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Jamey N, Ferrié L. Stereodivergent Total Synthesis of Ethyl Plakortide Z. Org Lett 2024. [PMID: 38935933 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Plakortides make up a subclass of marine endoperoxides with diverse biological activities. Their structural particularity is derived from the C4 and C6 positions of the endoperoxide, which are substituted by ethyl groups. The ethyl plakortide Z has the simplest side chain among its congeners and is an excellent target for testing a universal strategy for the synthesis of this subfamily. Accordingly, we have synthesized for the first time a six-membered pla-kortide using asymmetric Enders alkylation, regioselective cyclobutanol oxidative expansion, and peroxycarbenium ion-mediated diastereoselective C-C bond formation as key steps. Preparative HPLC separation of the various diastereomers yielded a pure sample of synthetic ethyl plakortide Z, constituting the first total synthesis. Despite the lack of selectivity inherent in the synthesis of peroxide linkages involving radical reactions, the diastereomer separation step was offset by an efficient synthesis in just 11 steps and 4.2% overall yield.
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- Nicolas Jamey
- BioCIS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 91400 Orsay France
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- BioCIS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 91400 Orsay France
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Hai Y, Cai ZM, Li PJ, Wei MY, Wang CY, Gu YC, Shao CL. Trends of antimalarial marine natural products: progresses, challenges and opportunities. Nat Prod Rep 2022; 39:969-990. [DOI: 10.1039/d1np00075f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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This review provides an overview of the antimalarial marine natural products, focusing on their chemistry, malaria-related targets and mechanisms, and highlighting their potential for drug development.
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- Yang Hai
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Syngenta Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42 6EY, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, The Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao, 266237, China
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Aguiar ACC, Parisi JR, Granito RN, de Sousa LRF, Renno ACM, Gazarini ML. Metabolites from Marine Sponges and Their Potential to Treat Malarial Protozoan Parasites Infection: A Systematic Review. Mar Drugs 2021; 19:md19030134. [PMID: 33670878 PMCID: PMC7997450 DOI: 10.3390/md19030134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Malaria is an infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites of the Plasmodium genus through the bite of female Anopheles mosquitoes, affecting 228 million people and causing 415 thousand deaths in 2018. Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) are the most recommended treatment for malaria; however, the emergence of multidrug resistance has unfortunately limited their effects and challenged the field. In this context, the ocean and its rich biodiversity have emerged as a very promising resource of bioactive compounds and secondary metabolites from different marine organisms. This systematic review of the literature focuses on the advances achieved in the search for new antimalarials from marine sponges, which are ancient organisms that developed defense mechanisms in a hostile environment. The principal inclusion criterion for analysis was articles with compounds with IC50 below 10 µM or 10 µg/mL against P. falciparum culture. The secondary metabolites identified include alkaloids, terpenoids, polyketides endoperoxides and glycosphingolipids. The structural features of active compounds selected in this review may be an interesting scaffold to inspire synthetic development of new antimalarials for selectively targeting parasite cell metabolism.
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- Anna Caroline Campos Aguiar
- Department of Biosciences, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Silva Jardim 136, Santos 11015-020, SP, Brazil; (A.C.C.A.); (J.R.P.); (R.N.G.); (A.C.M.R.)
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- Department of Biosciences, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Silva Jardim 136, Santos 11015-020, SP, Brazil; (A.C.C.A.); (J.R.P.); (R.N.G.); (A.C.M.R.)
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- Department of Biosciences, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Silva Jardim 136, Santos 11015-020, SP, Brazil; (A.C.C.A.); (J.R.P.); (R.N.G.); (A.C.M.R.)
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- Special Academic Unit of Chemistry, Federal University of Goiás (UFG/UFCAT), Catalão Regional, Catalão 75704-020, GO, Brazil;
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- Department of Biosciences, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Silva Jardim 136, Santos 11015-020, SP, Brazil; (A.C.C.A.); (J.R.P.); (R.N.G.); (A.C.M.R.)
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- Department of Biosciences, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Silva Jardim 136, Santos 11015-020, SP, Brazil; (A.C.C.A.); (J.R.P.); (R.N.G.); (A.C.M.R.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +5513-3229-0132
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Ortalli M, Varani S, Cimato G, Veronesi R, Quintavalla A, Lombardo M, Monari M, Trombini C. Evaluation of the Pharmacophoric Role of the O-O Bond in Synthetic Antileishmanial Compounds: Comparison between 1,2-Dioxanes and Tetrahydropyrans. J Med Chem 2020; 63:13140-13158. [PMID: 33091297 PMCID: PMC8018184 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Leishmaniases are neglected diseases that can be treated with a limited drug arsenal; the development of new molecules is therefore a priority. Recent evidence indicates that endoperoxides, including artemisinin and its derivatives, possess antileishmanial activity. Here, 1,2-dioxanes were synthesized with their corresponding tetrahydropyrans lacking the peroxide bridge, to ascertain if this group is a key pharmacophoric requirement for the antileishmanial bioactivity. Newly synthesized compounds were examined in vitro, and their mechanism of action was preliminarily investigated. Three endoperoxides and their corresponding tetrahydropyrans effectively inhibited the growth of Leishmania donovani promastigotes and amastigotes, and iron did not play a significant role in their activation. Further, reactive oxygen species were produced in both endoperoxide- and tetrahydropyran-treated promastigotes. In conclusion, the peroxide group proved not to be crucial for the antileishmanial bioactivity of endoperoxides, under the tested conditions. Our findings reveal the potential of both 1,2-dioxanes and tetrahydropyrans as lead compounds for novel therapies against Leishmania.
