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Raghav RS, Verma S, Monika. A Comprehensive Review on Potential Chemical and Herbal Permeation Enhancers Used in Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems. RECENT ADVANCES IN DRUG DELIVERY AND FORMULATION 2024; 18:21-34. [PMID: 38258784 DOI: 10.2174/0126673878272043240114123908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Using skin patches to deliver drugs is dependable and doesn't have the same issues as permeation enhancers, which help drugs get through the skin but struggle because of the skin's natural barrier. Strategies are required to increase topical bioavailability to enhance drug absorption. Natural compounds offer a promising solution by temporarily reducing skin barrier resistance and improving drug absorption. Natural substances allow a wider variety of medications to be distributed through the stratum corneum, offering a dependable approach to enhancing transdermal drug delivery. Natural substances have distinct advantages as permeability enhancers. They are pharmacologically effective and safe, inactive, non-allergenic, and non-irritating. These characteristics ensure their suitability for use without causing adverse effects. Natural compounds are readily available and well tolerated by the body. Studies investigating the structure-activity relationship of natural chemicals have demonstrated significant enhancer effects. By understanding the connection between chemical composition and enhancer activity, researchers can identify effective natural compounds for improving drug penetration. In conclusion, current research focuses on utilizing natural compounds as permeability enhancers in transdermal therapy systems. These substances offer safety, non-toxicity, pharmacological inactivity, and non-irritation. Through structure-activity relationship investigations, promising advancements have been made in enhancing drug delivery. Using natural compounds holds enormous potential for improving the penetration of trans-dermally delivered medications.
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- Rajat Singh Raghav
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutics, Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology (Pharmacy Institute), Greater Noida, 201306, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutics, Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology (Pharmacy Institute), Greater Noida, 201306, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutics, Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology (Pharmacy Institute), Greater Noida, 201306, India
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Paarvanova B, Tacheva B, Savova G, Karabaliev M, Georgieva R. Hemolysis by Saponin Is Accelerated at Hypertonic Conditions. Molecules 2023; 28:7096. [PMID: 37894578 PMCID: PMC10609376 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28207096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Saponins are a large group of organic amphiphilic substances (surfactants) mainly extracted from herbs with biological activity, considered as one of the main ingredients in numerous remedies used in traditional medicine since ancient times. Anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antibacterial, antiviral, antiparasitic, antitumor, antioxidant and many other properties have been confirmed for some. There is increasing interest in the elucidation of the mechanisms behind the effects of saponins on different cell types at the molecular level. In this regard, erythrocytes are a very welcome model, having very simple structures with no organelles. They react to changing external conditions and substances by changing shape or volume, with damage to their membrane ultimately leading to hemolysis. Hemolysis can be followed spectrophotometrically and provides valuable information about the type and extent of membrane damage. We investigated hemolysis of erythrocytes induced by various saponin concentrations in hypotonic, isotonic and hypertonic media using measurements of real time and end-point hemolysis. The osmotic pressure was adjusted by different concentrations of NaCl, manitol or a NaCl/manitol mixture. Unexpectedly, at a fixed saponin concentration, hemolysis was accelerated at hypertonic conditions, but was much faster in NaCl compared to mannitol solutions at the same osmotic pressure. These findings confirm the colloid-osmotic mechanism behind saponin hemolysis with pore formation with increasing size in the membrane.
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- Boyana Paarvanova
- Department of Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University, 11 Armeiska, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University, 11 Armeiska, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University, 11 Armeiska, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University, 11 Armeiska, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University, 11 Armeiska, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
- Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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Li X, Chou MY, Bonito GM, Last RL. Anti-fungal bioactive terpenoids in the bioenergy crop switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) may contribute to ecotype-specific microbiome composition. Commun Biol 2023; 6:917. [PMID: 37679469 PMCID: PMC10485007 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05290-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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Plant derived bioactive small molecules have attracted attention of scientists across fundamental and applied scientific disciplines. We seek to understand the influence of these phytochemicals on rhizosphere and root-associated fungi. We hypothesize that - consistent with accumulating evidence that switchgrass genotype impacts microbiome assembly - differential terpenoid accumulation contributes to switchgrass ecotype-specific microbiome composition. An initial in vitro Petri plate-based disc diffusion screen of 18 switchgrass root derived fungal isolates revealed differential responses to upland- and lowland-isolated metabolites. To identify specific fungal growth-modulating metabolites, we tested fractions from root extracts on three ecologically important fungal isolates - Linnemania elongata, Trichoderma sp. and Fusarium sp. Saponins and diterpenoids were identified as the most prominent antifungal metabolites. Finally, analysis of liquid chromatography-purified terpenoids revealed fungal inhibition structure - activity relationships (SAR). Saponin antifungal activity was primarily determined by the number of sugar moieties - saponins glycosylated at a single core position were inhibitory whereas saponins glycosylated at two core positions were inactive. Saponin core hydroxylation and acetylation were also associated with reduced activity. Diterpenoid activity required the presence of an intact furan ring for strong fungal growth inhibition. These results inform future breeding and biotechnology strategies for crop protection with reduced pesticide application.
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- Xingxing Li
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
- Department Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
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Moatti A, Silkstone D, Martin T, Abbey K, Hutson KA, Fitzpatrick DC, Zdanski CJ, Cheng AG, Ligler FS, Greenbaum A. Assessment of drug permeability through an ex vivo porcine round window membrane model. iScience 2023; 26:106789. [PMID: 37213232 PMCID: PMC10197016 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023] Open
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Delivery of pharmaceutical therapeutics to the inner ear to treat and prevent hearing loss is challenging. Systemic delivery is not effective as only a small fraction of the therapeutic agent reaches the inner ear. Invasive surgeries to inject through the round window membrane (RWM) or cochleostomy may cause damage to the inner ear. An alternative approach is to administer drugs into the middle ear using an intratympanic injection, with the drugs primarily passing through the RWM to the inner ear. However, the RWM is a barrier, only permeable to a small number of molecules. To study and enhance the RWM permeability, we developed an ex vivo porcine RWM model, similar in structure and thickness to the human RWM. The model is viable for days, and drug passage can be measured at multiple time points. This model provides a straightforward approach to developing effective and non-invasive delivery methods to the inner ear.
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- Adele Moatti
- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
- Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
- Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
- Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
- Corresponding author
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Natural saponin and cholesterol assembled nanostructures as the promising delivery method for saponin. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2022; 214:112448. [PMID: 35306344 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112448] [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: 11/06/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The application of saponins has been restricted by problems such as hemolysis, low bioavailability, and poor solubility. So it is imperative to find a strategy to deliver saponins safely and efficiently. Here, through bottom-up technique, we design and prepare two saponin-cholesterol (Cho) nano-complex: dioscin (Dio, steroid saponin)-Cho nanofibers (NFs) and escin Ia (EIa, triterpene saponin)-Cho nanoparticles (NPs). It is found that the hydrophobic force and hydrogen bonding drive the two pairs of molecules to bind in different directions (the 3β-OH of Cho face the sugar chain of EIa and the 22α-O of Dio, respectively) and finally show spherical NPs (EIa-Cho) and fibrous NFs (Dio-Cho). The equimolar saponin-Cho complex, Dio NFs and EIa NPs, reveal potent cytotoxicities against mouse breast cancer cells (4T1) in vitro. In vivo results confirm the antitumor (4T1 mice model) efficacy of PEGylation Dio NFs (10 mg/kg, i.v.) with a tumor inhibition rate of 61%, meanwhile, it does not cause extreme irritation and pain as free Dio does to mice. Moreover, compared with the free drug, the prepared nano-complex can significantly reduce hemolysis and organ toxicity. Our research reduces the toxicity of saponins while retaining their antitumor activity, providing a new strategy for the delivery of saponins.
