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Júnior JNDS, da Silva AC, Oliveira KKDS, Moreira LR, Caires SDFFDS, da Silva AJ, Moura YAS, Marques DDAV, Bezerra RP, de Lorena VMB, Porto ALF. Green microalgae as a potential source of trypanocide compounds. Nat Prod Res 2024; 38:2329-2335. [PMID: 36661179 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2023.2169688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Due to the limitations of Chagas disease therapy, microalgae can be promising in the search of new trypanocidal compounds, since these organisms produce bioactive compounds with large pharmaceutical applications, including antiparasitic effects. In this work, trypanocidal activity of aqueous extract of Tetradesmus obliquus and, for the first time, aqueous extract of Chlorella vulgaris, were evaluated against trypomastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. In addition, cytotoxic activity in Vero cells was evaluated. Our results showed that C. vulgaris and T. obliquus present trypanocidal activity (IC50 = 32.9 µg ml-1 and 36.4 µg ml-1, respectively), however, C. vulgaris did not present cytotoxic effects in Vero cells (CC50 > 600 µg ml-1) and displayed a higher selectivity against trypomastigotes forms of T. cruzi (SI > 18). Thus, microalgae extracts, such as aqueous extract of C. vulgaris, are promising potential candidates for the development of natural antichagasic drugs.
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- Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia, Departamento de Imunologia, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Insituto Aggeu Magalhães, Recife, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia, Departamento de Imunologia, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Insituto Aggeu Magalhães, Recife, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Tecnologia de Bioativos, Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia Aplicada a Doenças Infecto-Parasitárias, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Tecnologia de Bioativos, Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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Cheng W, Huang Y, Gao H, Bold B, Zhang T, Yang D. Marine Natural Products as Novel Treatments for Parasitic Diseases. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2024. [PMID: 38554166 DOI: 10.1007/164_2024_712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/01/2024]
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Parasitic diseases including malaria, leishmaniasis, and trypanosomiasis have received significant attention due to their severe health implications, especially in developing countries. Marine natural products from a vast and diverse range of marine organisms such as sponges, corals, molluscs, and algae have been found to produce unique bioactive compounds that exhibit promising potent properties, including antiparasitic, anti-Plasmodial, anti-Leishmanial, and anti-Trypanosomal activities, providing hope for the development of effective treatments. Furthermore, various techniques and methodologies have been used to investigate the mechanisms of these antiparasitic compounds. Continued efforts in the discovery and development of marine natural products hold significant promise for the future of novel treatments against parasitic diseases.
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- Wenbing Cheng
- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Natural Products and Combinatorial Biosynthesis Chemistry, Guangxi Academy of Marine Sciences, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, China
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, Inner Mongolia Engineering Technology Research Center of Germplasm Resources Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Natural Products and Combinatorial Biosynthesis Chemistry, Guangxi Academy of Marine Sciences, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, China
- Chengdu Fifth People's Hospital (Affiliated Fifth People's Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine/The Second Clinical Medical College), Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- National Center for Zoonotic Disease, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, Inner Mongolia Engineering Technology Research Center of Germplasm Resources Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Natural Products and Combinatorial Biosynthesis Chemistry, Guangxi Academy of Marine Sciences, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, China
- College of Food and Quality Engineering, Nanning University, Nanning, China
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Mut-Salud N, Guardia JJ, Fernández A, Blancas I, Zentar H, Garrido JM, Álvarez-Manzaneda E, Chahboun R, Rodríguez-Serrano F. Discovery of a synthetic taiwaniaquinoid with potent in vitro and in vivo antitumor activity against breast cancer cells. Biomed Pharmacother 2023; 168:115791. [PMID: 37924793 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.115791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023] Open
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Taiwaniaquinoids are a unique family of diterpenoids predominantly isolated from Taiwania cryptomerioides Hayata. Previously, we evaluated the antiproliferative effect of several synthetic taiwaniaquinoids against human lung (A-549), colon (T-84), and breast (MCF-7) tumor cell lines. Herein, we report the in vitro and in vivo antitumor activity of the most potent compounds. Their cytotoxic activity against healthy peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) has also been examined. We underscore the limited toxicity of compound C36 in PBMCs and demonstrate that it exerts its antitumor effect in MCF-7 cells (IC50 = 1.8 µM) by triggering an increase in reactive oxygen species, increasing the cell population in the sub-G1 phase of the cell cycle (90 %), and ultimately activating apoptotic (49.6 %) rather than autophagic processes. Western blot results suggested that the underlying mechanism of the C36 apoptotic effects was linked to caspase 9 activation and a rise in the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio. In vivo analyses showed normal behavior and hematological parameters in C57BL/6 mice post C36 treatment. Moreover, no significant impact was observed on the biochemical parameters of these animals, indicating that C36 did not induce liver toxicity. Furthermore, C36 demonstrated a significant reduction in tumor growth in immune-competent C57BL/6 mice implanted with E0771 mouse mammary tumor cells, effectively improving survival rates. These findings position taiwaniaquinoids, particularly compound C36, as promising therapeutic candidates for human breast cancer.
