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Golyshev SA, Lyupina YV, Kravchuk OI, Mikhailov KV, Gornostaev NG, Burakov AV. Transient Interphase Microtubules Appear in Differentiating Sponge Cells. Cells 2024; 13:736. [PMID: 38727272 PMCID: PMC11082956 DOI: 10.3390/cells13090736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2024] [Revised: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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Microtubules are an indispensable component of all eukaryotic cells due to their role in mitotic spindle formation, yet their organization and number can vary greatly in the interphase. The last common ancestor of all eukaryotes already had microtubules and microtubule motor proteins moving along them. Sponges are traditionally regarded as the oldest animal phylum. Their body does not have a clear differentiation into tissues, but it contains several distinguishable cell types. The choanocytes stand out among them and are responsible for creating a flow of water with their flagella and increasing the filtering and feeding efficiency of the sponge. Choanocyte flagella contain microtubules, but thus far, observing a developed system of cytoplasmic microtubules in non-flagellated interphase sponge cells has been mostly unsuccessful. In this work, we combine transcriptomic analysis, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopy with time-lapse recording to demonstrate that microtubules appear in the cytoplasm of sponge cells only when transdifferentiation processes are activated. We conclude that dynamic cytoplasmic microtubules in the cells of sponges are not a persistent but rather a transient structure, associated with cellular plasticity.
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- Sergei A. Golyshev
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical and Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia; (S.A.G.); (K.V.M.)
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- N.K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia; (Y.V.L.); (O.I.K.); (N.G.G.)
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- N.K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia; (Y.V.L.); (O.I.K.); (N.G.G.)
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical and Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia; (S.A.G.); (K.V.M.)
- Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 127051, Russia
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- N.K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia; (Y.V.L.); (O.I.K.); (N.G.G.)
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physical and Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia; (S.A.G.); (K.V.M.)
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Mizukami D, Iio K, Oda M, Onodera Y, Fuwa H. Tandem Macrolactone Synthesis: Total Synthesis of (-)-Exiguolide by a Macrocyclization/Transannular Pyran Cyclization Strategy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202202549. [PMID: 35243740 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202202549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Tetrahydropyran-containing macrolactones were synthesized by integrating Meyer-Schuster rearrangement, macrocyclic ring-closing metathesis, and transannular oxa-Michael addition under gold and ruthenium catalysis. Single-step access to a variety of 14- to 20-membered macrolactones containing a tetrahydropyran ring was possible from readily available linear precursors in good yields and with moderate to excellent diastereoselectivity. A 13-step synthesis of (-)-exiguolide, an anticancer marine macrolide, showcased the feasibility of our tandem reaction sequence for macrolactone synthesis and also demonstrated the power of transannular reactions for rapid assembly of the tetrahydropyran rings of the target natural product.
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- Daichi Mizukami
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8551, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8551, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8551, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 981-8577, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8551, Japan
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Mizukami D, Iio K, Oda M, Onodera Y, Fuwa H. Tandem Macrolactone Synthesis: Total Synthesis of (−)‐Exiguolide by a Macrocyclization/Transannular Pyran Cyclization Strategy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202202549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Daichi Mizukami
- Chuo University - Korakuen Campus: Chuo Daigaku - Korakuen Campus Department of Applied Chemistry JAPAN
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- Chuo University - Korakuen Campus: Chuo Daigaku - Korakuen Campus Department of Applied Chemistry JAPAN
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- Chuo University - Korakuen Campus: Chuo Daigaku - Korakuen Campus Department of Applied Chemistry JAPAN
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- Tohoku University - Katahira Campus: Tohoku Daigaku Graduate School of Life Sciences JAPAN
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- Chuo University Department of Applied Chemistry 1-13-27 KasugaBunkyo-ku 112-8551 Tokyo JAPAN
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Lénárt J, Gere A, Causon T, Hann S, Dernovics M, Németh O, Hegedűs A, Halász J. LC-MS based metabolic fingerprinting of apricot pistils after self-compatible and self-incompatible pollinations. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 105:435-447. [PMID: 33296063 PMCID: PMC7892686 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-020-01098-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE LC-MS based metabolomics approach revealed that putative metabolites other than flavonoids may significantly contribute to the sexual compatibility reactions in Prunus armeniaca. Possible mechanisms on related microtubule-stabilizing effects are provided. Identification of metabolites playing crucial roles in sexual incompatibility reactions in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) was the aim of the study. Metabolic fingerprints of self-compatible and self-incompatible apricot pistils were created using liquid chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry followed by untargeted compound search. Multivariate statistical analysis revealed 15 significant differential compounds among the total of 4006 and 1005 aligned metabolites in positive and negative ion modes, respectively. Total explained variance of 89.55% in principal component analysis (PCA) indicated high quality of differential expression analysis. The statistical analysis showed significant differences between genotypes and pollination time as well, which demonstrated high performance of the metabolic fingerprinting and revealed the presence of metabolites with significant influence on the self-incompatibility reactions. Finally, polyketide-based macrolides similar to peloruside A and a hydroxy sphingosine derivative are suggested to be significant differential metabolites in the experiment. These results indicate a strategy of pollen tubes to protect microtubules and avoid growth arrest involved in sexual incompatibility reactions of apricot.
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- József Lénárt
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Food Science, Szent István University, Villányi út 29-43, Budapest, 1118, Hungary
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Horticultural Science, Szent István University, Ménesi út 44, Budapest, 1118, Hungary
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- Department of Postharvest Sciences and Sensory Evaluation, Faculty of Food Science, Szent István University, Villányi út 29-43, 1118, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Brunszvik u. 2, Martonvásár, 2462, Hungary
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Food Science, Szent István University, Villányi út 29-43, Budapest, 1118, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Horticultural Science, Szent István University, Ménesi út 44, Budapest, 1118, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Horticultural Science, Szent István University, Ménesi út 44, Budapest, 1118, Hungary.
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Heravi MM, Momeni T, Zadsirjan V, Mohammadi L. Application of The Dess-Martin Oxidation in Total Synthesis of Natural Products. Curr Org Synth 2020; 18:125-196. [PMID: 32940184 DOI: 10.2174/1570179417666200917102634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Dess-Martin periodinane (DMP), a commercially available chemical, is frequently utilized as a mild oxidative agent for the selective oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to their corresponding aldehydes and ketones, respectively. DMP shows several merits over other common oxidative agents such as chromiumand DMSO-based oxidants; thus, it is habitually employed in the total synthesis of natural products. In this review, we try to underscore the applications of DMP as an effective oxidant in an appropriate step (steps) in the multi-step total synthesis of natural products.
