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Durán-Ruiz CA, Cruz-Ortega R, Zaldívar-Riverón A, Zavaleta-Mancera HA, De-la-Cruz-Chacón I, González-Esquinca AR. Ontogenic synchronization of Bephratelloides cubensis, Annona macroprophyllata seeds and acetogenins from Annonaceae. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2019; 132:81-91. [PMID: 30607643 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-018-01078-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The seeds of Annona macroprophyllata Donn. Sm. contain idioblasts with toxic acetogenins, including laherradurin and rolliniastatin-2, in relatively high proportions. Both metabolites are cataloged as potent insecticides for several species, even so, the wasp Bephratelloides cubensis Ashmead fulfills almost its entire life cycle inside the seeds of this and other annonaceous species, to such a degree, that they constitute a strong selection pressure. In order to document the chemical relationship between the two species, it is reported for the first time in this paper the presence of idioblasts and acetogenins during the ontogenic development of the seeds of A. macroprophyllata, and contrasted with the development of B. cubensis. The results indicate that idioblasts with laherradurin and rolliniastatin-2 acetogenins are formed in the middle stages of the endospermic development, also that both acetogenins are biosynthesized simultaneously, and that their proportion is dependent on the degree of development. The acetogenins are present in high amounts that suppose a sufficient toxic barrier and, in this case, laherradurin is the most abundant (> 1000 µg g dry weight-1). The wasp B. cubensis only emerges from the seeds to copulate and returns for oviposition; its larval phase coincides with the appearance of acetogenins, so it feeds on the acetogenic endosperm. The absence of acetogenins in the tissues and excreta of the insect supposes a metabolization of the molecules, which would explain the tolerance to its toxicity.
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- Claudia Azucena Durán-Ruiz
- Laboratorio de Fisiología y Química Vegetal, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte Poniente 1150, Col. Lajas Maciel, CP 29039, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Alelopatía, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, CP 04360, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Colección Nacional de Insectos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, CP 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Anatomía e Histoquímica Vegetal, Colegio de Postgraduados en Ciencias Agrícolas, Campus Montecillo, CP 56230, Texcoco, Estado De México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología y Química Vegetal, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte Poniente 1150, Col. Lajas Maciel, CP 29039, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología y Química Vegetal, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Libramiento Norte Poniente 1150, Col. Lajas Maciel, CP 29039, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico.
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Costa MS, Santana AE, Oliveira LL, Zanuncio JC, Serrão JE. Toxicity of squamocin on Aedes aegypti larvae, its predators and human cells. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2017; 73:636-640. [PMID: 27366879 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The mosquito Aedes aegypti transmits a virus that causes diverse human diseases, and control of the vector is an important strategy to avoid disease propagation. Plants in the family Annonaceae are recognised as sources of molecules with uses in the medical and agriculture fields. Molecules of secondary metabolites of Annonaceae plants exhibit insecticidal potential against insect pests and vectors, especially acetogenins, showing high toxicity at low doses, which has encouraged research into producing new insecticide molecules. Herein, we identify an acetogenin from Annona mucosa seeds (chemical analysis) and provide the results of toxicity tests against larvae of A. aegypti (target insect) and its predators Culex bigoti and Toxorhynchites theobaldi (non-target insects) and cytotoxicity to human leukocytes. RESULTS We identified squamocin (C37 H66 O7 ), a fatty acid with a bis-tetrahydrofuran ring. In A. aegypti, this compound caused behavioural disturbance before larval death and high mortality at low concentrations (LC50 = 0.01 µg mL-1 and LC90 = 0.11 µg mL-1 ). However, in predators and human leukocytes, squamocin showed no toxicity effect, indicating the selectivity of this molecule for non-target organisms. CONCLUSION We identified squamocin from A. mucosa seeds, which exhibited lethal action against A. aegypti and showed selectivity for non-target insects and low cytotoxicity to human cells. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Marilza S Costa
- Department of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