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- Nuria Mut-Salud
- Biopathology and Regenerative Medicine Institute (IBIMER), University of Granada, Granada 18016, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain
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- Biopathology and Regenerative Medicine Institute (IBIMER), University of Granada, Granada 18016, Spain; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada 18016, Spain; Department of Medical Oncology, San Cecilio University Hospital, Granada 18016, Spain; Biosanitary Research Institute of Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada 18014, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain
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- Biopathology and Regenerative Medicine Institute (IBIMER), University of Granada, Granada 18016, Spain; Biosanitary Research Institute of Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada 18014, Spain; Department of Surgery and Surgical Specialties, University of Granada, Granada 18016, Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain.
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- Biopathology and Regenerative Medicine Institute (IBIMER), University of Granada, Granada 18016, Spain; Biosanitary Research Institute of Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada 18014, Spain; Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada 18016, Spain.
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Unprecedented Elimination Reactions of Cyclic Aldols: A New Biosynthetic Pathway toward the Taiwaniaquinoid Skeleton. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28041524. [PMID: 36838511 PMCID: PMC9965844 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28041524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The acid treatment of 6,7-seco-abietane dialdehydes gives, in high yield, the corresponding derivatives with the 4a-methyltetrahydrofluorene skeleton of taiwaniaquinoids. A mechanism involving the elimination of formic acid from the cyclic aldol intermediate is proposed here. This process can be postulated as a new biogenetic pathway from abietane diterpenes to taiwaniaquinoids. Using this novel reaction, the first enantiospecific synthesis of bioactive natural cupresol and taxodal has been obtained.
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Prieto Cárdenas LS, Arias Soler KA, Nossa González DL, Rozo Núñez WE, Cárdenas-Chaparro A, Duchowicz PR, Gómez Castaño JA. In Silico Antiprotozoal Evaluation of 1,4-Naphthoquinone Derivatives against Chagas and Leishmaniasis Diseases Using QSAR, Molecular Docking, and ADME Approaches. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:687. [PMID: 35745607 PMCID: PMC9228275 DOI: 10.3390/ph15060687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Chagas and leishmaniasis are two neglected diseases considered as public health problems worldwide, for which there is no effective, low-cost, and low-toxicity treatment for the host. Naphthoquinones are ligands with redox properties involved in oxidative biological processes with a wide variety of activities, including antiparasitic. In this work, in silico methods of quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR), molecular docking, and calculation of ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion) properties were used to evaluate naphthoquinone derivatives with unknown antiprotozoal activity. QSAR models were developed for predicting antiparasitic activity against Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania amazonensis, and Leishmania infatum, as well as the QSAR model for toxicity activity. Most of the evaluated ligands presented high antiparasitic activity. According to the docking results, the family of triazole derivatives presented the best affinity with the different macromolecular targets. The ADME results showed that most of the evaluated compounds present adequate conditions to be administered orally. Naphthoquinone derivatives show good biological activity results, depending on the substituents attached to the quinone ring, and perhaps the potential to be converted into drugs or starting molecules.
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- Lina S. Prieto Cárdenas
- Grupo Química-Física Molecular y Modelamiento Computacional (QUIMOL), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC), Avenida Central del Norte, Tunja 050030, Colombia; (L.S.P.C.); (K.A.A.S.); (D.L.N.G.); (W.E.R.N.); (A.C.-C.)
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- Grupo Química-Física Molecular y Modelamiento Computacional (QUIMOL), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC), Avenida Central del Norte, Tunja 050030, Colombia; (L.S.P.C.); (K.A.A.S.); (D.L.N.G.); (W.E.R.N.); (A.C.-C.)
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- Grupo Química-Física Molecular y Modelamiento Computacional (QUIMOL), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC), Avenida Central del Norte, Tunja 050030, Colombia; (L.S.P.C.); (K.A.A.S.); (D.L.N.G.); (W.E.R.N.); (A.C.-C.)