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- Majid M Heravi
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Alzahra University, POBox 1993891176, Vanak, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Alzahra University, POBox 1993891176, Vanak, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Alzahra University, POBox 1993891176, Vanak, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Alzahra University, POBox 1993891176, Vanak, Tehran, Iran
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Ojima I, Wang X, Jing Y, Wang C. Quest for Efficacious Next-Generation Taxoid Anticancer Agents and Their Tumor-Targeted Delivery. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2018; 81:703-721. [PMID: 29468872 PMCID: PMC5869464 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b01012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Paclitaxel and docetaxel are among the most widely used chemotherapeutic drugs against various types of cancer. However, these drugs cause undesirable side effects as well as drug resistance. Therefore, it is essential to develop next-generation taxoid anticancer agents with better pharmacological properties and improved activity especially against drug-resistant and metastatic cancers. The SAR studies by the authors have led to the development of numerous highly potent novel second- and third-generation taxoids with systematic modifications at the C-2, C-10, and C-3' positions. The third-generation taxoids showed virtually no difference in potency against drug-resistant and drug-sensitive cell lines. Some of the next-generation taxoids also exhibited excellent potency against cancer stem cells. This account summarizes concisely investigations into taxoids over 25 years based on a strong quest for the discovery and development of efficacious next-generation taxoids. Discussed herein are SAR studies on different types of taxoids, a common pharmacophore proposal for microtubule-stabilizing anticancer agents and its interesting history, the identification of the paclitaxel binding site and its bioactive conformation, characteristics of the next-generation taxoids in cancer cell biology, including new aspects of their mechanism of action, and the highly efficacious tumor-targeted drug delivery of potent next-generation taxoids.
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- Iwao Ojima
- Department of Chemistry and Institute
of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University−State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute
of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University−State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute
of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University−State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute
of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University−State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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First Report on Chitin in a Non-Verongiid Marine Demosponge: The Mycale euplectellioides Case. Mar Drugs 2018; 16:md16020068. [PMID: 29461501 PMCID: PMC5852496 DOI: 10.3390/md16020068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2018] [Revised: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Sponges (Porifera) are recognized as aquatic multicellular organisms which developed an effective biochemical pathway over millions of years of evolution to produce both biologically active secondary metabolites and biopolymer-based skeletal structures. Among marine demosponges, only representatives of the Verongiida order are known to synthetize biologically active substances as well as skeletons made of structural polysaccharide chitin. The unique three-dimensional (3D) architecture of such chitinous skeletons opens the widow for their recent applications as adsorbents, as well as scaffolds for tissue engineering and biomimetics. This study has the ambitious goal of monitoring other orders beyond Verongiida demosponges and finding alternative sources of naturally prestructured chitinous scaffolds; especially in those demosponge species which can be cultivated at large scales using marine farming conditions. Special attention has been paid to the demosponge Mycale euplectellioides (Heteroscleromorpha: Poecilosclerida: Mycalidae) collected in the Red Sea. For the first time, we present here a detailed study of the isolation of chitin from the skeleton of this sponge, as well as its identification using diverse bioanalytical tools. Calcofluor white staining, Fourier-transform Infrared Spcetcroscopy (FTIR), electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and fluorescence microscopy, as well as a chitinase digestion assay were applied in order to confirm with strong evidence the finding of a-chitin in the skeleton of M. euplectellioides. We suggest that the discovery of chitin within representatives of the Mycale genus is a promising step in their evaluation of these globally distributed sponges as new renewable sources for both biologically active metabolites and chitin, which are of prospective use for pharmacology and biomaterials oriented biomedicine, respectively.
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Marine Sponge Natural Products with Anticancer Potential: An Updated Review. Mar Drugs 2017; 15:md15100310. [PMID: 29027954 PMCID: PMC5666418 DOI: 10.3390/md15100310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Despite the huge investment into research and the significant effort and advances made in the search for new anticancer drugs in recent decades, cancer cure and treatment continue to be a formidable challenge. Many sources, including plants, animals, and minerals, have been explored in the oncological field because of the possibility of identifying novel molecular therapeutics. Marine sponges are a prolific source of secondary metabolites, a number of which showed intriguing tumor chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic properties. Recently, Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs derived from marine sponges have been shown to reduce metastatic breast cancer, malignant lymphoma, and Hodgkin's disease. The chemopreventive and potential anticancer activity of marine sponge-derived compounds could be explained by multiple cellular and molecular mechanisms, including DNA protection, cell-cycle modulation, apoptosis, and anti-inflammatory activities as well as their ability to chemosensitize cancer cells to traditional antiblastic chemotherapy. The present article aims to depict the multiple mechanisms involved in the chemopreventive and therapeutic effects of marine sponges and critically explore the limitations and challenges associated with the development of marine sponge-based anticancer strategy.
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Muthiyan R, Nambikkairaj B, Mahanta N, Immanuel T, Mandal RS, Kumaran K, De AK. Antiproliferative and Proapoptotic Activities of Marine Sponge Hyrtios erectus Extract on Breast Carcinoma Cell Line (MCF-7). Pharmacogn Mag 2017; 13:S41-S47. [PMID: 28479725 PMCID: PMC5407115 DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.203983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Revised: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background: Marine sponge is a rich natural resource of many pharmacologically important compounds. Objective: Marine sponge Hyrtios erectus, collected from North Bay, South Andaman Sea, India, was screened for potential antiproliferative and proapoptotic properties on a breast adenocarcinoma cell line (MCF-7). Materials and Methods: 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay was used to test the antiproliferative and cytotoxicity effects of the sponge extract. Analysis of apoptosis and cell cycle stages were done by flow cytometry. The expression of several apoptotic-related proteins in MCF-7 cells treated by the extract was evaluated by Western blot analysis. Various analytical techniques including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance were employed to determine the identity of the active compounds in the sponge extract. Results: N-Hexane extract of the sponge inhibited proliferation of the MCF-7 cell line in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Exposure of the sponge extract triggered apoptosis of the MCF-7 cells, induced DNA fragmentation, and arrested the cells in G2/M phase. Treatment of the sponge extract induced downregulation of antiapoptotic Bcl-2 protein and upregulation of Bax, caspase-3, caspase-9, and fragmented poly(ADP ribose)polymerase proteins in MCF-7 cells. Five bioactive compounds have been identified in the extract. Conclusion: The antiproliferative and proapoptotic activities of the tested extract suggested the pharmacologic potential of the identified compounds. Further characterization of the identified compounds are in progress. SUMMARY The N-hexane extract of the marine sponge Hyrtios erectus, collected from North Bay, South Andaman Sea, India, showed potential antiproliferative and proapoptotic properties against a breast adenocarcinoma cell line (MCF-7). The sponge extract retarded the growth of breast carcinoma cell line MCF-7 cells in a time- and dose-dependent manner. The sponge extract induced apoptosis of breast cancer cell line MCF-7 and arrested cells in G2/M phase. The sponge extract induced downregulation of Bcl-2 protein in MCF-7 cell line and upregulation of Bax, caspase-3, and cleaved PARP. Five bioactive compounds have been identified in the extract.
