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Design, synthesis and bioactivity evaluation of fisetin derivatives as potential anti-inflammatory agents against LPS-induced acute lung injury

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2021 Nov 1;49:116456. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2021.116456.
Xiemin Wang 1 Jun Yang 1 Bingyu Ding 2 Pan Chen 1 Zhengwei Xu 2 Yunxi Zhao 2 Pengqin Chen 1 Nipon Chattipakorn 3 Guang Liang 4 Di Wu 5 Qidong Tang 6
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Affiliations

  • 1 Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China; Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325001, China.
  • 2 Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
  • 3 Cardiac Electrophysiology Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
  • 4 Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China; Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325001, China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311399, China. Electronic address: wzmcliangguang@163.com.
  • 5 Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China. Electronic address: wudi2017@wmu.edu.cn.
  • 6 Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China. Electronic address: tangqidongcn@126.com.
Abstract

Acute lung injury (ALI) refers to a common and life-threatening disease attributed to inflammation. However, effective drug treatments have been rare for ALI. Natural Products have been considered as a vital source of drug discovery which indicates that it's a workable method to find new anti-inflammatory drugs in Natural Products. Inspired by the various biological activities of fisetin, we reported the design and synthesis of a series of fisetin derivatives which were also evaluated for their anti-inflammatory activities in J774A.1 macrophages. Most of the obtain derivatives could effectively inhibit the release of IL-6 and TNF-α in vitro experiments without cytotoxicity. The most promising compound 5b exhibited significant in vivo anti-inflammatory activity in the model of LPS-induced ALI in mice. On the whole, this study could provide novel candidates for the treatment of ALI.

Keywords

Acute lung injury; Anti-inflammatory; Fisetin derivatives; Natural product.

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