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Guo Y, Hu G, Xia Y, Li H, Yuan J, Zhang J, Chen Y, Guo H, Yang Y, Wang Y, Deng Z. Eliminating the original cargos of glioblastoma cell-derived small extracellular vesicles for efficient drug delivery to glioblastoma with improved biosafety. Bioact Mater 2022; 16:204-217. [PMID: 35386327 PMCID: PMC8965721 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2022.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Tumor derived small extracellular vesicles (TsEVs) display a great potential as efficient nanocarriers for chemotherapy because of their intrinsic targeting ability. However, the inherited risks of their original cargos (like loaded proteins or RNAs) from parent cancer cells in tumor progression severely hinder the practical application. In this study, a saponin-mediated cargo elimination strategy was established and practiced in glioblastoma (GBM) cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (GBM-sEVs). A high eliminating efficacy of the cargo molecules was confirmed by systematic analysis of the original proteins and RNAs in GBM-sEVs. In addition, the inherited functions of GBM-sEVs to promote GBM progression vanished after saponin treatment. Moreover, the results of cellular uptake analysis and in vivo imaging analysis demonstrated that saponin treatment preserved the homotypic targeting ability of GBM-sEVs. Thus, we developed an efficient nanocarrier with improved biosafety for GBM suppression. Furthermore, doxorubicin (DOX) transported by the saponin-treated GBM-sEVs (sa-GBM-sEVs) displayed an effective tumor suppression in both subcutaneous and orthotopic GBM models of mouse. Collectively, this study provides a feasible way to avoid the potential protumoral risks of TsEVs and can advance the clinical application of TsEVs in chemotherapy. The cargo-eliminating strategy is developed to improve the biosafety of glioblastoma cell derived sEVs used as nanocarrier. Saponin treatment can remove most of the cargo RNA and proteins from GBM-sEVs to diminish their protumoral functions. The intrinsic targeting ability of GBM-sEVs is preserved after saponin treatment. Cargo eliminated GBM-sEVs can be used as safe and highly efficient drug delivery vehicles for glioblastoma suppression.
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- Yuhang Guo
- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, 1# Minde Road, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai, China
- Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, 87# Xiangya Road, Changsha, China
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- Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department, School of Engineering, RMIT University, 124 La Trobe St, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia
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- Institute of Microsurgery on Extremities, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, 600# Yishan Road, Shanghai, 200233, China
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- Institute of Microsurgery on Extremities, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, 600# Yishan Road, Shanghai, 200233, China
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- Institute of Microsurgery on Extremities, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, 600# Yishan Road, Shanghai, 200233, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, 1# Minde Road, Nanchang, China
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- Institute of Microsurgery on Extremities, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, 600# Yishan Road, Shanghai, 200233, China
- Corresponding author.
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- Institute of Microsurgery on Extremities, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, 600# Yishan Road, Shanghai, 200233, China
- Corresponding author.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai, China
- Corresponding author.
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Adolfs Y, Raj DDA, Brignani S, Pasterkamp RJ. Protocol for tissue clearing and 3D analysis of dopamine neurons in the developing mouse midbrain. STAR Protoc 2021; 2:100669. [PMID: 34377993 PMCID: PMC8326876 DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Advances in tissue clearing enable analysis of complex migratory patterns of developing neurons in whole intact tissue. Here, we implemented a modified version of 3DISCO to study migration of midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons. We provide a detailed protocol starting from whole-brain immunostaining, tissue clearing, and ultramicroscopic imaging to post-acquisition quantification and analysis. This protocol enables precise quantification of DA neuron migration but can also be applied more generally for analyzing neuron migration throughout the nervous system. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Brignani et al. (2020). 3D imaging of cleared brains enables analysis of complex neuronal migratory patterns 3D visualization of dopamine neuron subsets using clearing and lightsheet imaging Detailed procedure for the analysis of neuronal subset positioning in the DA system Detailed methods to analyze neuronal migratory patterns during brain development
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- Youri Adolfs
- Department of Translational Neuroscience, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Translational Neuroscience, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Saponins: Extraction, bio-medicinal properties and way forward to anti-viral representatives. Food Chem Toxicol 2021; 150:112075. [PMID: 33617964 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2021.112075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Medicinal or herbal plants are widely used for their many favourable properties and are generally safe without any side effects. Saponins are sugar conjugated natural compounds which possess a multitude of biological activities such as medicinal properties, antimicrobial activity, antiviral activity, etc. Saponin production is a part of the normal growth and development process in a lot of plants and plant extracts such as liquorice and ginseng which are exploited as potential drug sources. Herbal compounds have shown a great potential against a wide variety of infectious agents, including viruses such as the SARS-CoV; these are all-natural products and do not show any adverse side effects. This article reviews the various aspects of saponin biosynthesis and extraction, the need for their integration into more mainstream medicinal therapies and how they could be potentially useful in treating viral diseases such as COVID-19, HIV, HSV, rotavirus etc. The literature presents a close review on the saponin efficacy in targeting mentioned viral diseases that occupy a high mortality rate worldwide. This manuscript indicates the role of saponins as a source of dynamic plant based anti-viral remedies and their various methods for extraction from different sources.
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Xu HH, Jiang ZH, Huang CS, Sun YT, Xu LL, Tang XL, Tan HL, Ma ZC, Gao Y. Global metabolomic and lipidomic analysis reveals the potential mechanisms of hemolysis effect of Ophiopogonin D and Ophiopogonin D' in vivo. Chin Med 2021; 16:3. [PMID: 33407692 PMCID: PMC7787624 DOI: 10.1186/s13020-020-00412-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND OPD and OPD' are the two main active components of Ophiopogon japonicas in Shenmai injection (SMI). Being isomers of each other, they are supposed to have similar pharmacological activities, but the actual situation is complicated. The difference of hemolytic behavior between OPD and OPD' in vivo and in vitro was discovered and reported by our group for the first time. In vitro, only OPD' showed hemolysis reaction, while in vivo, both OPD and OPD' caused hemolysis. In vitro, the primary cause of hemolysis has been confirmed to be related to the difference between physical and chemical properties of OPD and OPD'. In vivo, although there is a possible explanation for this phenomenon, the one is that OPD is bio-transformed into OPD' or its analogues in vivo, the other one is that both OPD and OPD' were metabolized into more activated forms for hemolysis. However, the mechanism of hemolysis in vivo is still unclear, especially the existing literature are still difficult to explain why OPD shows the inconsistent hemolysis behavior in vivo and in vitro. Therefore, the study of hemolysis of OPD and OPD' in vivo is of great practical significance in response to the increase of adverse events of SMI. METHODS Aiming at the hemolysis in vivo, this manuscript adopted untargeted metabolomics and lipidomics technology to preliminarily explore the changes of plasma metabolites and lipids of OPD- and OPD'-treated rats. Metabolomics and lipidomics analyses were performed on ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) system tandem with different mass spectrometers (MS) and different columns respectively. Multivariate statistical approaches such as principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal partial least square-discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) were applied to screen the differential metabolites and lipids. RESULTS Both OPD and OPD' groups experienced hemolysis, Changes in endogenous differential metabolites and differential lipids, enrichment of differential metabolic pathways, and correlation analysis of differential metabolites and lipids all indicated that the causes of hemolysis by OPD and OPD' were closely related to the interference of phospholipid metabolism. CONCLUSIONS This study provided a comprehensive description of metabolomics and lipidomics changes between OPD- and OPD'-treated rats, it would add to the knowledge base of the field, which also provided scientific guidance for the subsequent mechanism research. However, the underlying mechanism require further research.
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- Huan-Hua Xu
- Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, 100850, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, 100850, China.,Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, 100850, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, 100850, China.,College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, 100850, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, 100850, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, 100850, China
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- Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China. .,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, 100850, China.
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Flores Bueso Y, Walker S, Quinn J, Tangney M. A novel cell permeability assay for macromolecules. BMC Mol Cell Biol 2020; 21:75. [PMID: 33126861 PMCID: PMC7602297 DOI: 10.1186/s12860-020-00321-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Many cell permeabilisation methods to mediate internalisation of various molecules to mammalian or bacterial cells have been developed. However, no size-specific permeability assay suitable for both cell types exists. RESULTS We report the use of intrinsically biotinylated cell components as the target for reporter molecules for assessing permeabilisation. Due to its well-described biotin binding activity, we developed an assay using Streptavidin (SAv) as a molecular weight marker for assessing eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell internalisation, using flow cytometry as a readout. This concept was tested here as part of the development of host DNA depletion strategies for microbiome analysis of formalin-fixed (FF) samples. Host depletion (HD) strategies require differential cell permeabilisation, where mammalian cells but not bacterial cells are permeabilised, and are subsequently treated with a nuclease. Here, the internalisation of a SAv-conjugate was used as a reference for nucleases of similar dimensions. With this assay, it was possible to demonstrate that formalin fixation does not generate pores which allow the introduction of 60 KDa molecules in mammalian or bacterial membranes/envelopes. Among surfactants tested, Saponin derived from Quillaja bark showed the best selectivity for mammalian cell permeabilisation, which, when coupled with Benzonase nuclease, provided the best results for host DNA depletion, representing a new HD strategy for formalin fixed samples. CONCLUSION The assay presented provides researchers with a sensitive and accessible tool for discerning membrane/cell envelop permeability for different size macromolecules.
