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Roshni PT, Rekha PD. Biotechnological interventions for the production of forskolin, an active compound from the medicinal plant, Coleus forskohlii. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 30:213-226. [PMID: 38623169 PMCID: PMC11016037 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-024-01426-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
Abstract
Coleus forskohlii, an Indian-origin medicinal plant is the sole natural source of the labdane terpenoid forskolin (C22H34O7), with growing demand. Forskolin emerged as an industrially important bioactive compound, with many therapeutic applications in human health. It has established potential effects in the treatment of various diseases and conditions such as glaucoma, asthma, obesity, allergies, skin conditions and cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, clinical trials against different types of cancers are progressing. The mechanism of action of forskolin mainly involves activating adenylyl cyclase and elevating cAMP, thereby regulating different cellular processes. For the extraction of forskolin, tuberous roots of C. forskohlii are used as they contain the highest concentration of this metabolite. Approximately 2500 tonnes of the plant are cultivated annually to produce a yield of 2000-2200 kg ha-1 of dry tubers. The forskolin content of the root is distributed in the range of 0.01-1%, which cannot meet the increasing commercial demands from industries such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, dietary supplements, food and beverages. Hence, various aspects of micropropagation with different culture methods that employ precursors or elicitors to improve the forskolin content have been explored. Different extraction and analytical methods are also introduced to examine the yield and purity of forskolin. This review discusses the significance, clinical importance, mechanism of action and different approaches used for mass production including tissue culture for the lead compound forskolin to meet market needs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pulukkunadu Thekkeveedu Roshni
- Division of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), University Road, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka 575018 India
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- Division of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), University Road, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka 575018 India
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Hanga-Farcaș A, Miere (Groza) F, Filip GA, Clichici S, Fritea L, Vicaș LG, Marian E, Pallag A, Jurca T, Filip SM, Muresan ME. Phytochemical Compounds Involved in the Bone Regeneration Process and Their Innovative Administration: A Systematic Review. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:2055. [PMID: 37653972 PMCID: PMC10222459 DOI: 10.3390/plants12102055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Bone metabolism is a complex process which is influenced by the activity of bone cells (e.g., osteocytes, osteoblasts, osteoclasts); the effect of some specific biomarkers (e.g., parathyroid hormone, vitamin D, alkaline phosphatase, osteocalcin, osteopontin, osteoprotegerin, osterix, RANKL, Runx2); and the characteristic signaling pathways (e.g., RANKL/RANK, Wnt/β, Notch, BMP, SMAD). Some phytochemical compounds-such as flavonoids, tannins, polyphenols, anthocyanins, terpenoids, polysaccharides, alkaloids and others-presented a beneficial and stimulating effect in the bone regeneration process due to the pro-estrogenic activity, the antioxidant and the anti-inflammatory effect and modulation of bone signaling pathways. Lately, nanomedicine has emerged as an innovative concept for new treatments in bone-related pathologies envisaged through the incorporation of medicinal substances in nanometric systems for oral or local administration, as well as in nanostructured scaffolds with huge potential in bone tissue engineering.
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- Alina Hanga-Farcaș
- Doctoral School of Biomedical Science, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania;
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- Department of Preclinical Discipline, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 10, 1 December Square, 410073 Oradea, Romania; (F.M.); (L.F.); (M.E.M.)
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- Department of Physiology, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Victor Babeș Street, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (G.A.F.); (S.C.)
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- Department of Physiology, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Victor Babeș Street, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (G.A.F.); (S.C.)
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- Department of Preclinical Discipline, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 10, 1 December Square, 410073 Oradea, Romania; (F.M.); (L.F.); (M.E.M.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 10, 1 December Square, 410073 Oradea, Romania; (E.M.); (A.P.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 10, 1 December Square, 410073 Oradea, Romania; (E.M.); (A.P.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 10, 1 December Square, 410073 Oradea, Romania; (E.M.); (A.P.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 10, 1 December Square, 410073 Oradea, Romania; (E.M.); (A.P.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Informatics and Sciences, University of Oradea, 1 University Street, 410087 Oradea, Romania;
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- Department of Preclinical Discipline, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 10, 1 December Square, 410073 Oradea, Romania; (F.M.); (L.F.); (M.E.M.)
