1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to an isoacteoside derivative and forming method and use thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to an isoacteoside derivative, forming method thereof and use of medicine including the isoacteoside derivative.
2. Description of Related Art
Isoacteoside belongs to a kind of phenylpropanoid glycosides, and presents in many plants. For example, Cistanche also contains this ingredient. The structure of the isoacteoside includes dihydroxy-phenethyl-D-glucoside, cinnamic acid ester, and a monosaccharide.
Based on current research, the isoacteoside has efficacy of neuroprotection, liver protection, antioxidant, and reducing biological activity of amyloid peptide aggregation. According to the test results for researching activity of WO 2011/157059 A1, when caffeoyl group was at the sixth position (such as isoacteoside), the activity of inhibiting β-amyloid peptides (Aβ) accumulation was better, and when the caffeoyl group was at the fourth position (such as acteoside), the activity decreased. These results show that the position of the caffeoyl group has a great effect on the activity of the isoacteoside.
Further, in pharmacological mechanism of isoacteoside for reducing Aβ aggregation, one possibility is that the bisphenol group of catechol and transition metals (such as copper, iron, zinc, etc) have a metal chelation reaction. A phenylethanoid group at the first position also includes a catechol group. Therefore, the phenylethanoid group should have a similar effect of metal chelation, and may be a necessary active group.
Accordingly, the present invention synthesizes a series of isoacteoside derivatives, which have efficacy of treating of preventing amyloid-related diseases (such as neuroprotection, reducing amyloid peptide aggregation, neurodegenerative disease, and eye disease).
An aspect of the present invention provides an isoacteoside derivative, having a structure of formula (I):
in formula (I), R1 and R2 being independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, a hydroxy group, or a hydrocarboxyl group, R3 and R4 being independently selected from a hydroxy group, a hydrocarboxyl group, or an acyloxy group, and R5 being independently selected from a hydroxy group or an acyloxy group.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R1 and R2 is the hydrocarboxyl group, the at least one of R1 and R2 is independently selected from an alkoxy group, an alkenyloxy group, or an aryloxy group.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R1 and R2 is the alkoxy group, the at least one of R1 and R2 is a methoxy group.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R1 and R2 is the alkenyloxy group, the at least one of R1 and R2 is an allyloxy group.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R1 and R2 is the aryloxy group, the at least one of R1 and R2 is a benzyloxy group.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R3 and R4 is the hydrocarboxyl group, the at least one of R3 and R4 is independently selected from an alkenyloxy group or an aryloxy group.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R3 and R4 is the alkenyloxy group, the at least one of R3 and R4 is an allyloxy group.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R3 and R4 is the aryloxy group, the at least one of R3 and R4 is a benzyloxy group.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R3 and R4 is the acyloxy group, the at least one of R3 and R4 is an acetoxy group.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, R3 and R4 are the same substituent.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, when R5 is the acyloxy group, R5 is an acetoxy group.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, R5 are the same substituent.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the isoacteoside derivative is selected from following structures:
Another aspect of the present invention provides a use of a medicine for preventing or treating an amyloid-related disease, which the medicine includes the aforementioned isoacteoside derivative.
Preferably, the amyloid-related disease is a neurodegenerative disease.
Preferably, the amyloid-related disease is Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, Lewy body dementia, Down's syndrome, hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis-Dutch type, the Guam Parkinson-Dementia complex, progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple sclerosis, Creutzfeld Jacob disease, Parkinson's disease, frontotemporal dementia, Pick's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, inclusion-body myositis, adult-onset diabetes, senile cardiac amyloidosis, or endocrine tumor.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the amyloid is β-amyloid peptide.
Yet another aspect of the present invention provides a use of a medicine for preventing an eye disease, which the medicine includes the aforementioned isoacteoside derivative.
Preferably, the eye disease is neuronal degeneration, visual cortical defect, glaucoma, cataract, ocular amyloidosis, macular degeneration, optic nerve drusen, optic neuropathy, optic neuritis, or lattice corneal dystrophy.
