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ArticleFrontiers in chemistry2022

Synthesis and Biological Evaluations of Betulinic Acid Derivatives With Inhibitory Activity on Hyaluronidase and Anti-Inflammatory Effects Against Hyaluronic Acid Fragment Induced Inflammation.

Zhujun Luo, Hao He, Tiantian Tang, Jun Zhou, Huifang Li, Navindra P Seeram, Dongli Li, Kun Zhang, Hang Ma, Panpan Wu

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Article in Frontiers in chemistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhujun LuoSchool of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, China.
Hao HeSchool of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, China.
Tiantian TangLaboratory of Nutrition and Development, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.
Jun ZhouSchool of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, China.
Huifang LiSchool of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, China.
Navindra P SeeramBioactive Botanical Research Laboratory, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, NY, United States.
Dongli LiSchool of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, China.
Kun ZhangSchool of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, China.
Hang MaSchool of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, China.
Panpan WuSchool of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, China.
Wuyi University · CNUniversity of Rhode Island · USNational Center for Women and Children’s Health, China CDC · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We previously reported that the structural modifications of pentacyclic triterpenoids including oleanolic acid resulted in enhanced hyaluronidase inhibitory activity but whether this applies to other pentacyclic triterpenoids such as betulinic acid (BA) is unknown. Herein, we synthesized BA derivatives with an α,β-unsaturated ketene moiety and evaluated for their: 1) hyaluronidase inhibitory activity and, 2) anti-inflammatory effects against lipopolysaccharides (LPS) induced inflammation. Compared to BA, the BA derivatives exerted improved anti-hyaluronidase activity (26.3%-72.8% vs. 22.6%) and anti-inflammatory effects by reducing nitrite production in BV2 cells (3.9%-46.8% vs. 3.4%) and RAW264.7 cells (22.7%-49.2% vs. 20.4%). BA derivatives inhibited LPS-induced production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in THP-1 cells (15.2%-22.4%). BA derivatives also exerted promising anti-inflammatory effects against hyaluronic acid fragment induced nitrite production (8.6%-35.6%) in THP-1 cells. BA derivatives showed augmented anti-hyaluronidase and anti-inflammatory effects but further biological evaluations using

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anti-inflammatorybetulinic acidderivativehyaluronidaseα,β-unsaturated ketene

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PMID35601554
PMCPMC9115581
OpenAlexW4285739922

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