Abstract
Suspension cultures of Abronia nana were established to produce C-methylisoflavones. Treatment of the A. nana cultures with yeast elicitor induced boeravinone E (1), with maximum induction at 24 h after elicitor treatment. Of the biotic and abiotic elicitors tested, yeast extract gave the strongest induction of 1. The IC50 value of 1 against β-secretase (β-amyloid cleaving enzyme-1) was 5.57 μM. Other proteases such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, and elastase were not inhibited by concentrations up to 1.0 mM, indicating that inhibition of β-secretase was specific. 1 was noncompetitive in Dixon plot, and Ki value was 3.79 μM.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3529-3537 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology |
| Volume | 172 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2014 |
Keywords
- Abronia nana
- Boeravinone E
- C-methylrotenoid
- Suspension cultures
- Yeast elicitation
- β-secretase inhibitor