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- Yensi Flores Bueso
- CancerResearch@UCC, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,SynBioCentre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- CancerResearch@UCC, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,SynBioCentre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- CancerResearch@UCC, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- CancerResearch@UCC, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. .,SynBioCentre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. .,APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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Quadt KA, Smyrnakou X, Frischknecht F, Böse G, Ganter M. Plasmodium falciparum parasites exit the infected erythrocyte after haemolysis with saponin and streptolysin O. Parasitol Res 2020; 119:4297-4302. [PMID: 33089360 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06932-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Malaria is caused by unicellular parasites of the genus Plasmodium, which reside in erythrocytes during the clinically relevant stage of infection. To separate parasite from host cell material, haemolytic agents such as saponin are widely used. Previous electron microscopy studies on saponin-treated parasites reported both, parasites enclosed by the erythrocyte membrane and liberated from the host cell. These ambiguous reports prompted us to investigate haemolysis by live-cell time-lapse microscopy. Using either saponin or streptolysin O to lyse Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes, we found that ring-stage parasites efficiently exit the erythrocyte upon haemolysis. For late-stage parasites, we found that only approximately half were freed, supporting the previous electron microscopy studies. Immunofluorescence imaging indicated that freed parasites were surrounded by the parasitophorous vacuolar membrane. These results may be of interest for future work using haemolytic agents to enrich for parasite material.
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- Katharina A Quadt
- Zendia GmbH, Rummler 5, 48324, Sendenhorst, Germany.,Parasitology, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zendia GmbH, Rummler 5, 48324, Sendenhorst, Germany.,Parasitology, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Integrative Parasitology, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,German Centre for Infection Research, Heidelberg Division, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Zendia GmbH, Rummler 5, 48324, Sendenhorst, Germany.
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- Zendia GmbH, Rummler 5, 48324, Sendenhorst, Germany. .,Parasitology, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Zheng X, Gallot G. Dynamics of Cell Membrane Permeabilization by Saponins Using Terahertz Attenuated Total Reflection. Biophys J 2020; 119:749-755. [PMID: 32735777 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Understanding the relevant parameters of the formation of pores during permeabilization is very challenging for medical applications. Several components are involved: the arrival of the permeabilizing molecules to the membrane, the efficiency of formation of the pores and their specific dynamics, and the flux of molecules through the plasma membrane. Using attenuated total reflection in the terahertz domain, we studied the dynamics of Madine-Darby canine kidney cells after permeabilization by saponin molecules. We developed an analytical model taking into account saponin molecule diffusion, cell geometry, cytosol molecule diffusion, and pore dynamics. We also studied the effect of possible pore overlapping on the cell membrane, introducing a dimensionless quantity that is the ratio between overlapping and diffusive effects. Pores are found to be static within 1 h after their creation, hinting that the diffusion of the saponin molecules to the membrane is the limiting factor in our experiments.
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- Xiujun Zheng
- LOB, École Polytechnique, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
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- LOB, École Polytechnique, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France.
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Wang TS, Coppens I, Saorin A, Brady NR, Hamacher-Brady A. Endolysosomal Targeting of Mitochondria Is Integral to BAX-Mediated Mitochondrial Permeabilization during Apoptosis Signaling. Dev Cell 2020; 53:627-645.e7. [PMID: 32504557 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2018] [Revised: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) is a core event in apoptosis signaling. However, the underlying mechanism of BAX and BAK pore formation remains incompletely understood. We demonstrate that mitochondria are globally and dynamically targeted by endolysosomes (ELs) during MOMP. In response to pro-apoptotic BH3-only protein signaling and pharmacological MOMP induction, ELs increasingly form transient contacts with mitochondria. Subsequently, ELs rapidly accumulate within the entire mitochondrial compartment. This switch-like accumulation period temporally coincides with mitochondrial BAX clustering and cytochrome c release. Remarkably, interactions of ELs with mitochondria control BAX recruitment and pore formation. Knockdown of Rab5A, Rab5C, or USP15 interferes with EL targeting of mitochondria and functionally uncouples BAX clustering from cytochrome c release, while knockdown of the Rab5 exchange factor Rabex-5 impairs both BAX clustering and cytochrome c release. Together, these data reveal that EL-mitochondrial inter-organelle communication is an integral regulatory component of functional MOMP execution during cellular apoptosis signaling.
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- Tim Sen Wang
- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Liposomal membrane permeability assessment by fluorescence techniques: Main permeabilizing agents, applications and challenges. Int J Pharm 2020; 580:119198. [PMID: 32169353 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119198] [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: 11/25/2019] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Liposomes are lipid vesicles made of one or multiple lipid bilayers surrounding an internal aqueous core. They are broadly employed as models to study membrane structure and properties. Among these properties, liposome membrane permeability is crucial and widely assessed by fluorescence techniques. The first part of this review is devoted to describe the various techniques used for membrane permeability assessment. Attention is paid to fluorescence techniques based on vesicle leakage of self-quenching probes, dye/quencher pair or cation/ligand pair. Secondly, the membrane-active agents inducing membrane permeabilization is presented and details on their mechanisms of action are given. Emphasis is also laid on the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that can modulate the membrane permeability. Hence, a suitable liposomal membrane should be formulated according to the aim of the study and its application.
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Guevara RB, Fox BA, Bzik DJ. Toxoplasma gondii Parasitophorous Vacuole Membrane-Associated Dense Granule Proteins Regulate Maturation of the Cyst Wall. mSphere 2020; 5:e00851-19. [PMID: 31941814 PMCID: PMC6968655 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00851-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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After differentiation is triggered, the tachyzoite-stage Toxoplasma gondii parasitophorous vacuole membrane (PVM) has been hypothesized to transition into the cyst membrane that surrounds the cyst wall and encloses bradyzoites. Here, we tracked the localization of two PVM dense granule (GRA) proteins (GRA5 and GRA7) after in vitro differentiation of the tachyzoite stage parasitophorous vacuole into the mature cyst. GRA5 and GRA7 were visible at the cyst periphery at 6 h and at all later times after differentiation, suggesting that the PVM remained intact as it transitioned into the cyst membrane. By day 3 postdifferentiation, GRA5 and GRA7 were visible in a continuous pattern at the cyst periphery. In mature 7- and 10-day-old cysts permeabilized with a saponin pulse, GRA5 and GRA7 were localized to the cyst membrane and the cyst wall regions. Cysts at different stages of cyst development exhibited differential susceptibility to saponin permeabilization, and, correspondingly, saponin selectively removed GRA5 from the cyst membrane and cyst wall region in 10-day-old cysts. GRA5 and GRA7 were localized at the cyst membrane and cyst wall region at all times after differentiation of the parasitophorous vacuole, which supports a previous model proposing that the PVM develops into the cyst membrane. In addition, evaluation of Δgra3, Δgra5, Δgra7, Δgra8, and Δgra14 mutants revealed that PVM-localized GRAs were crucial to support the normal rate of accumulation of cyst wall proteins at the cyst periphery.IMPORTANCEToxoplasma gondii establishes chronic infection in humans by forming thick-walled cysts that persist in the brain. Once host immunity wanes, cysts reactivate to cause severe, and often lethal, toxoplasmic encephalitis. There is no available therapy to eliminate cysts or to prevent their reactivation. Furthermore, how the cyst membrane and cyst wall structures develop is poorly understood. Here, we visualized and tracked the localization of Toxoplasma parasitophorous vacuole membrane (PVM) dense granules (GRA) proteins during cyst development in vitro. PVM-localized GRA5 and GRA7 were found at the cyst membrane and cyst wall region throughout cyst development, suggesting that the PVM remains intact and develops into the cyst membrane. In addition, our results show that genetic deletion of PVM GRAs reduced the rate of accumulation of cyst wall cargo at the cyst periphery and suggest that PVM-localized GRAs mediate the development and maturation of the cyst wall and cyst membrane.
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- Rebekah B Guevara
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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Permeation Enhancers for Intratympanically-applied Drugs Studied Using Fluorescent Dexamethasone as a Marker. Otol Neurotol 2019; 39:639-647. [PMID: 29649043 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000001786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Entry of locally applied drugs into the inner ear can be enhanced by chemical manipulations. BACKGROUND Perilymph drug concentrations achieved by intratympanic applications are well below the applied concentration due to limited entry through the round window (RW) membrane and stapes. Chemical manipulations to increase entry permeability could increase the effectiveness of drug therapy with local applications. METHODS Dexamethasone-fluorescein (F-dex) was used as an entry marker. F-dex was applied to the RW niche of guinea pigs as a 20 μL bolus of 1 mM solution. After a 1 hour application, 10 samples of perilymph were collected sequentially from the lateral semicircular canal, allowing F-dex distribution throughout the perilymph to be quantified. Entry was also measured with the applied solution additionally containing dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP), saponin, caprate, benzyl alcohol (BA) or poloxamer 407 (P407). Combinations of saponin or BA with P407 were also compared. RESULTS In control experiments, F-dex entered the inner ear slowly at both the RW and stapes. The total F-dex recovered in all 10 samples from each animal averaged 2.1 pMoles for controls, 1.71 pMoles for 17% P407, 3.70 pMoles for caprate, 8.04 pMoles for DMSO, 16.32 pMoles for NMP, 31.0 pMoles for saponin, and 67.3 pMoles for 4% BA. Entry with DMSO, NMP, saponin and 4% BA were all significantly higher than the controls (one-way ANOVA). CONCLUSION These studies confirm that entry of drugs into the ear can be markedly enhanced with the use of chemical permeation-enhancing agents.