Yet another aspect of the present invention provides a method for forming an isoacteoside derivative, including reacting a compound having a structure of formula (II) with β-D-glucose pentaacetate to form a compound having a structure of formula (III), which formula (II) is:
In formula (II) and formula (III), R1 and R2 being independently selected from hydrogen, chloride, or a methoxy group. Next, (1) the compound having the structure of formula (III) is reacted with a mixture of palladium on carbon and methanol, after removing the palladium on carbon and purifying, is mixed with potassium carbonate, allyl bromide, and acetone, and after refluxing, is stirred in a potassium hydroxide-methanol solution to form a compound having a structure of formula (IV-1), which formula (IV-1) is:
in formula (IV-1), R3 and R4 being independently selected from hydrogen or an allyloxy group, (2) the compound having the structure of formula (III) is dissolved in methanol and mixed with sodium methoxide to form the compound having the structure of formula (IV-1), which R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, chloride, a methoxy group, or a benzyloxy group, or (3) the compound having the structure of formula (III) is reacted with acetyl chloride and methanol-dichloromethane to form a compound having a structure of formula (IV-2), which formula (IV-2) is:
in formula (IV-2), R5 and R6 being independently selected from hydrogen or chloride. Then, the compound having the structure of formula (IV-1) or the compound having the structure of formula (IV-2) is reacted with di-O-acetylferulic acid chloride, di-O-allylferulic acid chloride, or di-O-benzylferulic acid chloride in a solution of dichloromethane and pyridine to form a compound having a structure of any one of formulas (V-1)˜(V-4), which formula (V-1) is:
in formula (V-1), R7 and R8 being independently selected from hydrogen or an allyloxy group, formula (V-2) is:
in formula (V-2), R9 and R10 being independently selected from hydrogen, a methoxy group, or a benzyloxy group, formula (V-3) is:
in formula (V-3), R11 and R12 being independently selected from hydrogen, a methoxy group, or a benzyloxy group, and formula (V-4) is:
in formula (V-4), R13 and R14 being independently selected from hydrogen or chloride.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the forming method further includes reacting the compound having the structure of formula (V-1) with copper(I) chloride and palladium dichloride in a mixture of methanol and water to form a compound having a structure of formula (VI-1), which formula (VI-1) is:
in formula (VI-1), R15 and R16 being independently selected from hydrogen or a hydroxyl group.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the forming method further includes reacting the compound having the structure of formula (V-2) with methylamine in methanol to form a compound having a structure of formula (VI-1), wherein formula (VI-1) is:
in formula (VI-1), R15 and R16 being independently selected from hydrogen, chloride, a methoxy group, or a benzyloxy group.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the forming method further includes reacting the compound having the structure of formula (V-4) with methylamine in methanol to form a compound having a structure of formula (VI-2), wherein formula (VI-2) is:
in formula (VI-2), R17 and R18 being independently selected from hydrogen or chloride.
The isoacteoside derivative of the present invention modifying the chemical structure of isoacteoside equips the drug including the isoacteoside derivative of the present invention with uses of treating or preventing the amyloid-related disease and preventing the eye disease.
The invention can be more fully understood by reading the following detailed description of the embodiment, with reference made to the accompanying drawings as follows:
The detailed description provided below is intended as a description of the present examples and is not intended to represent the only forms in which the present example may be constructed or utilized. The description sets forth the functions of the example and the sequence of steps for constructing and operating the example. However, the same or equivalent functions and sequences may be accomplished by different examples.
An aspect of the present invention provides an isoacteoside derivative, having a structure of formula (I):
in formula (I), R1 and R2 being independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, a hydroxy group, or a hydrocarboxyl group, R3 and R4 being independently selected from a hydroxy group, a hydrocarboxyl group, or an acyloxy group, and R5 being independently selected from a hydroxy group or an acyloxy group.
It is noteworthy that the “hydrocarboxyl group” described herein represents a group generated by bonding a carboxyl group and oxygen ions, which the carboxyl group is an organic compound composed by carbon and hydrogen, including alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, cyclic hydrocarbons, and aromatic hydrocarbons. “Acyloxy group” represents a group generated by bonding an acyl group and oxygen ions, which the acyl group represents a functional group derived by the removal of one or more hydroxyl groups from an oxoacid.