Abbreviations used: GC-MS: Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; FT-IR: Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; NMR: Nuclear magnetic resonance; MTT: 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide.
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- Department of Zoology, Voorhees College, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Fisheries Sciences, Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
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- Biomedical Informatics Centre, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beliaghata, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.,Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
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Risinger AL, Li J, Du L, Benavides R, Robles AJ, Cichewicz RH, Kuhn JG, Mooberry SL. Pharmacokinetic Analysis and in Vivo Antitumor Efficacy of Taccalonolides AF and AJ. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2017; 80:409-414. [PMID: 28112516 PMCID: PMC5553283 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The taccalonolides are microtubule stabilizers that covalently bind tubulin and circumvent clinically relevant forms of resistance to other drugs of this class. Efforts are under way to identify a taccalonolide with optimal properties for clinical development. The structurally similar taccalonolides AF and AJ have comparable microtubule-stabilizing activities in vitro, but taccalonolide AF has excellent in vivo antitumor efficacy when administered systemically, while taccalonolide AJ does not elicit this activity even at maximum tolerated dose. The hypothesis that pharmacokinetic differences underlie the differential efficacies of taccalonolides AF and AJ was tested. The effects of serum on their in vivo potency, metabolism by human liver microsomes and in vivo pharmacokinetic properties were evaluated. Taccalonolides AF and AJ were found to have elimination half-lives of 44 and 8.1 min, respectively. Furthermore, taccalonolide AJ was found to have excellent and highly persistent antitumor efficacy when administered directly to the tumor, suggesting that the lack of antitumor efficacy seen with systemic administration of AJ is likely due to its short half-life in vivo. These results help define why some, but not all, taccalonolides inhibit the growth of tumors at systemically tolerable doses and prompt studies to further improve their pharmacokinetic profile and antitumor efficacy.
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- April L. Risinger
- Department of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
- Cancer Therapy & Research Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, Institute for Natural Products Applications and Research Technologies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019-5251, United States
- Natural Products Discovery Group, and Institute for Natural Products Applications and Research Technologies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019-5251, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 78712, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, Institute for Natural Products Applications and Research Technologies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019-5251, United States
- Natural Products Discovery Group, and Institute for Natural Products Applications and Research Technologies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019-5251, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 78712, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
- Cancer Therapy & Research Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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Coorey NVC, Matthews JH, Bellows DS, Atkinson PH. Pleiotropic drug-resistance attenuated genomic library improves elucidation of drug mechanisms. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2016; 11:3129-36. [PMID: 26381459 DOI: 10.1039/c5mb00406c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Identifying Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome-wide gene deletion mutants that confer hypersensitivity to a xenobiotic aids the elucidation of its mechanism of action (MoA). However, the biological activities of many xenobiotics are masked by the pleiotropic drug resistance (PDR) network which effluxes xenobiotics that are PDR substrates. The PDR network in S. cerevisiae is almost entirely under the control of two functionally homologous transcription factors Pdr1p and Pdr3p. Herein we report the construction of a PDR-attenuated haploid non-essential DMA (PA-DMA), lacking PDR1 and PDR3, which permits the MoA elucidation of xenobiotics that are PDR substrates at low concentrations. The functionality of four key cellular processes commonly activated in response to xenobiotic stress: oxidative stress response, general stress response, unfolded stress response and calcium signalling pathways were assessed in the absence of PDR1 and PDR3 genes and were found to unaltered, therefore, these key chemogenomic signatures are not lost when using the PA-DMA. Efficacy of the PA-DMA was demonstrated using cycloheximide and latrunculin A at low nanomolar concentrations to attain chemical genetic profiles that were more specific to their known main mechanisms. We also found a two-fold increase in the number of compounds that are bioactive in the pdr1Δpdr3Δ compared to the wild type strain in screening the commercially available LOPAC(1280) library. The PA-DMA should be particularly applicable to mechanism determination of xenobiotics that have limited availability, such as natural products.
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- Namal V C Coorey
- Centre for Biodiscovery, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn Parade, Kelburn, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand.
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White JA, Banerjee R, Gunawardena S. Axonal Transport and Neurodegeneration: How Marine Drugs Can Be Used for the Development of Therapeutics. Mar Drugs 2016; 14:E102. [PMID: 27213408 PMCID: PMC4882576 DOI: 10.3390/md14050102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Revised: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Unlike virtually any other cells in the human body, neurons are tasked with the unique problem of transporting important factors from sites of synthesis at the cell bodies, across enormous distances, along narrow-caliber projections, to distally located nerve terminals in order to maintain cell viability. As a result, axonal transport is a highly regulated process whereby necessary cargoes of all types are packaged and shipped from one end of the neuron to the other. Interruptions in this finely tuned transport have been linked to many neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's (AD), Huntington's disease (HD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) suggesting that this pathway is likely perturbed early in disease progression. Therefore, developing therapeutics targeted at modifying transport defects could potentially avert disease progression. In this review, we examine a variety of potential compounds identified from marine aquatic species that affect the axonal transport pathway. These compounds have been shown to function in microtubule (MT) assembly and maintenance, motor protein control, and in the regulation of protein degradation pathways, such as the autophagy-lysosome processes, which are defective in many degenerative diseases. Therefore, marine compounds have great potential in developing effective treatment strategies aimed at early defects which, over time, will restore transport and prevent cell death.
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- Joseph A White
- Department of Biological Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
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Kanakkanthara A, Northcote PT, Miller JH. Peloruside A: a lead non-taxoid-site microtubule-stabilizing agent with potential activity against cancer, neurodegeneration, and autoimmune disease. Nat Prod Rep 2016; 33:549-61. [PMID: 26867978 DOI: 10.1039/c5np00146c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Covering: 2000 up to 2016Peloruside A, a macrocyclic secondary metabolite from a New Zealand marine sponge, Mycale hentscheli, has shown potent antiproliferative activity in cultured cancer cells as well as inhibitory effects on tumor growth in mouse models. The compound also has promising effects against cell models of neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases. In mechanistic studies, peloruside A shares with paclitaxel (Taxol®) the ability to stabilize microtubules by binding to β-tubulin. Peloruside A, however, occupies a unique external site on β-tubulin that does not overlap the classical taxoid site that is located on the inside of the microtubule. As such, peloruside A has been of central importance in defining a new microtubule-stabilizer binding site localized on the exterior surface of the microtubule that has led to increased interest in the design of an upscaled total synthesis of the natural product and its analogues. Here, we review advances in the biochemical and biological validation of peloruside A as an attractive therapeutic candidate for the treatment of cancer, neurodegeneration, and autoimmune disease.
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- Arun Kanakkanthara
- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, USA 55905.
