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Yoo HJ, Hwang SJ, Lee JH, Shim WS, Choi YW, Cho SM, Chung EK, Park JB, Lee KT. Development and Validation of an LC-MS/MS Assay to Quantitate 2',4',6'-Trihydroxyacetophenone in Rat and Dog Plasma and its Application to a Pharmacokinetic Study. Molecules 2020; 25:E4373. [PMID: 32977631 PMCID: PMC7583961 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25194373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In the present study, a simple, rapid, and reliable bioanalytical method was developed using liquid chromatography with tandem-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to quantify 2',4',6'-trihydroxyacetophenone (THAP) in rat and dog plasma with 2',4',6'-trihydroxybenzaldehyde as an internal standard (IS). The LC-MS/MS instrument was operated in the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode to detect THAP at m/z transition 166.89 > 82.8 and IS at 152.89 > 82.8, respectively. A simple, one-step protein precipitation (PP) method was employed with acetonitrile for sample preparation. Utilizing a Gemini C18 column, THAP and IS were separated with an isocratic mobile phase consisting of 10 mM ammonium acetate and methanol (10:90, v/v) at a flow rate of 0.2 mL/min. Total chromatographic run time was 2.5 min per sample injection. The standard calibration curve for THAP was linear (r2 ≥ 0.9987) over the concentration range of 0.1 to 100 µg/mL with the lower limit of quantitation (LLOQ) of 0.1 µg/mL (S/N ratio > 10). According to the regulatory guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), our newly developed biomedical analytical method was fully and adequately validated in terms of selectivity, sensitivity, linearity, intra- and inter-day precision and accuracy, recovery, matrix effect, stability, and dilution integrity. Our validated assay was successfully utilized in a nonclinical pharmacokinetic study of THAP in rats and dogs.
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- Hee Jo Yoo
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea; (H.J.Y.); (J.-H.L.)
- Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Korea;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea; (H.J.Y.); (J.-H.L.)
- Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea
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- Kyung Hee Drug Analysis Center, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-Gu, Seoul 02447, Korea;
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- Korea United Pharmaceutical Company, Seoul 06116, Korea; (Y.-W.C.); (S.M.C.)
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- Korea United Pharmaceutical Company, Seoul 06116, Korea; (Y.-W.C.); (S.M.C.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Korea;
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- College of Pharmacy, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Korea
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea; (H.J.Y.); (J.-H.L.)
- Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Korea
- Kyung Hee Drug Analysis Center, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-Gu, Seoul 02447, Korea;
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Luna L, Simirgiotis MJ, Lima B, Bórquez J, Feresin GE, Tapia A. UHPLC-MS Metabolome Fingerprinting: The Isolation of Main Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of the Andean Species Tetraglochin ameghinoi (Speg.) Speg. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23040793. [PMID: 29596368 PMCID: PMC6017344 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23040793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Revised: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The seriated extracts of petroleum ether (PE-E), dichloromethane (DCM-E) and methanol extracts (MeOH-E) from the aerial parts of the native South American plant Tetraglochin ameghinoi (Rosaceae), were evaluated regarding their antioxidant and antibacterial activities. The antioxidant properties were evaluated by free radical scavenging methods (DPPH and TEAC), ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) and lipoperoxidation in erythrocytes (LP), while the antibacterial activity was performed against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines. The chemical and biological analyses of this plant are very important since this bush is currently used in traditional medicine as a cholagogue and digestive. The polar MeOH-E showed the highest antioxidant activities (17.70 µg/mL in the DPPH assay, 381.43 ± 22.38 mM TE/g extract in the FRAP assay, 387.76 ± 91.93 mg TE/g extract in the TEAC assay and 93.23 + 6.77% in the LP assay) and it was selected for chromatographic isolation of its components. These components were found to be four acetophenones, including the new phloracetophenone glucoside: 4′,6′,-dihydroxy-2′-O-(6″-acetyl)-β-d-glucopyranosylacetophenone or IUPAC name: (6-(2-acetyl-3,5-dihydroxyphenoxy)-3,4,5-trihydroxytetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)methyl acetate, whose structure was elucidated by NMR and MS methods. In addition, twenty-six compounds, including five of these acetophenone derivatives, two sugars, six flavonoids, eleven phenolic acids and two triterpenes, were identified based on UHPLC-OT-MS and PDA analysis on the MeOH-E. The results support the medicinal use of the plant.
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- Lorena Luna
- Instituto de Biotecnología-Instituto de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Av. Li bertador General San Martín 1109 (O), San Juan CP5400, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia 5090000, Chile.
- Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on the Nervous System (CISNe), Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5090000, Chile.