Further, the “amyloid-related disease” described herein represents neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's disease, mild Cognitive Impairment, Lewy body dementia, Down's syndrome, hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis (Dutch type), the Guam Parkinson-Dementia complex, progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple sclerosis, Creutzfeld Jacob disease, Parkinson's disease, frontotemporal dementia, Pick's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, inclusion-body myositis, adult-onset diabetes, senile cardiac amyloidosis, or endocrine tumor.
Moreover, the “eye disease” described herein represents neuronal degeneration, visual cortical defect, glaucoma, cataract, ocular amyloidosis, macular degeneration, optic nerve drusen, optic neuropathy, optic neuritis, or lattice corneal dystrophy.
In an embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R1 and R2 is the halogen, the at least one of R1 and R2 is chloride.
In an embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R1 and R2 is the hydrocarboxyl group, the at least one of R1 and R2 is independently selected from an alkoxy group, an alkenyloxy group, or an aryloxy group.
It is noteworthy that the “alkoxy group” described herein represents a group generated by bonding an alkyl group and oxygen ions. The “alkenyloxy group” described herein represents a group generated by bonding an alkenyl group and oxygen ions. The “aryloxy group” described herein represents a group generated by bonding an aryl group and oxygen ions, which the aryl group represents a functional group derived from any aromatic rings.
In an embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R1 and R2 is the alkoxy group, the at least one of R1 and R2 is a methoxy group. The methoxy group has a structure of —O—CH3, and is indicated as “OMe” in the following formulas.
In an embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R1 and R2 is the alkenyloxy group, the at least one of R1 and R2 is an allyloxy group. The allyloxy group has a structure of
In an embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R1 and R2 is the aryloxy group, the at least one of R1 and R2 is a benzyloxy group. The benzyloxy group has a structure of
In an embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R3 and R4 is the hydrocarboxyl group, the at least one of R3 and R4 is independently selected from an alkenyloxy group or an aryloxy group.
In an embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R3 and R4 is the alkenyloxy group, the at least one of R3 and R4 is an allyloxy group.
In an embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R3 and R4 is the aryloxy group, the at least one of R3 and R4 is a benzyloxy group.
In an embodiment of the present invention, when at least one of R3 and R4 is the acyloxy group, the at least one of R3 and R4 is an acetoxy group. The acetoxy group has a structure of
In an embodiment of the present invention, R3 and R4 are the same substituent.
In an embodiment of the present invention, when R5 is the acyloxy group, R5 is an acetoxy group.
In an embodiment of the present invention, R5 are the same substituent.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the isoacteoside derivative is selected from following structures:
Another aspect of the present invention provides a use of a medicine for preventing or treating an amyloid-related disease, which the medicine is prepared from the aforementioned isoacteoside derivative.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the amyloid is β-amyloid peptide (Aβ).
β-amyloid peptide is an amyloid precursor protein (APP), and by reactions of different secretases, the β-amyloid peptide with about 37-49 amino acids is formed from a protein originally with 770 amino acids. Aβ40 and Aβ42 are commonly seen β-amyloid peptide, which β-amyloid plaque is more easily formed for Aβ42 comparing to Aβ40 due to its higher hydrophobicity. The accumulated Aβ has cytotoxicity, which may induce a series of complex reaction, such as synaptic change, Tau protein phosphorylation, neurotransmitter reduction, glial cell proliferation, and inflammatory reactions. These reactions may cause a series of pathological damage, such as plaque formation and neurofibrillary tangle, resulting in neuronal degeneration and dysfunction, or even death, and eventually leading to neurodegenerative diseases. β-amyloid plaque accumulation is considered to be one of the causes of Alzheimer's disease, and therefore most development of related medicine for treating or preventing the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease and worsening of symptoms currently is mainly to interfere the production pathway of the β-amyloid peptide. By reducing the generation of β-amyloid peptide, inhibiting the accumulation of β-amyloid peptide extracellularly, and inhibiting the aggregation of β-amyloid peptide, the formation of β-amyloid plaques can be prevented. The isoacteoside derivative of the present invention can inhibit the aggregation, and thereby having effects of neuroprotection, treating neurodegenerative diseases, etc.
