Cytoprotective effect of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) and catechol ring-fluorinated CAPE derivatives against menadione-induced oxidative stress in human endothelial cells

Xinyu Wang, Salomon Stavchansky, Phillip D. Bowman, Sean M. Kerwin

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Abstract

Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE), a natural polyphenolic compound with many biological activities, has been shown to be protective against ischemia-reperfusion injury. We have synthesized six new catechol ring-fluorinated CAPE derivatives and evaluated their cytotoxic and cytoprotective effects against menadione-induced cytotoxicity in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. These results provide some insights into the structural basis of CAPE cytoprotection in this assay, which does not appear to be based solely on direct antioxidant properties.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalBioorganic & medicinal chemistry
Volume14
StatePublished - Jan 1 2006

Keywords

  • Antioxidants/chemical synthesis/chemistry/pharmacology
  • Caffeic Acids/chemical synthesis/chemistry/pharmacology
  • Cells
  • Cultured
  • Cytoprotection/drug effects
  • Drug Evaluation
  • Endothelial Cells/drug effects/metabolism
  • Fluorine/chemistry
  • Humans
  • Oxidative Stress/drug effects
  • Phenylethyl Alcohol/analogs & derivatives/chemical synthesis/chemistry/pharmacology
  • Preclinical
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Vitamin K 3/toxicity

Disciplines

  • Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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