Protein Information

Name cycloxygenase 2
Synonyms COX 2; COX2; PHS2; PGG/HS; Cyclooxygenase 2; Cyclooxygenase 2b; Cycloxygenase 2; PGH synthase 2…

Compound Information

Name biphenyl
CAS 1,1′-biphenyl

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
19481465 Schuhly W, Hufner A, Pferschy-Wenzig EM, Prettner E, Adams M, Bodensieck A, Kunert O, Oluwemimo A, Haslinger E, Bauer R: Design and synthesis of ten biphenyl-neolignan derivatives and their in vitro inhibitory potency against cyclooxygenase-1/2 activity and 5-lipoxygenase-mediated LTB4-formation. Bioorg Med Chem. 2009 Jul 1;17(13):4459-65. Epub 2009 May 18.

A set of ten derivatives of methylhonokiol, an anti-inflammatory active biphenyl-type neolignan from Magnolia grandiflora, has been evaluated for their in vitro cyclooxygenase-1/2 (COX-1/2) inhibitory activity using assays with purified prostaglandin H synthase (PGHS)-1 and PGHS-2 enzymes as well as for their 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) mediated LTB (4) formation inhibitory activity using an assay with activated human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
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19528508 Murakami Y, Ishii H, Hoshina S, Takada N, Ueki A, Tanaka S, Kadoma Y, Ito S, Machino M, Fujisawa S: Antioxidant and cyclooxygenase-2-inhibiting activity of 4,4'-biphenol, 2,2'-biphenol and phenol. Anticancer Res. 2009 Jun;29(6):2403-10.

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17804140 Yen GC, Duh PD, Huang DW, Hsu CL, Fu TY: Protective effect of pine (Pinus morrisonicola Hay.) needle on LDL oxidation and its anti-inflammatory action by modulation of iNOS and COX-2 expression in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages. Food Chem Toxicol. 2008 Jan;46(1):175-85. Epub 2007 Jul 28.


The inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) protein expressions in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells were inhibited by EAE-PN.
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18155686 Wang L, Reiterer G, Toborek M, Hennig B: Changing ratios of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids can differentially modulate polychlorinated biphenyl toxicity in endothelial cells. Chem Biol Interact. 2008 Mar 10;172(1):27-38. Epub 2007 Nov 19.

Similar protective effects by increasing ALA were observed by measuring NF-kappaB-responsive genes, such as vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2).
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19702785 Gardiner SM, March JE, Kemp PA, Bennett T: Factors influencing the regional haemodynamic responses to methanandamide and anandamide in conscious rats. Br J Pharmacol. 2009 Oct;158(4):1143-52. Epub 2009 Aug 20.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In vitro evidence suggests that metabolism of anandamide by cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) may be more important when the primary metabolic pathway [i.e. fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH)] is inhibited.
KEY RESULTS: Inhibition of FAAH with URB597 (cyclohexycarbamic acid 3'-carbamoyl-biphenyl-3-yl-ester) augmented the haemodynamic actions of anandamide, but there was no effect of COX-2 inhibition with parecoxib, either in the absence or the presence of URB597.
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19303869 Chiang J, Shen YC, Wang YH, Hou YC, Chen CC, Liao JF, Yu MC, Juan CW, Liou KT: Honokiol protects rats against eccentric exercise-induced skeletal muscle damage by inhibiting NF-kappaB induced oxidative stress and inflammation. Eur J Pharmacol. 2009 May 21;610(1-3):119-27. Epub 2009 Mar 20.


The degree of muscle damage also paralleled dramatic gene expression for cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and inflammation-associated cytokines (interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1), possibly through activation of nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-kappaB), a crucial proinflammatory transcription factor.
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18423412 Sheu ML, Chiang CK, Tsai KS, Ho FM, Weng TI, Wu HY, Liu SH: Inhibition of NADPH oxidase-related oxidative stress-triggered signaling by honokiol suppresses high glucose-induced human endothelial cell apoptosis. Free Radic Biol Med. 2008 Jun 15;44(12):2043-50. Epub 2008 Apr 3.


Moreover, honokiol (0.125-1 microM) also suppressed HG-induced cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 upregulation and prostaglandin E (2) production in HUVECs.
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19105592 Wangpradit O, Mariappan SV, Teesch LM, Duffel MW, Norstrom K, Robertson LW, Luthe G: Oxidation of 4-chlorobiphenyl metabolites to electrophilic species by prostaglandin H synthase. Chem Res Toxicol. 2009 Jan;22(1):64-71.


We found that human recombinant PGHS-2 catalyzed the oxidation of ortho (2',3'- and 3',4'-) and para (2',5'-) dihydroxy 4-chlorobiphenyl metabolites to their corresponding quinones.
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18688813 Yoo EA, Kim SD, Lee WM, Park HJ, Kim SK, Cho JY, Min W, Rhee MH: Evaluation of antioxidant, antinociceptive, and anti-inflammatory activities of ethanol extracts from Aloe saponaria Haw. Phytother Res. 2008 Oct;22(10):1389-95.


Moreover, ethanol fractions potently suppressed the expression of cycloxygenase (COX)-2 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which are stimulated by LPS in RAW264.7 cells.
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18241858 Lee SY, Yuk DY, Song HS, Yoon do Y, Jung JK, Moon DC, Lee BS, Hong JT: Growth inhibitory effects of obovatol through induction of apoptotic cell death in prostate and colon cancer by blocking of NF-kappaB. Eur J Pharmacol. 2008 Mar 17;582(1-3):17-25. Epub 2008 Jan 5.


Correlated well with the induction of apoptosis, obovatol increased the expression of the apoptotic genes; Bax, caspase-3, caspase-9, whereas inhibited expression of anti-apoptotic genes; Bcl-2, inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP-1) and X chromosome IAP (XIAP) as well as the cell proliferation marker genes; Cox-2, c-Fos, c-Jun and cyclin D1.
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