NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2011, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (1): 142-145.

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Inhibitory Effect of Extracts from Three Uyghur Medicine on the Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B Activity

LIU He-pei1,2, DOU  Jun2, MA Ji1, XING Xue-lei2, ZHAO Hai-qing2, AISA Haji Akber2*   

  1. 1State Key Laboratory Basis of Xinjiang Biological Resources and Genetic engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; 2Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Natural Products Chemistry, Xinjiang Technological Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China

  • Received:2009-09-11 Published:2011-07-20

Abstract:

Protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B is one of new drug targets against insulin sensitizer. In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effect of petroleumether extracts from 3 Uygur herbs, including Ziziphora Clinopodioides Lam., Helichrysum arenarium (Linn.) Moench, and Ver-nohia anthelmintica (L.) willd, on the PTP1B activity and the mode of inhibition. The results showed that recombinant PTP1B was highly expressed by the prokaryotic expression system and its molecular weigh was 40.8 kDa. Three extracts showed different inhibitory effects on the PTP1B activity, with IC50 values of 20.2 μg/mL, 12.65 μg/mL, and 9.7 μg/mL, respectively. The enzyme kinetic studies revealed non-competitive type of inhibition, competitive type of inhibition, and mixed competitive type of inhibition with the inhibitory constants (Ki) of 0.275 μg/mL, 1.245 μg/mL, and 0.192 μg/mL, respectively. The study will provide support for further exploration and utilization of Uygur herbs.

Key words: Uygur herbs, PTP1B, inhibition, prokaryotic expression system