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- Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ultrastructural Cell, Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Ji M, Liang Y, Gu Z, Li X. Inhibitory Effects of Amorphigenin on the Mitochondrial Complex I of Culex pipiens pallens Coquillett (Diptera: Culicidae). Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:19713-27. [PMID: 26307964 PMCID: PMC4581321 DOI: 10.3390/ijms160819713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Revised: 07/25/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Previous studies in our laboratory found that the extract from seeds of Amorpha fruticosa in the Leguminosae family had lethal effects against mosquito larvae, and an insecticidal compound amorphigenin was isolated. In this study, the inhibitory effects of amorphigenin against the mitochondrial complex I of Culex pipiens pallens (Diptera: Culicidae) were investigated and compared with that of rotenone. The results showed that amorphigenin and rotenone can decrease the mitochondrial complex I activity both in vivo and in vitro as the in vivo IC50 values (the inhibitor concentrations leading to 50% of the enzyme activity lost) were determined to be 2.4329 and 2.5232 μmol/L, respectively, while the in vitro IC50 values were 2.8592 and 3.1375 μmol/L, respectively. Both amorphigenin and rotenone were shown to be reversible and mixed-I type inhibitors of the mitochondrial complex I of Cx. pipiens pallens, indicating that amorphigenin and rotenone inhibited the enzyme activity not only by binding with the free enzyme but also with the enzyme-substrate complex, and the values of KI and KIS for amorphigenin were determined to be 20.58 and 87.55 μM, respectively, while the values for rotenone were 14.04 and 69.23 μM, respectively.
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- Mingshan Ji
- Department of Pesticide Science, College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China.
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- Department of Pesticide Science, College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China.
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- Department of Pesticide Science, College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China.
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- Department of Pesticide Science, College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China.
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Ravaomanarivo LHR, Razafindraleva HA, Raharimalala FN, Rasoahantaveloniaina B, Ravelonandro PH, Mavingui P. Efficacy of seed extracts of Annona squamosa and Annona muricata (Annonaceae) for the control of Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus (Culicidae). Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2014. [DOI: 10.12980/apjtb.4.2014c1264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Miao YJ, Xu XF, Xu F, Chen Y, Chen JW, Li X. The structure–activity relationships of mono-THF ACGs on mitochondrial complex I with a molecular modelling study. Nat Prod Res 2014; 28:1929-35. [DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2014.953499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Muller F. The nature and mechanism of superoxide production by the electron transport chain: Its relevance to aging. J Am Aging Assoc 2013; 23:227-53. [PMID: 23604868 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-000-0022-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Most biogerontologists agree that oxygen (and nitrogen) free radicals play a major role in the process of aging. The evidence strongly suggests that the electron transport chain, located in the inner mitochondrial membrane, is the major source of reactive oxygen species in animal cells. It has been reported that there exists an inverse correlation between the rate of superoxide/hydrogen peroxide production by mitochondria and the maximum longevity of mammalian species. However, no correlation or most frequently an inverse correlation exists between the amount of antioxidant enzymes and maximum longevity. Although overexpression of the antioxidant enzymes SOD1 and CAT (as well as SOD1 alone) have been successful at extending maximum lifespan in Drosophila, this has not been the case in mice. Several labs have overexpressed SOD1 and failed to see a positive effect on longevity. An explanation for this failure is that there is some level of superoxide damage that is not preventable by SOD, such as that initiated by the hydroperoxyl radical inside the lipid bilayer, and that accumulation of this damage is responsible for aging. I therefore suggest an alternative approach to testing the free radical theory of aging in mammals. Instead of trying to increase the amount of antioxidant enzymes, I suggest using molecular biology/transgenics to decrease the rate of superoxide production, which in the context of the free radical theory of aging would be expected to increase longevity. This paper aims to summarize what is known about the nature and mechanisms of superoxide production and what genes are involved in controlling the rate of superoxide production.