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- Margherita Ortalli
- Unit of Clinical Microbiology, Regional Reference
Centre for Microbiological Emergencies (CRREM), St. Orsola-Malpighi
University Hospital, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna,
Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Microbiology, Regional Reference
Centre for Microbiological Emergencies (CRREM), St. Orsola-Malpighi
University Hospital, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna,
Italy
- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty
Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Via
Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Microbiology, Regional Reference
Centre for Microbiological Emergencies (CRREM), St. Orsola-Malpighi
University Hospital, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna,
Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”,
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna Via Selmi 2,
40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”,
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna Via Selmi 2,
40126 Bologna, Italy
- Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sulla Malaria
(CIRM) - Italian Malaria Network (IMN), University of Milan,
20100 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”,
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna Via Selmi 2,
40126 Bologna, Italy
- Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sulla Malaria
(CIRM) - Italian Malaria Network (IMN), University of Milan,
20100 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”,
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna Via Selmi 2,
40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”,
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna Via Selmi 2,
40126 Bologna, Italy
- Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sulla Malaria
(CIRM) - Italian Malaria Network (IMN), University of Milan,
20100 Milan, Italy
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Tajuddeen N, Van Heerden FR. Antiplasmodial natural products: an update. Malar J 2019; 18:404. [PMID: 31805944 PMCID: PMC6896759 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-019-3026-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Malaria remains a significant public health challenge in regions of the world where it is endemic. An unprecedented decline in malaria incidences was recorded during the last decade due to the availability of effective control interventions, such as the deployment of artemisinin-based combination therapy and insecticide-treated nets. However, according to the World Health Organization, malaria is staging a comeback, in part due to the development of drug resistance. Therefore, there is an urgent need to discover new anti-malarial drugs. This article reviews the literature on natural products with antiplasmodial activity that was reported between 2010 and 2017. Methods Relevant literature was sourced by searching the major scientific databases, including Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciFinder, Pubmed, and Google Scholar, using appropriate keyword combinations. Results and Discussion A total of 1524 compounds from 397 relevant references, assayed against at least one strain of Plasmodium, were reported in the period under review. Out of these, 39% were described as new natural products, and 29% of the compounds had IC50 ≤ 3.0 µM against at least one strain of Plasmodium. Several of these compounds have the potential to be developed into viable anti-malarial drugs. Also, some of these compounds could play a role in malaria eradication by targeting gametocytes. However, the research into natural products with potential for blocking the transmission of malaria is still in its infancy stage and needs to be vigorously pursued.
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- Nasir Tajuddeen
- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, 3209, South Africa
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, 3209, South Africa.
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D'Alessandro S, Alfano G, Di Cerbo L, Brogi S, Chemi G, Relitti N, Brindisi M, Lamponi S, Novellino E, Campiani G, Gemma S, Basilico N, Taramelli D, Baratto MC, Pogni R, Butini S. Bridged bicyclic 2,3-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes as antiplasmodial agents: Synthesis, structure-activity relationships and studies on their biomimetic reaction with Fe(II). Bioorg Chem 2019; 89:103020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.103020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Sirignano C, Snene A, Tenoh AR, El Mokni R, Rigano D, Habluetzel A, Hammami S, Taglialatela-Scafati O. Daucovirgolides I-L, four congeners of the antimalarial daucovirgolide G from Daucus virgatus. Fitoterapia 2019; 137:104188. [PMID: 31158428 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2019.104188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Repeated chromatographic purifications of aerial parts of the Tunisian plant Daucus virgatus led to the isolation of four new germacranolides, named daucovirgolides I-L (2-5), along with the Plasmodium transmission-blocking agent daucovirgolide G. The chemical structures of the new compounds were defined as mono- or di-angeloylated germacrane-type sesquiterpenoids by spectroscopic (mainly 1D and 2D NMR) and spectrometric methods (ESIMS). The low potency exhibited by daucovirgolides I-L further supports the observation that strict structural requirements do exist for the Plasmodium transmission blocking activity in the daucovirgolide series. In particular, the endocyclic double bond system seems to be crucial for bioactivity.
