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Goher SS, Abdrabo WS, Veerakanellore GB, Elgendy B. 2,5-Diketopiperazines (DKPs): Promising Scaffolds for Anticancer Agents. Curr Pharm Des 2024; 30:597-623. [PMID: 38343054 DOI: 10.2174/0113816128291798240201112916] [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: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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2,5-Diketopiperazine (2,5-DKP) derivatives represent a family of secondary metabolites widely produced by bacteria, fungi, plants, animals, and marine organisms. Many natural products with DKP scaffolds exhibited various pharmacological activities such as antiviral, antifungal, antibacterial, and antitumor. 2,5-DKPs are recognized as privileged structures in medicinal chemistry, and compounds that incorporate the 2,5-DKP scaffold have been extensively investigated for their anticancer properties. This review is a thorough update on the anti-cancer activity of natural and synthesized 2,5-DKPs from 1997 to 2022. We have explored various aspects of 2,5-DKPs modifications and summarized their structure-activity relationships (SARs) to gain insight into their anticancer activities. We have also highlighted the novel approaches to enhance the specificity and pharmacokinetics of 2,5-DKP-based anticancer agents.
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- Shaimaa S Goher
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha 13518, Egypt
- Nanotechnology Research Centre (NTRC), The British University in Egypt (BUE), Suez Desert Road, El Sherouk City, Cairo 1183, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha 13518, Egypt
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- Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine and University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha 13518, Egypt
- Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine and University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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Großkopf J, Plaza M, Kutta RJ, Nuernberger P, Bach T. Creating a Defined Chirality in Amino Acids and Cyclic Dipeptides by Photochemical Deracemization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202313606. [PMID: 37793026 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202313606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 09/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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2,5-Diketopiperazines are cyclic dipeptides displaying a wide range of applications. Their enantioselective preparation has now been found possible from the respective racemates by a photochemical deracemization (53 examples, 74 % to quantitative yield, 71-99 % ee). A chiral benzophenone catalyst in concert with irradiation at λ=366 nm enables to establish the configuration at the stereogenic carbon atom C6 at will. If other stereogenic centers are present in the diketopiperazines they remain unaffected and a stereochemical editing is possible at a single position. Consecutive reactions, including the conversion into N-aryl or N-alkyl amino acids or the reduction to piperazines, occur without compromising the newly created stereogenic center. Transient absorption spectroscopy revealed that the benzophenone catalyst processes one enantiomer of the 2,5-diketopiperazines preferentially and enables a reversible hydrogen atom transfer that is responsible for the deracemization process. The remarkably long lifetime of the protonated ketyl radical implies a yet unprecedented mode of action.
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- Johannes Großkopf
- Department Chemie and Catalysis Research Center (CRC), School of Natural Sciences, Technische Universität München, D-85747, Garching, Germany
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- Department Chemie and Catalysis Research Center (CRC), School of Natural Sciences, Technische Universität München, D-85747, Garching, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department Chemie and Catalysis Research Center (CRC), School of Natural Sciences, Technische Universität München, D-85747, Garching, Germany
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Fang S, Bi S, Li Y, Tian S, Xu H, Fu L, Wang S, Tang Y, Qiu P. Design, synthesis and anti-tumor evaluation of plinabulin derivatives as potential agents targeting β-tubulin. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2023; 91:129370. [PMID: 37301522 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2023.129370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Plinabulin is a promising microtubule destabilizing agent in phase 3 clinical stage for treating non-small cell lung cancer. However, the high toxicity and the poor water solubility of plinabulin limited its use and more plinabulin derivatives need to be explored. Here, two series of 29 plinabulin derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their anti-tumor effect against three types of cancer cell lines. Most of derivatives exerted obvious inhibition to the proliferation of the cell lines tested. Among them, compound 11c exerted stronger efficiency than plinabulin, and the reason might be the additional hydrogen bond between the nitrogen atom of the indole ring in compound 11c and Gln134 of β-tubulin. Immunofluorescence assay showed that compound 11c at 10 nM significantly disrupted tubulin structure. Compound 11c also significantly induced G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in dose dependent manner. These results suggest that compound 11c might be a potential candidate for cancer treatment as antimicrotubule agent.
