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Chin WC, Zhou YZ, Wang HY, Feng YT, Yang RY, Huang ZF, Yang YL. Bacterial polyynes uncovered: a journey through their bioactive properties, biosynthetic mechanisms, and sustainable production strategies. Nat Prod Rep 2024. [PMID: 38284321 DOI: 10.1039/d3np00059a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
Abstract
Covering: up to 2023Conjugated polyynes are natural compounds characterized by alternating single and triple carbon-carbon bonds, endowing them with distinct physicochemical traits and a range of biological activities. While traditionally sourced mainly from plants, recent investigations have revealed many compounds originating from bacterial strains. This review synthesizes current research on bacterial-derived conjugated polyynes, delving into their biosynthetic routes, underscoring the variety in their molecular structures, and examining their potential applications in biotechnology. Additionally, we outline future directions for metabolic and protein engineering to establish more robust and stable platforms for their production.
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- Wei-Chih Chin
- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Wood Based Materials and Design, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan, Taiwan
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Hale EA, Ryan HM, McOsker AM, Funk CM, Green LC, Mazur LE, Uthappa DM, Flood BM, Young DD, Hinkle RJ. Effects of Structural Variations on Antibacterial Properties for Conjugated Diynes Generated through Glaser Hay Couplings. ChemMedChem 2022; 17:e202200455. [PMID: 36194525 PMCID: PMC10092682 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202200455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem facing global societies today. Many new antibiotics are derivatized versions of already existing antibiotics, which allows for antibiotic resistance to arise. To combat this issue, new antibiotics with different core structures need to be elucidated. Asymmetrical polyacetylenes have been isolated from natural products and they have previously been demonstrated to exhibit antimicrobial and antibacterial activity; however, their synthetic preparation has not made them easily amenable to rapid derivatization for SAR studies. Using a combination of solution and solid-supported chemistries, an array of diynes inspired by a known natural product were prepared and assessed for antibacterial activity. Ultimately, several compounds were identified with improved activity in bacterial viability assays. Moreover, some compounds were discovered that displayed a degree of specificity for E. coli over P. fluorescens and vice versa. These new compounds show promise, and further investigation is needed to pinpoint the specific structural components that elicit biological activity.
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- Emma A. Hale
- Department of ChemistryWilliam & MaryPO Box 8795Williamsburg, VA23187USA
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- Department of ChemistryWilliam & MaryPO Box 8795Williamsburg, VA23187USA
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- Department of ChemistryWilliam & MaryPO Box 8795Williamsburg, VA23187USA
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- Department of ChemistryWilliam & MaryPO Box 8795Williamsburg, VA23187USA
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- Department of ChemistryWilliam & MaryPO Box 8795Williamsburg, VA23187USA
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- Department of ChemistryWilliam & MaryPO Box 8795Williamsburg, VA23187USA
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- Department of ChemistryWilliam & MaryPO Box 8795Williamsburg, VA23187USA
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- Department of ChemistryWilliam & MaryPO Box 8795Williamsburg, VA23187USA
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- Department of ChemistryWilliam & MaryPO Box 8795Williamsburg, VA23187USA
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Wang CZ, Luo Y, Huang WH, Zeng J, Zhang CF, Lager M, Du W, Xu M, Yuan CS. Falcarindiol and dichloromethane fraction are bioactive components in Oplopanax elatus: Colorectal cancer chemoprevention via induction of apoptosis and G2/M cell cycle arrest mediated by cyclin A upregulation. J Appl Biomed 2021; 19:113-124. [PMID: 34754259 DOI: 10.32725/jab.2021.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Oplopanax elatus (Nakai) Nakai has a long history of use as an ethnomedicine by the people living in eastern Asia. However, its bioactive constituents and cancer chemopreventive mechanisms are largely unknown. The aim of this study was to prepare O. elatus extracts, fractions, and single compounds and to investigate the herb's antiproliferative effects on colon cancer cells and the involved mechanisms of action. Two polyyne compounds were isolated from O. elatus, falcarindiol and oplopandiol. Based on our HPLC analysis, falcarindiol and oplopandiol are major constituents in the dichloromethane (CH2Cl2) fraction. For the HCT-116 cell line, the dichloromethane fraction showed significant effects. Furthermore, the IC50 for falcarindiol and oplopandiol was 1.7 μM and 15.5 μM, respectively. In the mechanistic study, after treatment with 5 μg/ml for 48 h, dichloromethane fraction induced cancer cell apoptosis by 36.5% (p < 0.01% vs. control of 3.9%). Under the same treatment condition, dichloromethane fraction caused cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase by 32.6% (p < 0.01% vs. control of 23.4%), supported by upregulation of key cell cycle regulator cyclin A to 21.6% (p < 0.01% vs. control of 8.6%). Similar trends were observed by using cell line HT-29. Data from this study filled the gap between phytochemical components and the cancer chemoprevention of O. elatus. The dichloromethane fraction is a bioactive fraction, and falcarindiol is identified as an active constituent. The mechanisms involved in cancer chemoprevention by O. elatus were apoptosis induction and G2/M cell cycle arrest mediated by a key cell cycle regulator cyclin A.
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- Chong-Zhi Wang
- Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, P.R. China.,University of Chicago, Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, and Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, P.R. China.,University of Chicago, Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, and Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- University of Chicago, Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, and Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- University of Chicago, Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, and Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- University of Chicago, Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, and Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- University of Chicago, Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, and Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- University of Chicago, Ben May Department for Cancer Research, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- University of Chicago, Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- University of Chicago, Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, and Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Chicago, Illinois, USA.,University of Chicago, Committee on Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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He W, Du Y, Wang T, Wang J, Cheng L, Li X. Dimeric Artesunate-Phosphatidylcholine-Based Liposomes for Irinotecan Delivery as a Combination Therapy Approach. Mol Pharm 2021; 18:3862-3870. [PMID: 34470216 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In this work, dimeric artesunate-phosphatidylcholine conjugate (dARTPC)-based liposomes encapsulated with irinotecan (Ir) were developed for anticancer combination therapy. First, dARTPC featured with unique amphipathic properties formed liposomes by classical thin-film methods. After that, Ir was encapsulated into dARTPC-based liposomes (Ir/dARTPC-LP) by the triethylammonium sucrose octasulfate gradient method. Physicochemical characterization indicated that Ir/dARTPC-LP had a mean size of around 140 nm and a negative ζ potential of approximately -30 mV. Most noticeably, liposomes displayed an encapsulation efficiency of greater than 98% with a controllable drug loading of 4-22%. The in vitro release of dihydroartemisinin (DHA) and Ir from Ir/dARTPC-LP was investigated by dialysis in different media. It was found that effective release of both DHA (65.42%) and Ir (77.28%) in a weakly acidic medium (pH 5.0) after 48 h was achieved in comparison to very slow release under a neutral environment (DHA 9.90% and Ir 8.72%), indicating the controllable release of both drugs. Confocal laser scanning microscopy confirmed the improved cellular internalization of Ir/dARTPC-LP. The cytotoxicity of Ir/dARTPC-LP was evaluated in the MCF-7, A549, and HepG2 cell lines. The results showed that Ir/dARTPC-LP had significant synergistic efficacy in the loss of cell growth. In vivo anticancer evaluation was performed using a 4T1 xenograft tumor model. Ir/dARTPC-LP had a high tumor inhibition rate of 62.7% without significant toxicity in comparison with the injection of Ir solution. Taken together, dARTPC encapsulated with Ir has great potential for anticancer combination therapy.
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- Wei He
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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Han Y, Cheng D, Hao M, Yan J, Ruan J, Han L, Zhang Y, Wang T. The phenolic acids from Oplopanax elatus Nakai stems and their potential photo-damage prevention activity. J Nat Med 2021; 76:39-48. [PMID: 34345982 DOI: 10.1007/s11418-021-01546-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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25 phenolic acids, including four new isolates, eurylophenosides A-D (1-4) and 21 known ones (5-25) were isolated and identified from the stems of Oplopanax elatus Nakai. Among the known compounds 5-9, 11-13, 16, 18-25 were isolated from the genus for the first time; 17 was first obtained from the plant; and the NMR data of 22 was reported here first. Meanwhile, the UVB-induced photodamage model of HaCaT cells was used to study the prevent-photodamage abilities of compounds 1-2, 4-8, 11-13 and 15-25 with a nontoxic concentration at 50 μM. Moreover, a dose-dependent experiment was conducted for active compounds at the concentration of 10, 25, and 50 µM, respectively. Consequently, pretreatment with compounds 1, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24 and 25 could suppress the cell viability decreasing induced by UVB irradiation in a concentration-dependent manner. These results indicated that phenolic acids were one kind of material basis with prevent-photodamage activity of O. elatus.
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- Yu Han
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of TCM Chemistry and Analysis, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, West Area, Tuanbo New Town, Jinghai District, Tianjin, 301617, China.,Institute of TCM, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, West Area, Tuanbo New Town, Jinghai District, Tianjin, 301617, China
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- Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, 20 Yuhuangding East Road, Zhifu District, Yantai, 264000, Shandong, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of TCM Chemistry and Analysis, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, West Area, Tuanbo New Town, Jinghai District, Tianjin, 301617, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of TCM Chemistry and Analysis, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, West Area, Tuanbo New Town, Jinghai District, Tianjin, 301617, China
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- Institute of TCM, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, West Area, Tuanbo New Town, Jinghai District, Tianjin, 301617, China
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- Institute of TCM, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, West Area, Tuanbo New Town, Jinghai District, Tianjin, 301617, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of TCM Chemistry and Analysis, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, West Area, Tuanbo New Town, Jinghai District, Tianjin, 301617, China. .,Institute of TCM, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, West Area, Tuanbo New Town, Jinghai District, Tianjin, 301617, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of TCM Chemistry and Analysis, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, West Area, Tuanbo New Town, Jinghai District, Tianjin, 301617, China. .,Institute of TCM, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 Poyanghu Road, West Area, Tuanbo New Town, Jinghai District, Tianjin, 301617, China.
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He W, Du Y, Wang T, Wang J, Cheng L, Li X. Redox responsive 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin (SN38) lysophospholipid conjugate: synthesis, assembly and anticancer evaluation. Int J Pharm 2021; 606:120856. [PMID: 34229071 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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7-Ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin (SN38), a potent camptothecin derivative specifically targeting DNA topoisomerase I cleavage complexes, has shown great potential in the treatment of solid tumors. Because of its poor solubility and chemical and metabolic stability, the clinical application of SN38 is highly limited. To address these problems, a novel redox-responsive SN38 conjugate based liposomal formulation is developed in this report. First, SN38 was conjugated with lysophospholipid by using a cleavable disulfide bond linker. After that, the conjugate (SN38-SS-PC) was assembled into liposomes by thin film method. Dynamic lightscattering(DLS) characterization indicated that SN38-SS-PC liposomes possessed a narrow size distribution (172.8 ± 10.5 nm) and negative charged zeta potential (-8.9 ± 0.3 mV). The results of storage and physiological stabilities showed that SN38-SS-PC liposomes was stable under different conditions. More importantly, a reduction responsive release of parent drug SN38 was observed in the medium containing glutathione (GSH). In addition, SN38-SS-PC liposomes had a much more rapid cellular uptake behavior against cancer cells. The enhanced anti-cancer efficacy of SN38-SS-PC liposomes was further demonstrated by in vitro cytotoxicity assay against MCF-7 and A549 cells. Under in vivo evaluation in 4 T1 xenograft tumor model, SN38-SS-PC liposomes were observed to have lower systemic toxicity and higher tumor inhibition rate of 53.3% compared with the commercialized SN38 prodrug Irinotecan (Ir). In summary, SN38-SS-PC liposomes could be a promising redox responsive delivery system of SN38 for cancer therapy.
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- Wei He
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, PR China.
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Wang J, Shao L, Rao T, Zhang W, Huang WH. Chemo-Preventive Potential of Falcarindiol-Enriched Fraction from Oplopanax elatus on Colorectal Cancer Interfered by Human Gut Microbiota. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE 2019; 47:1381-1404. [PMID: 31488036 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x1950071x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Oplopanax elatus (Nakai) Nakai is an oriental herb, the polyyne-enriched fraction of which (PEFO) showed anticolorectal cancer (anti-CRC) effects. Other concomitant components, which are inevitably bio-transformed by gut microbiota after oral administration, might be interfere with the pharmacodynamics of polyynes. However, the influence of human gut microbiota on molecules from O. elatus possessing anticancer activity are yet unknown. In this study, the compounds in PEFO and PEFO incubated with human gut microbiota were analyzed and tentatively identified by HPLC-DAD-QTOF-MS. Two main polyynes ((3[Formula: see text]8[Formula: see text]-falcarindiol and oplopandiol) were not significantly decomposed, but some new unknown molecules were discovered during incubation. However, the antiproliferative effects of PEFO incubated with human gut microbiota for 72 h (PEFO I) were much lower than that of PEFO on HCT-116, SW-480, and HT-29 cells. Furthermore, PEFO possessed better anti-CRC activity in vivo, and significantly induced apoptosis of the CRC cells, which was associated with activation of caspase-3 according to the Western-blot results ([Formula: see text]). These results suggest anticolorectal cancer activity of polyynes might be antagonized by some bio-converted metabolites after incubation with human gut microbiota. Therefore, it might be better for CRC prevention if the polyynes could be orally administrated as purified compounds.
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- Jin Wang
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 110, Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, P. R. China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 110, Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, P. R. China
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, 300, Xueshi Road, Changsha 410128, P. R. China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 110, Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, P. R. China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 110, Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, P. R. China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 110, Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, P. R. China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 110, Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, P. R. China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 110, Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, P. R. China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 110, Xiangya Road, Changsha 410008, P. R. China
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