PMID- 31020299 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200102 LR - 20211204 IS - 2042-650X (Electronic) IS - 2042-6496 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 5 DP - 2019 May 22 TI - PHMH, a diarylheptanoid from Alpinia officinarum attenuates VEGF-induced angiogenesis via inhibition of the VEGFR-2 signaling pathway. PG - 2605-2617 LID - 10.1039/c8fo01809j [doi] AB - The rhizome of Alpinia officinarum Hance, a popular spice used as a condiment in China and Europe, has various reported bioactivities, including anticancer, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. However, its anti-angiogenic activity has not previously been reported. In this study, a diarylheptanoid was isolated from Alpinia officinarum and identified as 1-phenyl-7-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-4E-en-3-heptanone (PHMH). We demonstrated that PHMH exerts anti-angiogenic activity both in vitro and in vivo. PHMH inhibited vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-induced viability, migration, invasion and tube formation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in vitro, and also suppressed VEGF-induced sprout formation of rat aorta ex vivo. Furthermore, PHMH was found to block VEGF-induced vessel formation in mice and suppress angiogenesis in both zebrafish and chorioallantoic membrane models. Mechanistic studies indicated that PHMH inhibited VEGF-induced VEGF receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) auto-phosphorylation and resulted in the blockage of VEGFR-2-mediated signaling cascades in HUVECs, including the Akt/mTOR, ERK1/2, and FAK pathways. Our findings provide new insights into the potential application of PHMH as a therapeutic agent for anti-angiogenesis. FAU - Hu, Liubing AU - Hu L AD - Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bioengineering Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China. tliuzh@jnu.edu.cn. FAU - Huang, Weihuan AU - Huang W FAU - Ding, Yong AU - Ding Y FAU - Liu, Min AU - Liu M FAU - Wang, Mei AU - Wang M FAU - Wang, Ying AU - Wang Y FAU - Zhang, Wei AU - Zhang W FAU - Li, Yaolan AU - Li Y FAU - Ye, Wencai AU - Ye W FAU - Li, Manmei AU - Li M FAU - Liu, Zhong AU - Liu Z LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Food Funct JT - Food & function JID - 101549033 RN - 0 (1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-phenyl-(6E)-6-hepten-3-one) RN - 0 (Angiogenesis Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Diarylheptanoids) RN - 0 (Drugs, Chinese Herbal) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Alpinia MH - Angiogenesis Inhibitors/*administration & dosage/chemistry MH - Animals MH - Cell Movement/drug effects MH - China MH - Diarylheptanoids/*administration & dosage/chemistry MH - Drugs, Chinese Herbal/*administration & dosage/chemistry MH - Female MH - Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells/drug effects/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Neovascularization, Pathologic/*drug therapy/genetics/metabolism/physiopathology MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/*metabolism MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2/genetics/*metabolism MH - Zebrafish EDAT- 2019/04/26 06:00 MHDA- 2020/01/03 06:00 CRDT- 2019/04/26 06:00 PHST- 2019/04/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/01/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/26 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1039/c8fo01809j [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Food Funct. 2019 May 22;10(5):2605-2617. doi: 10.1039/c8fo01809j.