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- Carmina Sirignano
- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Research Unit Applied Chemistry and Environment 13ES63, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Tunisia
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri 9, 63032 Camerino, MC, Italy
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir, University of Monastir, Tunisia
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri 9, 63032 Camerino, MC, Italy
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- Research Unit Applied Chemistry and Environment 13ES63, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Tunisia
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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Imperatore C, Persico M, Senese M, Aiello A, Casertano M, Luciano P, Basilico N, Parapini S, Paladino A, Fattorusso C, Menna M. Exploring the antimalarial potential of the methoxy-thiazinoquinone scaffold: Identification of a new lead candidate. Bioorg Chem 2019; 85:240-252. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2018.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/22/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Rampelotto PH, Trincone A. Anti-infective Compounds from Marine Organisms. GRAND CHALLENGES IN MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY 2018. [PMCID: PMC7123853 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69075-9_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Pabulo H. Rampelotto
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy
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Persico M, Fattorusso R, Taglialatela-Scafati O, Chianese G, de Paola I, Zaccaro L, Rondinelli F, Lombardo M, Quintavalla A, Trombini C, Fattorusso E, Fattorusso C, Farina B. The interaction of heme with plakortin and a synthetic endoperoxide analogue: new insights into the heme-activated antimalarial mechanism. Sci Rep 2017; 7:45485. [PMID: 28383076 PMCID: PMC5382535 DOI: 10.1038/srep45485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
In the present work we performed a combined experimental and computational study on the interaction of the natural antimalarial endoperoxide plakortin and its synthetic analogue 4a with heme. Obtained results indicate that the studied compounds produce reactive carbon radical species after being reductively activated by heme. In particular, similarly to artemisinin, the formation of radicals prone to inter-molecular reactions should represent the key event responsible for Plasmodium death. To our knowledge this is the first experimental investigation on the reductive activation of simple antimalarial endoperoxides (1,2-dioxanes) by heme and results were compared to the ones previously obtained from the reaction with FeCl2. The obtained experimental data and the calculated molecular interaction models represent crucial tools for the rational optimization of our promising class of low-cost synthetic antimalarial endoperoxides.
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- Marco Persico
- University of Naples "Federico II", Department of Pharmacy, Via D. Montesano 49, Napoli, 80131, Italy.,Italian Malaria Network - Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Sulla Malaria (CIRM) Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Science, Via Del Giochetto, Perugia, Italy
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- Second University of Naples, Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, Via Vivaldi 43, Caserta, 81100, Italy.,Institute of Biostructures and Bioimages (IBB) CNR, Via Mezzocannone 16, Naples, 80134, Italy
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- University of Naples "Federico II", Department of Pharmacy, Via D. Montesano 49, Napoli, 80131, Italy.,Italian Malaria Network - Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Sulla Malaria (CIRM) Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Science, Via Del Giochetto, Perugia, Italy
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- University of Naples "Federico II", Department of Pharmacy, Via D. Montesano 49, Napoli, 80131, Italy.,Italian Malaria Network - Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Sulla Malaria (CIRM) Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Science, Via Del Giochetto, Perugia, Italy
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimages (IBB) CNR, Via Mezzocannone 16, Naples, 80134, Italy
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimages (IBB) CNR, Via Mezzocannone 16, Naples, 80134, Italy
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- University of Naples "Federico II", Department of Pharmacy, Via D. Montesano 49, Napoli, 80131, Italy.,Italian Malaria Network - Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Sulla Malaria (CIRM) Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Science, Via Del Giochetto, Perugia, Italy
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- Italian Malaria Network - Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Sulla Malaria (CIRM) Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Science, Via Del Giochetto, Perugia, Italy.,Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", Via Selmi 2, Bologna, 40126, Italy
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- Italian Malaria Network - Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Sulla Malaria (CIRM) Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Science, Via Del Giochetto, Perugia, Italy.,Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", Via Selmi 2, Bologna, 40126, Italy
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- Italian Malaria Network - Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Sulla Malaria (CIRM) Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Science, Via Del Giochetto, Perugia, Italy.,Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", Via Selmi 2, Bologna, 40126, Italy
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- University of Naples "Federico II", Department of Pharmacy, Via D. Montesano 49, Napoli, 80131, Italy.,Italian Malaria Network - Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Sulla Malaria (CIRM) Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Science, Via Del Giochetto, Perugia, Italy
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- University of Naples "Federico II", Department of Pharmacy, Via D. Montesano 49, Napoli, 80131, Italy.,Italian Malaria Network - Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Sulla Malaria (CIRM) Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Science, Via Del Giochetto, Perugia, Italy
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- Institute of Biostructures and Bioimages (IBB) CNR, Via Mezzocannone 16, Naples, 80134, Italy.,Advanced Accelerator Applications, Via Vivaldi 43, Caserta, 81100, Italy
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Computer-Aided Drug Discovery from Marine Compounds: Identification of the Three-Dimensional Structural Features Responsible for Antimalarial Activity. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2017. [PMID: 28238037 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51284-6_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
Abstract
An integrated computational approach, based on molecular dynamics/mechanics, semi-empirical, and DFT calculations as well as dynamic docking studies, has been employed to gain insight into the mechanism of action of new antimalarial agents characterized by the scaffold of the marine compounds plakortin and aplidinone. The results of this approach show that these molecules, after interaction with Fe(II), likely coming from the heme molecule, give rise to the formation of radical species, that should represent the toxic intermediates responsible for subsequent reactions leading to plasmodium death. The three-dimensional structural requirements necessary for the activity of these new classes of antimalarial agents have been identified and discussed throughout the chapter.