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- F Muller
- Laboratory of David M. Kramer, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
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Analysis of cytotoxic activity at short incubation times reveals profound differences among Annonaceus acetogenins, inhibitors of mitochondrial Complex I. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2012. [PMID: 23180141 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-012-9490-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Annonaceous acetogenins are potent cytotoxic agents against tumor cell lines as well as potent inhibitors of mitochondrial Complex I (Degli Esposti and Ghelli Biochim Biophys Acta 1187:116-120, 1994; Degli Esposti et al. Biochem J 301(Pt 1):161-167, 1994; Tormo et al. Arch Biochem Biophys 369:119-126, 1999). Eighteen different ACGs belonging to seven structural sub-families were tested against six tumor and two non tumor cell lines in a MTT cytotoxicity assay to evaluate the correlation between mitochondrial Complex I inhibition and cytotoxic activity potency and selectivity. The results showed a substantial heterogeneity in potency and selectivity among the different compounds tested, although no clear overall structure-activity relationships could be established. To further characterize the biological activity of these compounds, four ACGs were selected based on their inhibition binding sites to Complex I, to evaluate their cytotoxic activity over a 15-minute to 48-hour period using a more sensitive time-course LDH cytotoxicity assay. Our results indicate that, although all of the ACGs were highly cytotoxic in HepG2 cell lines at 24 h, each sub-class behaves rather differently at shorter times. Perhaps other aspects related to how these compounds reach or bind to their target sites, or differences in their ability to cross the cell and/or the mitochondrial membranes, could help explain their different activities. This different behavior between ACGs may provide new clues for a better understanding of their potential antitumor properties.
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de Pedro N, Cautain B, Melguizo A, Vicente F, Genilloud O, Peláez F, Tormo JR. Mitochondrial complex I inhibitors, acetogenins, induce HepG2 cell death through the induction of the complete apoptotic mitochondrial pathway. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2012. [PMID: 23180140 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-012-9489-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The development of new anti-neoplastic drugs is a key issue for cancer chemotherapy due to the reality that, most likely, certain cancer cells are resistant to current chemotherapy. The past two decades have witnessed tremendous advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis of cancer. These advances have allowed identification new targets as oncogenes, tumor supressor genes and the possible implication of the mitochondria (Fulda et al. Nat Rev Drug Discov 9:447-464, 2010). Annonaceous Acetogenins (ACGs) have been described as the most potent inhibitors of the respiratory chain because of their interaction with mitochondrial Complex I (Degli Esposti and Ghelli Biochim Biophys Acta 1187:116-120, 1994; Zafra-Polo et al. Phytochemistry 42:253-271, 1996; Miyoshi et al. Biochim Biophys Acta 1365:443-452, 1998; Tormo et al. Arch Biochem Biophys 369:119-126, 1999; Motoyama et al. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 12:2089-2092, 2002). To explore a possible application of natural products from Annonaceous plants to cancer treatment, we have selected four bis-tetrahydrofuranic ACGs, three from Annona cherimolia (cherimolin-1, motrilin and laherradurin) and one from Rollinia mucosa (rollinianstatin-1) in order to fully describe their mechanisms responsible within the cell (Fig. 1). In this study, using a hepato-carcinoma cell line (HepG2) as a model, we showed that the bis-THF ACGs caused cell death through the induction of the apoptotic mitochondrial pathway. Their potency and behavior were compared with the classical mitochondrial respiratory chain Complex I inhibitor rotenone in every apoptotic pathway step.
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- Nuria de Pedro
- Fundación MEDINA. Parque Tecnológico Ciencias de la Salud, Avenida del Conocimiento 3, 18100 Granada, Spain.