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Istvan ES, Das S, Bhatnagar S, Beck JR, Owen E, Llinas M, Ganesan SM, Niles JC, Winzeler E, Vaidya AB, Goldberg DE. Plasmodium Niemann-Pick type C1-related protein is a druggable target required for parasite membrane homeostasis. eLife 2019; 8:40529. [PMID: 30888318 PMCID: PMC6424564 DOI: 10.7554/elife.40529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Plasmodium parasites possess a protein with homology to Niemann-Pick Type C1 proteins (Niemann-Pick Type C1-Related protein, NCR1). We isolated parasites with resistance-conferring mutations in Plasmodium falciparum NCR1 (PfNCR1) during selections with three diverse small-molecule antimalarial compounds and show that the mutations are causative for compound resistance. PfNCR1 protein knockdown results in severely attenuated growth and confers hypersensitivity to the compounds. Compound treatment or protein knockdown leads to increased sensitivity of the parasite plasma membrane (PPM) to the amphipathic glycoside saponin and engenders digestive vacuoles (DVs) that are small and malformed. Immuno-electron microscopy and split-GFP experiments localize PfNCR1 to the PPM. Our experiments show that PfNCR1 activity is critically important for the composition of the PPM and is required for DV biogenesis, suggesting PfNCR1 as a novel antimalarial drug target. Editorial note: This article has been through an editorial process in which the authors decide how to respond to the issues raised during peer review. The Reviewing Editor's assessment is that all the issues have been addressed (see decision letter).
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- Eva S Istvan
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States.,Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular Parasitology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular Parasitology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States.,Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States.,Huck Center for Malaria Research, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States.,Huck Center for Malaria Research, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular Parasitology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States.,Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, United States
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Shelepova EA, Kim AV, Voloshin VP, Medvedev NN. Intermolecular Voids in Lipid Bilayers in the Presence of Glycyrrhizic Acid. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:9938-9946. [PMID: 30299964 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b07989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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It is known that glycyrrhizic acid (GA) promotes the enhancement of the activity of several medicines. This is attributed to the fact that GA increases the membrane permeability of small drug molecules. There is an opinion that GA facilitates the formation of additional large voids in the membrane, which enhance the passive diffusion of molecules across the membrane. In this work, we investigate how GA influences the intermolecular voids using the molecular dynamics simulation. We calculate the interstitial spheres (empty spheres inscribed between molecules) in model DPPC and DOPC bilayers, both pure and with the addition of cholesterol. It was observed that the addition of GA does not lead to the formation of new large interstitial spheres; i.e., new large voids do not appear. The distribution of empty volume inside the bilayers is also studied. We calculated the profiles of the empty volume fraction both from the middle plane of the bilayer and from its outer surface (from the lipid-water interface). This analysis has shown that the addition of GA does not cause the increase of the empty volume in the bilayer; moreover, there is a slight decrease in the bilayers with cholesterol. Thus, we have not found a confirmation of the simplest hypothesis that individual GA molecules induce pores in the membrane.
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- Ekaterina A Shelepova
- Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 63090 , Russia.,Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion , Novosibirsk 63090 , Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 63090 , Russia.,Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion , Novosibirsk 63090 , Russia
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- Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion , Novosibirsk 63090 , Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 63090 , Russia.,Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion , Novosibirsk 63090 , Russia
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Stewart MP, Langer R, Jensen KF. Intracellular Delivery by Membrane Disruption: Mechanisms, Strategies, and Concepts. Chem Rev 2018; 118:7409-7531. [PMID: 30052023 PMCID: PMC6763210 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 382] [Impact Index Per Article: 63.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Intracellular delivery is a key step in biological research and has enabled decades of biomedical discoveries. It is also becoming increasingly important in industrial and medical applications ranging from biomanufacture to cell-based therapies. Here, we review techniques for membrane disruption-based intracellular delivery from 1911 until the present. These methods achieve rapid, direct, and universal delivery of almost any cargo molecule or material that can be dispersed in solution. We start by covering the motivations for intracellular delivery and the challenges associated with the different cargo types-small molecules, proteins/peptides, nucleic acids, synthetic nanomaterials, and large cargo. The review then presents a broad comparison of delivery strategies followed by an analysis of membrane disruption mechanisms and the biology of the cell response. We cover mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, and chemical strategies of membrane disruption with a particular emphasis on their applications and challenges to implementation. Throughout, we highlight specific mechanisms of membrane disruption and suggest areas in need of further experimentation. We hope the concepts discussed in our review inspire scientists and engineers with further ideas to improve intracellular delivery.
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- Martin P. Stewart
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, USA
- The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, USA
- The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, USA
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Du M, Chen ZJ. DNA-induced liquid phase condensation of cGAS activates innate immune signaling. Science 2018; 361:704-709. [PMID: 29976794 PMCID: PMC9417938 DOI: 10.1126/science.aat1022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 549] [Impact Index Per Article: 91.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The binding of DNA to cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) leads to the production of the secondary messenger cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP), which activates innate immune responses. Here, we show that DNA binding to cGAS robustly induced the formation of liquid-like droplets in which cGAS was activated. The disordered and positively charged cGAS N-terminus enhanced cGAS–DNA phase separation by increasing the valencies of DNA binding. Long DNA was more efficient in promoting cGAS liquid phase separation and cGAS enzyme activity than short DNA. Moreover, free zinc ion enhanced cGAS enzyme activity both in vitro and in cells by promoting cGAS–DNA phase separation. These results demonstrated that the DNA-induced phase transition of cGAS promotes cGAMP production and innate immune signaling. The DNA-sensing enzyme cGAS forms liquid droplets to stimulate innate immune responses.
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- Mingjian Du
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148, USA.,Center for Inflammation Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148, USA. .,Center for Inflammation Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9148, USA
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A New Approach to Evaluate Platelet Function in Hemodialysis Patients –- Saponin Susceptibility of the Platelet. Int J Artif Organs 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/039139888901200807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Saponin susceptibility of the platelet was studied in 10 healthy men (ages 24 to 39) and 31 male hemodialysis (HD) patients (ages 24 to 49) in order to assess platelet abnormalities in HD patients. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) was added to 50 ml of saline containing 5 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) and 0.3% saponin. Platelet mean particle volume (MPV) was observed continuously for 200 seconds by a continuous mean particle analyzer model CC-108 (Sysmex, Kobe, Japan). Initial MPV (Vo, fl) was 7.12 ± 0.89 and 7.68 ± 0.56 respectively for the control and HD patients (p< 0.05), and maximum MPV (V1) was 9.80 ± 1.06 and 9.78 ± 0.83, respectively (n.s.). The time of start of swelling (seconds) was 51.2 ± 14.6 and 63.4 ± 15.6 (p< 0.05) and the time of V1 was 110.4 ± 15.3 and 112.3 ± 16.1 (n.s.), respectively. The expansion rates (V1/Vo) were 1.38 ± 0.05 and 1.27 ± 0.06, respectively (p< 0.01). The low expansion rate means that the platelet is less responsive to saponin in HD patients, and this may be related to the cholesterol concentration in the platelet membrane and membrane flexibility. This new method offers a useful way of obtaining information about the platelet.
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Laursen L, Severinsen K, Kristensen KB, Periole X, Overby M, Müller HK, Schiøtt B, Sinning S. Cholesterol binding to a conserved site modulates the conformation, pharmacology, and transport kinetics of the human serotonin transporter. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:3510-3523. [PMID: 29352106 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.809046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Revised: 01/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The serotonin transporter (SERT) is important for reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin from the synaptic cleft and is also the target of most antidepressants. It has previously been shown that cholesterol in the membrane bilayer affects the conformation of SERT. Although recent crystal structures have identified several potential cholesterol-binding sites, it is unclear whether any of these potential cholesterol sites are occupied by cholesterol and functionally relevant. In the present study, we focus on the conserved cholesterol site 1 (CHOL1) located in a hydrophobic groove between TM1a, TM5, and TM7. By molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrate a strong binding of cholesterol to CHOL1 in a membrane bilayer environment. In biochemical experiments, we find that cholesterol depletion induces a more inward-facing conformation favoring substrate analog binding. Consistent with this, we find that mutations in CHOL1 with a negative impact on cholesterol binding induce a more inward-facing conformation, and, vice versa, mutations with a positive impact on cholesterol binding induce a more outward-facing conformation. This shift in transporter conformation dictated by the ability to bind cholesterol in CHOL1 affects the apparent substrate affinity, maximum transport velocity, and turnover rates. Taken together, we show that occupation of CHOL1 by cholesterol is of major importance in the transporter conformational equilibrium, which in turn dictates ligand potency and serotonin transport activity. Based on our findings, we propose a mechanistic model that incorporates the role of cholesterol binding to CHOL1 in the function of SERT.
