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Popiołek Ł, Gawrońska-Grzywacz M, Dziduch A, Biernasiuk A, Piątkowska-Chmiel I, Herbet M. Design, Synthesis, and In Vitro and In Vivo Bioactivity Studies of Hydrazide-Hydrazones of 2,4-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:17481. [PMID: 38139308 PMCID: PMC10743905 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242417481] [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: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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In this research, twenty-four hydrazide-hydrazones of 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid were designed, synthesized, and subjected to in vitro and in vivo bioactivity studies. The chemical structure of the obtained compounds was confirmed by spectral methods. Antimicrobial activity screening was performed against a panel of microorganisms for all synthesized hydrazide-hydrazones. The performed assays revealed the interesting antibacterial activity of a few substances against Gram-positive bacterial strains including MRSA-Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 43300 (compound 18: 2,4-dihydroxy-N-[(2-hydroxy-3,5-diiodophenyl)methylidene]benzohydrazide-Minimal Inhibitory Concentration, MIC = 3.91 µg/mL). In addition, we performed the in vitro screening of antiproliferative activity and also assessed the acute toxicity of six hydrazide-hydrazones. The following human cancer cell lines were used: 769-P, HepG2, H1563, and LN-229, and the viability of the cells was assessed using the MTT method. The HEK-293 cell line was used as a reference line. The toxicity was tested in vivo on Danio rerio embryos using the Fish Embryo Acute Toxicity (FET) test procedure according to OECD No. 236. The inhibitory concentration values obtained in the in vitro test showed that N-[(4-nitrophenyl)methylidene]-2,4-dihydroxybenzhydrazide (21) inhibited cancer cell proliferation the most, with an extremely low IC50 (Inhibitory Concentration) value, estimated at 0.77 µM for LN-229. In addition, each of the compounds tested was selective against cancer cell lines. The compounds with a nitrophenyl substituent were the most promising in terms of inhibition cancer cell proliferation. The toxicity against zebrafish embryos and larvae was also very low or moderate.
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- Łukasz Popiołek
- Chair and Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Lublin, 4A Chodźki Street, 20-093 Lublin, Poland;
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- Chair and Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Lublin, 8B Jaczewskiego Street, 20-090 Lublin, Poland; (M.G.-G.); (I.P.-C.); (M.H.)
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- Chair and Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Lublin, 4A Chodźki Street, 20-093 Lublin, Poland;
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- Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Lublin, 1 Chodźki Street, 20-093 Lublin, Poland;
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- Chair and Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Lublin, 8B Jaczewskiego Street, 20-090 Lublin, Poland; (M.G.-G.); (I.P.-C.); (M.H.)
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- Chair and Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Lublin, 8B Jaczewskiego Street, 20-090 Lublin, Poland; (M.G.-G.); (I.P.-C.); (M.H.)
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Wang S, Wang J, Zhang X, Xu XT, Wen Y, He J, Zhao YH. Freshwater quality criteria of four strobilurin fungicides: Interspecies correlation and toxic mechanism. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 284:131340. [PMID: 34216923 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Strobilurin fungicides are widely used pesticides in the world. They can have toxic effects not only to target organisms, but also to nontarget organisms. To assess their ecological risk, species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) are required for the development of water quality criteria (WQC). In this paper, the acute toxicity of four methoxyacrylate fungicides were experimentally determined and evaluated at 24, 48, 72 and 96 h for the species of Rana chensinensis and Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri, respectively. Acute and chronic HC5 (5% hazard concentration) values and WQC values were calculated from SSDs based on the toxicity values determined in this paper and compiled from literature. SSDs revealed that aquatic animals were relatively sensitive species and aquatic plants are insensitive species for the four fungicides. However, different orders of species sensitivity in the acute and chronic toxicity indicated that these four fungicides had different toxic mechanisms or mode of action (MOA) to different species. According to toxicity correlation and principal component analysis (PCA), the kresoxim-methyl toxicity was very close to trifloxystrobin as compared with others due to that they are neutral compounds with very similar physicochemical properties. Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) revealed that toxicity of strobilurin fungicides were dependent both on chemical hydrophobicity and hydrogen bond basicity. These two molecular descriptors reflect the bio-uptake process and interaction of compounds with target receptors in an organism. WQC values and interspecies correlation are valuable for assessing water quality and understanding toxic mechanisms to different species.
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- Shuo Wang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Hydrological Cycle and Sponge City Technology, College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, PR China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Materials and Pollution Control, The Education Department of Jilin Province, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Jilin Normal University, Siping, Jilin, 136000, PR China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Urban Hydrological Cycle and Sponge City Technology, College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, PR China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, PR China.