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Anjum K, Abbas SQ, Akhter N, Shagufta BI, Shah SAA, Hassan SSU. Emerging biopharmaceuticals from bioactive peptides derived from marine organisms. Chem Biol Drug Des 2017; 90:12-30. [PMID: 28004491 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 12/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Biologically active natural products are spontaneous medicinal entrants, which encourage synthetic access for enhancing and supporting drug discovery and development. Marine bioactive peptides are considered as a rich source of natural products that may provide long-term health, in addition to many prophylactic and curative medicinal drug treatments. The large literature concerning marine peptides has been collected, which shows high potential of nutraceutical and therapeutic efficacy encompassing wide spectra of bioactivities against a number of infection-causing agents. Their antimicrobial, antimalarial, antitumor, antiviral, and cardioprotective actions have achieved the attention of the pharmaceutical industry toward new design of drug formulations, for treatment and prevention of several infections. However, the mechanism of action of many peptide molecules has been still untapped. So in this regard, this paper reviews several peptide compounds by which they interfere with human pathogenesis. This knowledge is one of the key tools to be understood especially for the biotransformation of biomolecules into targeted medicines. The fact that different diseases have the capability to fight at different sites inside the body can lead to a new wave of increasing the chances to produce targeted medicines.
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- Komal Anjum
- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST), D.I. Khan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Yaremenko IA, Vil’ VA, Demchuk DV, Terent’ev AO. Rearrangements of organic peroxides and related processes. Beilstein J Org Chem 2016; 12:1647-748. [PMID: 27559418 PMCID: PMC4979652 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.12.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2016] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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This review is the first to collate and summarize main data on named and unnamed rearrangement reactions of peroxides. It should be noted, that in the chemistry of peroxides two types of processes are considered under the term rearrangements. These are conventional rearrangements occurring with the retention of the molecular weight and transformations of one of the peroxide moieties after O-O-bond cleavage. Detailed information about the Baeyer-Villiger, Criegee, Hock, Kornblum-DeLaMare, Dakin, Elbs, Schenck, Smith, Wieland, and Story reactions is given. Unnamed rearrangements of organic peroxides and related processes are also analyzed. The rearrangements and related processes of important natural and synthetic peroxides are discussed separately.
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- Ivan A Yaremenko
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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Persico M, Di Dato A, Orteca N, Cimino P, Novellino E, Fattorusso C. Use of Integrated Computational Approaches in the Search for New Therapeutic Agents. Mol Inform 2016; 35:309-25. [DOI: 10.1002/minf.201501028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Marco Persico
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”; Via D. Montesano 49 80131 Napoli Italy
- Italian Malaria Network - Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche Sulla Malaria (CIRM); Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences; Via Del Giochetto 06126 Perugia Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”; Via D. Montesano 49 80131 Napoli Italy
- Italian Malaria Network - Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche Sulla Malaria (CIRM); Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences; Via Del Giochetto 06126 Perugia Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”; Via D. Montesano 49 80131 Napoli Italy
- Italian Malaria Network - Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche Sulla Malaria (CIRM); Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences; Via Del Giochetto 06126 Perugia Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy; University of Salerno; Via Giovanni Paolo II 132 84084 Fisciano, Salerno Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”; Via D. Montesano 49 80131 Napoli Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”; Via D. Montesano 49 80131 Napoli Italy
- Italian Malaria Network - Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche Sulla Malaria (CIRM); Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences; Via Del Giochetto 06126 Perugia Italy
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Chianese G, Yu HB, Yang F, Sirignano C, Luciano P, Han BN, Khan S, Lin HW, Taglialatela-Scafati O. PPAR Modulating Polyketides from a Chinese Plakortis simplex and Clues on the Origin of Their Chemodiversity. J Org Chem 2016; 81:5135-43. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b00695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Giuseppina Chianese
- Department
of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano
49, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Research
Center for Marine Drugs, Department of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory
of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, People’s Republic of China
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- Research
Center for Marine Drugs, Department of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory
of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano
49, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department
of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano
49, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Research
Center for Marine Drugs, Department of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory
of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, People’s Republic of China
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- National
Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Research
Center for Marine Drugs, Department of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory
of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, People’s Republic of China
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Norris MD, Perkins MV. Structural diversity and chemical synthesis of peroxide and peroxide-derived polyketide metabolites from marine sponges. Nat Prod Rep 2016; 33:861-80. [DOI: 10.1039/c5np00142k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The structural elucidation, chemical synthesis and therapeutic potential of peroxide and peroxide-derived sponge metabolites, with special focus on their intriguing structural similarities and differences from a biogenetic perspective, are reviewed.
