Picein: Comparison
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  • neurodegenerative diseases
  • neuroprotective agents
  • picein

1. Background

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are one of the main concerns of modern medicine and are responsible for the majority of the 50 million cases of dementia worldwide [1]. NDDs are progressive diseases that result in a great disease burden and as most NDDs are age-related diseases [2], their incidence and disease burden are expected to increase annually due to an aging population and triple by 2050 [3]. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most commonly known NDD, although there are also other types of NDDs. These include, but are not limited to, Parkinson’s disease (PD), multiple sclerosis (MS), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and Huntington’s disease [4]. Despite the different clinical, laboratory, and neuroimaging features, as well as the neuropathology and management of NDDs, they all have the common feature of neurodegeneration (gradual loss of specific neuronal populations), which makes them progressive diseases that result in the death of patients after several years of suffering (for the patient as well as their caregivers). Despite advances in medicine, there is still no cure for NDDs and available medications can only relieve the patient’s symptoms and improve brain function deficits (memory, movement, and cognition). Sometimes the treatments are inefficient due to the multiplicity and complexity of the patient’s symptoms [5][6]. Therefore, disease-modifying treatments, which can efficiently slow down or halt disease progression, have been identified as the main treatment goal in NDDs, for which several trials have been performed, although the progression rate seems slow [7][8]. Most recent research has focused on neuroprotective agents to target the pathophysiology of NDDs [9].
Considering the unmet need for effective curative treatment of NDDs, researchers provide a short review of the bioactive compounds and herbal agents with potentially neuroprotective properties that have been examined in preclinical and clinical studies of NDDs with the main focus on an agent that has been scarcely evaluated, Picein.

2. Antioxidative and Neuroprotective Properties of Picein

Picein (PubChem ID: 92123) is a phenolic (non-salicylic) glycoside extracted from different plant species with the formula C14H18O7 [10]. In previous study, researchers showed the anti-inflammatory and neurodegenerative properties of NB [11]. However, the literature is scant and not centered in this regard. Below, researchers present the herbs from which picein can be extracted and evaluate their possible antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties. Figure 1 shows a summary of the plants from which picein is extracted.
Figure 1. A summary of plants containing picein.

2.1. Willow (Salix)

One of the earliest records of treating inflammation and pain with herbal plants refers to the extracts of willow, Salix Sp., which belongs to the Salicaceae family. Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, anticancer, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, anti-obesity, antimigraine, cytotoxic, hepatoprotective, and neuroprotective activities have been documented for the Salix genus [12][13][14]. Salix is an aspirin precursor for which salicylic acid is extracted from water that is extracted from willow bark and leaves. It has also been used by animals and humans for its analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory properties [15][16]. The antioxidative activity of Salix Sp. has also been identified and is mainly attributed to salicin [17], the mechanism of which is said to be the downregulation of the inflammatory mediators, tumor necrosis factor-α, and nuclear factor-kappa B [18]. Besides salicin, flavonoid and other phenolic compounds of Salix have also been identified to have anti-inflammatory properties and synergistic effects with coffee against scavenging free radicals and the inhibition of lipid peroxidation [19][20]. It is worth mentioning that Salix comprises several species such as S. purpurea, S. daphnoides clone 1095, S. alba clone 1100, S. triandra, S. viminalis, and S. herbacea. Each of these contains different concentrations of salicin, different compositions of phenols, and other compounds, for instance, acetylsalicortin was only found in S. alba [21]. Furthermore, an evaluation of 91 genotypes of the common species Salix purpurea showed that all were rich in salicylic glycosides (salicin, salicortin and tremulacin, flavanones, maringenin, chalcone isosalipurposide, and catechin), whereas picein and populin were only identified in 10% of them [22]. Heiska et al. extracted 1.61–31.08 mg/g d.m. from willow bark (Salix myrsinifolia) [23]. However, the comparison of the S. daphnoides and S. purpurea extracts showed the possible presence of picein in the former preparation [24]. The extracted compounds and their concentrations may not only vary based on the Salix genotype but also on the analytical (such as spectroscopy or chromatography) and extraction methods, as well as the plant part used, the age of the Salix, and the seasonal changes in their concentrations [25][26][27][28]. Dou et al. extracted picein from a hot water extract (HWE) of willow bark by dissolving the freeze-dried HWE (5.2 mg) in pyridine (10 mL). Then, 0.7 mL of this solution and 0.1 mL xylitol (0.1 mg/mL) were treated with 0.2 mL BSTFA at 50 °C for 40 minutes, which resulted in a relative content ratio of 7.60 and a response factor of 3.04 [29]. The neuroprotective effect of Salix has been shown in previous studies [12]; however, researchers could not find any study other than one by members of the team that directly addressed the neuroprotective effect of the picein compound of Salix [11]. Researchers showed that treatment of NB SH-SY5Y cells with picein decreased the menadione-induced ROS levels and recovered the mitochondrial activity to normal, indicating the potential of picein to be used as a neuroprotective agent (Figure 2). 
Figure 2. Isolation of picein from willow bark, its chemical formula, and illustration of the mechanisms behind its neuroprotective effects. Adapted from ref. [11].
Although picein can be easily separated according to hydrophobicity differences and quantified using high-performance liquid chromatography [30], a few studies have separated the antioxidative effects of Salix Sp. based on the extracted compounds but failed to indicate any favorable effect for the picein compound. In a study by Jeon and colleagues, eight compounds were extracted from Salix hulteni and their cytotoxic effects were tested against brine shrimp and a human lung cancer cell line (H1299). The results showed that 4-Hydroxyacetophenone, picein, and sachaliside did not have cytotoxic effects [31]. Jeon and colleagues extracted 1.2 kg S. huletni with MeOH; suspended 220 g MeOH in water, partitioned with n-hexane, CHCL3, and n-BuOH to leave a residual water-soluble compound; evaporated each fraction; and tested the cytotoxic ability of each fraction [31]. Using n-butanol as a solvent resulted in the separation of picein with 93.6% purity [32]. Another study performed on immortalized human non-tumorigenic keratinocytes (HaCaT) also showed that the other compounds of Salix reticulata significantly inhibited cell proliferation, whereas such an effect was not observed for picein [33]. They also used the MeOH extract from aerial parts and showed that MeOH extract with a concentration of 100 µg/ml reduced cell viability by about 60%, but the separation of the flavonoids and compounds failed to show any effect on cell proliferation for picein [33]. Other compounds of Salix pseudo-lasiogyne twigs not including picein were also identified to have inhibitory effects against lipopolysaccharide-induced NO production in vitro (on microglial cells) and also significant antioxidative effects on lutathione reductase and superoxide dismutase production in vivo (on scopolamine-induced mice) [34]. Therefore, the available literature seems to show no antioxidative effect for the picein compound of the Salix genus; however, as described above, there are several factors that influence the presence and concentration of the compounds in this herb and the few studies in this regard have not reported the concentrations and extraction methods of picein in order to justify whether this concentration was sufficient for observing the antioxidative effect of this compound. Furthermore, the potential neuroprotective property of this compound is also missing from the literature, except for the one study performed by the team [11]. Therefore, more studies are required in this regard to be able to draw a conclusion about the properties of picein extracted from Salix. It is showed that picein is not only extracted from Salix but is also mentioned as a phenol glucoside compound extracted from other plants.