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Rivera-Dávila OL, Sánchez-Martínez G, Rico-Martínez R. Ecotoxicity of pesticides and semiochemicals used for control and prevention of conifer bark beetle (Dendroctonus spp.) outbreaks. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 263:128375. [PMID: 33297283 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Application of pyrethroid pesticides and semiochemicals are two treatments used worldwide to control conifer bark beetles (Dendroctonus spp.); their residues can reach water reservoirs and water currents through run off and affect non-target organisms such as freshwater invertebrates. Therefore, we assessed the 48-h lethal toxicity, chronic toxicity (reproduction inhibition), and bioaccumulation of three pyrethroid pesticides (bifenthrin, cypermethrin, and deltamethrin) and two semiochemicals (verbenone and 3-methyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one) in two freshwater invertebrates: the cladoceran Alona guttata and the rotifer Lecane papuana. Bifenthrin was the most toxic of the five chemical compounds tested followed by deltamethrin and then cypermethrin, which was the least toxic pyrethroid for both species. Semiochemicals were far less toxic than pyrethroids and verbenone was most toxic than 3-methyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one for both species. For the rotifer Lecane papuana, the pyrethroid with the highest Bioconcentration Factor was bifenthrin, and for the semiochemicals it was 3-methyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one. For the cladoceran Alona guttata, the pyrethroid with the highest bioconcentration factor was cypermethrin and for the semiochemicals it was verbenone. The pyrethroid with highest body burdens both lethal and chronic was cypermethrin. Semiochemicals showed lethal and chronic body burdens 12-fold higher than pyrethroids and were therefore less toxic than pyrethroids. These results showed that the semiochemicals verbenone and 3-methyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one are a safe tool for the freshwater invertebrates tested when compared with pyrethroid pesticides. Cypermethrin was the least toxic of the pyrethroids tested and therefore could be considered as a good candidate to control outbreaks of the conifer bark beetle.
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- Olga Lidia Rivera-Dávila
- Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Centro de Ciencias Básicas, Departamento de Química, Avenida Universidad 940, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, C.P. 20131, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación Regional Norte Centro, Campo Experimental Pabellón, INIFAP, Km. 32.5 Carretera Aguascalientes-Zacatecas, Pabellón de Arteaga, Ags. C.P, 20670, Mexico.
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- Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Centro de Ciencias Básicas, Departamento de Química, Avenida Universidad 940, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, C.P. 20131, Mexico.
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Jiang H, Zheng S, Yan L, Wang Y, Yang B, Wen Y, Zhao Y. Relationship among the acute toxicity, critical body residue, and bioconcentration of ortho-dinitrobenzene in zebrafish (Danio rerio) based on toxicokinetics. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:14634-14641. [PMID: 32052333 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08009-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The internal critical concentration represented by the critical body residue (CBR) is an ideal indicator for reflecting the toxicity of a chemical. Although some authors have realized that the CBR50 can be calculated from the LC50 via the bioconcentration factor (BCF), the effects of exposure time and exposure concentration on the relationship between the LC50 and CBR50 have not been investigated to date. In this paper, the LC50 and CBR50 of ortho-dinitrobenzene in zebrafish were experimentally determined and their relationship was investigated. The results showed that ortho-dinitrobenzene exhibited excess toxicity and cannot completely be identified as a reactive compound based on toxic ratio. Comparison of the measured CBR50 and the CBR50 calculated from the LC50 via the BCF showed that there was a 0.46 log unit difference. Investigation of the relationship between the concentration in fish calculated by the toxicokinetic model and exposure time showed that the bio-uptake of fish was fast and reached a steady state in the toxicity test, indicating that the difference in CBR50 values could not be attributed to the different exposure times used in toxicity and BCF assays. On the other hand, investigation of the measured bioconcentration ratio (BCR) showed that the BCR (or BCFapp) decreased with increasing exposure concentration. Compared with the CBR50 calculated from the LC50 via the BCF, the CBR50 calculated from the LC50 via the BCFapp is close to the measured CBR50, suggesting that the difference in CBR50 values is attributed to the different exposure concentrations used in the BCF and toxicity assays.
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- Haibo Jiang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Key Laboratory for Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Key Laboratory for Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Key Laboratory for Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Key Laboratory for Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, People's Republic of China
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- Education Department of Jilin Province, Key Laboratory of Environmental Materials and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Jilin Normal University, Siping, Jilin, 136000, People's Republic of China
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- Education Department of Jilin Province, Key Laboratory of Environmental Materials and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Jilin Normal University, Siping, Jilin, 136000, People's Republic of China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, Key Laboratory for Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, People's Republic of China.
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Zhu D, Li TT, Zheng SS, Yan LC, Wang Y, Fan LY, Li C, Zhao YH. Comparison of modes of action between fish and zebrafish embryo toxicity for baseline, less inert, reactive and specifically-acting compounds. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 213:414-422. [PMID: 30243207 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.09.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The mode of action (MOA) plays a key role in the risk assessment of pollutants in water. Although fish is a key model organism used in the risk assessment of pollutants in water, the MOAs have not been compared between fish and embryo toxicity for classified compounds. In this paper, regression analysis was carried out for fish and embryo toxicities against the calculated molecular descriptors and MOAs were evaluated from toxicity ratio. The toxicity significantly related with the chemical hydrophobicity for baseline and less inert compounds, respectively, indicates that these two classes of compounds share the same MOAs between fish and embryos. Comparison of the toxicity ratios shows that reactive compounds exhibit excess toxicity to both fish and embryos. These compounds can react covalently with biologically target molecules through nucleophilic addition reactions, Michael addition oxidation, or amination. Comparing with baseline, less inert and reactive compounds, many specifically-acting compounds have strong docking capacity with protein molecules. Some specifically-acting compounds, such as fungicides, have very similar toxic effect to both fish and embryos. However, insecticides are more toxic to fish than embryos; herbicides and medications are more toxic to embryos than fish. Differences in the interactions of chemicals with target molecules or bioconcentration potentials between fish and embryos may result in the differences in toxic effects. There are some factors that influence the identification of MOAs, such as quality of toxicity data, bioavailability and ionization. These factors should be considered in the identification of MOAs in the risk assessment of organic pollutants.
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- Di Zhu
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130117, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130117, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130117, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130117, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130117, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130117, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130117, PR China.
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130117, PR China.
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