Anti-inflammatory potential of monogalactosyl diacylglycerols and a monoacylglycerol from the edible brown seaweed Fucus spiralis Linnaeus

Mar Drugs. 2014 Mar 11;12(3):1406-18. doi: 10.3390/md12031406.

Abstract

A monoacylglycerol (1) and a 1:1 mixture of two monogalactosyl diacylglycerols (MGDGs) (2 and 3) were isolated from the brown seaweed Fucus spiralis Linnaeus. The structures were elucidated by spectroscopic means (NMR and MS) and by comparison with the literature. Compound 1 was composed of a glycerol moiety linked to oleic acid (C18:1 Ω9). Compounds 2 and 3 contained a glycerol moiety linked to a galactose unit and eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5 Ω3) combined with octadecatetraenoic acid (C18:4 Ω3) or linolenic acid (C18:3 Ω3), respectively. The isolated compounds were tested for their cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory activity in RAW 264.7 macrophage cells. All of them inhibited NO production at non-cytotoxic concentrations. The fraction consisting of compounds 2 and 3, in a ratio of 1:1, was slightly more effective than compound 1 (IC₅₀ of 60.06 and 65.70 µg/mL, respectively). To our knowledge, this is the first report of these compounds from F. spiralis and on their anti-inflammatory capacity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal*
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Coloring Agents
  • Dexamethasone / pharmacology
  • Diglycerides / chemistry
  • Diglycerides / isolation & purification
  • Diglycerides / pharmacology*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Fucus / chemistry*
  • Glycerides / chemistry
  • Glycerides / isolation & purification
  • Glycerides / pharmacology*
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / metabolism
  • Lipopolysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mice
  • Nitric Oxide / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Reference Standards
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Tetrazolium Salts
  • Thiazoles

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Coloring Agents
  • Diglycerides
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Glycerides
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Tetrazolium Salts
  • Thiazoles
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Dexamethasone
  • L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
  • thiazolyl blue