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Derbré S, Gil S, Taverna M, Boursier C, Nicolas V, Demey-Thomas E, Vinh J, Susin SA, Hocquemiller R, Poupon E. Highly cytotoxic and neurotoxic acetogenins of the Annonaceae: new putative biological targets of squamocin detected by activity-based protein profiling. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008; 18:5741-4. [PMID: 18851912 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.09.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2008] [Revised: 09/22/2008] [Accepted: 09/23/2008] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Acetogenins of the Annonaceae are strong inhibitors of mitochondrial complex I but discrepancies in the structure/activity relationships pled the search for other targets within the whole cell proteome. Combining hemisynthetic work, Cu-catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition and proteomic techniques we have identified new putative protein targets of squamocin ruling out the previously accepted 'complex I dogma'. These results give new insights into the mechanism of action of these potent neurotoxic molecules.
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- Séverine Derbré
- Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie associé au CNRS, UMR 8076, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Sud 11, Châtenay-Malabry Cedex, France
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Glover CJ, Rabow AA, Isgor YG, Shoemaker RH, Covell DG. Data mining of NCI's anticancer screening database reveals mitochondrial complex I inhibitors cytotoxic to leukemia cell lines. Biochem Pharmacol 2006; 73:331-40. [PMID: 17109823 PMCID: PMC1808352 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2006.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2006] [Revised: 10/05/2006] [Accepted: 10/09/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Mitochondria are principal mediators of apoptosis and thus can be considered molecular targets for new chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of cancer. Inhibitors of mitochondrial complex I of the electron transport chain have been shown to induce apoptosis and exhibit antitumor activity. In an effort to find novel complex I inhibitors which exhibited anticancer activity in the NCI's tumor cell line screen, we examined organized tumor cytotoxicity screening data available as SOM (self-organized maps) (http://www.spheroid.ncifcrf.gov) at the developmental therapeutics program (DTP) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Our analysis focused on an SOM cluster comprised of compounds which included a number of known mitochondrial complex I (NADH:CoQ oxidoreductase) inhibitors. From these clusters 10 compounds whose mechanism of action was unknown were tested for inhibition of complex I activity in bovine heart sub-mitochondrial particles (SMP) resulting in the discovery that 5 of the 10 compounds demonstrated significant inhibition with IC50's in the nM range for three of the five. Examination of screening profiles of the five inhibitors toward the NCI's tumor cell lines revealed that they were cytotoxic to the leukemia subpanel (particularly K562 cells). Oxygen consumption experiments with permeabilized K562 cells revealed that the five most active compounds inhibited complex I activity in these cells in the same rank order and similar potency as determined with bovine heart SMP. Our findings thus fortify the appeal of mitochondrial complex I as a possible anticancer molecular target and provide a data mining strategy for selecting candidate inhibitors for further testing.
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- Constance J Glover
- Developmental Therapeutics Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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Duval RA, Poupon E, Romero V, Peris E, Lewin G, Cortes D, Brandt U, Hocquemiller R. Analogues of cytotoxic squamocin using reliable reactions: new insights into the reactivity and role of the α,β-unsaturated lactone of the annonaceous acetogenins. Tetrahedron 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2006.04.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Duval RA, Poupon E, Brandt U, Hocquemiller R. Remarkable substituent effect: beta-aminosquamocin, a potent dual inhibitor of mitochondrial complexes I and III. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2006; 1709:191-4. [PMID: 16139789 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2005.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2005] [Revised: 07/22/2005] [Accepted: 07/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The introduction of a primary amine function on the terminal alpha,beta-unsaturated lactone of squamocin 1, a common structural hallmark of annonaceous acetogenins, shifted this specific inhibitor of mitochondrial complex I into a potent dual inhibitor of complexes I and III. The mechanism of action of beta-aminosquamocin 2, against these two respiratory targets, is studied and discussed in view of current structure-activity relationship knowledge in the acetogenin series.