2.2. Picrorhiza kurroa

Picrorhiza kurroa, also known as Kutki, belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family and is a well-known herb in Ayurvedic medicine that is used for asthma, jaundice, fever, malaria, snake bite, and liver disorders, and is suggested to have antimicrobial, antioxidant, antibacterial, antimutagenic, cardioprotective, hepatoprotective, antimalarial, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, anti-ulcer and nephroprotective properties [35][36]. A study by Morikawa et al. showed that picein extracted from the rhizomes of Picrorhiza kurroa had favorable results on the promotion of collagen synthesis (at 10–30 μM) without cytotoxicity observed at effective concentrations [37]. Studying the antioxidative activity of picein extracted as one of the two phenol glycosides of this herb identified no such effect for picein, whereas the other compound of these leaves, luteolin-5-O-glucopyranoside, showed significant antioxidative properties [38]. Researchers believe that evidence is scant about the effects of picein extracted from this plant and further studies are required in this regard.

2.3. Norway Spruce (Picea abies)

Picein and its aglucone piceol (4-hydroxy acetophenone) are phenolic compounds found in different parts of Norway spruces (Picea abies) [39]. In Norway spruce, picein contained 0.09–0.2% of the dry weight of non-mycorrhizal short roots [40] and 1.8–2.2% of dry weight in the spruce needles (which contained a 0.4–1.1% piceol concentration) [41][42]. Picein is considered the precursor of piceol and the effects observed from this phenolic compound are mainly through piceol release. Picein has also been suggested as an indicator of plant stress [43][44]. Ganthaler and colleagues evaluated the concentrations of different compounds in Norway spruce forest trees and showed that picein and stilbene concentrations were associated with the tree’s defensive power against fungal pathogens [45] and budworm [46]. Bahneweg and colleagues also showed increased picein in response to the fungal provenance of Norway spruce by Sirococcus conigenus [47]. The antimicrobial activity of picein against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, S. typhimurium, Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecalis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) has also been detected, with minimum inhibitory concentration values of 16–64 mg/L [48]. Another similar tree is White spruce (Picea glauca), which also contains (the acetophenone glucoside) picein (the second most abundant metabolite with averages exceeding 10% of the foliar dry weight) that exerts favorable results against spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana), a highly damaging forest insect pest [49]. Although the above-mentioned studies have confirmed the favorable effects of picein and piceol on the protection of Norway and White spruces against tree harm, the picein extracted from these plants has not been examined in cellular or animal studies to indicate the efficacy of this compound on other cells.

