Dehydroandrographolide Research Articles

Quantification of andrographolide sodium bisulphite in urine after intravenous injection to rats by LC–MS/MS

A liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method for the determination of andrographolide sodium bisulphite (ASB) in rat urine was established and validated. To our knowledge, the analytical method is the first developed assay for the determination of ASB in urine samples. Dehydroandrographolide (DAG) was used as an internal standard. ASB and DAG were separated on a C18 column and detected at negative ion mode using the mass transitions of m/z 413.2→287.2 and m/z 331.2→303.3, respectively. Good linearity was obtained over the range of 50–5000ng/mL and the correlation coefficient was better than 0.99. The intra- and inter-day accuracy at all levels fell in the ranges of 85.8–101.4% and 87.9–97.5%, and the intra- and inter-day precision (RSD) were in the ranges of 4.3–11.2% and 8.4–13.3%, respectively. The recovery ranged from 96.1% to 98.3% and the matrix effects from 96.2% to 98.1%. Good stability was found under tested conditions. The method was successfully applied to a urinary excretion study of ASB in rats following intravenous administration of 80mg/kg ASB.

Expression of the human β-defensin-1 induced by dehydroandrographolide in human pulmonary gland epithelial cells

In this study we observed the enhanced mRNA and protein expression of human β-defensin-1 (hBD-1) induced by dehydroandrographolide (DA) in human gland epithelial cells and explored the mechanism of DA on infection treatment. Human pulmonary gland epithelial cells were incubated with DA, then were harvested for hBD-1 expression detection. The mRNA expression of hBD-1 was detected by RT-PCR while the protein expression was detected by Western blot. It was found that DA can up-regulate mRNA and protein expression of hBD-1, the optimal concentration was 80 µM, the maximal expression of hBD-1 mRNA and protein occurred after 8 h. The DA can up-regulate mRNA and protein expression of hBD-1 in human gland epithelial cells. It suggests that β-defensin-1 may play an important role in the treatment of infective diseases with DA.