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Cavalluzzi MM, Viale M, Rotondo NP, Ferraro V, Lentini G. Drug Repositioning for Ovarian Cancer Treatment: An Update. Anticancer Agents Med Chem 2024; 24:ACAMC-EPUB-138275. [PMID: 38367265 DOI: 10.2174/0118715206282904240122063914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/19/2024]
Abstract
Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the most prevalent malignancies in female reproductive organs, and its 5-year survival is below 45%. Despite the advances in surgical and chemotherapeutic options, OC treatment is still a challenge, and new anticancer agents are urgently needed. Drug repositioning has gained significant attention in drug discovery, representing a smart way to identify new clinical applications for drugs whose human safety and pharmacokinetics have already been established, with great time and cost savings in pharmaceutical development endeavors. This review offers an update on the most promising drugs repurposable for OC treatment and/or prevention.
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Affiliation(s)
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- UOC Biotherapy, IRCCS San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy - Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy - Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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Milani G, Budriesi R, Tavazzani E, Cavalluzzi MM, Mattioli LB, Miniero DV, Delre P, Belviso BD, Denegri M, Cuocci C, Rotondo NP, De Palma A, Gualdani R, Caliandro R, Mangiatordi GF, Kumawat A, Camilloni C, Priori S, Lentini G. hERG stereoselective modulation by mexiletine-derived ureas: Molecular docking study, synthesis, and biological evaluation. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2023; 356:e2300116. [PMID: 37460390 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202300116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
Abstract
Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a disorder of cardiac electrophysiology resulting in life-threatening arrhythmias; nowadays, only a few drugs are available for the management of LQTS. Focusing our attention on LQT2, one of the most common subtypes of LQTS caused by mutations in the human ether-à-go-go-related gene (hERG), in the present work, the stereoselectivity of the recently discovered mexiletine-derived urea 8 was investigated on the hERG potassium channel. According to preliminary in silico predictions, in vitro studies revealed a stereoselective behavior, with the meso form showing the greatest hERG opening activity. In addition, functional studies on guinea pig isolated left atria, aorta, and ileum demonstrated that 8 does not present any cardiac or intestinal liability in our ex vivo studies. Due to its overall profile, (R,S)-8 paves the way for the design and development of a new series of compounds potentially useful in the treatment of both congenital and drug-induced forms of LQTS.
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- Gualtiero Milani
- Department of Pharmacy-Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Food Chemistry and Nutraceutical Lab, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Food Chemistry and Nutraceutical Lab, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies, and Environment, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Chemistry Department, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- CNR-Institute of Crystallography, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy-Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies, and Environment, University Aldo Moro of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
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- ICS-Maugeri IRCCS, Pavia, Italy
- Molecular Cardiology, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacy-Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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Farinato A, Cavalluzzi MM, Altamura C, Campanale C, Laghetti P, Saltarella I, Delre P, Barbault A, Tarantino N, Milani G, Rotondo NP, Di Cesare Mannelli L, Ghelardini C, Pierno S, Mangiatordi GF, Lentini G, Desaphy JF. Development of Riluzole Analogs with Improved Use-Dependent Inhibition of Skeletal Muscle Sodium Channels. ACS Med Chem Lett 2023; 14:999-1008. [PMID: 37465302 PMCID: PMC10350938 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.3c00224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Several commercially available and newly synthesized riluzole analogs were evaluated in vitro as voltage-gated skeletal muscle sodium-channel blockers. Data obtained from the patch-clamp technique demonstrated that potency is well correlated with lipophilicity and the introduction of a protonatable amino function in the benzothiazole 2-position enhances the use-dependent behavior. The most interesting compound, the 2-piperazine analog of riluzole (14), although slightly less potent than the parent compound in the patch-clamp assay as well as in an in vitro model of myotonia, showed greater use-dependent Nav1.4 blocking activity. Docking studies allowed the identification of the key interactions that 14 makes with the amino acids of the local anesthetic binding site within the pore of the channel. The reported results pave the way for the identification of novel compounds useful in the treatment of cell excitability disorders.
