Looking for agonists of ß2 adrenergic receptor from Fuzi and Chuanwu by virtual screening and dual-luciferase reporter assay.
J Asian Nat Prod Res
; 18(6): 550-61, 2016 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
More and more studies demonstrated that ß2 adrenergic receptor (ß2-AR) plays a crucial role for the treatment of heart failure. Chuanwu and Fuzi have been used over thousands of years in China for the treatment of heart failure. Considering the effects of these herbs are very similar to ß2-AR agonists, we presume whether ß2-AR agonists can be found from Fuzi and Chuanwu. Fuzi and Chuanwu decoction were used to receive the luciferase reporter activity assay to verify the hypothesis, and the result is positive and encouraging. For it is very difficult to get all of the monomer compounds of Fuzi and Chuanwu, virtual screening was used to find potential ß2-AR agonists and a cell-based ß2-AR agonist functional evaluation model, combined with a luciferase reporter assay system, was used to confirm the final result. In this research, 45 compounds were identified as ß2-AR agonists, and four compounds were verified and the rest need further experiment.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Extractos Vegetales
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Agonistas de Receptores Adrenérgicos beta 2
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Luciferasas
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
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En
Revista:
J Asian Nat Prod Res
Asunto de la revista:
BOTANICA
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QUIMICA
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China