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- Instituto de Biotecnología-Instituto de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Av. Li bertador General San Martín 1109 (O), San Juan CP5400, Argentina.
- CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología), CABA, Buenos Aires C1405DJR, Argentina.
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- Laboratorio de Productos Naturales Depto. de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Antofagasta, Av. Coloso S-N, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile.
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- Instituto de Biotecnología-Instituto de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Av. Li bertador General San Martín 1109 (O), San Juan CP5400, Argentina.
- CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología), CABA, Buenos Aires C1405DJR, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Biotecnología-Instituto de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Av. Li bertador General San Martín 1109 (O), San Juan CP5400, Argentina.
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Prasannarong M, Saengsirisuwan V, Piyachaturawat P, Suksamrarn A. Improvements of insulin resistance in ovariectomized rats by a novel phytoestrogen from Curcuma comosa Roxb. BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2012; 12:28. [PMID: 22463706 PMCID: PMC3342156 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Accepted: 03/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Curcuma comosa Roxb. (C. comosa) is an indigenous medicinal herb that has been used in Thailand as a dietary supplement to relieve postmenopausal symptoms. Recently, a novel phytoestrogen, (3R)-1,7-diphenyl-(4E,6E)-4,6-heptadien-3-ol or compound 049, has been isolated and no study thus far has investigated the role of C. comosa in preventing metabolic alterations occurring in estrogen-deprived state. The present study investigated the long-term effects (12 weeks) of C. comosa hexane extract and compound 049 on insulin resistance in prolonged estrogen-deprived rats. METHODS Female Sprague-Dawley rats were ovariectomized (OVX) and treated with C. comosa hexane extract (125 mg, 250 mg, or 500 mg/kg body weight (BW)) and compound 049 (50 mg/kg BW) intraperitoneally three times per week for 12 weeks. Body weight, food intake, visceral fat weight, uterine weight, serum lipid profile, glucose tolerance, insulin action on skeletal muscle glucose transport activity, and GLUT-4 protein expression were determined. RESULTS Prolonged ovariectomy resulted in dyslipidemia, impaired glucose tolerance and insulin-stimulated skeletal muscle glucose transport, as compared to SHAM. Treatment with C. comosa hexane extract and compound 049, three times per week for 12 weeks, markedly reduced serum total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein levels, improved insulin sensitivity and partially restored uterine weights in ovariectomized rats. In addition, compound 049 or high doses of C. comosa hexane extract enhanced insulin-mediated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle and increased muscle GLUT-4 protein levels. CONCLUSIONS Treatment with C. comosa and its diarylheptanoid derivative improved glucose and lipid metabolism in estrogen-deprived rats, supporting the traditional use of this natural phytoestrogen as a strategy for relieving insulin resistance and its related metabolic defects in postmenopausal women.
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Lo-apirukkul S, Jenjittikul T, Saralamp P, Prathanturarug S. Micropropagation of a Thai medicinal plant for women's health, Curcuma comosa Roxb., via shoot and microrhizome inductions. J Nat Med 2011; 66:265-70. [PMID: 21850476 DOI: 10.1007/s11418-011-0577-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2011] [Accepted: 07/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We studied the effects of explant types, plant growth regulators, and sucrose concentrations on shoot and microrhizome inductions of Curcuma comosa Roxb., an important Thai medicinal plant for women's health. Explant types significantly affected shoot induction of the plant. The maximum shoot multiplication rate of 11.82 ± 1.03 shoots/responding explant was obtained when culturing terminal bud explants on semi-solid Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 18.16 μM thidiazuron for 8 weeks. Subsequently, they were transferred to a semi-solid MS medium without plant growth regulators for 4 weeks. The regenerated shoots produced roots spontaneously. Rooted plantlets were successfully transferred to the soil. Microrhizome induction was significantly influenced by sucrose concentrations, but not by 6-benzyladenine (BA). Liquid MS medium with a combination of 17.76 μM BA and 50 g L(-1) sucrose was optimal for microrhizome induction of C. comosa. After 12 weeks of culture, the microrhizome induction rate was 3.36 ± 0.44 microrhizomes/responding explant. Starch accumulation in microrhizomes increased with higher sugar concentration and with longer duration of culture. The microrhizomes were allowed to germinate under greenhouse conditions and further developed into normal plants. The protocols established will be used for the production of uniform plantlets suitable for field plantation for the herbal industry.