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- Louise Laursen
- From the Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital, Skovagervej 2, DK-8240 Risskov, Denmark and
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- From the Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital, Skovagervej 2, DK-8240 Risskov, Denmark and
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- From the Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital, Skovagervej 2, DK-8240 Risskov, Denmark and
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- the Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- From the Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital, Skovagervej 2, DK-8240 Risskov, Denmark and
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- From the Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital, Skovagervej 2, DK-8240 Risskov, Denmark and
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- the Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- From the Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital, Skovagervej 2, DK-8240 Risskov, Denmark and
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Kosenko EA, Tikhonova LA, Montoliu C, Barreto GE, Aliev G, Kaminsky YG. Metabolic Abnormalities of Erythrocytes as a Risk Factor for Alzheimer's Disease. Front Neurosci 2018; 11:728. [PMID: 29354027 PMCID: PMC5760569 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a slowly progressive, neurodegenerative disorder of uncertain etiology. According to the amyloid cascade hypothesis, accumulation of non-soluble amyloid β peptides (Aβ) in the Central Nervous System (CNS) is the primary cause initiating a pathogenic cascade leading to the complex multilayered pathology and clinical manifestation of the disease. It is, therefore, not surprising that the search for mechanisms underlying cognitive changes observed in AD has focused exclusively on the brain and Aβ-inducing synaptic and dendritic loss, oxidative stress, and neuronal death. However, since Aβ depositions were found in normal non-demented elderly people and in many other pathological conditions, the amyloid cascade hypothesis was modified to claim that intraneuronal accumulation of soluble Aβ oligomers, rather than monomer or insoluble amyloid fibrils, is the first step of a fatal cascade in AD. Since a characteristic reduction of cerebral perfusion and energy metabolism occurs in patients with AD it is suggested that capillary distortions commonly found in AD brain elicit hemodynamic changes that alter the delivery and transport of essential nutrients, particularly glucose and oxygen to neuronal and glial cells. Another important factor in tissue oxygenation is the ability of erythrocytes (red blood cells, RBC) to transport and deliver oxygen to tissues, which are first of all dependent on the RBC antioxidant and energy metabolism, which finally regulates the oxygen affinity of hemoglobin. In the present review, we consider the possibility that metabolic and antioxidant defense alterations in the circulating erythrocyte population can influence oxygen delivery to the brain, and that these changes might be a primary mechanism triggering the glucose metabolism disturbance resulting in neurobiological changes observed in the AD brain, possibly related to impaired cognitive function. We also discuss the possibility of using erythrocyte biochemical aberrations as potential tools that will help identify a risk factor for AD.
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- Elena A Kosenko
- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Fundación Investigación Hospital Clínico, INCLIVA Instituto Investigación Sanitaria, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Nutrición y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.,Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- GALLY International Biomedical Research Institute Inc., San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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Nicol A, Kwok RTK, Chen C, Zhao W, Chen M, Qu J, Tang BZ. Ultrafast Delivery of Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanoparticles and Pure Organic Phosphorescent Nanocrystals by Saponin Encapsulation. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:14792-14799. [PMID: 28960975 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b08710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Saponins are a class of naturally occurring bioactive and biocompatible amphiphilic glycosides produced by plants. Some saponins, such as α-hederin, exhibit unique cell membrane interactions. At concentrations above their critical micelle concentration, they will interact and aggregate with membrane cholesterol to form transient pores in the cell membrane. In this project, we utilized the unique permeabilization and amphiphilic properties of saponins for the intracellular delivery of deep-red-emitting aggregation-induced emission nanoparticles (AIE NPs) and pure organic room-temperature phosphorescent nanocrystals (NCs). We found this method to be biocompatible, inexpensive, ultrafast, and applicable to deliver a wide variety of AIE NPs and NCs into cancer cells.
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- Alexander Nicol
- Division of Biomedical Engineering, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China.,HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute No. 9 Yuexing First Road, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Division of Biomedical Engineering, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China.,HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute No. 9 Yuexing First Road, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, HKUST , Clear Water Bay Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Division of Biomedical Engineering, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China.,HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute No. 9 Yuexing First Road, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Division of Biomedical Engineering, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China.,HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute No. 9 Yuexing First Road, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, HKUST , Clear Water Bay Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Division of Biomedical Engineering, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China.,HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute No. 9 Yuexing First Road, South Area, Hi-tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China.,Guangdong Innovative Research Team, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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Simulation of the osmosis-based drug encapsulation in erythrocytes. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2017; 47:261-270. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-017-1255-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Revised: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Nicol A, Wang K, Wong K, Kwok RTK, Song Z, Li N, Tang BZ. Uptake, Distribution, and Bioimaging Applications of Aggregation-Induced Emission Saponin Nanoparticles in Arabidopsis thaliana. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:28298-28304. [PMID: 28799742 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b09387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The application of aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) has heralded a new age in the analysis of subcellular events and has overcome many of the limitations of conventional fluorescent probes. Despite the extensive literature investigating AIEgens in mammalian cells, few reports exist of their bioimaging applications in plant cells. In this report, we describe the first systematic investigation of the uptake, distribution, and bioimaging applications of AIEgens and AIE saponin nanoparticles in the plant model system Arabidopsis thaliana. We find that the superior photostability, high colocalization with fluorescent proteins, and unique tissue-specific turn-on emission properties make AIEgens well-suited to tackle the emergent challenges faced in plant bioimaging.
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- Alexander Nicol
- Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Department of Life Science, HKUST , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Department of Life Science, HKUST , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- HKUST-Shenzhen Research Institute No. 9 Yuexing First RD, South Area, Hi-tech Park Nanshan, Shenzhen 518057, China
- Guangdong Innovative Research Team, SCUT-HKUST Joint Research Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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Ibsen SD, Wright J, Lewis JM, Kim S, Ko SY, Ong J, Manouchehri S, Vyas A, Akers J, Chen CC, Carter BS, Esener SC, Heller MJ. Rapid Isolation and Detection of Exosomes and Associated Biomarkers from Plasma. ACS NANO 2017; 11:6641-6651. [PMID: 28671449 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b00549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Exosomes found in the circulation are a primary source of important cancer-related RNA and protein biomarkers that are expected to lead to early detection, liquid biopsy, and point-of-care diagnostic applications. Unfortunately, due to their small size (50-150 nm) and low density, exosomes are extremely difficult to isolate from plasma. Current isolation methods are time-consuming multistep procedures that are unlikely to translate into diagnostic applications. To address this issue, we demonstrate the ability of an alternating current electrokinetic (ACE) microarray chip device to rapidly isolate and recover glioblastoma exosomes from undiluted human plasma samples. The ACE device requires a small plasma sample (30-50 μL) and is able to concentrate the exosomes into high-field regions around the ACE microelectrodes within 15 min. A simple buffer wash removes bulk plasma materials, leaving the exosomes concentrated on the microelectrodes. The entire isolation process and on-chip fluorescence analysis is completed in less than 30 min which enables subsequent on-chip immunofluorescence detection of exosomal proteins, and provides viable mRNA for RT-PCR analysis. These results demonstrate the ability of the ACE device to streamline the process for isolation and recovery of exosomes, significantly reducing the number of processing steps and time required.