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- Shiyuan Fang
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology Qingdao 266237, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China; Center for Innovation Marine Drug Screening &Evaluation, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China
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Hemipiperazines as peptide-derived molecular photoswitches with low-nanomolar cytotoxicity. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6066. [PMID: 36241620 PMCID: PMC9568564 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33750-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Molecular photoswitches transform light energy into reversible structural changes. Their combination with known pharmacophores often allows for photomodulation of the biological activity. The effort to apply such compounds in photopharmacology as light-activated pro-drugs is, however, hampered by serious activity reduction upon pharmacophore modifications, or limited biostability. Here we report that a potent antimitotic agent plinabulin and its derivatives demonstrate up to 56-fold reversible activity photomodulation. Alternatively, irreversible photoactivation with cyan light can enhance the cytotoxicity up to three orders of magnitude-all without compromising the original activity level, as the original pharmacophore structure is unchanged. This occurs due to the presence of a peptide-derived photoswitchable motif hemipiperazine inside the plinabulin scaffold. Furthermore, we systematically describe photochromism of these thermally stable and biocompatible hemipiperazines, as well as a photoswitchable fluorophore derived from plinabulin. The latter may further expand the applicability of hemipiperazine photochromism towards super-resolution microscopy.
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García-Domínguez P, Areal A, Alvarez R, de Lera AR. Chemical synthesis in competition with global genome mining and heterologous expression for the preparation of dimeric tryptophan-derived 2,5-dioxopiperazines. Nat Prod Rep 2022; 39:1172-1225. [PMID: 35470828 DOI: 10.1039/d2np00006g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Covering: up to the end of 2021Within the 2,5-dioxopiperazines-containing natural products, those generated from tryptophan allow further structural diversification due to the rich chemical reactivity of the indole heterocycle. The great variety of natural products, ranging from simple dimeric bispyrrolidinoindoline dioxopiperazines and tryptophan-derived dioxopiperazine/pyrrolidinoindoline dioxopiperazine analogs to complex polycyclic downstream metabolites containing transannular connections between the subunits, will be covered. These natural products are constructed by Nature using hybrid polyketide synthase (PKS) and nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) assembly lines. Mining of microbial genome sequences has more recently allowed the study of the metabolic routes and the discovery of their hidden biosynthetic potential. The competition (ideally, also the combined efforts) between their isolation from the cultures of the producing microorganisms after global genome mining and heterologous expression and the synthetic campaigns, has more recently allowed the successful generation and structural confirmation of these natural products. Their biological activities as well as their proposed biogenetic routes and computational studies on biogenesis will also be covered.
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- CINBIO and Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain.
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Ye W, Li S, Liu S, Kong Y, Zhang W, Liu S, Liu T, Zhang W. Characterization of novel gliotoxin biosynthesis-related genes from deep-sea-derived fungus Geosmithia pallida FS140. Biochimie 2021; 191:1-10. [PMID: 34364944 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 07/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Gliotoxins are epipolythiodioxopiperazine toxins produced by the filamentous fungi, which show great potential in the treatment of liver and lung cancer because of its cytotoxicity. In this study, three novel genes related to gliotoxin biosynthesis, gliT, gliM and gliK encoding thioredoxin reductase, O-methyltransferase and gamma-glutamyl cyclotransferase, respectively, from the deep-sea-derived fungus Geosmithia pallida were cloned from G. pallida and expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant GliT, GliM and GliK proteins were expressed and purified by Ni affinity column, which was demonstrated by SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis. The inclusion bodies of GliT were renatured and the corresponding enzymatic properties of the two enzymes were further investigated. Using DTNB as a substrate, GliT showed the highest enzymatic activity of 11041 mU/L at pH 7.0, and the optimal reaction temperature was 40 °C. Using EGCG as a substrate, GliM showed the highest enzymatic activity of 239.19 mU/mg at pH 7.0, the optimum temperature was 35 °C. GliK from G. pallida was firstly reported to show bi-function of glutymal cyclotransferase and acetyltransfearse actvity with highest enzymatic activity of 615.5 U/mg in this study. The results suggested the important enzymatic function of GliT, GliM and GliK in the gliotoxin biosynthesis in G. pallida, which would lay a foundation for the mechanism elucidation of the gliotoxin biosynthesis in G. pallida and the exploitation of novel gliotoxin derivaties.
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- Wei Ye
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China.