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Pourahmad J, Salimi A, Saharkhiz M, Motallebi A, Seydi E, Mohseni A, Nazemi M. Standardized Extract of the Persian Gulf Sponge, Axinella Sinoxea Selectively Induces Apoptosis through Mitochondria in Human Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.6000/1927-7229.2015.04.04.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Brackovic A, Harvey JE. Synthetic, semisynthetic and natural analogues of peloruside A. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:4750-65. [PMID: 25642465 DOI: 10.1039/c4cc09785h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Peloruside A is a macrocyclic natural product from a New Zealand marine sponge Mycale hentscheli. It has attracted significant attention in the synthetic chemistry, cellular and structural biology communities due to its complex structure and potent anticancer activity. Several natural congeners have since been isolated and synthetic analogues have been prepared. This review describes in detail the published syntheses of peloruside analogues and discusses the structure-activity relationships available to date.
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- Amira Brackovic
- Centre for Biodiscovery, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
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Skariyachan S, Acharya AB, Subramaniyan S, Babu S, Kulkarni S, Narayanappa R. Secondary metabolites extracted from marine sponge associated Comamonas testosteroni and Citrobacter freundii as potential antimicrobials against MDR pathogens and hypothetical leads for VP40 matrix protein of Ebola virus: an in vitro and in silico investigation. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2015; 34:1865-83. [PMID: 26577929 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2015.1094412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The current study explores therapeutic potential of metabolites extracted from marine sponge (Cliona sp.)-associated bacteria against MDR pathogens and predicts the binding prospective of probable lead molecules against VP40 target of Ebola virus. The metabolite-producing bacteria were characterized by agar overlay assay and as per the protocols in Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology. The antibacterial activities of extracted metabolites were tested against clinical pathogens by well-diffusion assay. The selected metabolite producers were characterized by 16S rDNA sequencing. Chemical screening and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) analysis for selected compounds were performed. The probable lead molecules present in the metabolites were hypothesized based on proximate analysis, FTIR data, and literature survey. The drug-like properties and binding potential of lead molecules against VP40 target of Ebola virus were hypothesized by computational virtual screening and molecular docking. The current study demonstrated that clear zones around bacterial colonies in agar overlay assay. Antibiotic sensitivity profiling demonstrated that the clinical isolates were multi-drug resistant, however; most of them showed sensitivity to secondary metabolites (MIC-15 μl/well). The proximate and FTIR analysis suggested that probable metabolites belonged to alkaloids with O-H, C-H, C=O, and N-H groups. 16S rDNA characterization of selected metabolite producers demonstrated that 96% and 99% sequence identity to Comamonas testosteroni and Citrobacter freundii, respectively. The docking studies suggested that molecules such as Gymnastatin, Sorbicillactone, Marizomib, and Daryamide can designed as probable lead candidates against VP40 target of Ebola virus.
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- Sinosh Skariyachan
- a Department of Biotechnology Engineering , Dayananda Sagar Institutions , Bengaluru 560 078 , Karnataka , India
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- a Department of Biotechnology Engineering , Dayananda Sagar Institutions , Bengaluru 560 078 , Karnataka , India
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- a Department of Biotechnology Engineering , Dayananda Sagar Institutions , Bengaluru 560 078 , Karnataka , India
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- a Department of Biotechnology Engineering , Dayananda Sagar Institutions , Bengaluru 560 078 , Karnataka , India
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- a Department of Biotechnology Engineering , Dayananda Sagar Institutions , Bengaluru 560 078 , Karnataka , India
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βI-tubulin mutations in the laulimalide/peloruside binding site mediate drug sensitivity by altering drug-tubulin interactions and microtubule stability. Cancer Lett 2015; 365:251-60. [PMID: 26052091 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2015.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Revised: 05/21/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Peloruside A (PLA) and laulimalide (LAU) are potent microtubule-stabilizing natural products that are effective against a broad spectrum of cancer cells. The interactions of PLA and LAU with tubulin have attracted a great deal of attention, mainly because they bind to β-tubulin at a site that is different from the classical taxoid site. Multiple βI-tubulin amino acid residues have been predicted by computer modelling studies and more recently by protein crystallography to participate in the binding of PLA and LAU to tubulin. The relevance of these residues in determining cellular sensitivity to the compounds, however, remains largely uncertain. To determine the role of four binding site residues, Q291, D295, V333, and N337 on PLA and LAU activity, we introduced single mutations to these sites by site-directed mutagenesis and transfected each mutant tubulin separately into HEK and/or HeLa cells. We found that a Q291M βI-tubulin mutation increased sensitivity of the cells to PLA, but not to LAU, paclitaxel (PTX), or vinblastine (VBL). In contrast, V333W and N337L mutations led to less stable microtubules, with the V333W causing resistance to PLA and PTX, but not LAU, and the N337L causing resistance to PLA, LAU, and PTX. Moreover, cells expressing either W333 or L337 were hypersensitive to the microtubule-destabilizing agent, VBL. The D295I mutation conferred resistance to both PLA and LAU without affecting microtubule stability or sensitivity to PTX or ixabepilone (IXB). This study identifies the first mammalian βI-tubulin mutation that specifically increases sensitivity to PLA, and reports mutations at PLA and LAU binding site residues that can either reduce microtubule stability or impair drug-tubulin binding, conferring resistance to these microtubule-stabilizing agents. This information provides insights on β-tubulin residues important for maintaining microtubule structural integrity and for sensitivity to microtubule-targeting agents, and suggests novel directions for rational structure-based design of new and more potent agents for cancer treatment that target the LAU/PLA site.
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Annamalai P, Thayman M, Rajan S, Raman LS, Ramasubbu S, Perumal P. Ethyl acetate extract from marine sponge Hyattella cribriformis exhibit potent anticancer activity by promoting tubulin polymerization as evidenced mitotic arrest and induction of apoptosis. Pharmacogn Mag 2015; 11:345-55. [PMID: 25829774 PMCID: PMC4378133 DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.153088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2014] [Revised: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Background: Marine sponges are important sources of bioactive compounds. Objective: This study investigated the anticancer properties of Hyattella cribriformis ethyl acetate (EA) fraction in various cancer and normal cell lines. Materials and Methods: anticancer assay was carried out in 15 cell lines to evaluate the anticancer potential of the EA fraction. Impact on cell cycle distribution was determined using flow cytometry. The fraction was investigated for interfering microtubules assembly in both in vitro and cellular assay. Further studies were conducted to determine the fraction induced cell death (apoptosis) using calcein/propidium iodide dual staining, activated caspase-3 and phosphorylation of Bcl-2 protein at Ser70. DNA fragmentation assay was performed to confirm the apoptosis. Results: EA fraction exhibited potent inhibition of cancer cell growth and resulted in 50% growth inhibition (GI50) of 0.27 μg/mL in A673 cell line. Sarcoma (MG-63, Saos-2) and ovarian (SK-OV-3 and OVCAR-3) cancer cell lines also showed superior anticancer activity GI50 of 1.0 μg/mL. Colon and breast cancer cell lines exhibited moderate GI compare other cancer cell lines and normal human lung fibroblast showed GI50 of 15.6 μg/mL. EA fraction showed potent G2/M phase arrest in A673 cell line and induced apoptosis at 48 h exposure. EA fraction promoted microtubule polymerization in tubulin polymerization assay and increased level of polymerized tubulin in the HeLa cells. Fraction induced the activation of caspase-3 and phosphorylation of Bcl-2 anti-apoptotic protein. Fraction induced DNA fragmentation in HeLa cells as evidence of apoptosis. Conclusion: Marine sponge H. cribriformis EA fraction exhibited potent anticancer activity through tubulin polymerization and induction of apoptosis.
