简介：Ginkgolicacids(GAs),primarilyfoundintheleaves,nuts,andtestaofginkgobiloba,havebeenidentifiedwithsuspectedallergenic,genotoxicandcytotoxicproperties.However,littleinformationisavailableaboutGAstoxicityinkidneysandtheunderlyingmechanismhasnotbeenthoroughlyelucidatedsofar.InsteadofGAsextract,therenalcytotoxicityofGA(15:1),whichwasisolatedfromthetestaofGinkgobiloba,wasassessedinvitrobyusingMDCKcells.TheactionofGA(15:1)oncellviabilitywasevaluatedbytheMTTandneutralreduptakeassays.Comparedwiththecontrol,thecytotoxicityofGA(15:1)onMDCKcellsdisplayedatime-anddose-dependentmanner,suggestingthecellsmitochondriaandlysosomesweredamaged.ItwasconfirmedthatGA(15:1)resultedinthelossofcellsmitochondrialtrans-membranepotential(ΔΨm).Inpropidiumiodide(PI)staininganalysis,GA(15:1)inducedcellcyclearrestattheG0/G1andG2/Mphases,influencingontheDNAsynthesisandcellmitosis.CharacteristicsofnecroticcelldeathwereobservedinMDCKcellsattheexperimentalconditions,asaresultofDNAagarosegelelectrophoresisandmorphologicalobservationofMDCKcells.Inconclusion,thesefindingsmightprovideusefulinformationforabetterunderstandingoftheGA(15:1)inducedrenaltoxicity.

简介：Thepresentstudywasdesignedtosynthesize2-Cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9(11)-en-28-oate-13β,28-olide(1),alactonederivativeofoleanolicacid(OA)andevaluateitsanti-inflammatoryactivity.Compound1significantlydiminishednitricoxide(NO)productionanddown-regulatedthemRNAexpressionofiNOS,COX-2,IL-6,IL-1β,andTNF-αinlipopolysaccharide(LPS)-stimulatedRAW264.7cells.FurtherinvivostudiesinmurinemodelofLPS-inducedacutelunginjury(ALI)showedthat1possessedmorepotentprotectiveeffectsthanthewell-knownanti-inflammatorydrugdexamethasonebyinhibitingmyeloperoxidase(MPO)activity,reducingtotalcellsandneutrophils,andsuppressinginflammatorycytokinesexpression,andthusamelioratingthehistopathologicalconditionsoftheinjuredlungtissue.Inconclusion,compound1couldbedevelopedasapromisinganti-inflammatoryagentforinterventionofLPS-inducedALI.