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Alves Reis IM, da Silva GR, de Mattos Oliveira L, Coelho Dos Santos Junior M, Sarmento da Silva TM, Curcino Vieira IJ, Braz-Filho R, Romanelli MM, Amaral M, Tempone AG, Ghilardi Lago JH, Branco A. In Vitro and In Silico Evaluation of the Leishmanicidal and Trypanocidal Activities of Lignan Methylpiperitol Isolated from Persea Fulva. Chem Biodivers 2024; 21:e202400678. [PMID: 39086087 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202400678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
Abstract
Neglected Tropical Diseases are a significant concern as they encompass various infections caused by pathogens prevalent in tropical regions. The limited and often highly toxic treatment options for these diseases necessitate the exploration of new therapeutic candidates. In the present study, the lignan methylpiperitol was isolated after several chromatographic steps from Persea fulva L. E. Koop (Lauraceae) and its leishmanicidal and trypanocidal activities were evaluated using in vitro and in silico approaches. The chemical structure of methylpiperitol was defined by NMR and MS spectral data analysis. The antiprotozoal activity of methylpiperitol was determined in vitro and indicated potency against trypomastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi (EC50 of 4.5±1.1 mM) and amastigote forms of Leishmania infantum (EC50 of 4.1±0.5 mM), with no mammalian cytotoxicity against NCTC cells (CC50>200 mM). Molecular docking studies were conducted using six T. cruzi and four Leishmania. The results indicate that for the molecular target hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase in T. cruzi and piteridine reductase 1 of L. infatum, the methylpiperitol obtained better results than the crystallographic ligand. Therefore, the lignan methylpiperitol, isolated from P. fulva holds potential for the development of new prototypes for the treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases, especially leishmaniasis.
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- Isabella Mary Alves Reis
- Laboratório de Fitoquímica, Departamento de Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioprospecção Fitoquímica, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 52171-900, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fitoquímica, Departamento de Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Bioprospecção Fitoquímica, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 52171-900, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ciências Químicas, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense - Darcy Ribeiro, 28013-602, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ciências Químicas, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense - Darcy Ribeiro, 28013-602, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
- PVE-FAPERJ/DEQUIM-ICE - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23894-374, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiopatologia, Instituto Butantan, 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fitoquímica, Departamento de Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, 44036-900, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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In vitro evaluation of alkaline lignins as antiparasitic agents and their use as an excipient in the release of benznidazole. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 231:123339. [PMID: 36682648 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.123339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The Amazon rainforest is considered the largest tropical timber reserve in the world. The management of native forests in the Amazon is one of the most sensitive geopolitical issues today, given its national and international dimension. In this work, we obtained and characterized physicochemical lignins extracted from branches and leaves of Protium puncticulatum and Scleronema micranthum. In addition, we evaluated in vitro its potential as an antioxidant, cytotoxic agent against animal cells and antiparasitic against promastigotes of Leishmania amazonensis, trypomastigotes of T. cruzi and against Plasmodium falciparum parasites sensitive and resistant to chloroquine. The results showed that the lignins obtained are of the GSH type and have higher levels of guaiacyl units. However, they show structural differences as shown by spectroscopic analysis and radar charts. As for biological activities, they showed antioxidant potential and low cytotoxicity against animal cells. Antileishmanial/trypanocidal assays have shown that lignins can inhibit the growth of promastigotes and trypomastigotes in vitro. The lignins in this study showed low anti-Plasmodium falciparum activity against susceptible strains of Plasmodium falciparum and were able to inhibit the growth of the chloroquine-resistant strain. And were not able to inhibit the growth of Schistosoma mansoni parasites. Finally, lignins proved to be promising excipients in the release of benznidazole. These findings show the potential of these lignins not yet studied to promote different biological activities.
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Neuhaus WC, Jemison AL, Kozlowski MC. Oxidative dehydrogenative couplings of alkenyl phenols. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:8205-8226. [PMID: 34522924 PMCID: PMC8497443 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob01040a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Alkenyl phenols are utilized by nature in the construction of one of the most important biopolymers, lignin. Using similar building blocks, an array of distinct structures can be formed by selective dimerization of the starting phenols to form lignans, neolignans, oxyneolignans, and norlignans. Given the multitude of possible outcomes, many methods have been reported to affect the desired bond formations and access these biologically relevant scaffolds. The most biomimetic of these methods, discussed here, involve the unprotected phenols undergoing oxidative bond formation that proceeds via dehydrogenative coupling. This review aims to place the known literature in context, highlight the progress made toward the synthesis of these important molecules, and recognize the gaps and limitations that still exist.
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- William C Neuhaus
- Department of Chemistry, Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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Dziwornu GA, Attram HD, Gachuhi S, Chibale K. Chemotherapy for human schistosomiasis: how far have we come? What's new? Where do we go from here? RSC Med Chem 2020; 11:455-490. [PMID: 33479649 PMCID: PMC7593896 DOI: 10.1039/d0md00062k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Globally, schistosomiasis threatens more than 700 million lives, mostly children, in poor localities of tropical and sub-tropical areas with morbidity due to acute and chronic pathological manifestations of the disease. After a century since the first antimonial-based drugs were introduced to treat the disease, anti-schistosomiasis drug development is again at a bottleneck with only one drug, praziquantel, available for treatment purposes. This review focuses on promising chemotypes as potential starting points in a drug discovery effort to meet the urgent need for new schistosomicides.
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- Godwin Akpeko Dziwornu
- Department of Chemistry , University of Cape Town , Rondebosch 7701 , South Africa . ; Tel: +27 21 6502553
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cape Town , Rondebosch 7701 , South Africa . ; Tel: +27 21 6502553
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cape Town , Rondebosch 7701 , South Africa . ; Tel: +27 21 6502553
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Cape Town , Rondebosch 7701 , South Africa . ; Tel: +27 21 6502553
- Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D) , University of Cape Town , Rondebosch 7701 , South Africa
- Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine , University of Cape Town , Rondebosch 7701 , South Africa
- South African Medical Research Council Drug Discovery and Development Research Unit , University of Cape Town , Rondebosch 7701 , South Africa
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Liu Y, Tian G, Li J, Qi Y, Wen Y, Du F. Reductive Bis-addition of Aromatic Aldehydes to α,β-Unsaturated Esters via the Use of Sm/Cu(I) in Air: A Route to the Construction of Furofuran Lignans. J Org Chem 2017; 82:5932-5939. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yongjun Liu
- State Key Laboratory Base
of Eco-chemical Engineering; Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker,
Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base
of Eco-chemical Engineering; Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker,
Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base
of Eco-chemical Engineering; Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker,
Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base
of Eco-chemical Engineering; Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker,
Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base
of Eco-chemical Engineering; Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker,
Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base
of Eco-chemical Engineering; Key Laboratory of Sensor Analysis of Tumor Marker,
Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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Punirun T, Soorukram D, Kuhakarn C, Reutrakul V, Pohmakotr M. Stereoselective Synthesis of 1-Fluoro-exo,exo-2,6-diaryl-3,7-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octanes: Synthesis of (±)-1-Fluoromembrine. J Org Chem 2015; 80:7946-60. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b00970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Teerachai Punirun
- Center
of Excellence for
Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC) and Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Center
of Excellence for
Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC) and Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Center
of Excellence for
Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC) and Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Center
of Excellence for
Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC) and Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Center
of Excellence for
Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC) and Department of Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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