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Central Research Facility, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Periyar University, Karuppur, Salem, India
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Central Research Facility, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, India
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- Department of Discovery Biology, AURA Biotechnologies Private Limited, Uthandi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Epothilones A and B are naturally occurring microtubule stabilizers with nanomolar or even sub-nanomolar activity against human cancer cells in vitro and potent in vivo antitumor activity against multidrug-resistant tumors. Over the last decade, ten epothilonetype agents have entered clinical trials in humans; of these, the epothilone B lactam ixabepilone (BMS-247550; Ixempra®) was approved by the FDA for breast cancer treatment in 2007. Numerous synthetic and semisynthetic analogs of epothilones have been prepared and their in vitro and (in selected cases) in vivo biological activity has been determined, producing a wealth of SAR information on this compound family. This chapter will provide a brief summary of the in vitro and in vivo biological properties of epothilone B (Epo B). The major part of the discussion will then be organized around those epothilone analogs that have entered clinical development. For each analog the underlying synthetic chemistry and the most important preclinical features will be reviewed, together with the properties of some important related structures.
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- Raphael Schiess
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich HCI H405, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich HCI H405, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland
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Ojima I, Kumar K, Awasthi D, Vineberg JG. Drug discovery targeting cell division proteins, microtubules and FtsZ. Bioorg Med Chem 2014; 22:5060-77. [PMID: 24680057 PMCID: PMC4156572 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2014.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2013] [Revised: 01/25/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Eukaryotic cell division or cytokinesis has been a major target for anticancer drug discovery. After the huge success of paclitaxel and docetaxel, microtubule-stabilizing agents (MSAs) appear to have gained a premier status in the discovery of next-generation anticancer agents. However, the drug resistance caused by MDR, point mutations, and overexpression of tubulin subtypes, etc., is a serious issue associated with these agents. Accordingly, the discovery and development of new-generation MSAs that can obviate various drug resistances has a significant meaning. In sharp contrast, prokaryotic cell division has been largely unexploited for the discovery and development of antibacterial drugs. However, recent studies on the mechanism of bacterial cytokinesis revealed that the most abundant and highly conserved cell division protein, FtsZ, would be an excellent new target for the drug discovery of next-generation antibacterial agents that can circumvent drug-resistances to the commonly used drugs for tuberculosis, MRSA and other infections. This review describes an account of our research on these two fronts in drug discovery, targeting eukaryotic as well as prokaryotic cell division.
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- Iwao Ojima
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA; Institute of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA.
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- Institute of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA
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Chen QH, Kingston DGI. Zampanolide and dactylolide: cytotoxic tubulin-assembly agents and promising anticancer leads. Nat Prod Rep 2014; 31:1202-26. [PMID: 24945566 PMCID: PMC4126874 DOI: 10.1039/c4np00024b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Zampanolide is a marine natural macrolide and a recent addition to the family of microtubule-stabilizing cytotoxic agents. Zampanolide exhibits unique effects on tubulin assembly and is more potent than paclitaxel against several multi-drug resistant cancer cell lines. A high-resolution crystal structure of αβ-tubulin in complex with zampanolide explains how taxane-site microtubule-stabilizing agents promote microtubule assemble and stability. This review provides an overview of current developments of zampanolide and its related but less potent analogue dactylolide, covering their natural sources and isolation, structure and conformation, cytotoxic potential, structure-activity studies, mechanism of action, and syntheses.
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- Qiao-Hong Chen
- Department of Chemistry , California State University, Fresno , 2555 E. San Ramon Avenue, M/S SB70 , Fresno , CA 93740 , USA . ; Fax: +1 559 2784402 ; Tel: +1 559 2782394
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- Department of Chemistry and Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery , M/C 0212, Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , VA 24061 , USA . ; Fax: +1 540 2313255 ; Tel: +1 540 2316570
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Macintyre L, Zhang T, Viegelmann C, Martinez IJ, Cheng C, Dowdells C, Abdelmohsen UR, Gernert C, Hentschel U, Edrada-Ebel R. Metabolomic tools for secondary metabolite discovery from marine microbial symbionts. Mar Drugs 2014; 12:3416-48. [PMID: 24905482 PMCID: PMC4071584 DOI: 10.3390/md12063416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2014] [Revised: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Marine invertebrate-associated symbiotic bacteria produce a plethora of novel secondary metabolites which may be structurally unique with interesting pharmacological properties. Selection of strains usually relies on literature searching, genetic screening and bioactivity results, often without considering the chemical novelty and abundance of secondary metabolites being produced by the microorganism until the time-consuming bioassay-guided isolation stages. To fast track the selection process, metabolomic tools were used to aid strain selection by investigating differences in the chemical profiles of 77 bacterial extracts isolated from cold water marine invertebrates from Orkney, Scotland using liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Following mass spectrometric analysis and dereplication using an Excel macro developed in-house, principal component analysis (PCA) was employed to differentiate the bacterial strains based on their chemical profiles. NMR 1H and correlation spectroscopy (COSY) were also employed to obtain a chemical fingerprint of each bacterial strain and to confirm the presence of functional groups and spin systems. These results were then combined with taxonomic identification and bioassay screening data to identify three bacterial strains, namely Bacillus sp. 4117, Rhodococcus sp. ZS402 and Vibrio splendidus strain LGP32, to prioritize for scale-up based on their chemically interesting secondary metabolomes, established through dereplication and interesting bioactivities, determined from bioassay screening.
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- Lynsey Macintyre
- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.
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- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.
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- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.
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- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.
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- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.
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- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.
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- Department of Botany II, Julius-von-Sachs Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 3, D-97082 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Department of Botany II, Julius-von-Sachs Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 3, D-97082 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Department of Botany II, Julius-von-Sachs Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 3, D-97082 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.