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Sánchez-Cid P, Jiménez-Rosado M, Romero A, Pérez-Puyana V. Novel Trends in Hydrogel Development for Biomedical Applications: A Review. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14153023. [PMID: 35893984 PMCID: PMC9370620 DOI: 10.3390/polym14153023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Nowadays, there are still numerous challenges for well-known biomedical applications, such as tissue engineering (TE), wound healing and controlled drug delivery, which must be faced and solved. Hydrogels have been proposed as excellent candidates for these applications, as they have promising properties for the mentioned applications, including biocompatibility, biodegradability, great absorption capacity and tunable mechanical properties. However, depending on the material or the manufacturing method, the resulting hydrogel may not be up to the specific task for which it is designed, thus there are different approaches proposed to enhance hydrogel performance for the requirements of the application in question. The main purpose of this review article was to summarize the most recent trends of hydrogel technology, going through the most used polymeric materials and the most popular hydrogel synthesis methods in recent years, including different strategies of enhancing hydrogels’ properties, such as cross-linking and the manufacture of composite hydrogels. In addition, the secondary objective of this review was to briefly discuss other novel applications of hydrogels that have been proposed in the past few years which have drawn a lot of attention.
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- Correspondence: (P.S.-C.); (A.R.); Tel.: +34-954557179 (A.R.)
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Massaro M, Poma P, Cavallaro G, García-Villén F, Lazzara G, Notarbartolo M, Muratore N, Sánchez-Espejo R, Viseras Iborra C, Riela S. Prodrug based on halloysite delivery systems to improve the antitumor ability of methotrexate in leukemia cell lines. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2022; 213:112385. [PMID: 35168104 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The prodrug approach, as well as the development of specific systems able to deliver a chemotherapeutic agent in the target site, decreasing the side effects often associated with its administration, are still a challenging. In this context, both methotrexate drug molecules (MTX) and biotin ligand moieties, whose receptors are overexpressed on the surface of several cancer cells, were loaded on halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) to develop nanomaterial based on multifunctional and "smart" delivery systems. To highlight the crucial role played by biotin, carrier systems based on HNTs and MTX were also synthetized. In detail, several approaches were envisaged: i) a supramolecular interaction between the clay and the drug; ii) a covalent grafting of the drug onto the HNTs external surface and, iii) a combination of both approaches. The nanomaterials obtained were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis, FT-IR, and UV-vis spectroscopies, DLS and ζ-potential measurements and the morphologies were imaged by HAADF/STEM investigations. Kinetic release experiments at different pH conditions were also performed. Finally, as a proof-of-concept application of our pro-drug delivery systems based on HNTs in cancer therapy, the cytotoxic effects were evaluated on acute myeloid leukemia cell lines, HL60 and its multidrug resistance variant, HL60R. The obtained results showed that both the MTX prodrug system and the biotinylated ones played a crucial role in the biological activity and, they are promising agents for the cancer treatments.
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- Marina Massaro
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), University of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), University of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica "E. Segrè (DiFC), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy; Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali, INSTM, I-50121 Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Campus of Cartuja, 18071 s/n Granada, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica "E. Segrè (DiFC), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy; Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali, INSTM, I-50121 Firenze, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), University of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica "E. Segrè (DiFC), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences, CSIC-UGR, Avenida de las Palmeras 4, 18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Campus of Cartuja, 18071 s/n Granada, Spain; Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences, CSIC-UGR, Avenida de las Palmeras 4, 18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), University of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
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Ishmukhametov I, Batasheva S, Rozhina E, Akhatova F, Mingaleeva R, Rozhin A, Fakhrullin R. DNA/Magnetic Nanoparticles Composite to Attenuate Glass Surface Nanotopography for Enhanced Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:344. [PMID: 35054750 PMCID: PMC8779295 DOI: 10.3390/polym14020344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have extensive pluripotent potential to differentiate into various cell types, and thus they are an important tool for regenerative medicine and biomedical research. In this work, the differentiation of hTERT-transduced adipose-derived MSCs (hMSCs) into chondrocytes, adipocytes and osteoblasts on substrates with nanotopography generated by magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MNPs) and DNA was investigated. Citrate-stabilized MNPs were synthesized by the chemical co-precipitation method and sized around 10 nm according to microscopy studies. It was shown that MNPs@DNA coatings induced chondrogenesis and osteogenesis in hTERT-transduced MSCs. The cells had normal morphology and distribution of actin filaments. An increase in the concentration of magnetic nanoparticles resulted in a higher surface roughness and reduced the adhesion of cells to the substrate. A glass substrate modified with magnetic nanoparticles and DNA induced active chondrogenesis of hTERT-transduced MSC in a twice-diluted differentiation-inducing growth medium, suggesting the possible use of nanostructured MNPs@DNA coatings to obtain differentiated cells at a reduced level of growth factors.
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kreml uramı 18, 420008 Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; (I.I.); (S.B.); (F.A.); (R.M.); (A.R.)
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kreml uramı 18, 420008 Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation; (I.I.); (S.B.); (F.A.); (R.M.); (A.R.)
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