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- Matthew D. Norris
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
- Flinders University
- Adelaide
- Australia
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
- Flinders University
- Adelaide
- Australia
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Skorokhod OA, Davalos-Schafler D, Gallo V, Valente E, Ulliers D, Notarpietro A, Mandili G, Novelli F, Persico M, Taglialatela-Scafati O, Arese P, Schwarzer E. Oxidative stress-mediated antimalarial activity of plakortin, a natural endoperoxide from the tropical sponge Plakortis simplex. Free Radic Biol Med 2015; 89:624-37. [PMID: 26459031 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.10.399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2015] [Revised: 09/27/2015] [Accepted: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Plakortin, a polyketide endoperoxide from the sponge Plakortis simplex has antiparasitic activity against P. falciparum. Similar to artemisinin, its activity depends on the peroxide functionality. Plakortin induced stage-, dose- and time-dependent morphologic anomalies, early maturation delay, ROS generation and lipid peroxidation in the parasite. Ring damage by 1 and 10 µM plakortin led to parasite death before schizogony at 20 and 95%, respectively. Treatment of late schizonts with 1, 2, 5 and 10 µM plakortin resulted in decreased reinfection rates by 30, 50, 61 and 65%, respectively. In both rings and trophozoites, plakortin induced a dose- and time-dependent ROS production as well as a significant lipid peroxidation and up to 4-fold increase of the lipoperoxide breakdown product 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE). Antioxidants and the free radical scavengers trolox and N-acetylcysteine significantly attenuated the parasite damage. Plakortin generated 4-HNE conjugates with the P. falciparum proteins: heat shock protein Hsp70-1, endoplasmatic reticulum-standing Hsp70-2 (BiP analogue), V-type proton ATPase catalytic subunit A, enolase, the putative vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 11, and the dynein heavy chain-like protein, whose specific binding sites were identified by mass spectrometry. These proteins are crucially involved in protein trafficking, transmembrane and vesicular transport and parasite survival. We hypothesize that binding of 4-HNE to functionally relevant parasite proteins may explain the observed plakortin-induced morphologic aberrations and parasite death. The identification of 4-HNE-protein conjugates may generate a novel paradigm to explain the mechanism of action of pro-oxidant, peroxide-based antimalarials such as plakortin, artemisinins and synthetic endoperoxides.
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- Oleksii A Skorokhod
- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Via Santena 5bis, 10126 Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Via Santena 5bis, 10126 Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Via Santena 5bis, 10126 Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Via Santena 5bis, 10126 Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Via Santena 5bis, 10126 Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Torino Medical School, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy; Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), Città della Salute e della Scienza, Ospedale San Giovanni Battista, Via Cherasco 15, 10126 Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Torino Medical School, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy; Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies (CeRMS), Città della Salute e della Scienza, Ospedale San Giovanni Battista, Via Cherasco 15, 10126 Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Napoli 'Federico II', Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Via Santena 5bis, 10126 Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Via Santena 5bis, 10126 Torino, Italy.
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Daeppen C, Kaiser M, Neuburger M, Gademann K. Preparation of Antimalarial Endoperoxides by a Formal [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition. Org Lett 2015; 17:5420-3. [PMID: 26491785 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b02773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A formal [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction between a 1,3-dione, an olefin, and molecular oxygen mediated by light is reported, which delivers endoperoxides in good yield through the formation of two C-O and one C-C bond in one step. The resulting 1,2-dioxanes are stable compounds and can be further derivatized at the hemiacetal position via alkylation or acetylation. All compounds have been evaluated against Plasmodium falciparum, and the best compound displayed an IC50-value of 180 nM. A potential mechanistic rationale for the formation of these compounds is presented.
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- Christophe Daeppen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Socinstrasse 57, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich , Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Chianese G, Gu BB, Yang F, Jiao WH, Guo YW, Lin HW, Taglialatela-Scafati O. Spiroplakortone, an unprecedented spiroketal lactone from the Chinese sponge Plakortis simplex. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra09840h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Spiroplakortone, bearing an unprecedented γ-spiroketal-γ-lactone skeleton, has been characterized based on extensive spectroscopic analysis, GIAO 13C-NMR and ECD calculations.
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- Key Laboratory for Marine Drugs
- Department of Pharmacy
- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes
- Renji Hospital
- School of Medicine
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- Key Laboratory for Marine Drugs
- Department of Pharmacy
- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes
- Renji Hospital
- School of Medicine
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- Key Laboratory for Marine Drugs
- Department of Pharmacy
- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes
- Renji Hospital
- School of Medicine
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research
- Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201203
- China
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- Key Laboratory for Marine Drugs
- Department of Pharmacy
- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes
- Renji Hospital
- School of Medicine
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Brindisi M, Gemma S, Kunjir S, Di Cerbo L, Brogi S, Parapini S, D'Alessandro S, Taramelli D, Habluetzel A, Tapanelli S, Lamponi S, Novellino E, Campiani G, Butini S. Synthetic spirocyclic endoperoxides: new antimalarial scaffolds. MEDCHEMCOMM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4md00454j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Design, synthesis and molecular docking calculation studies led to the identification of novel spirocyclic peroxides with in vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity.
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Sonawane DP, Persico M, Corbett Y, Chianese G, Di Dato A, Fattorusso C, Taglialatela-Scafati O, Taramelli D, Trombini C, Dhavale DD, Quintavalla A, Lombardo M. New antimalarial 3-methoxy-1,2-dioxanes: optimization of cellular pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics properties by incorporation of amino and N-heterocyclic moieties at C4. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra10785g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A new series of 3-methoxy-1,2-dioxanes containing an amino moiety at C4 was synthesized, displaying nanomolar antimalarial activity without being cytotoxic.
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Chianese G, Persico M, Yang F, Lin HW, Guo YW, Basilico N, Parapini S, Taramelli D, Taglialatela-Scafati O, Fattorusso C. Endoperoxide polyketides from a Chinese Plakortis simplex: further evidence of the impact of stereochemistry on antimalarial activity of simple 1,2-dioxanes. Bioorg Med Chem 2014; 22:4572-80. [PMID: 25115700 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2014.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2014] [Revised: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 07/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chemical investigation of the organic extract obtained from the sponge Plakortis simplex collected in the South China Sea afforded five new polyketide endoperoxides (2 and 4-7), along with two known analogues (1 and 3). The stereostructures of these metabolites have been deduced on the basis of spectroscopic analysis and chemical conversion. The isolated endoperoxide derivatives have been tested for their in vitro antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum strains, showing IC50 values in the low micromolar range. The structure-activity relationships were analyzed by means of a detailed computational investigation and rationalized in the light of the mechanism of action proposed for this class of simple antimalarials. The relative orientation of the atoms involved in the putative radical generation and transfer reaction was demonstrated to have a great impact on the antimalarial activity. The resulting 3D pharmacophoric model can be a useful guide to design simple and effective antimalarial lead compounds belonging to the class of 1,2-dioxanes.