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Katz S, Trebicz-Geffen M, Ankri S. Stress granule formation in Entamoeba histolytica: cross-talk between EhMLBP, EhRLE3 reverse transcriptase and polyubiquitinated proteins. Cell Microbiol 2014; 16:1211-23. [PMID: 24471581 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2012] [Revised: 11/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The Entamoeba histolytica-methylated LINE-binding protein (EhMLBP) binds to methylated repetitive DNA and is a positive regulator of a reverse transcriptase of a long interspersed nucleotide element (LINE). This protein protects trophozoites against heat shock by reducing protein aggregation. The presence of EhMLBP and polyubiquitinated proteins in heat shock-induced protein aggregates raised the question whether these proteins interact. This assumption was confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation experiments: ubiquitinated proteins were detected in the perinuclear region of non-stressed E. histolytica trophozoites, whereas ubiquitinated proteins were detected in the perinuclear region and colocalized with EhMLBP in cytoplasmic granules in heat-shocked trophozoites. We also observed that overexpression of the reverse transcriptase of EhRLE3 induced the upregulation of EhMLBP expression and the formation of these EhMLBP-containing granules. Since (i) these EhMLBP-containing granules in the cytoplasm of heat-shocked E. histolytica trophozoites also contain polyubiquitinated proteins and poly(A)(+) mRNA and (ii) their formation is promoted by sodium arsenate, puromycin, and pateamine A and is inhibited by cycloheximide, we propose that these cytoplasmic EhMLBP-containing granules are stress granules. Our data also suggest that the formation of these granules is dependent upon EhMLBP and LINE.
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- Sophia Katz
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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Mendiola J, Regalado EL, Díaz-García A, Thomas OP, Fernández-Calienes A, Rodríguez H, Laguna A, Valdés O. In vitroantiplasmodial activity, cytotoxicity and chemical profiles of sponge species of Cuban coasts. Nat Prod Res 2013; 28:312-7. [DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2013.861835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Skariyachan S, G. Rao A, Patil M, Saikia B, Bharadwaj KN V, Rao GS J. Antimicrobial potential of metabolites extracted from bacterial symbionts associated with marine sponges in coastal area of Gulf of Mannar Biosphere, India. Lett Appl Microbiol 2013; 58:231-41. [DOI: 10.1111/lam.12178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Revised: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- S. Skariyachan
- Department of Biotechnology; R & D Centre; Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering; Bangalore Karnataka India
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- Department of Biotechnology; R & D Centre; Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering; Bangalore Karnataka India
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- Department of Biotechnology; R & D Centre; Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering; Bangalore Karnataka India
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- Department of Biotechnology; R & D Centre; Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering; Bangalore Karnataka India
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- Department of Biotechnology; R & D Centre; Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering; Bangalore Karnataka India
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- Department of Biotechnology; R & D Centre; Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering; Bangalore Karnataka India
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Pera B, Barasoain I, Pantazopoulou A, Canales A, Matesanz R, Rodriguez-Salarichs J, García-Fernandez LF, Moneo V, Jiménez-Barbero J, Galmarini CM, Cuevas C, Peñalva MA, Díaz JF, Andreu JM. New interfacial microtubule inhibitors of marine origin, PM050489/PM060184, with potent antitumor activity and a distinct mechanism. ACS Chem Biol 2013; 8:2084-94. [PMID: 23859655 DOI: 10.1021/cb400461j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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We have investigated the target and mechanism of action of a new family of cytotoxic small molecules of marine origin. PM050489 and its dechlorinated analogue PM060184 inhibit the growth of relevant cancer cell lines at subnanomolar concentrations. We found that they are highly potent microtubule inhibitors that impair mitosis with a distinct molecular mechanism. They bind with nanomolar affinity to unassembled αβ-tubulin dimers, and PM050489 binding is inhibited by known Vinca domain ligands. NMR TR-NOESY data indicated that a hydroxyl-containing analogue, PM060327, binds in an extended conformation, and STD results define its binding epitopes. Distinctly from vinblastine, these ligands only weakly induce tubulin self-association, in a manner more reminiscent of isohomohalichondrin B than of eribulin. PM050489, possibly acting like a hinge at the association interface between tubulin heterodimers, reshapes Mg(2+)-induced 42 S tubulin double rings into smaller 19 S single rings made of 7 ± 1 αβ-tubulin dimers. PM060184-resistant mutants of Aspergillus nidulans map to β-tubulin Asn100, suggesting a new binding site different from that of vinblastine at the associating β-tubulin end. Inhibition of assembly dynamics by a few ligand molecules at the microtubule plus end would explain the antitumor activity of these compounds, of which PM060184 is undergoing clinical trials.
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- Benet Pera
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid,
Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid,
Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid,
Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid,
Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid,
Spain
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- PharmaMar S.A., Avda de los Reyes 1, Polígono Industrial
La Mina, Colmenar
Viejo, 28770 Madrid, Spain
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- PharmaMar S.A., Avda de los Reyes 1, Polígono Industrial
La Mina, Colmenar
Viejo, 28770 Madrid, Spain
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- PharmaMar S.A., Avda de los Reyes 1, Polígono Industrial
La Mina, Colmenar
Viejo, 28770 Madrid, Spain
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- PharmaMar S.A., Avda de los Reyes 1, Polígono Industrial
La Mina, Colmenar
Viejo, 28770 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid,
Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid,
Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid,
Spain
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Gajewski MM, Tuszynski JA, Barakat K, Huzil JT, Klobukowski M. Interactions of laulimalide, peloruside, and their derivatives with the isoforms of β-tubulin. CAN J CHEM 2013. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2012-0360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The investigational anticancer agents laulimalide and peloruside are known to exert an antimitotic effect on cells by binding to β-tubulin. The binding affinities of derivatives of laulimalide and peloruside to all known isoforms of human β-tubulin were calculated using molecular mechanical, molecular dynamical, and quantum mechanical methods. Several of the derivatives are predicted to have improved β-tubulin binding affinities compared to the parent structures. These results can form the starting point for developing laulimalide or peloruside derivatives with greater specificity for the particular β-tubulin isoforms, which are overexpressed in certain tumours.
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- Melissa M. Gajewski
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Division of Experimental Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Experimental Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Division of Experimental Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- School of Pharmacy and Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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Beedessee G, Ramanjooloo A, Aubert G, Eloy L, Arya D, van Soest RWM, Cresteil T, Marie DEP. Ethyl acetate extract of the Mauritian sponge Jaspis sp. induces cell arrest in human promyelocytic leukemia cells. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2013; 36:58-65. [PMID: 23598257 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2013.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Revised: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 03/08/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Marine sponges are considered as a gold mine of new natural products possessing numerous biological activities. We examined the cytotoxic properties of the ethyl acetate extract (JDE) of the previously unrecorded sponge, Jaspis sp. collected from Mauritius Waters. JDE displayed an interesting IC50 of 0.057±0.04μg/mL on HL-60 cells evaluated by MTS assay. Mitochondrial membrane potential change, microscopic analysis and DNA fragmentation assays also confirmed JDE induced apoptosis on HL-60 cells. Annexin V staining demonstrated that JDE induced apoptosis at different concentrations. Treatment with 100ng/mL of JDE led to an accumulation of cells in G2/M phase after 24 h, causing a significant increase of cells (24h: 5.84%; 48h: 13.41%) in sub-G1 phase suggesting that JDE can induce cell cycle arrest in G2/M phase.