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- Alessandro Farinato
- Section
of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy − Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy
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of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy − Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Section
of Pharmacology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine,
School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo
Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Section
of Pharmacology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine,
School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo
Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy
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of Pharmacology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine,
School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo
Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy
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of Pharmacology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine,
School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo
Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- CNR
− Institute of Crystallography, via Amendola 122/o, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- CNR
− Institute of Crystallography, via Amendola 122/o, 70126 Bari, Italy
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of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy − Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy
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of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy − Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy
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of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy − Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Department
NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Firenze, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Department
NEUROFARBA - Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Section, University of Firenze, 50139 Florence, Italy
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of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy − Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy
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of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy − Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari, Italy
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of Pharmacology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine,
School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo
Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy
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Admane N, Cavallo G, Hadjila C, Cavalluzzi MM, Rotondo NP, Salerno A, Cannillo J, Difonzo G, Caponio F, Ippolito A, Lentini G, Sanzani SM. Biostimulant Formulations and Moringa oleifera Extracts to Improve Yield, Quality, and Storability of Hydroponic Lettuce. Molecules 2023; 28:373. [PMID: 36615566 PMCID: PMC9822398 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28010373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
The urgent need to increase the sustainability of crop production has pushed the agricultural sector towards the use of biostimulants based on natural products. The current work aimed to determine whether the preharvest application of two commercial formulations, based on a Fabaceae enzymatic hydrolysate or a blend of nitrogen sources including fulvic acids, and two lab-made aqueous extracts from Moringa oleifera leaves (MLEs), could improve yield, quality, and storability of lettuce grown in a hydroponic system, as compared to an untreated control. Lettuce plants treated with the MLEs showed significantly improved quality parameters (leaf number, area, and color), total phenolic content and antioxidant activity, and resistance against the fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea, comparable to that obtained with commercial formulates, particularly those based on the protein hydrolysate. A difference between the M. oleifera extracts was observed, probably due to the different compositions. Although further large-scale trials are needed, the tested MLEs seem a promising safe and effective preharvest means to improve lettuce agronomic and quality parameters and decrease susceptibility to rots.
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia—Scienze del Farmaco, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia—Scienze del Farmaco, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Forza Vitale, Via Castel del Monte, 194/C, 70033 Corato, Italy
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- Forza Vitale, Via Castel del Monte, 194/C, 70033 Corato, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia—Scienze del Farmaco, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- CIHEAM Bari, Via Ceglie 9, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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Cavalluzzi MM, Lamonaca A, Rotondo NP, Miniero DV, Muraglia M, Gabriele P, Corbo F, De Palma A, Budriesi R, De Angelis E, Monaci L, Lentini G. Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Lentil Wastes: Antioxidant Activity Evaluation and Metabolomic Characterization. Molecules 2022; 27:7471. [PMID: 36364300 PMCID: PMC9655545 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27217471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The recovery of industrial by-products is part of the zero-waste circular economy. Lentil seed coats are generally considered to be a waste by-product. However, this low-value by-product is rich in bioactive compounds and may be considered an eco-friendly source of health-promoting phytochemicals. For the first time, a sustainable microwave-assisted extraction technique was applied, and a solvent screening was carried out to enhance the bioactive compound content and the antioxidant activity of green and red lentil hull extracts. With respect to green lentil hull extracts that were obtained with different solvents, the aqueous extract of the red lentil seed coats showed the highest total phenolic and total flavonoid content (TPC = 28.3 ± 0.1 mg GAE/g dry weight, TFC = 1.89 ± 0.01 mg CE/100 mg dry weight, respectively), as well as the highest antioxidant activity, both in terms of the free radical scavenging activity (ABTS, 39.06 ± 0.73 mg TE/g dry weight; DPPH, IC50 = 0.39 μg/mL) and the protection of the neuroblastoma cell line (SH-SY5Y, IC50 = 10.1 ± 0.6 μg/mL), the latter of which has never been investigated so far. Furthermore, a metabolite discovery analysis was for the first time performed on the aqueous extracts of both cultivars using an HPLC separation which was coupled with an Orbitrap-based high-Resolution Mass Spectrometry technique.
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISPA), Via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy
- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University Aldo Moro-Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy—Drug Sciences, University Aldo Moro-Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University Aldo Moro-Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy—Drug Sciences, University Aldo Moro-Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy—Drug Sciences, University Aldo Moro-Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy—Drug Sciences, University Aldo Moro-Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University Aldo Moro-Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Food Chemistry and Nutraceutical Lab, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISPA), Via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ISPA), Via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy—Drug Sciences, University Aldo Moro-Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
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