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- Giuseppina Chianese
- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Key Laboratory for Marine Drugs, Department of Pharmacy, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- Key Laboratory for Marine Drugs, Department of Pharmacy, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zu Chong Zhi Road 555, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche e Odontoiatriche, Università di Milano, Via Pascal 36, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università di Milano, Via Pascal 36, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università di Milano, Via Pascal 36, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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Lombardo M, Sonawane DP, Quintavalla A, Trombini C, Dhavale DD, Taramelli D, Corbett Y, Rondinelli F, Fattorusso C, Persico M, Taglialatela-Scafati O. Optimized Synthesis and Antimalarial Activity of 1,2-Dioxane-4-carboxamides. European J Org Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201301394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Terent'ev AO, Borisov DA, Vil’ VA, Dembitsky VM. Synthesis of five- and six-membered cyclic organic peroxides: Key transformations into peroxide ring-retaining products. Beilstein J Org Chem 2014; 10:34-114. [PMID: 24454562 PMCID: PMC3896255 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.10.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2013] [Accepted: 11/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The present review describes the current status of synthetic five and six-membered cyclic peroxides such as 1,2-dioxolanes, 1,2,4-trioxolanes (ozonides), 1,2-dioxanes, 1,2-dioxenes, 1,2,4-trioxanes, and 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes. The literature from 2000 onwards is surveyed to provide an update on synthesis of cyclic peroxides. The indicated period of time is, on the whole, characterized by the development of new efficient and scale-up methods for the preparation of these cyclic compounds. It was shown that cyclic peroxides remain unchanged throughout the course of a wide range of fundamental organic reactions. Due to these properties, the molecular structures can be greatly modified to give peroxide ring-retaining products. The chemistry of cyclic peroxides has attracted considerable attention, because these compounds are used in medicine for the design of antimalarial, antihelminthic, and antitumor agents.
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Key Words
- 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes
- 1,2,4-trioxanes
- 1,2,4-trioxolanes
- 1,2-dioxanes
- 1,2-dioxenes
- 1,2-dioxolanes
- cyclic peroxides
- ozonides
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- Alexander O Terent'ev
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow, 119991, Russia
- Institute for Drug Research, P.O. Box 12065, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Further optimization of plakortin pharmacophore: structurally simple 4-oxymethyl-1,2-dioxanes with promising antimalarial activity. Eur J Med Chem 2013; 70:875-86. [PMID: 24262380 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2013.10.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Revised: 10/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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For the optimization of the plakortin pharmacophore, we recently proposed a straightforward synthesis of 4-carbomethoxy-3-methoxy-1,2-dioxanes as potential antimalarial drug candidates. Herein we report the chemoselective reduction of the 4-carbomethoxy group which has allowed us to prepare in good yields twenty-four new endoperoxides carrying either the hydroxymethyl or the methoxymethyl group on C4 in various stereochemical arrangements with respect to the alkyl groups on C3 and C6 (the endoperoxide carbons). Some of these compounds showed promising in vitro antimalarial activities, both against chloroquine-resistant (CQ-R) and susceptible (CQ-S) strains of Plasmodium falciparum, with IC₅₀ values in the range of 0.5-1.0 μM. Compound 8g showed activity against the CQ-R strain comparable to that of the structurally more demanding plakortin.
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Liu DZ, Liu JK. Peroxy natural products. NATURAL PRODUCTS AND BIOPROSPECTING 2013; 3:161-206. [PMCID: PMC4131620 DOI: 10.1007/s13659-013-0042-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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This review covers the structures and biological activities of peroxy natural products from a wide variety of terrestrial fungi, higher plants, and marine organisms. Syntheses that confirm or revise structures or stereochemistries have also been included, and 406 references are cited. ![]()
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- Dong-Ze Liu
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Science, Tianjin, 300308 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201 China
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Mayer AMS, Rodríguez AD, Taglialatela-Scafati O, Fusetani N. Marine pharmacology in 2009-2011: marine compounds with antibacterial, antidiabetic, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antiprotozoal, antituberculosis, and antiviral activities; affecting the immune and nervous systems, and other miscellaneous mechanisms of action. Mar Drugs 2013; 11:2510-73. [PMID: 23880931 PMCID: PMC3736438 DOI: 10.3390/md11072510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2013] [Revised: 06/04/2013] [Accepted: 06/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The peer-reviewed marine pharmacology literature from 2009 to 2011 is presented in this review, following the format used in the 1998–2008 reviews of this series. The pharmacology of structurally-characterized compounds isolated from marine animals, algae, fungi and bacteria is discussed in a comprehensive manner. Antibacterial, antifungal, antiprotozoal, antituberculosis, and antiviral pharmacological activities were reported for 102 marine natural products. Additionally, 60 marine compounds were observed to affect the immune and nervous system as well as possess antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory effects. Finally, 68 marine metabolites were shown to interact with a variety of receptors and molecular targets, and thus will probably contribute to multiple pharmacological classes upon further mechanism of action studies. Marine pharmacology during 2009–2011 remained a global enterprise, with researchers from 35 countries, and the United States, contributing to the preclinical pharmacology of 262 marine compounds which are part of the preclinical pharmaceutical pipeline. Continued pharmacological research with marine natural products will contribute to enhance the marine pharmaceutical clinical pipeline, which in 2013 consisted of 17 marine natural products, analogs or derivatives targeting a limited number of disease categories.