Yet another aspect of the present invention provides a use of a medicine for preventing an eye disease, which the medicine is prepared from the aforementioned isoacteoside derivative.
As individual ages, the accumulation of oxidative damage caused by free radicals to cell DNA, proteins, lipids, and other cellular macromolecules can cause aging, which the degeneration of the retina and the central nervous system are believed to be highly correlated to oxidative stress damage. Retinal pigment epidermis (RPE) cell is located between neuroepithelial layer of retina and choroid, and has a variety of physiological functions, such as retinal barrier, phagocytosis, involving in metabolism of visual cycle, antioxidant, and secretion of growth factors. Like other tissues, retinal pigment epidermis cell is susceptible to oxidative stress damage, which causes cell death and leads to retinopathy, visual dysfunction, or loss of visual function in severe cases. Therefore, retinal pigment epidermis cell is often used as cell model for retinopathy diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. The isoacteoside derivative of the present invention can reduce the free radicals, and prevent oxidative stress damage, and thereby having effects of antioxidant, protecting the retinal cells, preventing the eye disease, etc.
The isoacteoside derivative of the present invention modifies the chemical structure of isoacteoside to have the effects of treating or preventing the amyloid-related disease, neuroprotection, treating neurodegenerative disease, preventing the eye disease, etc.
The following provides several examples to describe the method of the present invention in greater detail, however, it is intended as a exemplary description, and is not intended to limit the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention depends on the appended claim.
Synthesis of Isoacteoside Derivative
Procedures A-G were used to synthesis the isoacteoside derivative of the embodiments.
Procedure A included the following steps:
The reaction process of Procedure A was as follows:
Procedure B included the following steps:
The reaction process of Procedure B was as follows:
Procedure C included the following steps:
The reaction process of Procedure C was as follows:
Procedure D included the following steps:
The reaction process of Procedure D was as follows:
Procedure E included the following steps:
The reaction process of Procedure E for forming the compounds 4d-4f was as follows:
Procedure F included the following steps:
The reaction process of Procedure F for forming the compounds 5d-5f was as follows:
Procedure G included the following steps:
The reaction process of Procedure G for forming the compounds 5a-5c, 5g, and 5h was as follows:
The following experimental examples used samples 1-9 listed in the following Table 1 to prepare solutions with different concentrations to conduct various experiments.
4o1HNMR (CDCl3) δ7.60 (d, 1H, J=18), δ7.43-7.21 (m, 15H), δ7.31-7.25 (m, 3H) δ6.77 (d, 1H, J=9), δ6.29 (d, 1H, J=18), δ5.16 (d, 4H, J=9), δ4.64-4.40 (m, 1H), δ4.36-4.11 (m, 2H), δ3.76-3.35 (m, 6H), δ2.94 (t, 2H, J=6).
4i1HNMR (CDCl3) δ7.67 (d, 1H, J=16), δ7.45-7.29 (m, 3H), δ7.24 (d, 1H, J=12), δ6.8 (s, 1H), δ7.76 (s, 2H), δ6.53 (d, 1H, J=16), δ4.45-3.90 (m, 3H), δ3.90-3.81 (m, 1H), δ3.78-3.74 (m, 8H), δ3.73-3.70 (m, 1H), δ3.60-2.86 (m, 5H).
4m1HNMR (CDCl3) δ7.60 (d, 1H, J=18), δ7.43-6.84 (m, 22H), δ6.29 (d, 1H, J=18), δ5.13 (s, 4H), δ4.97 (s, 2H), δ4.68-4.63 (m, 1H), δ4.37-4.06 (m, 2H), δ3.73-3.36 (m, 6H), δ2.94 (t, 2H, J=6).
