Linarin Inhibits the Acetylcholinesterase Activity In-vitro and Ex-vivo

Linarin is a flavone glycoside in the plants Flos chrysanthemi indici, Buddleja officinalis, Cirsium setosum, Mentha arvensis and Buddleja davidii, and has been reported to possess analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective activities. In this paper, linarin was investigated for i...

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Main Authors: Feng, Xinchi, Wang, Xin, Liu, Youping, Di, Xin
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4518125/
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spelling pubmed-45181252015-09-01 Linarin Inhibits the Acetylcholinesterase Activity In-vitro and Ex-vivo Feng, Xinchi Wang, Xin Liu, Youping Di, Xin Original Article Linarin is a flavone glycoside in the plants Flos chrysanthemi indici, Buddleja officinalis, Cirsium setosum, Mentha arvensis and Buddleja davidii, and has been reported to possess analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective activities. In this paper, linarin was investigated for its AChE inhibitory potential both in-vitro and ex-vivo. Ellman’s colorimetric method was used for the determination of AChE inhibitory activity in mouse brain. In-vitro assays revealed that linarin inhibited AChE activity with an IC50 of 3.801 ± 1.149 μM. Ex-vivo study showed that the AChE activity was significantly reduced in both the cortex and hippocampus of mice treated intraperitoneally with various doses of linarin (35, 70 and 140 mg/Kg). The inhibition effects produced by high dose of linarin were the same as that obtained after huperzine A treatment (0.5 mg/Kg). Molecular docking study revealed that both 4’-methoxyl group and 7-O-sugar moiety of linarin played important roles in ligand-receptor binding and thus they are mainly responsible for AChE inhibitory activity. In view of its potent AChE inhibitory activity, linarin may be a promising therapeutic agent for the treatment of some diseases associated with AChE, such as glaucoma, myasthenia gravis, gastric motility and Alzheimer’s disease. Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4518125/ /pubmed/26330885 Text en © 2015 by School of Pharmacy, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Feng, Xinchi
Wang, Xin
Liu, Youping
Di, Xin
spellingShingle Feng, Xinchi
Wang, Xin
Liu, Youping
Di, Xin
Linarin Inhibits the Acetylcholinesterase Activity In-vitro and Ex-vivo
author_facet Feng, Xinchi
Wang, Xin
Liu, Youping
Di, Xin
author_sort Feng, Xinchi
title Linarin Inhibits the Acetylcholinesterase Activity In-vitro and Ex-vivo
title_short Linarin Inhibits the Acetylcholinesterase Activity In-vitro and Ex-vivo
title_full Linarin Inhibits the Acetylcholinesterase Activity In-vitro and Ex-vivo
title_fullStr Linarin Inhibits the Acetylcholinesterase Activity In-vitro and Ex-vivo
title_full_unstemmed Linarin Inhibits the Acetylcholinesterase Activity In-vitro and Ex-vivo
title_sort linarin inhibits the acetylcholinesterase activity in-vitro and ex-vivo
description Linarin is a flavone glycoside in the plants Flos chrysanthemi indici, Buddleja officinalis, Cirsium setosum, Mentha arvensis and Buddleja davidii, and has been reported to possess analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective activities. In this paper, linarin was investigated for its AChE inhibitory potential both in-vitro and ex-vivo. Ellman’s colorimetric method was used for the determination of AChE inhibitory activity in mouse brain. In-vitro assays revealed that linarin inhibited AChE activity with an IC50 of 3.801 ± 1.149 μM. Ex-vivo study showed that the AChE activity was significantly reduced in both the cortex and hippocampus of mice treated intraperitoneally with various doses of linarin (35, 70 and 140 mg/Kg). The inhibition effects produced by high dose of linarin were the same as that obtained after huperzine A treatment (0.5 mg/Kg). Molecular docking study revealed that both 4’-methoxyl group and 7-O-sugar moiety of linarin played important roles in ligand-receptor binding and thus they are mainly responsible for AChE inhibitory activity. In view of its potent AChE inhibitory activity, linarin may be a promising therapeutic agent for the treatment of some diseases associated with AChE, such as glaucoma, myasthenia gravis, gastric motility and Alzheimer’s disease.
publisher Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
publishDate 2015
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4518125/
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