Inhibitory effects of triarylpyrazole derivatives on LPS-induced nitric oxide and PGE2 productions in murine RAW 264.7 macrophages

  • Mahmoud M. Gamal El-Din
  • , Mohammed I. El-Gamal
  • , Mohammed S. Abdel-Maksoud
  • , Huijeong Lee
  • , Jungseung Choi
  • , Tae Woo Kim
  • , Ji Sun Shin
  • , Hwi Ho Lee
  • , Hee Kwon Kim
  • , Kyung Tae Lee*
  • , Daejin Baek
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this article, a series of 22 triarylpyrazole derivatives were evaluated for in vitro antiinflammatory activity as inhibitors of nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) release induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in murine RAW 264.7 macrophages. The synthesized compounds 1a-h, 2a-f and 3a-h were first examined for their cytotoxicity for determination of the non-toxic concentration for antiinflammatory screening, so that the inhibitory effects against NO and PGE2 production were not caused by non-specific cytotoxicity. Compounds 1h and 2f were the most active PGE2 inhibitors with IC50 values of 2.94 μM and 4.21 μM, respectively. Western blotting and cell-free COX-2 screening revealed that their effects were due to inhibition of COX-2 protein expression. Moreover, compound 1h exerted strong inhibitory effect on the expression of COX-2 mRNA in LPS-induced murine RAW 264.7 macrophages.

Original languageEnglish
Article number126884
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume30
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020.02.15

Keywords

  • Amide
  • Antiinflammatory
  • COX-2
  • iNOS
  • NO
  • PGE
  • Triarylpyrazole
  • Urea

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Medicine
  • Engineering - Petroleum
  • Pharmacy & Pharmacology
  • Chemistry
  • Biological Sciences

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