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Dominik Schreiber1, Mathias Jung, Louis P Sandjo
1Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Systems Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Abstract:
CXCL10 (IP-10) is a highly inducible chemoattractant, which contributes to the recruitment of inflammatory cells such as macrophages and T-lymphocytes and thereby has important roles in chronic inflammatory conditions. In a search for new inhibitors of CXCL10 expression in MonoMac6 (MM6) cells, the new diaryl ether 3'-demethyldihydromaldoxin (1) along with the known compound dihydromaldoxin (2), were isolated from fermentations of a Steganospora species. The structures of the compounds were elucidated by a combination of one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Compounds (1) and (2) inhibited lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-induced CXCL10 promoter activity in transiently transfected MM6 cells in a dose-dependent manner with IC(50) values of 39-41 μM and also reduced LPS/IFN-γ-induced CXCL10 protein synthesis and excretion.
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