Bioassay-guided isolation of proanthocyanidins with antiangiogenic activities

J Nat Prod. 2013 Jan 25;76(1):29-35. doi: 10.1021/np300614u. Epub 2012 Dec 26.

Abstract

The proangiogenic members of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family and related receptors play a central role in the modulation of pathological angiogenesis. In order to identify plant compounds able to interfere in the VEGFs/VEGFR-1 (Flt-1) recognition by VEGF family members, the extracts of the aerial parts of Campsiandra guayanensis and Feretia apodanthera were screened by a competitive ELISA-based assay. By using this bioassay-oriented approach five proanthocyanindins, including the new natural compounds (2S)-4',5,7-trihydroxyflavan-(4β→8)-afzelechin (1) and (2S)-4',5,7-trihydroxyflavan-(4β→8)-epiafzelechin (2) and the known geranin B (3), proanthocyanidin A2 (4), and proanthocyanidin A1 (5), were isolated. The study of the antiangiogenic activities of compounds 1-5 using ELISA and SPR assays showed compound 1 as being the most active. The antiangiogenic activity of 1 was also confirmed in vivo by the chicken chorioallantoic membrane assay. Our results indicated 1 as a new antiangiogenic compound inhibiting the interaction between VEGF-A or PlGF and their receptor VEGRF-1.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / isolation & purification
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Caesalpinia / chemistry
  • Chickens
  • Chorioallantoic Membrane / drug effects
  • Chorioallantoic Membrane / metabolism
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / metabolism
  • Proanthocyanidins / chemistry
  • Proanthocyanidins / isolation & purification
  • Proanthocyanidins / pharmacology*
  • Rubiaceae / chemistry
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / metabolism
  • Venezuela

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Proanthocyanidins
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • geranin B
  • proanthocyanidin A1
  • proanthocyanidin A2