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- Stuart D Ibsen
- Department of Nanoengineering, ‡Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Bioengineering, and ∥Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, ‡Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Bioengineering, and ∥Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, ‡Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Bioengineering, and ∥Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, ‡Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Bioengineering, and ∥Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, ‡Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Bioengineering, and ∥Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, ‡Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Bioengineering, and ∥Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, ‡Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Bioengineering, and ∥Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, ‡Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Bioengineering, and ∥Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, ‡Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Bioengineering, and ∥Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, ‡Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Bioengineering, and ∥Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, ‡Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Bioengineering, and ∥Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, ‡Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Bioengineering, and ∥Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Nanoengineering, ‡Materials Science and Engineering, §Department of Bioengineering, and ∥Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego , La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Chen M, Balhara V, Jaimes Castillo AM, Balsevich J, Johnston LJ. Interaction of saponin 1688 with phase separated lipid bilayers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1859:1263-1272. [PMID: 28389202 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Saponins are a diverse family of naturally occurring plant triterpene or steroid glycosides that have a wide range of biological activities. They have been shown to permeabilize membranes and in some cases membrane disruption has been hypothesized to involve saponin/cholesterol complexes. We have examined the interaction of steroidal saponin 1688-1 with lipid membranes that contain cholesterol and have a mixture of liquid-ordered (Lo) and liquid-disordered (Ld) phases as a model for lipid rafts in cellular membranes. A combination of atomic force microscopy (AFM) and fluorescence was used to probe the effect of saponin on the bilayer. The results demonstrate that saponin forms defects in the membrane and also leads to formation of small aggregates on the membrane surface. Although most of the membrane damage occurs in the liquid-disordered phase, fluorescence results demonstrate that saponin localizes in both ordered and disordered membrane phases, with a modest preference for the disordered regions. Similar effects are observed for both direct incorporation of saponin in the lipid mixture used to make vesicles/bilayers and for incubation of saponin with preformed bilayers. The results suggest that the initial sites of interaction are at the interface between the domains and surrounding disordered phase. The preference for saponin localization in the disordered phase may reflect the ease of penetration of saponin into a less ordered membrane, rather than the actual cholesterol concentration in the membrane. Dye leakage assays indicate that a high concentration of saponin is required for membrane permeabilization consistent with the supported lipid bilayer experiments.
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- Maohui Chen
- Measurement Science and Standards, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Measurement Science and Standards, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, National Research Council Canada, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Measurement Science and Standards, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada.
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Glycosylated Triterpenoids as Endosomal Escape Enhancers in Targeted Tumor Therapies. Biomedicines 2017; 5:biomedicines5020014. [PMID: 28536357 PMCID: PMC5489800 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines5020014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Revised: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Protein-based targeted toxins play an increasingly important role in targeted tumor therapies. In spite of their high intrinsic toxicity, their efficacy in animal models is low. A major reason for this is the limited entry of the toxin into the cytosol of the target cell, which is required to mediate the fatal effect. Target receptor bound and internalized toxins are mostly either recycled back to the cell surface or lysosomally degraded. This might explain why no antibody-targeted protein toxin has been approved for tumor therapeutic applications by the authorities to date although more than 500 targeted toxins have been developed within the last decades. To overcome the problem of insufficient endosomal escape, a number of strategies that make use of diverse chemicals, cell-penetrating or fusogenic peptides, and light-induced techniques were designed to weaken the membrane integrity of endosomes. This review focuses on glycosylated triterpenoids as endosomal escape enhancers and throws light on their structure, the mechanism of action, and on their efficacy in cell culture and animal models. Obstacles, challenges, opportunities, and future prospects are discussed.
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Tian X, Li H, Jiang X, Xie J, Gore JC, Xu J. Evaluation and comparison of diffusion MR methods for measuring apparent transcytolemmal water exchange rate constant. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2017; 275:29-37. [PMID: 27960105 PMCID: PMC5266627 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2016.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Revised: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Two diffusion-based approaches, CG (constant gradient) and FEXI (filtered exchange imaging) methods, have been previously proposed for measuring transcytolemmal water exchange rate constant kin, but their accuracy and feasibility have not been comprehensively evaluated and compared. In this work, both computer simulations and cell experiments in vitro were performed to evaluate these two methods. Simulations were done with different cell diameters (5, 10, 20μm), a broad range of kin values (0.02-30s-1) and different SNR's, and simulated kin's were directly compared with the ground truth values. Human leukemia K562 cells were cultured and treated with saponin to selectively change cell transmembrane permeability. The agreement between measured kin's of both methods was also evaluated. The results suggest that, without noise, the CG method provides reasonably accurate estimation of kin especially when it is smaller than 10s-1, which is in the typical physiological range of many biological tissues. However, although the FEXI method overestimates kin even with corrections for the effects of extracellular water fraction, it provides reasonable estimates with practical SNR's and more importantly, the fitted apparent exchange rate AXR showed approximately linear dependence on the ground truth kin. In conclusion, either CG or FEXI method provides a sensitive means to characterize the variations in transcytolemmal water exchange rate constant kin, although the accuracy and specificity is usually compromised. The non-imaging CG method provides more accurate estimation of kin, but limited to large volume-of-interest. Although the accuracy of FEXI is compromised with extracellular volume fraction, it is capable of spatially mapping kin in practice.
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- Xin Tian
- Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Radiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, PR China
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Bachran C, Sutherland M, Heisler I, Hebestreit P, Melzig MF, Fuchs H. The Saponin-Mediated Enhanced Uptake of Targeted Saporin-Based Drugs is Strongly Dependent on the Saponin Structure. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2016; 231:412-20. [PMID: 16565437 DOI: 10.1177/153537020623100407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Saponins are a group of plant glycosides consisting of a steroid or triterpenoid aglycone to which one or more sugar chains are attached. They exhibit cell membrane–permeabilizing properties and, thus, have been investigated for their therapeutic potential. Recently, at a nonpermeabilizing concentration saponinum album from Gypsophila paniculata L. has been described to enhance the cytotoxicity of a chimeric toxin in a cell culture model. To elucidate whether this enhancing effect is also mediated by other saponins, we analyzed the ability of seven different saponins to enhance the cytotoxicity of a targeted chimeric toxin. The chimeric toxin is composed of saporin, a plant ribosome-inactivating toxin, a cleavable adapter, and human epidermal growth factor (EGF). Cytotoxicity on EGF receptor (EGFR)-bearing cells was analyzed both alone and after combined application of saponin and chimeric toxin. Only two of the tested saponins, quillajasaponin and saponinum album, enhanced cytotoxicity by more than 1000-fold, whereas the enhancement factors of the other saponins were only approximately 10-fold. In contrast to saponinum album, quillajasaponin enhanced the cytotoxicity both on control cells lacking EGFR and on target cells, indicating that, in this case, the enhancement is not target cell receptor specific. This is also the case for some of the saponins with low enhancement factors. Saponinum album resulted in a more than 13,600-fold receptor-specific enhancement, decreasing the 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) from 2.4 nM to 0.18 pM, which renders it the best option to promote saporin-3-based drug uptake while retaining specificity for the EGFR.
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- Christopher Bachran
- Institut für Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, D-12200 Berlin, Germany.
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Role of band 3 in the erythrocyte membrane structural changes under thermal fluctuations –multi scale modeling considerations. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2015; 47:507-18. [DOI: 10.1007/s10863-015-9633-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Membrane Disintegration Caused by the Steroid Saponin Digitonin Is Related to the Presence of Cholesterol. Molecules 2015; 20:20146-60. [PMID: 26569199 PMCID: PMC6332127 DOI: 10.3390/molecules201119682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In the present investigation we studied the molecular mechanisms of the monodesmosidic saponin digitonin on natural and artificial membranes. We measured the hemolytic activity of digitonin on red blood cells (RBCs). Also different lipid membrane models (large unilamellar vesicles, LUVs, and giant unilamellar vesicles, GUVs) in the presence and absence of cholesterol were employed. The stability and permeability of the different vesicle systems were studied by using calcein release assay, GUVs membrane permeability assay using confocal microscopy (CM) and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and vesicle size measurement by dynamic light scattering (DLS). The results support the essential role of cholesterol in explaining how digitonin can disintegrate biological and artificial membranes. Digitonin induces membrane permeability or causes membrane rupturing only in the presence of cholesterol in an all-or-none mechanism. This effect depends on the concentrations of both digitonin and cholesterol. At low concentrations, digitonin induces membrane permeability while keeping the membrane intact. When digitonin is combined with other drugs, a synergistic potentiation can be observed because it facilitates their uptake.
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Lorent JH, Quetin-Leclercq J, Mingeot-Leclercq MP. The amphiphilic nature of saponins and their effects on artificial and biological membranes and potential consequences for red blood and cancer cells. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 12:8803-22. [PMID: 25295776 DOI: 10.1039/c4ob01652a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Saponins, amphiphiles of natural origin with numerous biological activities, are widely used in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry. Some saponins exhibit relatively selective cytotoxic effects on cancer cells but the tendency of saponins to induce hemolysis limits their anticancer potential. This review focused on the effects of saponin activity on membranes and consequent implications for red blood and cancer cells. This activity seems to be strongly related to the amphiphilic character of saponins that gives them the ability to self-aggregate and interact with membrane components such as cholesterol and phospholipids. Membrane interactions of saponins with artificial membrane models, red blood and cancer cells are reviewed with respect to their molecular structures. The review considered the mechanisms of these membrane interactions and their consequences including the modulation of membrane dynamics, interaction with membrane rafts, and membrane lysis. We summarized current knowledge concerning the mechanisms involved in the interactions of saponins with membrane lipids and examined the structure activity relationship of saponins regarding hemolysis and cancer cell death. A critical analysis of these findings speculates on their potential to further develop new anticancer compounds.
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- Joseph H Lorent
- Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology (FACM), Avenue Mounier 73, B1.73.05, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.
