7,8-Dihydroxyflavone

7,8-Dihydroxyflavone
Systematic (IUPAC) name
7,8-Dihydroxy-2-phenyl-4H-chromen-4-one
Clinical data
Identifiers
38183-03-8
None
PubChem CID 1880
ChemSpider 1809
Chemical data
Formula C15H10O4
254.238 g/mol

7,8-Dihydroxyflavone (7,8-DHF) is a naturally-occurring flavone found in Godmania aesculifolia, Tridax procumbens, and primula tree leaves.[1][2][3] It has been found to act as a potent and selective small-molecule agonist of the TrkB receptor (Kd ≈ 320 nM), the main signaling receptor of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF),[4][5][6] and is both orally-bioavailable and able to penetrate the blood-brain-barrier,[7] though with a relatively short half-life (~9 min with 1 mg/kg oral administration in rats).[8]

7,8-DHF has demonstrated remarkable therapeutic efficacy in animal models of a variety of central nervous system disorders,[6] including depression,[7] Alzheimer's disease,[9][10][11] cognitive deficits in schizophrenia,[12] Parkinson's disease,[4] Huntington's disease,[13] amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,[14] traumatic brain injury,[15] cerebral ischemia,[16][17] fragile X syndrome,[18] and Rett syndrome.[19] 7,8-DHF also shows efficacy in animal models of age-associated cognitive impairment[20] and enhances memory consolidation and emotional learning in healthy rodents.[21][22] In addition, 7,8-DHF possesses powerful antioxidant activity independent of its actions on the TrkB receptor,[23] and protects against glutamate-induced excitotoxicity,[24] 6-hydroxydopamine-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity,[25] and oxidative stress-induced genotoxicity.[26] It was also found to block methamphetamine-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity, an effect which, in contrast to the preceding, was found to be TrkB-dependent.[27]

7,8-DHF has been found to act as a weak aromatase inhibitor in vitro (Ki = 10 μM),[28] though there is evidence to suggest that this might not be the case in vivo.[4] In addition, it has been found to inhibit aldehyde dehydrogenase and estrogen sulfotransferase in vitro (Ki = 35 μM and 1–3 μM, respectively), though similarly to the case of aromatase, these activities have not been confirmed in vivo.[4] Unlike many other flavonoids, 7,8-DHF does not show any inhibitory activity on 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.[29] 7,8-DHF has also been observed to possess in vitro antiestrogenic effects at very high concentrations (Ki = 50 μM).[30][31]

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References

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