4n1HNMR (CDCl3) δ7.60 (d, 1H, J=18), δ7.43-7.01 (m, 15H), δ7.41-7.45 (m, 3H) δ6.87 (d, 1H, J=9), δ6.29 (d, 1H, J=18), δ5.16 (d, 4H, J=9), δ4.64-4.40 (m, 1H), δ4.36-4.11 (m, 2H), δ3.76-3.35 (m, 6H), δ2.94 (t, 2H, J=6).
5a1HNMR (CDCl3) δ7.34-7.21 (m, 7H), δ6.80-6.53 (m, 3H), δ5.02 (s, 2H), δ4.38-4.05 (m, 3H), δ3.73-4.3.70 (m, 1H), δ3.22-2.92 (m, 3H), δ2.91-2.62 (m, 7H), δ2.62 (t, 2H, J=6).
First, samples 1-9 listed in Table 1 were accurately weighed respectively, and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was used as a solvent to prepare stocks with a concentration of 10 mM. The molecular weight and weight of the samples and the volume of the solvent included in the stocks are listed in the following Table 2.
Then, the stocks with the concentration of 10 mM were used to prepare solutions with different sample concentrations. The stocks were used to prepare a concentration of 5 μM, which 0.5 μL of the stocks were diluted to 1 mL; to prepare a concentration of 10 μM, which 1 μL of the stocks were diluted to 1 mL; to prepare a concentration of 20 μM, which 2 μL of the stocks were diluted to 1 mL; to prepare a concentration of 50 μM, which 5 μL of the stocks were diluted to 1 mL; to prepare a concentration of 100 μM, which 1 μL of the stocks were diluted to 0.1 mL; and to prepare a concentration of 200 μM, which 2 μL of the stocks were diluted to 0.1 mL.
Experimental example 1 to Experimental example 4 used the following three aspects to evaluate the efficacy of the isoacteoside derivative of the present invention, including: 1) whether the formation of β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) in cell can be decreased; 2) whether by promoting the activity of the enzyme that is responsible for eliminating β-amyloid peptide, the efficiency of eliminating β-amyloid peptide can be thereby increased; and 3) whether the aggregation of Aβ40 and Aβ42 can be inhibited.
This experiment was divided into two stages: The first stage used a lower sample concentration for preliminary screening; the second stage was based on the result of the first stage to choose effective samples and increased the testing concentration of the samples in order to obtain the best concentration and the best result of sample for inhibiting Aβ40 accumulation without affecting the cytotoxicity.
Experimental method: Human neuroblastoma cell (SH-SY5Y-APP695), which expresses Swedish APP695 mutation, was incubated in a 3.5-cm culture dish until the cell concentration reached 90% full. When passage, each well of a 24-well plate was seeded with 4×105 cells. The culture medium was replaced with 300 μL of chemical-defined medium, which is a DMEM/F12 medium including 5 mM of Hepes buffer, 0.6% of glucose, 3 mM of NaHCO3, 2.5 μM of glutamine, 100 μg/mL of transferrin, 20 nM of progesterone, 60 μM putrescine, 30 nM of sodium selenite, and 2 μg/mL of heparin, the next day. 3 μL of the testing sample was added into each well, and each concentration of each sample included 4 groups. After the cells were placed in an incubator (37° C., 5% CO2) and treated with the samples for 24 hours, the culture medium was collected and analyzed the amount of Aβ40 in the culture medium after treated by the samples through Human Aβ1-40 Immunoassay kits (Cat.KHB3482, Life Technologies). The cells treated by the samples were analyzed by MTT assay to evaluate the toxicity to the cells caused by sample treatment.
The testing concentrations of Sample 1 were 5 μM and 10 μM, and the testing concentrations of Samples 2-8 were 10 μM and 20 μM. The amount of Aβ40 in a SH-SY5Y-APP695 cell medium that there was no sample added as a control and set to 100%, and the amounts of Aβ40 in the medium after respectively treated by the testing samples were compared to the control and expressed in percentage. β-secretase inhibitor (β-SI) was used as a positive control. The experiment results are shown in
Experimental example 1 used a lower sample concentration for preliminary screening, and the results showed in
Based on the experiment results of Experimental example 1, Sample 3, 4, and 6 having efficacy of inhibiting Aβ40 accumulation were selected. The testing concentrations of the samples were increased to 20, 50, and 100 μM, and were experimented using the method of Experimental example 1. Each concentration of each sample included 4 groups, and the experiment results are shown in
In Experimental example 2, the concentrations of Samples 3, 4, and 6 were increased in order to obtain the best concentration and the best result of the samples for inhibiting Aβ40 accumulation in a condition of not affecting the cytotoxicity. The results showed in
Therefore, based on the results of Experimental example 1 and Experimental example 2, the isoacteoside derivative of the embodiments of the present invention does have the efficacy of inhibiting Aβ40 accumulation.