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Jeso V, Yang C, Cameron MD, Cleveland JL, Micalizio GC. Synthesis and SAR of Lehualide B: a marine-derived natural product with potent anti-multiple myeloma activity. ACS Chem Biol 2013; 8:1241-52. [PMID: 23547759 PMCID: PMC3758376 DOI: 10.1021/cb300582s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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We report a concise and convergent laboratory synthesis of the rare marine natural product lehualide B that has led to the discovery that (1) this compound has low nanomolar activity against human multiple myeloma cells and (2) the anticancer effects of lehualide B and its analogues are selective (i.e., they are approximately 2-3 orders of magnitude less toxic to human breast cancer cells). Synthetic lehualide B is shown to be an effective inhibitor of complex I of the mitochondrial electron transport chain, with potency similar to that observed for the terrestrial natural products piericidin A1 and rotenone, an observation that led to the discovery that piericidin A1 is also selectively cytotoxic toward human multiple myeloma cells. Interestingly, synthetic derivatives of lehualide B that resemble verticipyrone (an established complex I inhibitor composed of a γ-pyrone and a simple monounsaturated hydrophobic chain) lack the potent antimyeloma activity of the natural product. Finally, the synthesis and evaluation of a collection of lehualide-inspired analogues led to the elucidation of structure-activity relationships for this rare natural product that established important roles for the substituted γ-pyrone headgroup and the skipped polyene side chain.
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- Valer Jeso
- Departments of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida 33458
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- Cancer Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida 33458
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- Molecular Therapeutics, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida 33458
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- Cancer Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida 33458
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- Departments of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida 33458
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Beedessee G, Ramanjooloo A, Aubert G, Eloy L, Surnam-Boodhun R, Soest RWMV, Cresteil T, Marie DEP. Cytotoxic activities of hexane, ethyl acetate and butanol extracts of marine sponges from Mauritian Waters on human cancer cell lines. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2012; 34:397-408. [PMID: 22743579 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2012.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2012] [Revised: 05/24/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The ocean is an exceptional source of natural products with many of them exhibiting novel structural features and bioactivity. As one of the most interesting phylum with respect to pharmacological active marine compounds, Poriferas have been investigated widely in the last few decades. A total of 60 organic extracts (hexane, ethyl acetate and butanol) from 20 species of marine sponges from Mauritius were screened at 50μg/ml in an in vitro screening assay against 9 human cancer cell lines. From these tested extracts, many exhibited pronounced cytotoxic effect at least in one of the cell lines and cell type cytotoxic specificity was observed. 27% of ethyl acetate, 11% of hexane and 2% of butanol extracts were found to possess a cytotoxicity ≥75% on 9 different cancer cell lines with the sponges Petrosia sp. 1, Petrosia sp. 2, Pericharax heteroraphis and Jaspis sp. being the most active. Overall, the HL-60cells were much more sensitive to most of the extracts than the other cell lines. We further evaluated the properties of the ethyl acetate (JDE) and hexane extract (JDH) of one sponge, Jaspis sp. on KB cells. JDE displayed a smaller IC(50) than JDH. Clonogenic assay confirmed the antiproliferative effect of both extracts while mitochondrial membrane potential change and microscopic analysis demonstrated extracts-induced apoptosis. Treatment with 100ng/ml of JDE led to a significant increase of cells (24h: 4.02%; 48h: 26.23%) in sub-G1 phase. The cytotoxic properties of the tested extracts from these sponges suggest the presence of compounds with pharmacological potential and are currently undergoing fractionation to isolate the active constituents.
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- Girish Beedessee
- Mauritius Oceanography Institute, France Centre, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius
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- Mauritius Oceanography Institute, France Centre, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Mauritius Oceanography Institute, France Centre, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius.
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Peloruside, Laulimalide, and Noscapine Interactions with Beta-Tubulin. Pharm Res 2012; 29:2985-93. [DOI: 10.1007/s11095-012-0809-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2012] [Accepted: 06/11/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Dyshlovoy SA, Fedorov SN, Kalinovsky AI, Shubina LK, Bokemeyer C, Stonik VA, Honecker F. Mycalamide A shows cytotoxic properties and prevents EGF-induced neoplastic transformation through inhibition of nuclear factors. Mar Drugs 2012; 10:1212-1224. [PMID: 22822368 PMCID: PMC3397435 DOI: 10.3390/md10061212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2012] [Revised: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Mycalamide A, a marine natural compound previously isolated from sponges, is known as a protein synthesis inhibitor with potent antitumor activity. However, the ability of this compound to prevent malignant transformation of cells has never been examined before. Here, for the first time, we report the isolation of mycalamide A from ascidian Polysincraton sp. as well as investigation of its cancer preventive properties. In murine JB6 Cl41 P+ cells, mycalamide A inhibited epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced neoplastic transformation, and induced apoptosis at subnanomolar or nanomolar concentrations. The compound inhibited transcriptional activity of the oncogenic nuclear factors AP-1 and NF-κB, a potential mechanism of its cancer preventive properties. Induction of phosphorylation of the kinases MAPK p38, JNK, and ERK was also observed at high concentrations of mycalamide A. The drug shows promising potential for both cancer-prevention and cytotoxic therapy and should be further developed.
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- Sergey A. Dyshlovoy
- Laboratory of Marine Natural Products Chemistry, G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-let Vladivostoku 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (S.N.F.); (A.I.K.); (L.K.S.); (V.A.S.)
- Department of Oncology, Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald-Tumorzentrum, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, Hamburg 20246, Germany; (C.B.); (F.H.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; ; Tel.: +7-423-231-11-68; Fax: +7-423-231-40-50
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- Laboratory of Marine Natural Products Chemistry, G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-let Vladivostoku 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (S.N.F.); (A.I.K.); (L.K.S.); (V.A.S.)
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- Laboratory of Marine Natural Products Chemistry, G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-let Vladivostoku 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (S.N.F.); (A.I.K.); (L.K.S.); (V.A.S.)
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- Laboratory of Marine Natural Products Chemistry, G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-let Vladivostoku 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (S.N.F.); (A.I.K.); (L.K.S.); (V.A.S.)
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- Department of Oncology, Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald-Tumorzentrum, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, Hamburg 20246, Germany; (C.B.); (F.H.)
