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Mario Dell'Agli1, Germana V Galli, Enrica Bosisio
1Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Italy. mario.dellagli@unimi.it
Abstract:
Semisynthetic derivatives of parthenolide (1) were tested on NF-kB driven transcription and metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) expression and secretion. The four membered ring compounds 5 and 6, obtained by acidic treatment of 1, exhibited a higher activity with respect to 1 in all the biological assays. Then an increased ability of the 5 and 6 to inhibit NF-kB driven transcription may lead to a down-regulation of MMP-9 expression and secretion. This work provides new details about the structural requisites for NF-kB inhibition.
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