Experimental example 3 was to confirm the efficacy of the samples on inhibiting Aβ40 and Aβ42 aggregation.
Aβ40 aggregation: The Aβ40 stock was redissloved in DMSO to 10 mg/mL. Each group included 0.5 μL of 10 mg/mL Aβ40 and 4.5 μL of the testing sample diluted with Dulbecco's Phosphate-Buffered Saline (D-PBS). The concentrations of Sample 1 were 10 μM and 100 μM, and the concentrations of Sample 2-8 were 20 μM and 200 μM. The total reaction volume was 5 μL, and each concentration of each sample included 6 groups. After incubating in a 37° C. incubator for 4 hours, 200 μL of thioflavin T working solution (ThT working solution) was added and mixed thoroughly, which the thioflavin T working solution was 10 μM of thioflavin T dissolving in potassium phosphate buffer (PB buffer, pH 6.0). 200 μL of the mixture was placed into a black, clear bottom 96-well plate, and the ThT fluorescence intensity (Ex: 440 nm, Em: 482 nm) was measured to determine the level of Aβ40 aggregation. This experimental example used thioflavin T assay (ThT assay) to evaluate the level of Aβ40 aggregation. Since ThT and Congo red derivatives can form bonds with aggregated form of Aβ protein, the level of Aβ aggregation is higher when the amount of bonded ThT is more. By detecting the variation in the amount of ThT, the change in the level of Aβ aggregation can be estimated. The value of not reacting with any sample (i.e. only containing 0.5 μL of Aβ40 and 4.5 μL of D-PBS, which the final concentration of Aβ40 was 1 mg/mL) was a control and set to 100%, and isoacteoside (IsoA) was used as a positive control. The values of the testing samples were compared to the control and expressed in percentage, and the experiment results are shown in
Experimental example 4 increased the testing concentrations of the samples to confirm the efficacy of the samples on inhibiting Aβ42 aggregation.
Experimental method: Aβ42 was redissloved in DMSO to 2.5 mg/mL, and Samples 1-9 were diluted with D-PBS to appropriate concentrations. The concentrations of Sample 1 were 10 μM and 100 μM, the concentrations of Sample 2-9 were 20 μM and 200 μM, and the concentrations of IsoA were 10 μg/mL and 100 μg/mL. Each reaction included 1 μL of Aβ42 (final concentration was 0.25 mg/mL) and 9 μL of the testing sample, which each concentration of each sample included 8 groups, and was placed at 37° C. reacting for 30 minutes after thoroughly mixed. 200 μL of Thioflavin T working solution was added and mixed thoroughly after the reaction completed, 200 μL of the which was placed into a black, clear bottom 96-well plate, and the ThT fluorescence intensity (Ex: 440 nm, Em: 482 nm) was measured to determine the level of Aβ42 aggregation. The value of not reacting with any sample (i.e. only containing 1 μL of Aβ42 and 9 μL of D-PBS, which the final concentration of Aβ42 was 0.25 mg/mL) was a control and set to 100%, and isoacteoside (IsoA) was used as a positive control. The values of the samples were compared to the control and expressed in percentage. The experiment results are shown in
The experiment results shown in
Therefore, based on the results of Experimental example 3 and Experimental example 4, the isoacteoside derivative of the embodiments of the present invention does have the efficacy of inhibiting Aβ40 accumulation and Aβ42 accumulation.