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Li H, Jiang X, Xie J, McIntyre JO, Gore JC, Xu J. Time-Dependent Influence of Cell Membrane Permeability on MR Diffusion Measurements. Magn Reson Med 2015; 75:1927-34. [PMID: 26096552 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Revised: 03/14/2015] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate the influence of cell membrane permeability on diffusion measurements over a broad range of diffusion times. METHODS Human myelogenous leukemia K562 cells were cultured and treated with saponin to selectively alter cell membrane permeability, resulting in a broad physiologically relevant range of 0.011-0.044 μm/ms. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values were acquired with the effective diffusion time (Δeff ) ranging from 0.42 to 3000 ms. Cosine-modulated oscillating gradient spin echo (OGSE) measurements were performed to achieve short Δeff from 0.42 to 5 ms, while stimulated echo acquisitions were used to achieve long Δeff from 11 to 2999 ms. Computer simulations were also performed to support the experimental results. RESULTS Both computer simulations and experiments in vitro showed that the influence of membrane permeability on diffusion MR measurements is highly dependent on the choice of diffusion time, and it is negligible only when the diffusion time is at least one order of magnitude smaller than the intracellular exchange lifetime. CONCLUSION The influence of cell membrane permeability on the measured ADCs is negligible in OGSE measurements at moderately high frequencies. By contrast, cell membrane permeability has a significant influence on ADC and quantitative diffusion measurements at low frequencies such as those sampled using conventional pulsed gradient methods.
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- Hua Li
- Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.,Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Pajic-Lijakovic I. Erythrocytes under osmotic stress – modeling considerations. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 117:113-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2014.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Tu ZC, Ou-Yang ZC. Recent theoretical advances in elasticity of membranes following Helfrich's spontaneous curvature model. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2014; 208:66-75. [PMID: 24508501 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2014.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2013] [Revised: 01/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Recent theoretical advances in elasticity of membranes following Helfrich's famous spontaneous curvature model are summarized in this review. The governing equations describing equilibrium configurations of lipid vesicles, lipid membranes with free edges, and chiral lipid membranes are presented. Several analytic solutions to these equations and their corresponding configurations are demonstrated.
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- Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.
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Natural products as potential drug permeation enhancer in transdermal drug delivery system. Arch Dermatol Res 2014; 306:419-26. [PMID: 24481830 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-014-1445-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2012] [Revised: 12/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Permeation enhancers are defined as substances that are capable of promoting penetration of drugs into skin and transdermal therapeutic systems offers a more reliable mean of administering drug through the skin. Skin is a natural barrier so it is necessary to employ enhancement strategies to improve topical bioavailability. This review explores that natural products have got potential to enhance the permeation of the drug through skin by reversibly reducing the skin barrier resistance. The use of natural products is the most reliable means of permeation enhancement of transdermally administered drugs and permits the delivery of broader classes of drugs through the stratum corneum. They are safe, non-toxic, pharmacologically inert, non-irritating, and non-allergenic to use as permeation enhancers. The present review initially highlights the current status of natural products on the basis of SAR studies which have shown significant enhancer activities.
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Pribush A, Meyerstein D, Hatskelzon L, Kozlov V, Levi I, Meyerstein N. Erythrocyte swelling and membrane hole formation in hypotonic media as studied by conductometry. Physiol Meas 2013; 34:139-50. [PMID: 23343529 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/34/2/139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Hypoosmotic swelling of erythrocytes and the formation of membrane holes were studied by measuring the dc conductance (G). In accordance with the theoretical predictions, these processes are manifested by a decrease in G followed by its increase. Thus, unlike the conventional osmotic fragility test, the proposed methodological approach allows investigations of both the kinetics of swelling and the erythrocyte fragility. It is shown that the initial rate of swelling and the equilibrium size of the cells are affected by the tonicity of a hypotonic solution and the membrane rheological properties. Because the rupture of biological membranes is a stochastic process, a time-dependent increase in the conductance follows an integral distribution function of the membrane lifetime. The main conclusion which stems from reported results is that information about rheological properties of red blood cell (RBC) membranes and the resistivity of RBCs to a certain osmotic shock may be extracted from conductance signals.
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- A Pribush
- Experimental Hematology Laboratory, Physiology Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
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Sakamoto S, Nakahara H, Uto T, Shoyama Y, Shibata O. Investigation of interfacial behavior of glycyrrhizin with a lipid raft model via a Langmuir monolayer study. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2013; 1828:1271-83. [PMID: 23333324 PMCID: PMC7089610 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2012] [Revised: 01/08/2013] [Accepted: 01/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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An interaction of glycyrrhizin (GC) with a lipid raft biomembrane model that consisted of N-palmitoyl-d-erythro-sphingosylphosphorylcholine (PSM), 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC), and cholesterol (CHOL) was systematically studied using the Langmuir monolayer technique. To construct the lipid raft model, the surface pressure (π)–molecular area (A) and surface potential (ΔV)–A isotherms for three-component (PSM/DOPC/CHOL) systems on 0.02 M Tris buffer with 0.13 M NaCl (pH 7.4) were primarily measured by changing their compositions. Thermodynamic and interaction parameters for binary PSM/DOPC and PSM/CHOL systems revealed that PSM interacts more strongly with CHOL than with DOPC. In addition, a morphological analysis performed with Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) and fluorescence microscopy (FM) revealed an optimal ratio of PSM/DOPC/CHOL (1/1/1, by mole) as a model of lipid rafts. Second, the interaction of GC with the ternary PSM/DOPC/CHOL monolayers was investigated on Tris buffer solutions containing different GC concentrations (1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 μM). In BAM and FM images, microdomains were found to become smaller by increasing the GC concentration in the subphase, suggesting that GC regulates the size of raft domains, which provide dynamic scaffolding for numerous cellular processes. More interestingly, the distinctive GC striped regions were formed at the interface at 50 μM, which shows that GC divides the ternary monolayer into pieces. This phenomenon was observed only in the presence of CHOL in the monolayer. These results suggest that CHOL plays an essential role in the interaction with GC, which results in one of the major activities associated with saponins' membrane disruption.
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- Seiichi Sakamoto
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University, 2825-7 Huis Ten Bosch, Sasebo, Nagasaki 859-3298, Japan
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Cohen S, Albeck S, Ben-Dov E, Cahan R, Firer M, Zaritsky A, Dym O. Cyt1Aa toxin: crystal structure reveals implications for its membrane-perforating function. J Mol Biol 2011; 413:804-14. [PMID: 21959261 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2011] [Revised: 09/09/2011] [Accepted: 09/13/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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During sporulation, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis produces a mosquito larvicidal protein complex containing several crystalline and cytolytic (Cyt) toxins. Here, the activated monomeric form of Cyt1Aa, the most toxic Cyt family member, was isolated and crystallized, and its structure was determined for the first time at 2.2 Å resolution. Cyt1Aa adopts a typical cytolysin fold containing a β-sheet held by two surrounding α-helical layers. The absence of a β-strand (between residues V26 and I37) in the dimeric structure of Cyt2Aa led us to deduce that this is the only essential segment for dimer formation and that activation of the toxin occurs by proteolytic processing of its N-terminus. Based on the Cyt1Aa structure, we suggest that the toxicity of Cyt1Aa and other nonrelated proteins, all sharing a cytolysin fold, is correlated with their ability to undergo conformational changes that are necessary prior to their membrane insertion and perforation. This fold allows the α-helical layers to swing away, exposing the β-sheet to insert into the membrane. The identification of a putative lipid binding pocket between the β-sheet and the helical layer of Cyt1Aa supports this mechanism. Sequence-based structural analysis of Cyt1Aa revealed that the lack of activity of Cyt1Ca may be related to the latter's inability to undergo this conformational change due to its lack of flexibility. The pattern of the hemolytic activity of Cyt1Aa presented here (resembling that of pore-forming agents), while differing from that imposed by ionic and nonionic detergents, further supports the pore-forming model by which conformational changes occur prior to membrane insertion and perforation.