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- Alejandro M. S. Mayer
- Department of Pharmacology, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, 555 31st Street, Downers Grove, Illinois 60515, USA
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +1-630-515-6951; Fax: +1-630-971-6414
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931, USA; E-Mail:
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via D. Montesano 49, I-80131 Napoli, Italy; E-Mail:
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Chianese G, Fattorusso E, Scala F, Teta R, Calcinai B, Bavestrello G, Dien HA, Kaiser M, Tasdemir D, Taglialatela-Scafati O. Manadoperoxides, a new class of potent antitrypanosomal agents of marine origin. Org Biomol Chem 2012; 10:7197-207. [PMID: 22859016 DOI: 10.1039/c2ob26124c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Chemical investigation of the marine sponge Plakortis cfr. lita afforded a library of endoperoxyketal polyketides, manadoperoxides B-K (3-5 and 7-13) and peroxyplakoric esters B(3) (6) and C (14). Eight of these metabolites are new compounds and some contain an unprecedented chlorine-bearing THF-type ring in the side chain. The library of endoperoxide derivatives was evaluated for in vitro activity against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Leishmania donovani. Some compounds, such as manadoperoxide B, exhibited ultrapotent trypanocidal activity (IC(50) = 3 ng mL(-1)) without cytotoxicity. Detailed examination of the antitrypanosomal activity data and comparison with those available in the literature for related dioxane derivatives enabled us to draw a series of structure-activity relationships. Interestingly, it appears that minor structural changes, such as a shift of the methyl group around the dioxane ring, can dramatically affect the antitrypanosomal activity. This information can be valuable to guide the design of optimized antitrypanosomal agents based on the dioxane scaffold.
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- Giuseppina Chianese
- Dipartimento di Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Università di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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Persico M, Quintavalla A, Rondinelli F, Trombini C, Lombardo M, Fattorusso C, Azzarito V, Taramelli D, Parapini S, Corbett Y, Chianese G, Fattorusso E, Taglialatela-Scafati O. A new class of antimalarial dioxanes obtained through a simple two-step synthetic approach: rational design and structure-activity relationship studies. J Med Chem 2011; 54:8526-40. [PMID: 22054038 DOI: 10.1021/jm201056j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A new series of simple endoperoxides, characterized by a 3-methoxy-1,2-dioxane scaffold, was designed on the basis of a previously developed pharmacophore. Through a simplified and versatile scheme of synthesis, which utilizes cheap and commercially available starting materials, it was possible to obtain several structurally and stereochemically different compounds that were tested against P. falciparum. Most of compounds showed antimalarial activity in the low micromolar range and no cellular toxicity, all being significantly more active on chloroquine resistant (CQ-R) than on chloroquine sensitive (CQ-S) strains. Resulting structure-activity relationships were analyzed by means of experimental and computational techniques, validating our design rationale and tailoring it for the new scaffold. Our study demonstrated that according to the hypothesized mechanism of action, the antimalarial activity can be improved through rational structural modifications, paving the way for the development of new simplified antimalarial endoperoxides.