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- Grupo Química-Física Molecular y Modelamiento Computacional (QUIMOL), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC), Avenida Central del Norte, Tunja 050030, Colombia; (L.S.P.C.); (K.A.A.S.); (D.L.N.G.); (W.E.R.N.); (A.C.-C.)
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- Grupo Química-Física Molecular y Modelamiento Computacional (QUIMOL), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC), Avenida Central del Norte, Tunja 050030, Colombia; (L.S.P.C.); (K.A.A.S.); (D.L.N.G.); (W.E.R.N.); (A.C.-C.)
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas, (CONICET—Universidad Nacional de La Plata), Diagonal 113 y Calle 64, C.C. 16, Sucursal 4, La Plata 1900, Argentina;
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- Grupo Química-Física Molecular y Modelamiento Computacional (QUIMOL), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC), Avenida Central del Norte, Tunja 050030, Colombia; (L.S.P.C.); (K.A.A.S.); (D.L.N.G.); (W.E.R.N.); (A.C.-C.)
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Martín-Escolano R, Guardia JJ, Martín-Escolano J, Cirauqui N, Fernández A, Rosales MJ, Chahboun R, Sánchez-Moreno M, Alvarez-Manzaneda E, Marín C. In Vivo Biological Evaluation of a Synthetic Royleanone Derivative as a Promising Fast-Acting Trypanocidal Agent by Inducing Mitochondrial-Dependent Necrosis. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2020; 83:3571-3583. [PMID: 33253573 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The life-long and life-threatening Chagas disease is one of the most neglected tropical diseases caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. It is a major public health problem in Latin America, as six to seven million people are infected, being the principal cause of mortality in many endemic regions. Moreover, Chagas disease has become widespread due to migrant populations. Additionally, there are no vaccines nor effective treatments to fight the disease because of its long-term nature and complex pathology. Therefore, these facts emphasize how crucial the international effort for the development of new treatments against Chagas disease is. Here, we present the in vitro and in vivo trypanocidal activity of some oxygenated abietane diterpenoids and related compounds. The 1,4-benzoquinone 15, not yet reported, was identified as a fast-acting trypanocidal drug with efficacy against different strains in vitro and higher activity and lower toxicity than benznidazole in both phases of murine Chagas disease. The mode of action was also evaluated, suggesting that quinone 15 kills T. cruzi by inducing mitochondrion-dependent necrosis through a bioenergetics collapse caused by a mitochondrial membrane depolarization and iron-containing superoxide dismutase inhibition. Therefore, the abietane 1,4-benzoquinone 15 can be considered as a new candidate molecule for the development of an appropriate and commercially accessible anti-Chagas drug.
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- Rubén Martín-Escolano
- Department of Parasitology, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.Granada), Hospitales Universitarios De Granada/University of Granada, Severo Ochoa s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Parasitology, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.Granada), Hospitales Universitarios De Granada/University of Granada, Severo Ochoa s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Parasitology, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.Granada), Hospitales Universitarios De Granada/University of Granada, Severo Ochoa s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Parasitology, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.Granada), Hospitales Universitarios De Granada/University of Granada, Severo Ochoa s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Parasitology, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.Granada), Hospitales Universitarios De Granada/University of Granada, Severo Ochoa s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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Rocha ACFS, Morais GO, da Silva MM, Kovatch PY, Ferreira DS, Esperandim VR, Pagotti MC, Magalhães LG, Heleno VCG. In vitro anti-trypanosomal potential of kaurane and pimarane semi-synthetic derivatives. Nat Prod Res 2020; 36:875-884. [PMID: 33096959 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2020.1837824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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As part of the search for anti-trypanosomal agents, this work presents the production of sixteen derivatives. All of them were obtained from two natural diterpenes, one with kaurane skeleton (ent-kaurenoic acid) and other with a pimarane skeleton (ent-pimaradienoic acid). Then, the eighteen compounds were assayed against epimastigote form of Trypanosoma cruzi, with the derivatives showing increase of activity in relation to their precursors. Moreover, the most active derivative presented an IC50 <12.5 µM (estimated 0.8 µM), lower than Benznidazole (IC50 = 9.8 µM), used as control. The esterification of acid diterpenes showed to be an interesting way in the search for anti-trypanosomal agents.
