Psoralidin, a coumestan analogue, as a novel potent estrogen receptor signaling molecule isolated from Psoralea corylifolia

Authors
Liu, XiyuanNam, Joo-WonSong, Yun SeonViswanath, Ambily Nath InduPae, Ae NimKil, Yun-SeoKim, Hee-DooPark, Jong HoonSeo, Eun-KyoungChang, Minsun
Issue Date
2014-03-01
Publisher
Pergamon Press Ltd.
Citation
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, v.24, no.5, pp.1403 - 1406
Abstract
A novel biological activity of psoralidin as an agonist for both estrogen receptor (ER)alpha and ER beta agonist has been demonstrated in our study. Psoralidin has been characterized as a full ER agonist, which activates the classical ER-signaling pathway in both ER-positive human breast and endometrial cell lines as well as non-human cultured cells transiently expressing either ERa or ERb. The estrogenic activity was determined using the relative expression levels of either reporter or the endogenous genes dependent on the agonist-bound ER to the estrogen response element (ERE). Psoralidin at 10 mu M was able to induce the maximum reporter gene expression corresponding to that of E-2-treated cells and such activation of the ERE-reporter gene by psoralidin was completely abolished by the cotreatment of a pure ER antagonist, implying that the biological activities of psoralidin are mediated by ER. Psoralidin was also able to induce the endogenous estrogen-responsive gene, pS2, in human breast cancer cells MCF-7. It was observed that activation of the classical ER-signaling pathway by psoralidin is mediated via induction of ER conformation by psoralidin and direct binding of the psoralidin-ER complex to the EREs present in the promoter region of estrogen-responsive genes, as shown by chromatin immunoprecipitation assay results. Finally, molecular docking of psoralidin to the ligand binding pocket of the ERa showed that psoralidin is able to mimic the binding interactions of E-2, and thus, it could act as an ER agonist in the cellular environment. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords
HEALTHY POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; BREAST-CANCER; PLUS PROGESTIN; PROLIFERATION; BENEFITS; EXTRACT; TRIAL; L.; HEALTHY POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; BREAST-CANCER; PLUS PROGESTIN; PROLIFERATION; BENEFITS; EXTRACT; TRIAL; L.; Psoralea corylifolia; Psoralidin; Phytoestrogen; Estrogen receptor; Hormone replacement therapy
ISSN
0960-894X
URI
https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/127011
DOI
10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.01.029
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