2.4. Other Plants

In addition to spruce, picein has been mentioned as a phenolic compound of several other plants, for instance, the aerial parts of Phagnalon rupestre (Asteraceae) [50], Ebenus pinnata [51], and Rhodiola rosea L. (Golden Root) [52][53]. However, the properties of this compound have not been investigated. The literature search also found a few cellular studies on the random effects of plant-derived picein. Morikawa and colleagues showed that picein and several other compounds extracted from the flowers of Poacynum hendersonii could moderately promote adipogenesis of 3T3-L1 cells (a cell line derived from mice) [54]. Picein extracted from the aerial parts of Vauquelinia corymbosa Bonlp (Rosaceae) has shown favorable enzymatic activity against yeast and rat small intestinal α-glucosidases, which shows this compound is a potential source of the α-glucosidase inhibitor and is suitable for the development of new antidiabetic drugs [55]. Lai and colleagues have also shown that the guinea pig liver cytosolic beta-glucosidase can hydrolyze the plant glucoside, L-Picein, and its product, piceol [56], which suggests an ability to use this compound as an oral agent for this animal. However, further studies are required in this regard.

3. The Potential Role of Picein in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

Aβ42 peptide and NFT, composed of hyperphosphorylated Tau protein, are the two major neuropathological hallmarks of AD. Aβ aggregation is regarded as the precursor for the neurotoxicity of AD, which leads to increased assembly of the toxic and plaque-promoting Aβ42 peptide [57]. Enzymes, including BACE1 (a transmembrane aspartic acid protease) and γ-secretase, are involved in the generation of the Aβ peptide by APP cleavage [58][59] and their activity is directly associated with Aβ formation. Accordingly, pharmaceutical companies have performed and continue to perform clinical trials on the potential of the BACE1 inhibitors (MK8931, AZD-3293, JNJ-54861911, E2609, and CNP520) for the treatment of AD and downregulation of Aβ levels [59][60][61]. However, the initially promising BACE1 inhibitors failed in later stages of clinical trials because of the side effects, insufficient potency, or poor pharmacokinetics [62][63]. Further studies on novel classes of BACE1 inhibitors are being performed to investigate their potential as novel candidates for AD treatment [64]. In a previously mentioned study [11], researchers investigated and reported on in silico and in vitro studies of picein. The results of the in-silico studies suggested BACE1 as a possible molecular target for picein. In addition, it was found to be structurally very similar to another molecule (gastrodin) that has shown to play a role in the reduction of memory deficit and neuropathology in a mouse model of AD [65]. Additionally, the in vitro studies demonstrated the potent neuroprotectant role of picein by neutralizing ROS generated by a neurotoxin [11]. These encouraging preliminary results strongly indicate that picein may have well-desired dual features, offering both a potential BACE1 inhibitory function and a potent neuroprotective effect. In the in silico studies, researchers used a pharmacophore mapping approach to predict the putative biomolecular targets of picein in silico with the PharmMapper web server [66]. BACE1 was predicted as the major molecular target of picein and molecular docking of picein to the BACE1 active site was successfully performed with AutoDock 4 [67]. The predicted binding affinity and Ki value (dissociation constant) of picein at the BACE1 active site were −5.94 kcal/mol and 44.03 µM, respectively, suggesting a modest affinity to the target. Key interactions of the docked pose of picein with the active site residues of BACE1 are shown in Figure 3A. These included seven hydrogen bond interactions as well as several hydrophobic contacts with the surrounding residues.
Figure 3. (A) In silico identification of putative biomolecular targets for the willow compound picein. BACE1 was found as the most probable target of picein. The docked pose of picein (red sticks) at the active site (green surface presentation) of BACE1 (yellow cartoon). Inset, the active site residues are shown as grey sticks. (B) An overview of the neuroprotective effects of picein: (C) increase in the level of cell viability, and (D) decrease in the level of ROS [11].
It is revealed that picein had strong neuroprotection properties. Here, picein was applied to evaluate its therapeutic impact on SH-SY5Y NB cells (Figure 3B–D). The observed results demonstrated the role of picein in neutralizing the damage caused by ROS (neurotoxin) and thus greatly influencing the survival of NB cells. Additionally, the CNS is predominantly susceptible to oxidative stress as it utilizes oxygen (O2) at a higher rate with low concentrations of antioxidants and related enzymes, although they have a high content of oxidation-susceptible biomacromolecules and polyunsaturated lipids. Consequently, a strong neuroprotection molecule with neutralizing effects on oxidative stress is well-desired for neuronal cell survival.

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