Inhibition of cellular inflammatory mediator production and amelioration of learning deficit in flies by deep sea Aspergillus-derived cyclopenin
- 24 March 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in The Journal of Antibiotics
- Vol. 73 (9), 622-629
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41429-020-0302-9
Abstract
In the course of screening lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced nitric oxide (NO) production inhibitors, two related benzodiazepine derivatives, cyclopenol and cyclopenin, were isolated from the extract of a deep marine-derived fungal strain, Aspergillus sp. SCSIOW2. Cyclopenol and cyclopenin inhibited the LPS-induced formation of NO and secretion of IL-6 in RAW264.7 cells at nontoxic concentrations. In terms of the mechanism underlying these effects, cyclopenol and cyclopenin were found to inhibit the upstream signal of NF-κB activation. These compounds also inhibited the expression of IL-1β, IL-6, and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in mouse microglia cells, macrophages in the brain. In relation to the cause of Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid-β-peptide is known to induce inflammation in the brain. Therefore, the present study investigated the ameliorative effects of these inhibitors on an in vivo Alzheimer’s model using flies. Learning deficits were induced by the overexpression of amyloid-β42 in flies, and cyclopenin but not cyclopenol was found to rescue learning impairment. Therefore, novel anti-inflammatory activities of cyclopenin were identified, which may be useful as a candidate of anti-inflammatory agents for neurodegenerative diseases.Keywords
Funding Information
- JSPS KAKENHI of Japan
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (41276136)
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