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Karcher J, Kirchner S, Leistner AL, Hald C, Geng P, Bantle T, Gödtel P, Pfeifer J, Pianowski ZL. Selective release of a potent anticancer agent from a supramolecular hydrogel using green light. RSC Adv 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ra08893e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Selective green-light triggered release of an anticancer agent under physiological conditions from a supramolecular hydrogel.
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- Johannes Karcher
- Institut für Organische Chemie
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
- 76131 Karlsruhe
- Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
- 76131 Karlsruhe
- Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
- 76131 Karlsruhe
- Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
- 76131 Karlsruhe
- Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
- 76131 Karlsruhe
- Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
- 76131 Karlsruhe
- Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
- 76131 Karlsruhe
- Germany
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- Institut für Funktionelle Grenzflächen IFG
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
- Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie
- Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
- 76131 Karlsruhe
- Germany
- Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems – FMS
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Ding Z, Li F, Zhong C, Li F, Liu Y, Wang S, Zhao J, Li W. Structure-based design and synthesis of novel furan-diketopiperazine-type derivatives as potent microtubule inhibitors for treating cancer. Bioorg Med Chem 2020; 28:115435. [PMID: 32278711 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Plinabulin, a synthetic analog of the marine natural product "diketopiperazine phenylahistin," displayed depolymerization effects on microtubules and targeted the colchicine site, which has been moved into phase III clinical trials for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and the prevention of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN). To develop more potent anti-microtubule and cytotoxic derivatives, the co-crystal complexes of plinabulin derivatives were summarized and analyzed. We performed further modifications of the tert-butyl moiety or C-ring of imidazole-type derivatives to build a library of molecules through the introduction of different groups for novel skeletons. Our structure-activity relationship study indicated that compounds 17o (IC50 = 14.0 nM, NCI-H460) and 17p (IC50 = 2.9 nM, NCI-H460) with furan groups exhibited potent cytotoxic activities at the nanomolar level against various human cancer cell lines. In particular, the 5-methyl or methoxymethyl substituent of furan group could replace the alkyl group of imidazole at the 5-position to maintain cytotoxic activity, contradicting previous reports that the tert-butyl moiety at the 5-position of imidazole was essential for the activity of such compounds. Immunofluorescence assay indicated that compounds 17o and 17p could efficiently inhibit microtubule polymerization. Overall, the novel furan-diketopiperazine-type derivatives could be considered as a potential scaffold for the development of anti-cancer drugs.
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- Zhongpeng Ding
- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Shandong Peninsula Engineering Research Center of Comprehensive Brine Utilization, Weifang University of Science and Technology, Weifang 262700, Shandong, China
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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- Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao, Qingdao 266071, China
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao, Qingdao 266071, China
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China; Innovation Center for Marine Drug Screening and Evaluation, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, China; Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao, Qingdao 266071, China.
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Huang ZL, Ye W, Zhu MZ, Kong YL, Li SN, Liu S, Zhang WM. Interaction of a Novel Zn2Cys6 Transcription Factor DcGliZ with Promoters in the Gliotoxin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster of the Deep-Sea-Derived Fungus Dichotomomyces cejpii. Biomolecules 2019; 10:E56. [PMID: 31905743 PMCID: PMC7022936 DOI: 10.3390/biom10010056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2019] [Revised: 12/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Gliotoxin is an important epipolythiodioxopiperazine, which was biosynthesized by the gli gene cluster in Aspergillus genus. However, the regulatory mechanism of gliotoxin biosynthesis remains unclear. In this study, a novel Zn2Cys6 transcription factor DcGliZ that is responsible for the regulation of gliotoxin biosynthesis from the deep-sea-derived fungus Dichotomomyces cejpii was identified. DcGliZ was expressed in Escherichia coli and effectively purified from inclusion bodies by refolding. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assay, we demonstrated that purified DcGliZ can bind to gliG, gliM, and gliN promoter regions in the gli cluster. Furthermore, the binding kinetics and affinity of DcGliZ protein with different promoters were measured by surface plasmon resonance assays, and the results demonstrated the significant interaction of DcGliZ with the gliG, gliM, and gliN promoters. These new findings would lay the foundation for the elucidation of future gliotoxin biosynthetic regulation mechanisms in D. cejpii.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China; (Z.-L.H.); (M.-Z.Z.); (Y.-L.K.); (S.-N.L.); (S.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China; (Z.-L.H.); (M.-Z.Z.); (Y.-L.K.); (S.-N.L.); (S.L.)