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- Sureerat Lo-apirukkul
- Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, 447 Sri-ayudthaya Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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Tradtrantip L, Piyachaturawat P, Soroka CJ, Harry K, Mennone A, Mahagita C, Ballatori N, Boyer JL. Phloracetophenone-induced choleresis in rats is mediated through Mrp2. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2007; 293:G66-74. [PMID: 17363469 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00578.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Phloracetophenone (2,4,6-trihydroxyacetophenone, THA) is a potent choleretic in the bile fistula rat, although the mechanism is unknown. In the present study, we examined how THA enhances bile secretion. Stepwise infusions of THA (1-4 micromol/min) in the isolated perfused rat liver resulted in an immediate and dose-dependent increase in bile flow (BF), which reached saturation. The increase in BF was not associated with a change in the excretion of bile acids, suggesting that THA stimulated bile acid-independent bile flow. To further define the mechanism, the effect of THA on the excretion of sulfobromophthalein (BSP) and disulfobromophthalein (DBSP), typical multidrug resistance protein-2 (Mrp2) substrates was examined. THA inhibited the biliary excretion of both substrates. Because DBSP is excreted without conjugation to glutathione, in contrast to BSP, the findings suggest that THA might compete with DBSP and BSP metabolites at a common canalicular transport site, presumably Mrp2. THA infusions had no effect on the subcellular localization and distribution of either Mrp2 or the bile salt export pump (Bsep), nor the integrity of the tight junction. In contrast, the choleretic activity of THA was completely absent in the TR(-) rat, an animal model that lacks Mrp2, directly implicating this canalicular export pump as the mechanisms by which THA is excreted in bile. THA also partially reversed the cholestatic effects of estradiol-17beta-D-glucuronide, a process also dependent on Mrp2. In conclusion, the choleretic activity of THA and its possible metabolites is dependent on Mrp2. THA appears to stimulate BF by its osmotic effects and may attenuate the cholestatic effects of hepatotoxins undergoing biotransformation and excretion via similar pathways.
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- Lukmanee Tradtrantip
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Kanchanapoo J, Rao MC, Sophasan S, Suksamrarn A, Piyachaturawat P. Inhibitory effects of choleretic hydroxyacetophenones on ileal bile acid transport in rats. Life Sci 2006; 78:1630-6. [PMID: 16253286 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2005] [Accepted: 07/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The effects of the choleretic and cholesterol lowering compound, 2,4,6-trihydroxyacetophenone (THA) and its analog, 2,6-dihydroxyacetophenone (DHA), on ileal bile acid absorption were investigated in rats. THA inhibited taurocholate (TC) uptake into ileal brush-border membrane vesicles (BBMV), showing a maximum inhibition of 50%, whereas DHA completely inhibited TC uptake into ileal BBMV. THA exhibited competitive inhibition with a Ki of 9.88 mM, while DHA showed non-competitive inhibition with a Ki of 7.65 mM. Both total and ouabain-sensitive basolateral membrane (BLM) Na+-K+-ATPase activities, which are essential for maintenance of the Na+-gradient for bile acid transport, were inhibited by THA and DHA in a dose-dependent manner. The inhibition of BLM ATPase was uncompetitive with a Ki of 10.1 and 5.0 mM for THA and DHA, respectively. Administration of THA or DHA (400 micromol/kg) twice a day, to hypercholesterolemic rats for 3 weeks caused similar and marked reductions in plasma cholesterol to 60% of the cholesterol-fed controls. The data suggest that the inhibitory actions of THA and DHA on two essential components of ileal bile acid recycling to liver could, in part, contribute to the cholesterol lowering effect of the hydroxyacetophenone compounds. These effects on decreasing bile acid recycling, in combination with their potent choleretic effect, accelerating biliary excretion of bile acids, are responsible for the effective cholesterol lowering capacities of these compounds.
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- Jainuch Kanchanapoo
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Rd., Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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Charoenteeraboon J, Nithipatikom K, Campbell WB, Piyachaturawat P, Wilairat P, Rongnoparut P. Induction of human cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase in HepG2 cells by 2,4,6-trihydroxyacetophenone. Eur J Pharmacol 2005; 515:43-6. [PMID: 15896733 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2005] [Revised: 03/04/2005] [Accepted: 03/30/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In animal the plasma cholesterol-lowering activity of 2,4,6-trihydroxyacetophenone (THA) is due to enhanced cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) activity. We have examined the effect of THA on CYP7A1 activity and mRNA level in HepG2 cells. THA stimulated CYP7A1 activity in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. After exposure for 24 h, 1 muM THA induced CYP7A1 activity 160+/-8% and mRNA level 166+/-21% (mean+/-S.E.M.) of control. Moreover THA antagonized the inhibitory regulation of chenodeoxycholic acid on CYP7A1 mRNA expression. These results indicated that THA increases CYP7A1 activity in human HepG2 cells by stimulating mRNA transcription.
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- Juree Charoenteeraboon
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Rd, Phyatai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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