6-Hydroxy-5,7-dimethoxy-flavone suppresses the neutrophil respiratory burst via selective PDE4 inhibition to ameliorate acute lung injury

Yung-Fong Tsai; Tzu-Chi Chu; Wen-Yi Chang; Yang-Chang Wu; Fang-Rong Chang; Shun-Chin Yang; Tung-Ying Wu; Yu-Ming Hsu; Chun-Yu Chen; Shih-Hsin Chang; Tsong-Long Hwang

doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.03.002

6-Hydroxy-5,7-dimethoxy-flavone suppresses the neutrophil respiratory burst via selective PDE4 inhibition to ameliorate acute lung injury

Free Radic Biol Med. 2017 May:106:379-392. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.03.002. Epub 2017 Mar 3.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
² Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
³ Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; Chinese Herbal Medicine Research Team, Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
⁴ School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan; Chinese Medicine Research and Development Center and Center for Molecular Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
⁵ Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan; Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, 807 Taiwan.
⁶ Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
⁷ Chinese Medicine Research and Development Center and Center for Molecular Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
⁸ Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
⁹ Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; Research Center for Food and Cosmetic Safety, Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, and Graduate Institute of Health Industry Technology, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
¹⁰ Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; Chinese Herbal Medicine Research Team, Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan; Research Center for Food and Cosmetic Safety, Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, and Graduate Institute of Health Industry Technology, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan. Electronic address: htl@mail.cgu.edu.tw.

PMID: 28263828
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.03.002

Abstract

Over-activated neutrophils produce enormous oxidative stress and play a key role in the development of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. 6-Hydroxy-5,7-dimethoxy-flavone (UFM24), a flavone isolated from the Annonaceae Uvaria flexuosa, showed inhibitory effects on human neutrophil activation and salutary effects on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI) in mice. UFM24 potently inhibited superoxide anion (O₂^•-) generation, reactive oxidants, and CD11b expression, but not elastase release, in N-formyl-l-methionyl-l-leucyl-l-phenylalanine (fMLF)-activated human neutrophils. However, UFM24 failed to scavenge O₂^•- and inhibit the activity of subcellular NADPH oxidase. fMLF-induced phosphorylation of protein kinase B (Akt) was inhibited by UFM24. Noticeably, UFM24 increased cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) concentration and protein kinase (PK) A activity in activated human neutrophils. PKA inhibitors significantly reversed the inhibitory effects of UFM24, suggesting that the effects of UFM24 were through cAMP/PKA-dependent inhibition of Akt activation. Additionally, activity of cAMP-related phosphodiesterase (PDE)4, but not PDE3 or PDE7, was significantly reduced by UFM24. Furthermore, UFM24 attenuated neutrophil infiltration, myeloperoxidase activity, and pulmonary edema in LPS-induced ALI in mice. In conclusion, our data demonstrated that UFM24 inhibits oxidative burst in human neutrophils through inhibition of PDE4 activity. UFM24 also exhibited significant protection against endotoxin-induced ALI in mice. UFM24 has potential as an anti-inflammatory agent for treating neutrophilic lung damage.

Keywords: 6-Hydroxy-5,7-dimethoxy-flavone; Acute lung injury; Neutrophil; Oxidative stress; Phosphodiesterases 4.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acute Lung Injury / chemically induced
Acute Lung Injury / drug therapy
Acute Lung Injury / metabolism*
Animals
CD11b Antigen / metabolism*
Cyclic AMP / metabolism
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / metabolism
Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 4 / metabolism*
Flavones / administration & dosage*
Humans
Lipopolysaccharides / toxicity
Mice
N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / administration & dosage
NADPH Oxidases / metabolism
Neutrophil Activation / drug effects*
Neutrophils / drug effects
Neutrophils / metabolism
Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors / administration & dosage
Respiratory Burst / drug effects
Superoxides / metabolism

Substances

6-hydroxy-5,7-dimethoxy-flavone
CD11b Antigen
Flavones
Lipopolysaccharides
Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors
Superoxides
N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine
Cyclic AMP
NADPH Oxidases
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 4
Pde4a protein, mouse
flavone