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Virtual and In Vitro Bioassay Screening of Phytochemical Inhibitors from Flavonoids and Isoflavones Against Xanthine Oxidase and Cyclooxygenase‐2 for Gout Treatment
Author(s) -
Li Yadi,
Frenz Christopher M.,
Li Zhiwen,
Chen Mianhua,
Wang Yurong,
Li Fengjuan,
Luo Cheng,
Sun Jian,
bohlin Lars,
Li Zhenjing,
Yang Hua,
Wang Changlu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemical biology and drug design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.59
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1747-0285
pISSN - 1747-0277
DOI - 10.1111/cbdd.1248
Subject(s) - xanthine oxidase , cyclooxygenase , allopurinol , chemistry , pharmacology , biochemistry , luteolin , xanthine oxidase inhibitor , myricetin , gout , enzyme , kaempferol , flavonoid , biology , medicine , antioxidant
Synthetic drugs such as allopurinol and benzbromarone are commonly used to treat the complex pathogenesis of gout, a metabolic disease that results from an inflammation of the joints caused by precipitation of uric acid. We seek to discover novel phytochemicals that could treat gout, by targeting the xanthine oxidase and cyclooxygenase‐2 enzymes. In this study, we report the screening of nine compounds of flavonoids from the ZINC and PubChem databases (containing 2092 flavonoids) using the igemdock software tool against the xanthine oxidase and cyclooxygenase‐2 3D protein structures. Each compound was also evaluated by an in vitro bioassay testing the inhibition of xanthine oxidase and cyclooxygenase‐2. Myricetin and luteolin were found to be the potential dual inhibitors of xanthine oxidase and cyclooxygenase‐2 as demonstrated by IC 50 : 62.7 and 3.29 μg/mL (xanthine oxidase)/70.8 and 16.38 μg/mL (cyclooxygenase‐2), respectively. In addition, structure–activity relationships and other important factors of the flavonoids binding to the active site of xanthine oxidase and cyclooxygenase‐2 were discussed, which is expected for further rational drug design.