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- Marco Persico
- Dipartimento di Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via D. Montesano, 49 I-80131 Napoli, Italy
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Gemma S, Kunjir S, Sanna Coccone S, Brindisi M, Moretti V, Brogi S, Novellino E, Basilico N, Parapini S, Taramelli D, Campiani G, Butini S. Synthesis and Antiplasmodial Activity of Bicyclic Dioxanes as Simplified Dihydroplakortin Analogues. J Med Chem 2011; 54:5949-53. [DOI: 10.1021/jm200686d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sandra Gemma
- European Research Centre for Drug Discovery and Development (NatSynDrugs), 53100 Siena, Italy
- Dipartimento di Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico, Università di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
- CIRM Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sulla Malaria, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- European Research Centre for Drug Discovery and Development (NatSynDrugs), 53100 Siena, Italy
- Dipartimento di Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico, Università di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
- CIRM Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sulla Malaria, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- European Research Centre for Drug Discovery and Development (NatSynDrugs), 53100 Siena, Italy
- Dipartimento di Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico, Università di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
- CIRM Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sulla Malaria, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- European Research Centre for Drug Discovery and Development (NatSynDrugs), 53100 Siena, Italy
- Dipartimento di Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico, Università di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
- CIRM Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sulla Malaria, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- European Research Centre for Drug Discovery and Development (NatSynDrugs), 53100 Siena, Italy
- Dipartimento di Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico, Università di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
- CIRM Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sulla Malaria, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- European Research Centre for Drug Discovery and Development (NatSynDrugs), 53100 Siena, Italy
- Dipartimento di Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico, Università di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
- CIRM Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sulla Malaria, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- European Research Centre for Drug Discovery and Development (NatSynDrugs), 53100 Siena, Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica Farmaceutica e Tossicologica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131, Napoli, Italy
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- European Research Centre for Drug Discovery and Development (NatSynDrugs), 53100 Siena, Italy
- CIRM Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sulla Malaria, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica-Microbiologia-Virologia, Università di Milano, Via Pascal 36, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- European Research Centre for Drug Discovery and Development (NatSynDrugs), 53100 Siena, Italy
- CIRM Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sulla Malaria, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica-Microbiologia-Virologia, Università di Milano, Via Pascal 36, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- European Research Centre for Drug Discovery and Development (NatSynDrugs), 53100 Siena, Italy
- CIRM Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sulla Malaria, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica-Microbiologia-Virologia, Università di Milano, Via Pascal 36, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- European Research Centre for Drug Discovery and Development (NatSynDrugs), 53100 Siena, Italy
- Dipartimento di Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico, Università di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
- CIRM Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sulla Malaria, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- European Research Centre for Drug Discovery and Development (NatSynDrugs), 53100 Siena, Italy
- Dipartimento di Farmaco Chimico Tecnologico, Università di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
- CIRM Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sulla Malaria, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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Fattorusso C, Persico M, Basilico N, Taramelli D, Fattorusso E, Scala F, Taglialatela-Scafati O. Antimalarials based on the dioxane scaffold of plakortin. A concise synthesis and SAR studies. Bioorg Med Chem 2011; 19:312-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2010] [Revised: 11/08/2010] [Accepted: 11/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Jiménez-Romero C, Ortiz I, Vicente J, Vera B, Rodríguez AD, Nam S, Jove R. Bioactive Cycloperoxides Isolated from the Puerto Rican Sponge Plakortis halichondrioides. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2010; 73:1694-1700. [PMID: 20923180 PMCID: PMC3036788 DOI: 10.1021/np100461t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Two new five-membered-ring polyketide endoperoxides, epiplakinic acid F methyl ester (1) and epiplakinidioic acid (3), and a peroxide-lactone, plakortolide J (2), were isolated from the Puerto Rican sponge Plakortis halichondrioides, along with two previously reported cyclic peroxides, 4 and 5. The structures of the new metabolites were determined by spectroscopic and chemical analyses. The absolute stereostructures of 1, 2, and 5 were determined by degradation reactions followed by application of Kishi's method for the assignment of absolute configuration of alcohols. Biological screening of cycloperoxides 1-5 and semisynthetic analogues 7-12 for cytotoxic activity against various human tumor cell lines revealed that compounds 3, 4, and 11 are very active. Upon assaying for antimalarial and antitubercular activity, some of the compounds tested showed strong activity against the pathogenic microbes Plasmodium falciparum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: (787)-764-0000 Ext. 4799, Fax: (787)-756-8242.
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Chianese G, Yerbanga SR, Lucantoni L, Habluetzel A, Basilico N, Taramelli D, Fattorusso E, Taglialatela-Scafati O. Antiplasmodial triterpenoids from the fruits of neem, Azadirachta indica. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2010; 73:1448-52. [PMID: 20669933 DOI: 10.1021/np100325q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Eight known and two new triterpenoid derivatives, neemfruitins A (9) and B (10), have been isolated from the fruits of neem, Azadirachta indica, a traditional antimalarial plant used by Asian and African populations. In vitro antiplasmodial tests evidenced a significant activity of the known gedunin and azadirone and the new neemfruitin A and provided useful information about the structure-antimalarial activity relationships in the limonoid class.
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- Giuseppina Chianese
- Dipartimento di Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via D. Montesano, 49, I-80131, Napoli, Italy
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Fattorusso C, Persico M, Calcinai B, Cerrano C, Parapini S, Taramelli D, Novellino E, Romano A, Scala F, Fattorusso E, Taglialatela-Scafati O. Manadoperoxides A-D from the Indonesian sponge Plakortis cfr. simplex. Further insights on the structure-activity relationships of simple 1,2-dioxane antimalarials. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2010; 73:1138-1145. [PMID: 20521782 DOI: 10.1021/np100196b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The new endoperoxyketal polyketides manadoperoxides A-D (2-5) have been isolated from the Indonesian sponge Plakortis cfr. simplex and their stereostructures established by means of spectroscopic data and semisynthetic transformations. Manadoperoxides were assayed in vitro against D10 and W2 strains of Plasmodium falciparum and showed moderate antimalarial activity compared to that of plakortin (1) and peroxyplakoric B(3) ester (9), the latter differing from manadoperoxide B only by minor structural details. This unexpected difference in the antimalarial activity has been rationalized on the basis of our recently published model for the interaction of 1,2-dioxanes with heme and production of C-centered radicals toxic to the parasite. For the manadoperoxides, either the endoperoxide linkage is inaccessible to the heme iron or the O1 radical cannot evolve to produce a C-centered radical.
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- Caterina Fattorusso
- Dipartimento di Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Universita di Napoli "Federico II", Via D. Montesano, 49, I-80131, Napoli, Italy
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