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Han W, Song L, Wang Y, Lv Y, Chen X, Zhao X. Preparation, Characterization, and Inhibition of Hyaluronic Acid Oligosaccharides in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Biomolecules 2019; 9:E436. [PMID: 31480599 PMCID: PMC6770828 DOI: 10.3390/biom9090436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Revised: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Hyaluronic acid (hyaluronan, HA) is a critical component of the extracellular matrix and plays an important biological function of interacting with different molecules and receptors. In this study, both odd- and even-numbered HA oligosaccharides (HAOs) with specific degrees of polymerization (DP) were prepared by different hydrochloric acid hydrolyses, and their structures were characterized by means of HPLC, ESI-MS, and NMR. The data show that the odd-numbered HAOs (DP3-11) have a glucuronic acid reducing end, while the even-numbered HAOs (DP2-10) have an N-acetylglucosamine reducing end. Biological evaluations indicated that all HAOs significantly inhibited the growth and migration of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) MDA-MB-231 cells. Among these oligosaccharides, the HA tetrasaccharide (DP4) was confirmed to be the minimum fragment necessary to inhibit MDA-MB-231 cells. Our data suggest that HAOs have potential value in the treatment of TNBC.
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- Wenwei Han
- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
- Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao, Qingdao 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Glycoscience and Glycoengineering, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts of Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China.
- Marine Biomedical Research Institute of Qingdao, Qingdao 266071, China.
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Gamage CDB, Park SY, Yang Y, Zhou R, Taş İ, Bae WK, Kim KK, Shim JH, Kim E, Yoon G, Kim H. Deoxypodophyllotoxin Exerts Anti-Cancer Effects on Colorectal Cancer Cells Through Induction of Apoptosis and Suppression of Tumorigenesis. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E2612. [PMID: 31141929 PMCID: PMC6601030 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20112612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Deoxypodophyllotoxin (DPT) is a cyclolignan compound that exerts anti-cancer effects against various types of cancers. DPT induces apoptosis and inhibits the growth of breast, brain, prostate, gastric, lung, and cervical tumors. In this study, we sought to determine the effect of DPT on cell proliferation, apoptosis, motility, and tumorigenesis of three colorectal cancer (CRC) cell lines: HT29, DLD1, and Caco2. DPT inhibited the proliferation of these cells. Specifically, the compound-induced mitotic arrest in CRC cells by destabilizing microtubules and activating the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway via regulation of B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) family proteins (increasing Bcl-2 associated X (BAX) and decreasing B-cell lymphoma-extra-large (Bcl-xL)) ultimately led to caspase-mediated apoptosis. In addition, DPT inhibited tumorigenesis in vitro, and in vivo skin xenograft experiments revealed that DPT significantly decreased tumor size and tumor weight. Taken together, our results suggest DPT to be a potent compound that is suitable for further exploration as a novel chemotherapeutic for human CRC.
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- Chathurika D B Gamage
- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Life and Pharmaeutical Sciences, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Sunchon, Jeonnam 57922, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Life and Pharmaeutical Sciences, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Sunchon, Jeonnam 57922, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Life and Pharmaeutical Sciences, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Sunchon, Jeonnam 57922, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Life and Pharmaeutical Sciences, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Sunchon, Jeonnam 57922, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Life and Pharmaeutical Sciences, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Sunchon, Jeonnam 57922, Korea.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, 160 Baekseo-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61469, Korea.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chonnam National University Medical School, 160 Baekseo-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61469, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy and Natural Medicine Research Institute, Mokpo National University, 1666 Yeongsan-ro, muan, Jeonnam 58554, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, 309 Philmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61452, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy and Natural Medicine Research Institute, Mokpo National University, 1666 Yeongsan-ro, muan, Jeonnam 58554, Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Life and Pharmaeutical Sciences, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Sunchon, Jeonnam 57922, Korea.
