scholarly journals Effect of Garlic Organic Sulfides on Gene Expression Profiling in HepG2 Cells and Its Biological Function Analysis by Ingenuity Pathway Analysis System and Bio-Plex-Based Assays

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Chenghao Lv ◽  
Caiqiong Wang ◽  
Ping Li ◽  
Yiwen Huang ◽  
Xiangyang Lu ◽  
...  

Garlic organic sulfides are dietary bioactive components with multiple biofunctions to prevent chronic diseases/inflammation and promote human health. DADS (diallyl disulfide), DATS (diallyl trisulfide), and DTS (diallyl tetrasulfide) are typical organic sulfides with similar structures from garlic. However, the structure-activity relationship of garlic organic sulfides remained unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of DADS, DATS, and DTS on the gene expression profiling of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HepG2) by application of microarray and specialized analysis software, GO, Bio-Plex-based cytokines assay and IPA and analyze their structure-activity relationship according to antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and metabolic-related properties. According to the microarray data, with the increase of S atom in garlic organic sulfides, its biological activity was gradually enhanced. In the general catalog of GO, garlic organic sulfides mainly affect biological process, molecular function, and cellular component. RT-qPCR results indicated that the microarray data is trustworthy, and the structure-activity analysis data found that more sulfur atoms have more powerful properties; thus, microarray data of DTS was preceded to the subsequent IPA analysis. The results of IPA analysis showed that the top 5 signaling pathways and molecular functions were disturbed by DTS; the molecular functions with the highest scores affected by DTS are cancer, cell apoptosis, and cell proliferation, which imply that the occurrence or metabolism of these diseases is related to the differential expression of the above-mentioned related genes and the activation of signaling channels, and the core of the most significant molecular network is inflammation. Finally, the results found that the secretions of 6 cytokines in macrophages were significantly inhibited by DTS treatment. This is the first study that analyzed the structure-activity relationship of garlic organic sulfides, which will provide useful genetic information for its multi-biofunction and promote their clinical application in the near future.

Pharmaceutics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Amika Mori ◽  
Yuki Kobayashi ◽  
Kei Nirasawa ◽  
Yoichi Negishi ◽  
Shoichiro Asayama

The structure-activity relationship of mono-ion complexes (MICs) for plasmid DNA (pDNA) delivery by muscular injection is demonstrated. MICs were formed between pDNA and monocationic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) macromolecules. As monocationic PEGs, the ω-amide-pentylimidazolium (APe-Im) end-modified PEGs with a stable amide (Am) and hydrolytic ester (Es) bond, that is, APe-Im-Am-PEG and APe-Im-Es-PEG, respectively, are synthesized. The difference between the APe-Im-Am-PEG and APe-Im-Es-PEG was only a spacer structure between a terminal cation and a PEG chain. The resulting pDNA MICs with APe-Im-Am-PEG at a charge ratio (+/−) of 32 or 64 were more stable than those with APe-Im-Es-PEG in the presence of serum proteins. The highest gene expression by muscular injection was achieved using the APe-Im-Am-PEG/pDNA MIC at a charge ratio (+/−) of 32 with a smaller particle diameter of approximately 50 nm, as compared to that charge ratio of 64. Consequently, the pDNA MIC with the monocationic PEG with a stable amide spacer, as compared to a hydrolytic ester spacer, is considered to be suitable for the highest gene expression by muscular injection.


Planta Medica ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (09) ◽  
Author(s):  
MA Brenzan ◽  
CV Nakamura ◽  
BPD Filho ◽  
T Ueda-Nakamura ◽  
MCM Young ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 503-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Xude Wang ◽  
Liyan Lv ◽  
Guangyue Su ◽  
Yuqing Zhao

Dammarane-type ginsenosides are a class of tetracyclic triterpenoids with the same dammarane skeleton. These compounds have a wide range of pharmaceutical applications for neoplasms, diabetes mellitus and other metabolic syndromes, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, aging, neurodegenerative disease, bone disease, liver disease, kidney disease, gastrointestinal disease and other conditions. In order to develop new antineoplastic drugs, it is necessary to improve the bioactivity, solubility and bioavailability, and illuminate the mechanism of action of these compounds. A large number of ginsenosides and their derivatives have been separated from certain herbs or synthesized, and tested in various experiments, such as anti-proliferation, induction of apoptosis, cell cycle arrest and cancer-involved signaling pathways. In this review, we have summarized the progress in structural modification, shed light on the structure-activity relationship (SAR), and offered insights into biosynthesis-structural association. This review is expected to provide a preliminary guide for the modification and synthesis of ginsenosides.


2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surajit Kumar Ghosh ◽  
Ashmita Saha ◽  
Bornali Hazarika ◽  
Udaya Pratap Singh ◽  
Hans Raj Bhat ◽  
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