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Li J, Zhao Z, You D, Xie Y, Feng Y, Li X, Cui Z, Fuai L. Hemiprotonic ph-ph + with two targets inhibits metastatic breast cancer and concurrent candidiasis. Biochem Pharmacol 2024; 226:116394. [PMID: 38942090 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2024.116394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2024] [Revised: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/30/2024]
Abstract
Concurrent infection in breast cancer patients is the direct cause of the high mortality rate of the disease. However, there is no available method to increase the survival rate until now. To address the problem, we propose one drug with two target strategy to treat the refractory disease. A small chemical, ph-ph+, was attempted to be used in the study to explore the feasibility of the approach in anticancer and antifungus at the same time. The results showed that ph-ph+ could prevent the proliferation and metastasis of breast cancer cells, and kill C. albicans simultaneously. The molecular mechanism was associated with the activation of an evolutionarily conserved protease CLpP in the cancer and C. albicans cells. Also, the signaling pathway mediated by PLAGL2 that highly expressed in cancer cells participated in preventing cell metastasis and inducing apoptosis of ph-ph+. The one drug with dual targets inhibited the growth and metastasis of the cancer cells, and meanwhile eliminated C. albicans in tissues in the experimental animals. The results suggested that ph-ph+ with dual targets of CLpP and PLAGL2 would be a feasible approach to prolong the survival rate in patients with metastatic breast cancer and pathogenic infection.
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- Jingli Li
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, China.
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Vergoten G, Bailly C. Interaction of Norsecurinine-Type Oligomeric Alkaloids with α-Tubulin: A Molecular Docking Study. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:1269. [PMID: 38732484 PMCID: PMC11085049 DOI: 10.3390/plants13091269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2024] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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The medicinal plant Securinega virosa (Roxb ex. Willd) Baill., also known as Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle, is commonly used in traditional medicine in Africa and Asia for the management of diverse pathologies, such as parasite infections, diabetes, and gastrointestinal diseases. Numerous alkaloids have been isolated from the twigs and leaves of the plant, notably a variety of oligomeric indolizidine alkaloids derived from the monomers securinine and norsecurinine which both display anticancer properties. The recent discovery that securinine can bind to tubulin and inhibit microtubule assembly prompted us to investigate the potential binding of two series of alkaloids, fluevirosines A-H and fluevirosinine A-J, with the tubulin dimer by means of molecular modeling. These natural products are rare high-order alkaloids with tri-, tetra-, and pentameric norsecurinine motifs. Despite their large size (up to 2500 Å3), these alkaloids can bind easily to the large drug-binding cavity (about 4800 Å3) on α-tubulin facing the β-tubulin unit. The molecular docking analysis suggests that these hydrophobic macro-alkaloids can form stable complexes with α/β-tubulin. The tubulin-binding capacity varies depending on the alkaloid size and structure. Structure-binding relationships are discussed. The docking analysis identifies the trimer fluevirosine D, tetramer fluevirosinine D, and pentamer fluevirosinine H as the most interesting tubulin ligands in the series. This study is the first to propose a molecular target for these atypical oligomeric Securinega alkaloids.
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- Gérard Vergoten
- U1286—INFINITE, Lille Inflammation Research International Center, Institut de Chimie Pharmaceutique Albert Lespagnol (ICPAL), Faculté de Pharmacie, University of Lille, 3 rue du Professeur Laguesse, 59006 Lille, France
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- CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR9020-U1277-CANTHER—Cancer Heterogeneity Plasticity and Resistance to Therapies, OncoLille Institut, University of Lille, 59000 Lille, France
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Albert Lespagnol (ICPAL), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lille, 59006 Lille, France
- OncoWitan, Scientific Consulting Office, 59290 Lille, France
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Zhang ZM, Chen JM, Wang XX, Wang LY, Liu S, Wang J, Wang YN, Zhuang PY, Wang LL, Liu H. Bibenzyl and naphthalene derivatives from Dendrobium chrysanthum and their anti-hepatic-steatosis activities. Bioorg Chem 2024; 145:107236. [PMID: 38402796 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107236] [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: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 02/11/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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In this study, 16 new compounds, six bibenzyls (1-6) and 10 naphthalenes (7-13), including three pairs of naphthalene enantiomers and three known compounds (14-16), were isolated from Dendrobium chrysanthum. Structurally, compounds 1-5 are previously undescribed dimeric bibenzyls, uniquely linked by unusual carbon bonds. The structures of the compounds were determined using spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. The screening results indicated that 1, 2, and 5 showed remarkable lipid-lowering activities in FFA-induced HepG2 cells, with EC50 values ranging from 3.13 to 6.57 μM. Moreover, 1, 2, and 5 significantly decreased both the mRNA and protein levels of the target SREBP-1c, and 5 also reduced PPARα mRNA and protein levels. Therefore, 1, 2, and 5 are potential drugs against hepatic steatosis by targeting PPARα or SREBP-1c.
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- Zi-Mo Zhang
- School of Pharmacy, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei Province 063210, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei Province 063210, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei Province 063210, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210008, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei Province 063210, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210022, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei Province 063210, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210008, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210008, People's Republic of China.