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Barani M, Nematollahi MH, Zaboli M, Mirzaei M, Torkzadeh-Mahani M, Pardakhty A, Karam GA. In silico and in vitro study of magnetic niosomes for gene delivery: The effect of ergosterol and cholesterol. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2018; 94:234-246. [PMID: 30423705 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2018.09.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2018] [Revised: 07/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
A low transfection efficiency and failure to deliver therapeutic genes to target organs limit the use of vesicular systems in gene therapy. In this study, magnetic niosomes were used to improve transfection efficiency and overcome limitations. In this light, Tween 60 and Span 60 molecules were employed as the bilayer component and ergosterol and/or cholesterol as membrane-stabilizing agents. We studied the structural and dynamical properties of cholesterol-containing niosomes (ST60/Chol) and ergosterol-containing vesicles (ST60/Ergo) using the molecular dynamics (MD) simulation technique. In in vitro experiments, the protamine-condensed DNA along with magnetic nanoparticles were prepared and incorporated into the niosome to form magnetic niosome-entrapped protamine-condensed DNA (M-NPD). The MD simulation comparison of two bilayers showed that the ST60/Ergo vesicles have better properties for gene delivery. Our in vitro results confirmed the in silico results and revealed that Ergo-niosomes have smaller size, better polydispersity, and slower release of plasmid than Chol-niosome. Moreover, M-NPD-Ergo showed higher cellular uptake and gene expresssion in HEK-293T cell line compared to M-NPD-Chol vesicles.
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- Mahmood Barani
- Department of Chemistry, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of chemistry, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran.
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- Pharmaceutics Research Center, Neuropharmacology Institute, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Ye W, Zhang W, Liu T, Huang Z, Zhu M, Chen Y, Li H, Li S. De Novo Transcriptome Sequencing of the Deep-Sea-Derived Fungus Dichotomomyces cejpii and Analysis of Gliotoxin Biosynthesis Genes. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:E1910. [PMID: 29966253 PMCID: PMC6073683 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19071910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Revised: 06/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Gliotoxin, produced by fungi, is an epipolythiodioxopiperazine (ETP) toxin with bioactivities such as anti-liver fibrosis, antitumor, antifungus, antivirus, antioxidation, and immunoregulation. Recently, cytotoxic gliotoxins were isolated from a deep-sea-derived fungus, Dichotomomyces cejpii. However, the biosynthetic pathway for gliotoxins in D. cejpii remains unclear. In this study, the transcriptome of D. cejpii was sequenced using an Illumina Hiseq 2000. A total of 19,125 unigenes for D. cejpii were obtained from 9.73 GB of clean reads. Ten genes related to gliotoxin biosynthesis were annotated. The expression levels of gliotoxin-related genes were detected through quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The GliG gene, encoding a glutathione S-transferase (DC-GST); GliI, encoding an aminotransferase (DC-AI); and GliO, encoding an aldehyde reductase (DC-AR), were cloned and expressed, purified, and characterized. The results suggested the important roles of DC-GST, DC-AT, and DC-AR in the biosynthesis of gliotoxins. Our study on the genes related to gliotoxin biosynthesis establishes a molecular foundation for the wider application of gliotoxins from D. cejpii in the biomedical industry in the future.
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- Wei Ye
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, 100 Central Xianlie Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, 100 Central Xianlie Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, 100 Central Xianlie Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, 100 Central Xianlie Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, 100 Central Xianlie Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, 100 Central Xianlie Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, 100 Central Xianlie Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, 100 Central Xianlie Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510070, China.
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Eurotiumins A⁻E, Five New Alkaloids from the Marine-Derived Fungus Eurotium sp. SCSIO F452. Mar Drugs 2018; 16:md16040136. [PMID: 29690501 PMCID: PMC5923423 DOI: 10.3390/md16040136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2018] [Revised: 04/14/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Three new prenylated indole 2,5-diketopiperazine alkaloids (1–3) with nine known ones (5–13), one new indole alkaloid (4), and one new bis-benzyl pyrimidine derivative (14) were isolated and characterized from the marine-derived fungus Eurotium sp. SCSIO F452. 1 and 2, occurring as a pair of diastereomers, both presented a hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole skeleton. Their chemical structures, including absolute configurations, were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR, HRESIMS, quantum chemical calculations of electronic circular dichroism, and single crystal X-ray diffraction experiments. Most isolated compounds were screened for antioxidative potency. Compounds 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 12 showed significant radical scavenging activities against DPPH with IC50 values of 13, 19, 4, 3, 24, 13, and 18 µM, respectively. Five new compounds were evaluated for cytotoxic activities.
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