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- Romain A Duval
- Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie associé au CNRS (UMR 8076, BioCIS), Centre d'Etudes Pharmaceutiques, Université Paris-Sud 11, 92296 Châtenay-Malabry CEDEX, France
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Das S, Li LS, Abraham S, Chen Z, Sinha SC. A Bidirectional Approach to the Synthesis of a Complete Library of Adjacent-Bis-THF Annonaceous Acetogenins. J Org Chem 2005; 70:5922-31. [PMID: 16018687 DOI: 10.1021/jo050697c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Thirty-six stereoisomers of bifunctional adjacent bis-THF (tetrahydrofuran) lactones have been synthesized, which can afford a complete library of the adjacent bis-THF Annonaceous acetogenins. The bis-THF lactones were synthesized, starting from the enantioselectively pure 8,9:12,13-(E,E and Z,E)-16-benzyloxy-5-hydroxy-hexadeca-1,4-olide, in a highly distereoselective manner using oxidative reactions, including rhenium(VII) oxides-mediated oxidative cyclization, Shi's asymmetric epoxidation, and Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation reactions. Using the nonsymmetrical bis-THF lactones, syntheses of two nonnatural acetogenins were achieved.
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- Sanjib Das
- The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology and the Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Bermejo A, Figadere B, Zafra-Polo MC, Barrachina I, Estornell E, Cortes D. Acetogenins from Annonaceae: recent progress in isolation, synthesis and mechanisms of action. Nat Prod Rep 2005; 22:269-303. [PMID: 15806200 DOI: 10.1039/b500186m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 404] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The aim of the present review is to summarise the knowledge about newly isolated acetogenins (ACGs) in the last six years. It will also report the total syntheses that have allowed either the confirmation or the revision of some structures, together with the biological activities and mechanism of action of such interesting natural products. In fact, of the 417 isolated compounds reviewed, over 176 have been added during the period from 1998 to 2004.
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- Almudena Bermejo
- Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, associe au CNRS (BIOCIS), Faculte de Pharmacie, Universite Paris-Sud, 92296, Chatenay-Malabry, France.
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Xu ZF, Wei XY, Xie HH, Yang RZ. Inhibitory activities of three annonaceous acetogenins on NADH oxidase of chicken liver mitochondria. Biol Pharm Bull 2003; 26:729-32. [PMID: 12736522 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.26.729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Annonaceous acetogenins (ACG) are natural products found in the plant family Annonaceae and which strongly inhibited mitochondrial complex I. The inhibition of NADH oxidase of chicken liver mitochondria by three different structural ACG was studied here, and ACG was shown to have potent inhibitory activities similar to rotenone for NADH oxidase. The IC(50) values indicated that bis-adjacent tetrahydrofuran (THF) type squamocin C was more potent than non-adjacent bis-THF type squamostatin B, and the latter was more potent than non-THF type compound 1 in the assay. The roles of structural factors of ACG such as the terminal gamma-lactone, the features of other ring moieties and hydroxyl groups, as well as the alkyl chain were simply discussed in this study.
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- Zhi-Fang Xu
- South China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
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Chiu HF, Chih TT, Hsian YM, Tseng CH, Wu MJ, Wu YC. Bullatacin, a potent antitumor Annonaceous acetogenin, induces apoptosis through a reduction of intracellular cAMP and cGMP levels in human hepatoma 2.2.15 cells. Biochem Pharmacol 2003; 65:319-27. [PMID: 12527325 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(02)01554-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bullatacin, a potential antitumor Annonaceous acetogenin (AA), is isolated from the seed of the Formosa Annona atemoya. We reported previously that bullatacin inhibits the secretion of hepatitis B surface antigen from 2.2.15 cells (human hepatoma HepG2 cells transfected with hepatitis B virus DNA plasmid). In the present study, we determined cell apoptosis by using double-dye staining with fluorescein-isothiocyanate-labeled annexin V and propidium iodide. We found that bullatacin induced apoptosis in 2.2.15 cells in a time-dependent manner; the most significant apoptotic change appeared at 16 hr. Moreover, different concentrations (10(-3) to 1.0 microM) of bullatacin induced apoptosis in a concentration-dependent manner at 16 hr. The determination of intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) and cyclic GMP (cGMP) levels in 2.2.15 cells after exposure to bullatacin demonstrated that bullatacin caused both to decrease in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. A time course (0.33, 1, 6, 16, 24hr) study indicated that while both cAMP and cGMP levels decreased early (at 0.33 hr), the most dramatic decline appeared at 6 hr. Meanwhile, the inhibitory effect on cAMP and cGMP levels reached a maximum at 16 hr (90.5+/-3.2 and 47.3+/-12.8%, respectively). The concentration-dependent decrease of both cAMP and cGMP induced by bullatacin was parallel with the magnitude of apoptosis induced by various concentrations (10(-3) to 1.0 microM) of bullatacin. Additionally, the bullatacin-induced apoptosis was inhibited by the addition of cAMP and cGMP elevating agents (forskolin and S-nitrosoglutathione). Our results suggest that a decrease of both cAMP and cGMP levels may play a crucial role in bullatacin-induced apoptosis in 2.2.15 cells.