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He YP, Xiang J, Shao XH, Feng C, Zhang Q, Wang YM, Zhang CX. New polyketides from the starfish-derived symbiotic fungus Penicillium sp. GGF16-1-2. JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH 2024:1-10. [PMID: 38334077 DOI: 10.1080/10286020.2024.2311140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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One new rare carbon-bridged citrinin dimer quinocitrindimer C (1) as a pair of epimers, two new polyketide penicilliodes D (3) and E (4) together with nine known citrinin derivatives, were isolated from the fermentation broth of starfish-derived symbiotic fungus Penicillium sp. GGF16-1-2. Their structures and configurations were elucidated by comprehensively spectroscopic data analysis and electronic circular dichroism calculations. Eleven citrinin derivatives were tested by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, and compound 2 played a significant antifungal activity against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides with LC50 value of 0.27 μg/ml.
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- Yu-Pei He
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Tree Research, Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Li X, Wu P, Wang W, Xue J, Li H, Tan H, Wei X. Anti-MRSA Dimeric and Brominated Phenyltetracenoids Produced by Streptomyces morookaense SC1169. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2023; 86:2571-2579. [PMID: 37947788 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Eleven new phenyltetracenoid polyketides, streptovertimycins U (1) and V (2), 14-bromo-streptovertidione (3), streptovertimycins W-Y (4-6), and streptovertimycins Z1-Z5 (7-11), together with the known congeners fasamycins R (12) and S (13) and accramycins A (14) and B (15), were isolated from the NaBr-supplemented rice-grown cultures of Streptomyces morookaense SC1169. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis, single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, and theoretical computations of ECD spectra. Compounds 1 and 2 are methylene-bridged dimers of accramycin A, and compounds 3 and 7-11 are brominated fasamycin congeners. Compounds 5 and 8-14 exhibited activity against the drug-resistant bacteria MRSA and VRE (MIC = 0.6-5.0 μg/mL), and the dimer 1 displayed activity against MRSA (MIC = 2.5 μg/mL). Compounds 6-15 showed cytotoxicity against the human carcinoma A549, HeLa, HepG2, and MCF-7 cells in the IC50 range between 1.7 and 9.2 μM.
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- Xiaoxia Li
- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
- School of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquanlu 19A, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
- School of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquanlu 19A, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China
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Xu Y, Wang D, Lv Q, Fu P, Wang Y, Zhu W. Phaeochromycins I-K, Three Methylene-Bridged Dimeric Polyketides from Streptomyces sp. 166. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:1542-1547. [PMID: 36643451 PMCID: PMC9835637 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c07038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Three new dimeric polyketides, i.e., phaeochromycins I-K (1-3, respectively) and a known polyketide phaeochromycin F (4), were isolated from the culture broth of a saline Qinghai-Tibet Plateau permafrost soil-derived Streptomyces sp. 166#. The structures were determined by analyzing one-dimensional and two-dimensional NMR as well as HRESIMS data. Compounds 2 and 3 exhibited a selective antiproliferative activity against H1299 and HUCCT1 cell lines, exhibiting IC50 values ranging from 8.83 to 10.52 μM.
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- Yibo Xu
- Key
Laboratory of Marine Drugs, 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, 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, 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, Ministry of Education of China, School
of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University
of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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Studio for Druggability Research of Marine Natural Products, Laboratory
for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, National
Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China
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- College
of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical
University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School
of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University
of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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Studio for Druggability Research of Marine Natural Products, Laboratory
for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts, National
Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China
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Lv LX, Wu Y, He HX, Li NP, Zhao W, Fan YQ, Wei X, Su JC, Wang Q, Gu JH. Acronyrones A-C, unusual prenylated acetophenones from Acronychia pedunculata. Fitoterapia 2022; 163:105303. [PMID: 36152926 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2022.105303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Two novel prenylated acetophenones with new carbon skeletons, acronyrones A and B (1 and 2), and a new analogue, acronyrone C (3), together with two known compounds (4 and 5) were isolated from the leaves of Acronychia pedunculata. Their structures with absolute configurations were identified by interpretation of spectroscopic data, single crystal X-ray diffraction, and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations. Compounds 1 and 2 represent the first example of prenylated acetophenones possessed a C7 (1) and a C6 (2) side chain, forming a 4-isobutylchroman-2-one unit and a 3-(2-methylpropylidene)benzofuran-2(3H)-one moiety with the acetophenone core, respectively. In addition, compound 4 exhibited significant dose-dependent transcriptional activation effect against retinoid X receptor-α (RXRα), and could be regarded as a new type of non-classical RXR ligand.
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- Li-Xia Lv
- Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmacy, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, People's Republic of China
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- Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Bioactive Natural Molecules and Innovative Drugs Research, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, People's Republic of China
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- Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, People's Republic of China
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- Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, 15 Yu Cai Road, Guilin 541004, China.
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- Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, People's Republic of China.
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- Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, People's Republic of China.
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Rare Carbon-Bridged Citrinin Dimers from the Starfish-Derived Symbiotic Fungus Penicillium sp. GGF16-1-2. Mar Drugs 2022; 20:md20070443. [PMID: 35877736 PMCID: PMC9317178 DOI: 10.3390/md20070443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Four novel, rare carbon-bridged citrinin dimers, namely dicitrinones G–J (1–4), and five known analogs (5–9) were isolated from the starfish-derived fungus Penicillium sp. GGF 16-1-2. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis and quantum chemical calculations. Compounds 1–9 exhibited strong antifungal activities against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides with LD50 values from 0.61 μg/mL to 16.14 μg/mL. Meanwhile, all compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxic activities against human pancreatic cancer BXPC-3 and PANC-1 cell lines; as a result, compound 1 showed more significant cytotoxicities than the positive control against both cell lines. In addition, based on the analyses of the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network and Western blot, 1 could induce apoptosis by activating caspase 3 proteins (CASP3).
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