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- Laboratory of Marine Natural Products Chemistry, G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect 100-let Vladivostoku 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia; (S.N.F.); (A.I.K.); (L.K.S.); (V.A.S.)
- School of Natural Sciences, Far Eastern Federal University, Sukhanova Street, 8, Vladivostok 690091, Russia
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- Department of Oncology, Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald-Tumorzentrum, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, Hamburg 20246, Germany; (C.B.); (F.H.)
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Covering: 2010. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 196. This review covers the literature published in 2010 for marine natural products, with 895 citations (590 for the period January to December 2010) referring to compounds isolated from marine microorganisms and phytoplankton, green, brown and red algae, sponges, cnidarians, bryozoans, molluscs, tunicates, echinoderms, mangroves and other intertidal plants and microorganisms. The emphasis is on new compounds (1003 for 2010), together with the relevant biological activities, source organisms and country of origin. Biosynthetic studies, first syntheses, and syntheses that lead to the revision of structures or stereochemistries, have been included.
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- John W Blunt
- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Sima P, Vetvicka V. Bioactive substances with anti-neoplastic efficacy from marine invertebrates: Porifera and Coelenterata. World J Clin Oncol 2011; 2:355-61. [PMID: 22087433 PMCID: PMC3212816 DOI: 10.5306/wjco.v2.i11.355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2011] [Revised: 10/10/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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An ever increasing demand for new lead compounds in the pharmaceutical industry has led scientists to search for natural bioactive products. Based on this extensive research, marine invertebrates now represent a rich source of novel substances with significant anti-neoplastic activities. As the current approach of synthesizing new and chemically modifying old drugs seems to have slowed down, and the identification of new anticancer drugs is not too promising, a new approach is clearly needed. The objective of this review is to present up-to-date data on these newer compounds. Based on the data summarized in this short review, it is clear that marine invertebrates represent an extremely important source of compounds with potential anti-cancer effects. Considering that we tested only a tiny number of Porifera and Coelenterata, the best is yet to come.
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- Peter Sima
- Peter Sima, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 142 20 Prague 15400, Czech Republic
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Ferreira M, Cabado AG, Chapela MJ, Fajardo P, Atanassova M, Garrido A, Vieites JM, Lago J. Cytotoxic activity of extracts of marine sponges from NW Spain on a neuroblastoma cell line. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2011; 32:430-437. [PMID: 22004963 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2011.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2011] [Accepted: 08/23/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Six species of marine sponges collected at intertidal and sublittoral sites of the coast of Galicia (NW Spain) were screened for potential cytotoxic properties on Neuroblastoma BE(2)-M17 cell line. Exposure to Halichondria panicea, Pachymatisma johnstonia, Ophlitaspongia seriata and Haliclona sp. aqueous extracts strongly affected cell appearance, inducing loss of neuron-like morphology and the formation of clumps. Extracts from these species also caused significant rates of cell detachment and decrease of mitochondrial membrane potential. Incubation with P. johnstonia, O. seriata and Suberites massa extracts also decreased the rate of cell proliferation. The increase of incubation time enhanced propidium iodide uptake by neuroblastoma cells. Toxic responses triggered by sponge extracts are compatible with apoptotic phenomena in neuroblastoma cells, even though increasing propidium uptake at long periods of exposure might indicate the induction of secondary necrosis. The cytotoxic properties of the tested extracts suggest the presence of compounds with potential pharmacological or biotechnological applications in the screened sponge species.
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- Martiña Ferreira
- ANFACO-CECOPESCA, Area of Microbiology and Toxins, Campus Universitario 16, Vigo, 36310 Vigo (Pontevedra), Spain
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Amos LA. What tubulin drugs tell us about microtubule structure and dynamics. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2011; 22:916-26. [PMID: 22001382 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2011] [Accepted: 09/29/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A wide range of small molecules, including alkaloids, macrolides and peptides, bind to tubulin and disturb microtubule assembly dynamics. Some agents inhibit assembly, others inhibit disassembly. The binding sites of drugs that stabilize microtubules are discussed in relation to the properties of microtubule associated proteins. The activities of assembly inhibitors are discussed in relation to different nucleotide states of tubulin family protein structures.
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- Linda A Amos
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
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Qi Y, Ma S. The medicinal potential of promising marine macrolides with anticancer activity. ChemMedChem 2011; 6:399-409. [PMID: 21302362 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201000534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2010] [Revised: 01/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Marine natural products have become a major source of new chemical entities in the discovery of potential anticancer agents that potently suppress various molecular targets. In particular, the marine macrolides, which include an array of novel biomolecules endowed with outstanding cytotoxic and/or antiproliferative activities, are a prominent class of marine natural products that offer continued promise for breakthroughs in anticancer research. Herein we highlight some recent studies of promising marine macrolides, paying particular attention to their discovery, anticancer activities, mechanisms of action, chemical synthesis, and representative analogues.
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- Yunkun Qi
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 44, West Culture Road, Jinan 250012, PR China
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Synergistic interactions between peloruside A and other microtubule-stabilizing and destabilizing agents in cultured human ovarian carcinoma cells and murine T cells. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2010; 68:117-26. [PMID: 20848285 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-010-1461-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2010] [Accepted: 09/01/2010] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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PURPOSE Microtubule-stabilizing agents are an important class of anticancer compounds. Peloruside A and laulimalide bind to a different site on the microtubule to taxoid site drugs such as paclitaxel (Taxol(®)), docetaxel (Taxotere(®)), ixabepilone (Ixempra(®)), the epothilones, and discodermolide. The purpose of this study was to examine the synergistic interactions of these drugs when given in combination in relation to the differences in their binding sites on the microtubule. METHODS Human ovarian carcinoma cells (1A9 cells) and murine T cells were treated with different combinations of microtubule-stabilizing or destabilizing agents. The compounds were given individually and in combination, and the antiproliferative activity was assessed to calculate a combination index (CI) from the equation: CI = D(1)/Dx(1) + D(2)/Dx(2) in which D(1) and D(2) are the concentrations of drug 1 and drug 2 that when given together give the same response as drug 1 and 2 alone (Dx(1) and Dx(2)). Thus, a CI value of less than 1.0 indicates a synergistic effect between the two drugs in which the response to the two drugs given together is greater than the additive response of the two drugs if given on their own. RESULTS As anticipated from previous in vitro studies, peloruside A and laulimalide did not synergize with each other. They also failed to synergize with the microtubule-destabilizing agents vinblastine and 2-methoxyestradiol. Peloruside A and laulimalide did, however, synergize with the epothilones, as had been previously shown, but not with docetaxel or discodermolide. CONCLUSIONS Combining two microtubule-targeting agents with different binding sites does not guarantee a synergistic interaction in cells, and additional factors are likely to be involved. This study highlights the importance of preclinical testing of actual combinations of drugs before proceeding into clinical trials.
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