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- Hui Fen Chiu
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shin-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan, ROC.
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Fontana A, Cimino G, Gavagnin M, González MC, Estornell E. Novel inhibitors of mitochondrial respiratory chain: endoperoxides from the marine tunicate Stolonica socialis. J Med Chem 2001; 44:2362-5. [PMID: 11428930 DOI: 10.1021/jm0011373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The Mediterranean tunicate Stolonica socialis contains a new class of powerful cytotoxic acetogenins, generically named stolonoxides. In this paper, which also details the isolation and chemical characterization of a minor component (3a) of the tunicate extract, we report the potent inhibitory activity (IC(50) < 1 microM) of stolonoxides (1a and 3a) on mitochondrial electron transfer. The compounds affect specifically the functionality of complex II (succinate:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) and complex III (ubiquinol:cytochrome C oxidoreductase) in mammalian cells, thereby causing a rapid collapse of the whole energetic metabolism. This result, which differs from the properties of similar known products (e.g., 6), reflects the molecular features of stolonoxides.
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- A Fontana
- Istituto per la Chimica di Molecole di Interesse Biologico (ICMIB) del CNR, Via Toiano 6, 80072, Arco Felice (Na), Italy.
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Tormo JR, Estornell E, Gallardo T, González MC, Cavé A, Granell S, Cortes D, Zafra-Polo MC. Gamma-lactone-Functionalized antitumoral acetogenins are the most potent inhibitors of mitochondrial complex I. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2001; 11:681-4. [PMID: 11266168 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(01)00036-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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To study the relevance of the terminal alpha,beta-unsaturated gamma-methyl-gamma-lactone moiety of the antitumoral acetogenins of Annonaceae for potent mitochondrial complex I inhibition, we have prepared a series of semisynthetic acetogenins with modifications only in this part of the molecule, from the natural rolliniastatin-1 (1) and cherimolin-1 (2). Some of the hydroxylated derivatives (1b, 1d and 1e) in addition to two infrequent natural beta-hydroxy gamma-methyl gamma-lactone acetogenins, laherradurin (3) and itrabin (4), are more potent complex I inhibitors than any other known compounds.
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- J R Tormo
- Departamento de Farmacología, Farmacognosia y Farmacodinamia, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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Arndt S, Emde U, Bäurle S, Friedrich T, Grubert L, Koert U. Quinone-annonaceous acetogenins: synthesis and complex I inhibition studies of a new class of natural product hybrids. Chemistry 2001; 7:993-1005. [PMID: 11303880 DOI: 10.1002/1521-3765(20010302)7:5<993::aid-chem993>3.0.co;2-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The natural product hybrids quinone-mucocin and quinone- squamocin D were synthesized. In these hybrids, the butenolide unit of the annonaceous acetogenins mucocin and squamocin D is exchanged for the quinone moiety of the natural complex I substrate ubiquinone. For both syntheses, a modular, highly convergent approach was applied. Quinone-mucocin was constructed out of a tetrahydropyran (THP) component 1, a tetrahydrofuran (THF) unit 2, and a quinone precursor 3. A stereoselective, organometallic coupling reaction was chosen for the addition of the THP unit to the rest of the molecule. In the final step, the oxidation to the free quinone was achieved by using cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate (CAN) as the oxidizing agent. Quinone-squamocin D was assembled in a similar manner, from the chiral side chain bromide 16, the central bis-THF core 17, and the quinone precursor 18. Inhibition of complex I (isolated from bovine heart mitochondria) by the quinone acetogenins and several smaller building blocks was examined; quinone mucocin and quinone-squamocin D act as strong inhibitors of complex I. These results and the data from the smaller substructures indicate that other substructures of the acetogenins besides the butenolide group, such as the polyether component and the lipophilic left-hand side chain, are necessary for the strong binding of the acetogenins to complex I.
