Evaluation of the anti-inflammatory effect of chalcone and chalcone analogues in a zebrafish model

Molecules. 2013 Feb 5;18(2):2052-60. doi: 10.3390/molecules18022052.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate novel chalcones with potent anti-inflammatory activities in vivo. Chalcone and two chalcone analogues (compound 5 and 9) were evaluated using a caudal fin-wounded transgenic zebrafish line "Tg(mpx:gfp)" to visualize the effect of neutrophil recruitment dynamically. Results showed that treatment with compound 9 not only affected wound-induced neutrophil recruitment, but also affected Mpx enzymatic activity. Moreover, protein expression levels of pro-inflammatory factors (Mpx, NFκB, and TNFα) were also regulated by compound 9. Taken together, our results provide in vivo evidence of the anti-inflammatory effects of synthesized chalcone analogues on wound-induced inflammation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Fins / surgery
  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / pharmacology*
  • Chalcone / analogs & derivatives*
  • Chalcone / chemical synthesis
  • Chalcone / chemistry
  • Chalcone / pharmacology*
  • Larva / drug effects
  • Larva / enzymology
  • Models, Animal
  • Neutrophil Infiltration / drug effects
  • Peroxidase / metabolism
  • Wound Healing / drug effects
  • Zebrafish / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Chalcone
  • Peroxidase