Description: |
Catalposide possesses antioxidant, anti-apoptotic, anti-microbial, anti-tumoral, and anti-inflammatory properties. Catalposide is a potent inducer of HO-1 and HO-1 induction is responsible for the catalposide-mediated cytoprotection against oxidative damage.Catalposide is a natural agonistic ligand of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α, is hypolipidemic by activation of PPARαvia a ligand-mediated mechanism that modulates the expression of in lipid metabolism genes in hepatocytes. |
In vitro: |
J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2008 Sep 10;48(1):127-33. | Electrochemical and spectrometric study of antioxidant activity of pomiferin, isopomiferin, osajin and catalposide.[Pubmed: 18597965] | The antioxidant properties of pomiferin, isopomiferin, osajin and Catalposide are evaluated. The electrochemical behaviour of these compounds at a carbon paste electrode was studied using square wave voltammetry.
METHODS AND RESULTS:
Oxidative signals, optimized frequencies and appropriate pH acetate buffer conditions were determined. The detection limits (3S/N) for pomiferin, isopomiferin, osajin and Catalposide were estimated to be 50 pg/ml, 800 pg/ml, 40 pg/ml and 10 ng/ml, respectively. Furthermore, spectrometric test was employed with 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyle (DPPH) to evaluate the antioxidant activities of these compounds. Based on the obtained results, the highest antioxidant activity measured by DPPH tests was found at pomiferin followed by isopomiferin. The activities of osajin and Catalposide were undetectable. The protective effects of pomiferin, isopomiferin, osajin and Catalposide on DNA exposed to oxygen radicals in vitro were also studied. Changes in height of oxidative signals for the four bases (guanine, thymine, adenine and cytosine) were measured for DNA exposed to oxygen radicals, generated by Fenton's reaction, non-oxidized ssDNA (50 microg/ml) displayed well developed signals; however, after oxidative damage the observed oxidative signals decreased. Significant protective effects were observed for pomiferin and osajin. Decreased effect was observed for isopomiferin while a further reduced protective effect was seen for DNA exposed to Catalposide. CONCLUSIONS: Based on the obtained results, pomiferin had the highest antioxidant activity followed by isopomiferin, osajin and Catalposide. | Planta Med. 2002 Aug;68(8):685-9. | Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthesis by catalposide from Catalpa ovata.[Pubmed: 12221588] | Catalposide (1) and two related iridoids were isolated from the stem of Catalpa ovata (Bignoniaceae) by bioassay guided fractionation.
METHODS AND RESULTS:
Catalposide (1) significantly inhibited the production of nitric oxide (NO) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages in a dose-dependent manner. RT-PCR and Western blot analyses demonstrated that Catalposide (1) suppressed the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene and iNOS protein. Catalposide (1) also inhibited the activation of LPS-induced NF-kappaB as analyzed by electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA). In addition to the inhibitory effect on NO production in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells, Catalposide (1) significantly inhibited the NO production in cytokine-stimulated human DLD-1 and rat vascular smooth muscle (VSM) cells in a dose-dependent manner. | Int Immunopharmacol. 2002 Jul;2(8):1173-81. | Inhibition of TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-6 productions and NF-kappa B activation in lipopolysaccharide-activated RAW 264.7 macrophages by catalposide, an iridoid glycoside isolated from Catalpa ovata G. Don (Bignoniaceae).[Pubmed: 12349954] | METHODS AND RESULTS: Catalposide, the major iridoid glycoside isolated from the stem bark of Catalpa ovata G. Don (Bignoniaceae), was found to inhibit the productions of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), and interleukin-6 (IL-6), and the activation of nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) in RAW 264.7 macrophages activated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Catalposide also inhibited the expressions of TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-6 genes and the nuclear translocation of p65 subunit of NF-kappaB in LPS-activated RAW 264.7 cells. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that Catalposide suppressed the binding of FITC-conjugated LPS to CD14 on the surface of cells, probably resulting in the inhibitory effects on TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-6 productions and NF-kappaB activation.
CONCLUSIONS:
These findings suggest that Catalposide could be an attractive candidate for adjunctive therapy in gram-negative bacterial infections.
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