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- Ana Carolina F S Rocha
- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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- Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade de Franca, Franca, SP, Brazil
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Design, synthesis and molecular docking studies of novel N-arylsulfonyl-benzimidazoles with anti Trypanosoma cruzi activity. Eur J Med Chem 2019; 165:1-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Simple dialkyl pyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylates show in vitro and in vivo activity against disease-causing trypanosomatids. Parasitology 2017; 144:1133-1143. [PMID: 28367781 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182017000415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The synthesis and antiprotozoal activity of some simple dialkyl pyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylates (compounds 2-6) and their sodium salts (pyrazolates) (compounds 7-9) against Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania infantum and Leishmania braziliensis are reported. In most cases the studied compounds showed, especially against the clinically significant amastigote forms, in vitro activities higher than those of the reference drugs (benznidazole for T. cruzi and glucantime for Leishmania spp.); furthermore, the low non-specific cytotoxicities against Vero cells and macrophages shown by these compounds led to good selectivity indexes, which are 8-72 times higher for T. cruzi amastigotes and 15-113 times higher for Leishmania spp. amastigotes than those of the respective reference drugs. The high efficiency of diethyl ester 3 and its sodium salt 8 against the mentioned protozoa was confirmed by further in vitro assays on infection rates and by an additional in vivo study in a murine model of acute and chronic Chagas disease. The inhibitory capacity of compounds 3 and 8 on the essential iron superoxide dismutase of the aforementioned parasites may be related to the observed anti-trypanosomatid activity. The low acute toxicity of compounds 3 and 8 in mice is also reported in this article.
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Guardia JJ, Tapia R, Mahdjour S, Rodriguez-Serrano F, Mut-Salud N, Chahboun R, Alvarez-Manzaneda E. Antiproliferative Activity of Natural Taiwaniaquinoids and Related Compounds. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2017; 80:308-318. [PMID: 28121430 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The in vitro antiproliferative activities of some taiwaniaquinoids and related compounds with functionalized A, B, or C rings against human breast (MCF-7), colon (T-84), and lung (A-549) tumor cell lines were assayed. The most potent compounds, 16, 27, and 36, were more effective than the naturally occurring taiwaniaquinones A (4) and F (5) in all three cell lines. The structure-activity relationship study of these new taiwaniaquinoids highlighted the correlation between the bromo substituent and the antiproliferative activity, especially in MCF-7 cells. These findings indicate that some of the taiwaniaquinoids might be useful as cytostatic agents against breast, colon, and lung cancer cell lines.
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- Laboratory Productions, Plant and Microbial Valuations (LP2VM), Department of Biotechnology, University of Sciences and Technology of Oran Mohamed Boudiaf , BP 1525, El M'Naouer, Oran, Algeria
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Barros de Alencar MVO, de Castro E Sousa JM, Rolim HML, de Medeiros MDGF, Cerqueira GS, de Castro Almeida FR, Citó AMDGL, Ferreira PMP, Lopes JAD, de Carvalho Melo-Cavalcante AA, Islam MT. Diterpenes as lead molecules against neglected tropical diseases. Phytother Res 2016; 31:175-201. [PMID: 27896890 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Revised: 10/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Nowadays, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are reported to be present everywhere. Poor and developing areas in the world have received great attention to NTDs. Drug resistance, safety profile, and various challenges stimulate the search for alternative medications. Plant-based drugs are viewed with great interest, as they are believed to be devoid of side effects. Diterpenes, a family of essential oils, have showed attractive biological effects. A systematic review of the literature was carried out to summarize available evidences of diterpenes against NTDs. For this, databases were searched using specific search terms. Among the 2338 collected reports, a total of 181 articles were included in this review. Of them, 148 dealt with investigations using single organisms, and 33 used multiple organisms. No mechanisms of action were reported in the case of 164 reports. A total of 93.92% were related to nonclinical studies, and 4.42% and 1.66% dealt with preclinical and clinical studies, respectively. The review displays that many diterpenes are effective upon Chagas disease, chikungunya, echinococcosis, dengue, leishmaniasis, leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, malaria, schistosomiasis, and tuberculosis. Indeed, diterpenes are amazing drug candidates against NTDs. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Piauí, Picos, (Piauí), 64.607-670, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
- Department of Pharmacy, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
- Department of Pharmacy, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology, Biotechnology and Biodiversity Center for Research (BIOTEC), Federal University of Piauí (LAFFEX), Parnaíba, Piauí, 64.218-470, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology (RENORBIO), Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
- Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology (RENORBIO), Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
