Screening of Anti-Hypoxia/Reoxygenation Agents by an in vitro Model. Part 1: Natural Inhibitors for Protein Tyrosine Kinase Activated by Hypoxia/Reoxygenation in Cultured Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells

Abstract

Protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) signaling pathways play important roles in ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) or hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) injuries. Inhibition of PTK activation can protect against I/R- or H/R-induced damages. As one part of our work for seeking bioactive compounds from natural sources against I/R or H/R, in the present study we examined the effects of 54 compounds purified from various traditional Chinese herbs on H/R-induced PTK activation by means of an in vitro H/R model in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). The results demonstrated that an increase in PTK activation was induced after 2 h of reoxygenation. Compounds 2 (macrostemososide A), 3 (laxogenin-3-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1 š 4)-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1 š 6)-β-D-glucopyranoside), 4 (chinenoside II), 7 (ginsenoside-Rd), 52 (icariin), 53 (icariside), and 54 (icaritin) showed relatively obvious inhibition on this H/R-induced PTK activation. Compounds 5 (β-sitosterol) and 6 (daucosterine), especially 5, completely blocked such an increased activation of PTK induced by H/R. On the contrary, compound 29 (isocumarine) significantly promoted PTK activation further. Moreover, the effects of these compounds on PTK activation were dose-dependent.

Key words

Hypoxia/reoxygenation - ischemia/reperfusion - protein tyrosine kinase - tyrosine phosphorylated proteins - bioactive compounds

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