Effective anti-inflammatory phenolic compounds from dandelion: identification and mechanistic insights using UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, fluorescence quenching and anisotropy, molecular docking and dynamics simulation

This novel study identifies the effective anti-inflammatory phenolic compounds in dandelion and provides mechanistic insights into their interactions with receptor proteins (toll‐like receptor 4, TLR4; co‐receptor myeloid differentiation protein-2, MD-2) using UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, lipopolysaccharide (LP...

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Main Authors: Hui Zou, Tingting Ben, Ping Wu, Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse, Yilun Chen
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Language:English
Published: Tsinghua University Press 2023-11-01
Series:Food Science and Human Wellness
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213453023000836
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author Hui Zou
Tingting Ben
Ping Wu
Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse
Yilun Chen
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Tingting Ben
Ping Wu
Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse
Yilun Chen
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description This novel study identifies the effective anti-inflammatory phenolic compounds in dandelion and provides mechanistic insights into their interactions with receptor proteins (toll‐like receptor 4, TLR4; co‐receptor myeloid differentiation protein-2, MD-2) using UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated THP-1 cell line, fluorescence quenching and anisotropy, molecular docking (single ligand and multi-ligand docking) and molecular dynamics simulation. A 50 % aqueous methanol extract had a greater anti-inflammatory effect and higher chicoric acid content, compared with the 100 % water and 100 % methanol extracts. Chicoric acid, chlorogenic acid, methylophiopogonone A, caffeic acid, gallic acid monohydrate and 4'-O-demethylbroussonin A had relatively high binding energies and contents in all extracts. Chicoric acid competed with chlorogenic acid, 4'-O-demethylbroussonin A and quercetin for MD-2. Among dandelion’s phenolics, chicoric acid most effectively hindered TLR4-MD-2 complex formation, with a quenching constant of 0.62 × 106 L/mol for MD-2 or TLR4 at 320 K, and binding energies of –6.87 and –5.97 kcal/mol, respectively, for MD-2 and TLR4.
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spelling doaj-art-411ec884e04b4be68539ac60403798b42025-02-03T02:42:15ZengTsinghua University PressFood Science and Human Wellness2213-45302023-11-0112621842194Effective anti-inflammatory phenolic compounds from dandelion: identification and mechanistic insights using UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, fluorescence quenching and anisotropy, molecular docking and dynamics simulationHui Zou0Tingting Ben1Ping Wu2Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse3Yilun Chen4College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Food Processing Technology and Quality Control in Shandong Province, Tai’an 271018, ChinaCollege of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Food Processing Technology and Quality Control in Shandong Province, Tai’an 271018, ChinaCollege of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Food Processing Technology and Quality Control in Shandong Province, Tai’an 271018, ChinaSchool of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; Corresponding authors.College of Food Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Food Processing Technology and Quality Control in Shandong Province, Tai’an 271018, China; Corresponding authors.This novel study identifies the effective anti-inflammatory phenolic compounds in dandelion and provides mechanistic insights into their interactions with receptor proteins (toll‐like receptor 4, TLR4; co‐receptor myeloid differentiation protein-2, MD-2) using UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated THP-1 cell line, fluorescence quenching and anisotropy, molecular docking (single ligand and multi-ligand docking) and molecular dynamics simulation. A 50 % aqueous methanol extract had a greater anti-inflammatory effect and higher chicoric acid content, compared with the 100 % water and 100 % methanol extracts. Chicoric acid, chlorogenic acid, methylophiopogonone A, caffeic acid, gallic acid monohydrate and 4'-O-demethylbroussonin A had relatively high binding energies and contents in all extracts. Chicoric acid competed with chlorogenic acid, 4'-O-demethylbroussonin A and quercetin for MD-2. Among dandelion’s phenolics, chicoric acid most effectively hindered TLR4-MD-2 complex formation, with a quenching constant of 0.62 × 106 L/mol for MD-2 or TLR4 at 320 K, and binding energies of –6.87 and –5.97 kcal/mol, respectively, for MD-2 and TLR4.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213453023000836Dandelion extractsPhenolic compounds binding affinityTLR4-MD-2 antagonistAnti-inflammatory agent
spellingShingle Hui Zou
Tingting Ben
Ping Wu
Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse
Yilun Chen
Effective anti-inflammatory phenolic compounds from dandelion: identification and mechanistic insights using UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, fluorescence quenching and anisotropy, molecular docking and dynamics simulation
Food Science and Human Wellness
Dandelion extracts
Phenolic compounds binding affinity
TLR4-MD-2 antagonist
Anti-inflammatory agent
title Effective anti-inflammatory phenolic compounds from dandelion: identification and mechanistic insights using UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, fluorescence quenching and anisotropy, molecular docking and dynamics simulation
title_full Effective anti-inflammatory phenolic compounds from dandelion: identification and mechanistic insights using UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, fluorescence quenching and anisotropy, molecular docking and dynamics simulation
title_fullStr Effective anti-inflammatory phenolic compounds from dandelion: identification and mechanistic insights using UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, fluorescence quenching and anisotropy, molecular docking and dynamics simulation
title_full_unstemmed Effective anti-inflammatory phenolic compounds from dandelion: identification and mechanistic insights using UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, fluorescence quenching and anisotropy, molecular docking and dynamics simulation
title_short Effective anti-inflammatory phenolic compounds from dandelion: identification and mechanistic insights using UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, fluorescence quenching and anisotropy, molecular docking and dynamics simulation
title_sort effective anti inflammatory phenolic compounds from dandelion identification and mechanistic insights using uhplc esi ms ms fluorescence quenching and anisotropy molecular docking and dynamics simulation
topic Dandelion extracts
Phenolic compounds binding affinity
TLR4-MD-2 antagonist
Anti-inflammatory agent
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213453023000836
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