Inhibition of angiogenesis by humulone, a bitter acid from beer hop.

Abstract

On the basis of our previous finding that humulone, a bitter acid from beer hop extract, was a potent inhibitor of bone resorption and inhibited the catalytic activity of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and more potently the transcription of the COX-2 gene, we examined the effect of humulone on angiogenesis, using chick embryo chorioallantoic membranes (CAMs) and vascular endothelial and tumor cells. Humulone significantly prevented in vivo angiogenesis in CAM in a dose-dependent manner with an ED(50) of 1.5 microg/CAM. Humulone also inhibited in vitro tube formation of vascular endothelial cells. Moreover, it suppressed the proliferation of endothelial cells and the production of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), an angiogenic growth factor, in endothelial and tumor cells. Thus, humulone is a potent angiogenic inhibitor, and may be a novel powerful tool for the therapy of various angiogenic diseases involving solid tumor growth and metastasis.

• Authors: M Shimamura, T Hazato, H Ashino, Y Yamamoto, E Iwasaki, H Tobe, K Yamamoto, S Yamamoto
• Journal: Biochemical and biophysical research communications (Biochem Biophys Res Commun) Vol. 289 Issue 1 Pg. 220-4 (Nov 23 2001) ISSN: 0006-291X [Print] United States
• PMID: 11708802 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright 2001 Academic Press.

Chemical References

• Cyclohexenes
• Endothelial Growth Factors
• Isoenzymes
• Lymphokines
• Nitrobenzenes
• Sulfonamides
• Terpenes
• Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
• Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
• N-(2-cyclohexyloxy-4-nitrophenyl)methanesulfonamide
• Cyclooxygenase 2
• Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases
• humulon

Topics

• Allantois (blood supply, drug effects)
• Animals
• Beer (analysis)
• Cell Division (drug effects)
• Cells, Cultured
• Chick Embryo
• Chorion (blood supply, drug effects)
• Cyclohexenes
• Cyclooxygenase 2
• Endothelial Growth Factors (biosynthesis)
• Endothelium, Vascular (cytology, drug effects, metabolism)
• Isoenzymes (antagonists & inhibitors)
• Lymphokines (biosynthesis)
• Mice
• Neovascularization, Pathologic (drug therapy)
• Neovascularization, Physiologic (drug effects)
• Nitrobenzenes (pharmacology)
• Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases
• Rats
• Sulfonamides (pharmacology)
• Terpenes (isolation & purification, pharmacology)
• Tumor Cells, Cultured
• Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
• Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors