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Gu T, Chen W, She J, Yang B, Tang L, Tao H, Huang J, Zhou X. Lipid metabolism regulatory activity and adverse effects of fungi-derived butyrolactone I. Nat Prod Res 2022; 37:1897-1901. [PMID: 36089911 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2022.2122966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
Abstract
Butyrolactone I (BTL-I), a butenolide compound isolated from land or marine-derived fungi, has been reported to show diverse activities. To further study the pharmaceutical potential of BTL-I, transcriptome and bioinformatics analysis of BTL-I treated HepG2 cells were taken. BTL-I was revealed with lipid metabolism regulatory activity and confirmed by increasing the mRNA expression of related genes, such as LXRα and its target gene UGT1A1. However, the obvious chemical carcinogenesis of BTL-I was also disclosed. BTL-I could significantly increase the mRNA and protein levels of oncogenes such as CYP1A1. Molecular docking of BTL-I and its analogs were performed to understand the active or toxic effects. Although BTL-I showed attractive activities, enough attention must be paid to its adverse effects in its further development.
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- Tanwei Gu
- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Drug Metabolism, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology/Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology/Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology/Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Drug Metabolism, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesia, State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology/Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Uras IS, Ebada SS, Korinek M, Albohy A, Abdulrazik BS, Wang YH, Chen BH, Horng JT, Lin W, Hwang TL, Konuklugil B. Anti-Inflammatory, Antiallergic, and COVID-19 Main Protease (M pro) Inhibitory Activities of Butenolides from a Marine-Derived Fungus Aspergillus terreus. Molecules 2021; 26:3354. [PMID: 34199488 PMCID: PMC8199578 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26113354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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In December 2020, the U.K. authorities reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) that a new COVID-19 variant, considered to be a variant under investigation from December 2020 (VUI-202012/01), was identified through viral genomic sequencing. Although several other mutants were previously reported, VUI-202012/01 proved to be about 70% more transmissible. Hence, the usefulness and effectiveness of the newly U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved COVID-19 vaccines against these new variants are doubtfully questioned. As a result of these unexpected mutants from COVID-19 and due to lack of time, much research interest is directed toward assessing secondary metabolites as potential candidates for developing lead pharmaceuticals. In this study, a marine-derived fungus Aspergillus terreus was investigated, affording two butenolide derivatives, butyrolactones I (1) and III (2), a meroterpenoid, terretonin (3), and 4-hydroxy-3-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)benzaldehyde (4). Chemical structures were unambiguously determined based on mass spectrometry and extensive 1D/2D NMR analyses experiments. Compounds (1-4) were assessed for their in vitro anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, and in silico COVID-19 main protease (Mpro) and elastase inhibitory activities. Among the tested compounds, only 1 revealed significant activities comparable to or even more potent than respective standard drugs, which makes butyrolactone I (1) a potential lead entity for developing a new remedy to treat and/or control the currently devastating and deadly effects of COVID-19 pandemic and elastase-related inflammatory complications.
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- Ibrahim Seyda Uras
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, Ankara 06560, Turkey;
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, Agri 04100, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbasia, Cairo 11566, Egypt
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sinai University, Kantara, Ismailia 41511, Egypt
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- Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan;
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan;
- Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan;
- Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, Research Center for Food and Cosmetic Safety, and Graduate Institute of Health Industry Technology, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The British University in Egypt (BUE), El-Sherouk City, Suez Desert Road, Cairo 11837, Egypt; (A.A.); (B.S.A.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The British University in Egypt (BUE), El-Sherouk City, Suez Desert Road, Cairo 11837, Egypt; (A.A.); (B.S.A.)
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- Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan;
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan;
- Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
- The Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan;
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan;
- Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, Research Center for Food and Cosmetic Safety, and Graduate Institute of Health Industry Technology, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 24301, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, Ankara 06560, Turkey;
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lokman Hekim University, Çankaya, Ankara 06510, Turkey
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Modolon F, Barno AR, Villela HDM, Peixoto RS. Ecological and biotechnological importance of secondary metabolites produced by coral-associated bacteria. J Appl Microbiol 2020; 129:1441-1457. [PMID: 32627318 DOI: 10.1111/jam.14766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Symbiotic relationships between corals and their associated micro-organisms are essential to maintain host homeostasis. Coral-associated bacteria (CAB) can have different beneficial roles in the coral metaorganism, such as metabolizing essential nutrients for the coral host and protecting the coral from pathogens. Many CAB exert these functions via secondary metabolites, which include antibacterial, antifouling, antitumour, antiparasitic and antiviral compounds. This review describes how analysis of CAB has led to the discovery of secondary metabolites with potential biotechnological applications. The most commonly found types of secondary metabolites, antimicrobial and antibiofilm compounds, are emphasized and described. Recently developed methods that can be applied to enhance the culturing of CAB from shallow-water reefs and the less-studied deep-sea coral reefs are also discussed. Last, we suggest how the combined use of meta-omics and innovative growth-diffusion techniques can vastly improve the discovery of novel compounds in coral environments.
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- F Modolon
- Department of Microbiology, Paulo de Góes Microbiology Institute, Federal University of Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Paulo de Góes Microbiology Institute, Federal University of Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Paulo de Góes Microbiology Institute, Federal University of Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Paulo de Góes Microbiology Institute, Federal University of Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.,IMAM-AquaRio - Rio de Janeiro Aquarium Research Center, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Fang W, Wang J, Wang J, Shi L, Li K, Lin X, Min Y, Yang B, Tang L, Liu Y, Zhou X. Cytotoxic and Antibacterial Eremophilane Sesquiterpenes from the Marine-Derived Fungus Cochliobolus lunatus SCSIO41401. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2018; 81:1405-1410. [PMID: 29786436 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Three new eremophilane sesquiterpenes, dendryphiellins H-J (1-3), and three new phthalide natural products (4-6) were isolated from the marine-derived fungus Cochliobolus lunatus SCSIO41401. Their structures including absolute configurations were determined by spectroscopic and calculated ECD analyses. Dendryphiellin I (2) showed cytotoxic and antibacterial activities against five cancer cell lines (IC50 1.4 to 4.3 μM) and three bacterial species (MIC 1.5 to 13 μg/mL), respectively. Dendryphiellin J (3), a rare naturally occurring aldoxime analogue, displayed cytotoxicities against ACHN and HepG-2 cells with IC50 values of 3.1 and 5.9 μM, respectively. Further studies indicated that 3 induced apoptosis in ACHN cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner.
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- Wei Fang
- Hubei Biopesticide Engineering Research Center , Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science , Wuhan 430064 , China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou 510301 , China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou 510301 , China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou 510301 , China
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- Hubei Biopesticide Engineering Research Center , Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science , Wuhan 430064 , China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou 510301 , China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou 510301 , China
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- Hubei Biopesticide Engineering Research Center , Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science , Wuhan 430064 , China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou 510301 , China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Screening, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Southern Medical University , Guangzhou 510515 , China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou 510301 , China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou 510301 , China
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