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Antifibrotic effect of methylated quercetin derivatives on TGF?-induced hepatic stellate cells.

ABSTRACT: Quercetin (QCT) and isorhamnetin (ISO), natural flavonoids, were both shown to possess antifibrotic activity in in vivo and in vitro models of hepatic fibrosis. Although ISO is a direct metabolite of QCT differing by a methyl group, it has been reported to be absorbed more adequately and eliminated slower than QCT after oral administration. Our aim of the study was to investigate biological effect of mono-methylated QCT derivatives against fibrosis using rat hepatic stellate cells (HSC-T6). All test derivatives were synthesized from QCT. HSC-T6 cells were induced by TGF? and treated with derivatives followed by cell proliferation assay, immunofluorescence staining of ?SMA, and gene expression analysis of fibrosis markers. All compounds showed a dose- and time-dependent antiproliferation effect. ISO, 3-O-methylquercetin (3MQ), and rhamnetin (RHA) reduced ?SMA mRNA; 3MQ prevented the augmentation of collagen I mRNA; and compounds, except azaleatin and 3MQ, reduced Timp1 mRNA expression in TGF?-induced HSCs. In conclusion, each compound had singular effect against different features of fibrosis depending on the position of methyl group although the further mechanism of action of compounds during fibrosis development remains to be investigated. These findings suggest that antifibrotic effect of quercetin can be enhanced by adding methyl group on functionally important position.

SUBMITTER: Ganbold M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6711851 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Antifibrotic effect of methylated quercetin derivatives on TGFβ-induced hepatic stellate cells.

Ganbold Munkhzul M Shimamoto Yasuhiro Y Ferdousi Farhana F Tominaga Kenichi K Isoda Hiroko H

Biochemistry and biophysics reports 20190816

Quercetin (QCT) and isorhamnetin (ISO), natural flavonoids, were both shown to possess antifibrotic activity in <i>in vivo</i> and <i>in vitro</i> models of hepatic fibrosis. Although ISO is a direct metabolite of QCT differing by a methyl group, it has been reported to be absorbed more adequately and eliminated slower than QCT after oral administration. Our aim of the study was to investigate biological effect of mono-methylated QCT derivatives against fibrosis using rat hepatic stellate cells ...[more]

PMID: 31467991

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Antifibrotic effect of methylated quercetin derivatives on TGF?-induced hepatic stellate cells.

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Antifibrotic effect of methylated quercetin derivatives on TGFβ-induced hepatic stellate cells.

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