- Department of Biophysics and Physiology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology (RENORBIO), Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology (RENORBIO), Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, 64.049-550, Brazil
- Department of Pharmacy, Southern University Bangladesh, Mehedibag, Chittagong, 4000, Bangladesh
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Pirttimaa M, Nasereddin A, Kopelyanskiy D, Kaiser M, Yli-Kauhaluoma J, Oksman-Caldentey KM, Brun R, Jaffe CL, Moreira VM, Alakurtti S. Abietane-Type Diterpenoid Amides with Highly Potent and Selective Activity against Leishmania donovani and Trypanosoma cruzi. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2016; 79:362-368. [PMID: 26849852 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Dehydroabietylamine (1) was used as a starting material to synthesize a small library of dehydroabietyl amides by simple and facile methods, and their activities against two disease-causing trypanosomatids, namely, Leishmania donovani and Trypanosoma cruzi, were assayed. The most potent compound, 10, an amide of dehydroabietylamine and acrylic acid, was found to be highly potent against these parasites, displaying an IC50 value of 0.37 μM against L. donovani axenic amastigotes and an outstanding selectivity index of 63. Moreover, compound 10 fully inhibited the growth of intracellular amastigotes in Leishmania donovani-infected human macrophages with a low IC50 value of 0.06 μM. This compound was also highly effective against T. cruzi amastigotes residing in L6 cells with an IC50 value of 0.6 μM and high selectivity index of 58, being 3.5 times more potent than the reference compound benznidazole. The potent activity of this compound and its relatively low cytotoxicity make it attractive for further development in pursuit of better drugs for patients suffering from leishmaniasis and Chagas disease.
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- Minni Pirttimaa
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, VTT , P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, P.O. Box 12272, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School , 9112102 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, P.O. Box 12272, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School , 9112102 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute , Socinstrasse 57, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki , Viikinkaari 5 E (P.O. Box 56), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute , Socinstrasse 57, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, P.O. Box 12272, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School , 9112102 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki , Viikinkaari 5 E (P.O. Box 56), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, VTT , P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT Espoo, Finland
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Vahermo M, Krogerus S, Nasereddin A, Kaiser M, Brun R, Jaffe CL, Yli-Kauhaluoma J, Moreira VM. Antiprotozoal activity of dehydroabietic acid derivatives against Leishmania donovani and Trypanosoma cruzi. MEDCHEMCOMM 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5md00498e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Dehydroabietic acid derivatives have potent antiprotozoal activity and selectivity against L. donovani and T. cruzi.
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- Mikko Vahermo
- Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Viikinkaari 5 E
- Finland
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Viikinkaari 5 E
- Finland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- IMRIC
- Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School
- 9112102 Jerusalem
- Israel
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
- 4051 Basel
- Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
- 4051 Basel
- Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- IMRIC
- Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School
- 9112102 Jerusalem
- Israel
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Viikinkaari 5 E
- Finland
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Viikinkaari 5 E
- Finland
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In vitro antiprotozoal activity of abietane diterpenoids isolated from Plectranthus barbatus Andr. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:8360-71. [PMID: 24823881 PMCID: PMC4057736 DOI: 10.3390/ijms15058360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Revised: 04/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Chromatographic separation of the n-hexane extract of the aerial part of Plectranthus barbatus led to the isolation of five abietane-type diterpenes: dehydroabietane (1); 5,6-didehydro-7-hydroxy-taxodone (2); taxodione (3); 20-deoxocarnosol (4) and 6α,11,12,-trihydroxy-7β,20-epoxy-8,11,13-abietatriene (5). The structures were determined using spectroscopic methods including one- and two-dimensional NMR methods. Compounds (1)–(3) and (5) are isolated here for the first time from the genus Plectranthus. The isolated abietane-type diterpenes tested in vitro for their antiprotozoal activity against erythrocytic schizonts of Plasmodium falciparum, intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania infantum and Trypanosoma cruzi and free trypomastigotes of T. brucei. Cytotoxicity was determined against fibroblast cell line MRC-5. Compound (2) 5,6-didehydro-7-hydroxy-taxodone showed remarkable activity with acceptable selectivity against P. falciparum (IC50 9.2 μM, SI 10.4) and T. brucei (IC50 1.9 μM, SI 50.5). Compounds (3)–(5) exhibited non-specific antiprotozoal activity due to high cytotoxicity. Compound (1) dehydroabietane showed no antiprotozoal potential.
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