1 with selectivity against 11?-HSD2. 200 mg/kg curcumin was gavaged to adult male Sprague-Dawley rats with high-fat-diet-induced metabolic syndrome for 2 months.Results and conclusions
Curcumin exhibited inhibitory potency against human and rat 11?-HSD1 in intact cells with IC50 values of 2.29 and 5.79 µM, respectively, with selectivity against 11?-HSD2 (IC50, 14.56 and 11.92 µM). Curcumin was a competitive inhibitor of human and rat 11?-HSD1. Curcumin reduced serum glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, low density lipoprotein levels in high-fat-diet-induced obese rats. Four curcumin derivatives had much higher potencies for Inhibition of 11?-HSD1. One of them is (1E,4E)-1,5-bis(thiophen-2-yl) penta-1,4-dien-3-one (compound 6), which had IC50 values of 93 and 184 nM for human and rat 11?-HSD1, respectively. Compound 6 did not inhibit human and rat kidney 11?-HSD2 at 100 µM. In conclusion, curcumin is effective for the treatment of metabolic syndrome and four novel curcumin derivatives had high potencies for inhibition of human 11?-HSD1 with selectivity against 11?-HSD2.
SUBMITTER: Hu GX
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3606385 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hu Guo-Xin GX Lin Han H Lian Qing-Quan QQ Zhou Shu-Hua SH Guo Jingjing J Zhou Hong-Yu HY Chu Yanhui Y Ge Ren-Shan RS
PloS one 20130322 3
<h4>Background</h4>11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 (11β-HSD1) activates glucocorticoid locally in liver and fat tissues to aggravate metabolic syndrome. 11β-HSD1 selective inhibitor can be used to treat metabolic syndrome. Curcumin and its derivatives as selective inhibitors of 11β-HSD1 have not been reported.<h4>Methodology</h4>Curcumin and its 12 derivatives were tested for their potencies of inhibitory effects on human and rat 11β-HSD1 with selectivity against 11β-HSD2. 200 mg/kg curcumin ...[more]