Dihydromyricetin is a potent inhibitor with an IC₅₀ of 48 μM on dihydropyrimidinase. Dihydromyricetin can activate autophagy through inhibiting mTOR signaling. Dihydromyricetin suppresses the formation of mTOR complexes (mTORC1/2). IC50 & Target: IC50: 48 μM (dihydropyrimidinase)^[1]
mTORC1/2^[3] In Vitro: Dihydromyricetin, a flavonol, significantly inhibits the catalytic activities of dihydropyrimidinase toward both the natural substrate dihydrouracil and xenobiotic substrate 5-propyl-hydantoin. Dihydromyricetin exhibits a significant inhibitory effect on the activities of dihydropyrimidinase for both substrates, even more than Myricetin does. The IC₅₀ values of Dihydromyricetin for dihydropyrimidinase determined from the titration curves using Dihydrouracil and 5-propyl-hydantoin are 48±2 and 40±2 μM, respectively^[1]. Dihydromyricetin (DHM) supplementation significantly reverses the increased phosphorylation of mTOR at Ser²⁴⁴⁸ (p-mTOR) during D-gal administration, which suggests that Dihydromyricetin can activate autophagy through inhibiting mTOR signaling^[2]. In Vivo: Changes in learning and memory capacity in rats administrated normal control group, D-gal group, D-gal+Dihydromyricetin (100 mg/kg) group, D-gal+Dihydromyricetin (200 mg/kg) group assessed by morris water maze (MWM) (n=10 per group). Dihydromyricetin (DHM) treatment significantly shortens the escape latency when compared with D-gal-induced model group^[2].