Given the above, based on the results of Experimental example 1 to Experimental example 4, Samples 3, 4, and 6 could inhibit Aβ40 formation in cell, which Sample 6 had the best result. As for evaluating whether the samples could inhibit Aβ aggregation, ThT assay was used to measure the level of Aβ aggregation. The experiment results showed that Samples 2, 4, and 8 could effectively inhibit Aβ40 and Aβ42 accumulation, which Sample 8 had the best result. Sample 8 could inhibit about 70% of Aβ42 aggregation and about 100% of Aβ42 aggregation in the concentration of 200 μM.
In addition to β-amyloid peptide, the present invention also used the effects of different oxidative stress to retinal epithelial cells so as to observe the protective effect of the isoacteoside derivative of the present invention on retinal pigment epithelial cells.
Experimental example 5 was to confirm that the samples could activate medicine for decomposing Aβ40 enzyme activity extracellularly to improve ability of enzymes for decomposing Aβ40 and to have effects of reducing extracellular Aβ40 level.
Experimental method: 2×107 of mouse neuroblastoma cells (Neuro-2a) were placed on a T175 culture medium, and after overnight, the T175 culture medium was replaced with 30 mL of a chemical-defined medium incubating for 24 hours. After 24 hours, the chemical-defined medium incubated with the cells, which was called a conditioned medium, was centrifuged for 5 minutes at 13,000 rpm, and supernatant liquid was obtained. 10 ng of Aβ40 and testing medicine were added to 300 μL of the conditioned medium, and the mixture was reacted at 37° C. for 24 hours. Immunoassay kits (Human Aβ1-40 Immunoassay kits, Cat.KHB3482, Life Technologies) were used to measure the remaining amount of Aβ in each reaction to examine whether the medicine can improve the activity for enzyme in the medium to degrade Aβ. One not adding any testing medicine (i.e. only containing 10 ng of Aβ40) was a control, and the measured level of Aβ was set to 100%. The levels of Aβ after treated by the testing medicine were compared to the control and expressed in percentage. The experiment results are shown in
As the experiment results shown in
Therefore, based on the results of Experimental example 5, the isoacteoside derivative of the embodiments of the present invention does have the efficacy of degrading Aβ.
Human retinal pigment epithelium cells (ARPE-19) were incubated in a DMEM/F12 cell culture medium (Life Technologies) containing 10% of fetal bovine serum (FBS), and were passaged using a 96-well plate after the cell concentration reached 90% full, which each well was seeded with 4.5×103 cells. Next day, Samples 2 and 8 were diluted with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) to about 200 times of test concentration, and after that, appropriate amount of DMEM/F12 cell culture medium containing 5% fetal bovine serum was added and diluted to twice test concentration. Then, the resultant was mixed with 0.2 mM of tert-butyl hydroperoxide (tBHP, Sigma) in equal proportions to reach the test concentration (containing 0.5% of dimethyl sulfoxide). The diluted sample was added to the plate with the cells, which was placed in an incubator reacted for 24 hours, and the cell viability was analyzed by MTT solution. The absorbance was measured at a wavelength of 570 nm, and the cells not being treated by the medicine was a control, and the average absorbance of which was set to 100%. The cell viability of the cells being treated by the medicine was calculate by the following formula based on the measured absorbance:
Cell viability=(absorbance of the experimental group/average absorbance of the control)×100%.
The tert-butyl hydroperoxide is an organic peroxide, and can be metabolized by free radicals, which causes lipid oxidation covalently bonded with cellular molecules resulting in cell damage. Therefore, the tert-butyl hydroperoxide is widely used in the study of cell damage caused by oxidative stress.
The experiment results are shown in
As the experiment results shown in
Therefore, based on the results of Experimental example 6, the isoacteoside derivative of the embodiments of the present invention does have a protective effect on the oxidative stress damage of the human retinal pigment epithelium cells caused by tert-butyl hydroperoxide.
Given the above, the present invention provides an isoacteoside derivative, and the drug including the isoacteoside derivative has efficacy of inhibiting amyloid accumulation and preventing eye diseases.
Although the present invention has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain embodiments thereof, other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the description of the embodiments contained herein.
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/977,637, filed Apr. 10, 2014, which is herein incorporated by reference.
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