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- Shmuel Cohen
- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva 84105, Israel
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Augustin JM, Kuzina V, Andersen SB, Bak S. Molecular activities, biosynthesis and evolution of triterpenoid saponins. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2011; 72:435-57. [PMID: 21333312 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 401] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2010] [Revised: 01/07/2011] [Accepted: 01/11/2011] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Saponins are bioactive compounds generally considered to be produced by plants to counteract pathogens and herbivores. Besides their role in plant defense, saponins are of growing interest for drug research as they are active constituents of several folk medicines and provide valuable pharmacological properties. Accordingly, much effort has been put into unraveling the modes of action of saponins, as well as in exploration of their potential for industrial processes and pharmacology. However, the exploitation of saponins for bioengineering crop plants with improved resistances against pests as well as circumvention of laborious and uneconomical extraction procedures for industrial production from plants is hampered by the lack of knowledge and availability of genes in saponin biosynthesis. Although the ability to produce saponins is rather widespread among plants, a complete synthetic pathway has not been elucidated in any single species. Current conceptions consider saponins to be derived from intermediates of the phytosterol pathway, and predominantly enzymes belonging to the multigene families of oxidosqualene cyclases (OSCs), cytochromes P450 (P450s) and family 1 UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) are thought to be involved in their biosynthesis. Formation of unique structural features involves additional biosynthetical enzymes of diverse phylogenetic background. As an example of this, a serine carboxypeptidase-like acyltransferase (SCPL) was recently found to be involved in synthesis of triterpenoid saponins in oats. However, the total number of identified genes in saponin biosynthesis remains low as the complexity and diversity of these multigene families impede gene discovery based on sequence analysis and phylogeny. This review summarizes current knowledge of triterpenoid saponin biosynthesis in plants, molecular activities, evolutionary aspects and perspectives for further gene discovery.
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- Jörg M Augustin
- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Center for Synthetic Biology, VKR Research Centre Pro-Active Plants, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Wang GX, Han J, Zhao LW, Jiang DX, Liu YT, Liu XL. Anthelmintic activity of steroidal saponins from Paris polyphylla. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2010; 17:1102-1105. [PMID: 20576414 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2010.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2010] [Revised: 03/29/2010] [Accepted: 04/29/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The present study was undertaken to investigate the anthelmintic activity of crude extracts and pure compounds from the rhizomes of Paris polyphylla. The methanol extract showed a promising anthelmintic activity against Dactylogyrus intermedius (EC(50) value=18.06 mg l(-¹). Based on these finding, the methanol extract was fractionated on silica gel column chromatography in a bioassay-guided fractionation affording two known steroidal saponins showing potent activity, dioscin and polyphyllin D. Both dioscin and polyphyllin D exhibited significant activity against D. intermedius with EC(50) values of 0.44 and 0.70 mg l(-¹), respectively, which were more effective than the positive control, mebendazole (EC(50) value=1.25 mg l(-¹)). The acute toxicities (LC(50)) of dioscin and polyphyllin D for goldfish were 1.37 and 1.08 mg l(-¹), respectively. These results indicated that P. polyphylla extract and the isolated compounds are potential natural agents for the control of Dactylogyrus infestation. This is the first report on in vivo anthelmintic investigation for P. polyphylla.
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- G-X Wang
- Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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Külzer S, Rug M, Brinkmann K, Cannon P, Cowman A, Lingelbach K, Blatch GL, Maier AG, Przyborski JM. Parasite-encoded Hsp40 proteins define novel mobile structures in the cytosol of the P. falciparum-infected erythrocyte. Cell Microbiol 2010; 12:1398-420. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01477.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Arias M, Quijano JC, Haridas V, Gutterman JU, Lemeshko VV. Red blood cell permeabilization by hypotonic treatments, saponin, and anticancer avicins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2010; 1798:1189-96. [PMID: 20346345 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2009] [Revised: 03/09/2010] [Accepted: 03/18/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Plasma membrane permeabilization by saponin and anticancer avicins was studied using light dispersion measurements, since high correlation between light dispersion changes and hemolysis has been demonstrated. Nevertheless, we observed that rat red blood cell swelling in moderately hypotonic media was accompanied by up to 20% decrease of light dispersion, when hemolysis was not yet detectable. Avicin G and avicin D were significantly more efficient than saponin in inducing cytotoxicity in PC3 human prostate cancer cells. We found that the preincubation of avicins with the plasma membrane, but not with the cytosolic fraction of previously lysed red blood cells, completely protected fresh cells against permeabilization. The data suggest that the plasma membrane can tightly bind the avicins, but not the saponin. Using the "osmotic protection" method with 100mOsm PEGs of increasing molecular weight in isotonic media, the size of the pores generated by avicin G and avicin D in the plasma membrane was estimated to be higher than the hydrodynamic radius of PEG-8000. The obtained results indicate that the anticancer activity of avicin G and avicin D could be related, at least partially, to their high ability to permeabilize biological membranes. These data might represent interest for possible applications of these anticancer drugs in vivo.
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- Mauricio Arias
- Escuela de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, Colombia
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In order to detect intracellular antigens, cells must first be permeabilized especially after fixation with cross-linking agents such as formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde. Permeabilization provides access to intracellular or intraorganellar antigens. Two general types of reagents are commonly used: organic solvents, such as methanol and acetone, and detergents such as saponin, Triton X-100 and Tween-20. The organic solvents dissolve lipids from cell membranes making them permeable to antibodies. Because the organic solvents also coagulate proteins, they can be used to fix and permeabilize cells at the same time. Saponin interacts with membrane cholesterol, selectively removing it and leaving holes in the membrane. The disadvantage of detergents such as Triton X-100 and Tween-20 is that they are non-selective in nature and may extract proteins along with the lipids. This chapter provides methods for the use of organic solvents and detergents to permeabilize cell membranes.
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Rearrangement of erythrocyte band 3 molecules and reversible formation of osmotic holes under hypotonic conditions. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2009; 39:789-800. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-009-0554-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2009] [Revised: 10/05/2009] [Accepted: 10/09/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Gauthier C, Legault J, Girard-Lalancette K, Mshvildadze V, Pichette A. Haemolytic activity, cytotoxicity and membrane cell permeabilization of semi-synthetic and natural lupane- and oleanane-type saponins. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:2002-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2008] [Revised: 01/09/2009] [Accepted: 01/10/2009] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Sapra B, Jain S, Tiwary AK. Effect of Asparagus racemosus extract on transdermal delivery of carvedilol: a mechanistic study. AAPS PharmSciTech 2009; 10:199-210. [PMID: 19238554 DOI: 10.1208/s12249-009-9198-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2008] [Accepted: 01/31/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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This study was designed for investigating the effect of Asparagus racemosus (AR) extract and chitosan (CTN) in facilitating the permeation of carvedilol (CDL) across rat epidermis. Transdermal flux of carvedilol through heat-separated rat epidermis was investigated in vitro using vertical Keshary-Chien diffusion cells. Biophysical and microscopic manifestations of epidermis treated with AR extract, CTN, and AR extract-CTN mixture were investigated by using differential scanning calorimetry, transepidermal water loss, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Biochemical estimations of cholesterol, sphingosine, and triglycerides were carried out for treated excised as well as viable rat epidermis. The antihypertensive activity of the patches in comparison with that of oral carvedilol was studied in deoxycorticosterone acetate-induced hypertensive rats. The permeation of carvedilol across excised rat epidermis was significantly higher (p < 0.05) when AR extract, CTN, or AR extract-CTN mixture was used as donor vehicle as compared to propylene glycol/ethanol (7:3) mixture. Epidermis obtained after 12 h treatment of viable rat skin with AR extract-CTN mixture showed significantly higher (p < 0.05) permeability to CDL as compared to that after treatment with AR extract or CTN alone. Further, the application of patches containing AR extract-CTN mixture resulted in sustained release of CDL which was able to control the hypertension in deoxycorticosterone acetate-induced hypertensive rats through 36 h. Estimation of micro constituents in rat epidermis revealed maximum extraction of cholesterol, sphingosine, and triglycerides after treatment with AR extract-CTN mixture. This was manifested in altered lipid and protein-specific thermotropic transitions. Further, increase in intercellular space, disordered lipid structure, and corneocyte detachment as observed in SEM and TEM suggested great potential of AR extract for use as percutaneous permeation enhancer. The developed transdermal patches of CDL containing AR extract-CTN mixture exhibited better performance as compared to oral administration in controlling hypertension in rats.
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Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.): composition, chemistry, nutritional, and functional properties. ADVANCES IN FOOD AND NUTRITION RESEARCH 2009; 58:1-31. [PMID: 19878856 DOI: 10.1016/s1043-4526(09)58001-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.), which is considered a pseudocereal or pseudograin, has been recognized as a complete food due to its protein quality. It has remarkable nutritional properties; not only from its protein content (15%) but also from its great amino acid balance. It is an important source of minerals and vitamins, and has also been found to contain compounds like polyphenols, phytosterols, and flavonoids with possible nutraceutical benefits. It has some functional (technological) properties like solubility, water-holding capacity (WHC), gelation, emulsifying, and foaming that allow diversified uses. Besides, it has been considered an oil crop, with an interesting proportion of omega-6 and a notable vitamin E content. Quinoa starch has physicochemical properties (such as viscosity, freeze stability) which give it functional properties with novel uses. Quinoa has a high nutritional value and has recently been used as a novel functional food because of all these properties; it is a promising alternative cultivar.
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