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- S Arndt
- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
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Gallardo T, Zafra-Polo MC, Tormo JR, González MC, Franck X, Estornell E, Cortes D. Semisynthesis of antitumoral acetogenins: SAR of functionalized alkyl-chain bis-tetrahydrofuranic acetogenins, specific inhibitors of mitochondrial complex I. J Med Chem 2000; 43:4793-800. [PMID: 11123988 DOI: 10.1021/jm000911j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The acetogenins of Annonaceae are known by their potent cytotoxic activity. In fact, they are promising candidates as a new future generation of antitumoral drugs to fight against the current chemiotherapic resistant tumors. The main target enzyme of these compounds is complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, a key enzymatic complex of energy metabolism. In an attempt to characterize the relevant structural factor of the acetogenins that determines the inhibitory potency against this enzyme, we have prepared a series of bis-tetrahydrofuranic acetogenins with different functional groups along the alkyl chain. They comprise several oxo, hydroxylimino, mesylated, triazido, and acetylated derivatives from the head series compounds rolliniastatin-1, guanacone, and squamocin. Our results suggest a double binding point of acetogenins to the enzyme involving the alpha,alpha'-dihydroxylated tetrahydrofuranic system as well as the alkyl chain that links the terminal alpha, beta-unsaturated-gamma-methyl-gamma-lactone. The former mimics and competes with the ubiquinone substrate. The latter modulates the inhibitory potency following a complex outline in which multiple structural factors probably contribute to an appropriate conformation of the compound to penetrate inside complex I.
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- T Gallardo
- Departamento de Farmacología, Laboratorio de Farmacognosia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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Tormo JR, Estornell E. New evidence for the multiplicity of ubiquinone- and inhibitor-binding sites in the mitochondrial complex I. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 381:241-6. [PMID: 11032411 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.1969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Determination of the number of ubiquinone- and inhibitor-binding sites in the mitochondrial complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) is a controversial question with a direct implication for elaborating a suitable model to explain the bioenergetic mechanism of this complicated enzyme. We have used combinations of both selective inhibitors and common ubiquinone-like substrates to demonstrate the multiplicity of the reaction centers in the complex I in contrast with competition studies that have suggested the existence of a unique binding site for ubiquinone. Our results provide new evidence for the existence of at least two freely exchangeable ubiquinone-binding sites with different specificity for substrates, as well as for a different kinetic interaction of inhibitors with the enzyme.
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- J R Tormo
- Department de Farmacologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain
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Peris E, Estornell E, Cabedo N, Cortes D, Bermejo A. 3-acetylaltholactone and related styryl-lactones, mitochondrial respiratory chain inhibitors. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2000; 54:311-315. [PMID: 10870186 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(00)00104-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A novel furano-pyrone, 3-acetylaltholactone, and two other known styryl-lactones, altholactone and 5-acetoxyisogoniothalamin oxide, have been isolated from Goniothalamus arvensis (Annonaceae) stem bark. We report here the isolation and structural elucidation of these compounds with furane-pyrone and styryl-pyrone skeletons, postulating also for the first time their mechanism of cytotoxicity based on inhibition on mammalian mitochondrial respiratory chain.
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- E Peris
- Departamento de Farmacología, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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