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Tang D, Wang X, Wu J, Li Y, Li C, Qiao X, Fan L, Chen Y, Zhu H, Zhang Z, He Y. Cinchonine and cinchonidine alleviate cisplatin-induced ototoxicity by regulating PI3K-AKT signaling. CNS Neurosci Ther 2024; 30:e14403. [PMID: 37577804 PMCID: PMC10848099 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14403] [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: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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AIM Cinchonine (CN) and its isomer cinchonidine (CD), two of the common cinchona alkaloids, are wildly used as antimalarial drugs. However, the effects of CN and CD on the auditory system are unknown. METHODS Molecular docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation were used for predicting effective drugs. The CCK-8 assay was conducted for assessing cell viability in House Ear Institute-Organ of Corti 1 (HEI-OC1) cells. MitoSox Red staining revealed reactive oxygen species (ROS) amounts. TMRM staining was used to assess the mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm). Immunofluorescence staining of myosin 7a was used to examine hair cells (HCs) in cisplatin-treated neonatal mouse cochlear explants, while TUJ-1 immunostaining was used for the detection of spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs). Cleaved caspase-3 and TUNEL immunostaining were utilized for apoptosis assessment. Immunoblot was carried out to detect PI3K-AKT signaling effectors. RESULTS Pretreatment with CN or CD significantly increased cell viability and reduced mitochondrial dysfunction and ROS accumulation in cisplatin-treated HEI-OC1 cells. Immunofluorescent staining of cochlear explants showed that CN and CD attenuated cisplatin-induced damage to SGNs and HCs. Immunoblot revealed that CN and CD downregulated the expression of cleaved caspase-3 and activated PI3K-AKT signaling in cisplatin-injured HEI-OC1 cells. CONCLUSION CD and CN can reduce ototoxicity caused by cisplatin and might help treat cisplatin-associated hearing loss.
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- Dongmei Tang
- ENT Institute and Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Eye & ENT Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing MedicineFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology‐Head and Neck SurgeryFirst Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang UniversityNanchangChina
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- ENT Institute and Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Eye & ENT Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing MedicineFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- ENT Institute and Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Eye & ENT Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing MedicineFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology‐Head and Neck SurgeryFirst Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang UniversityNanchangChina
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck SurgeryThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical UniversityHefeiChina
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology‐Head and Neck SurgeryFirst Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang UniversityNanchangChina
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology‐Head and Neck SurgeryFirst Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang UniversityNanchangChina
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology‐Head and Neck SurgeryFirst Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang UniversityNanchangChina
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology‐Head and Neck SurgeryFirst Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang UniversityNanchangChina
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- ENT Institute and Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Eye & ENT Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing MedicineFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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Chen Y, Zhang S, Tian Y, Huang X, Zhou L, Liu S, Chen G, Che Z. Synthesis, Anti-Oomycete and Anti-fungal Activities of Novel Cinchona Alkaloid Derivatives Containing Sulfonate Moiety. Chem Biodivers 2023; 20:e202300607. [PMID: 37334925 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202300607] [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: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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Using cinchona alkaloid as the lead compound, twenty-four cinchona alkaloid sulfonate derivatives (1 a-l, 2 a-c, 3 a-c, 4 a-c, and 5 a-c) were designed and prepared by modifying their C9 position, and structurally confirmed by 1 H-NMR, 13 C-NMR, HR-MS and melting points. Moreover, the stereochemical configurations of compounds 1 f and 1 l were unambiguously confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Furthermore, we determined the anti-oomycete and anti-fungal activities of these target compounds against Phytophthora capsici and Fusarium graminearum in vitro. The results showed that two compounds 4 b and 4 c exhibited prominent anti-oomycete activity, and the median effective concentration (EC50 ) values of 4 b and 4 c against P. capsici were 22.55 and 16.32 mg/L, respectively. This study suggested that when the C9 position of cinchona alkaloid sulfonate derivatives is in the S configuration and the 6'-position methoxy group is not present, the anti-oomycete activity is superior. In addition, five compounds 1 e, 1 f, 1 k, 3 c and 4 c displayed significant anti-fungal activity, with EC50 values of 43.64, 45.07, 80.18, 48.58 and 41.88 mg/L against F. graminearum, respectively. This result indicates that only when a specific substituent is introduced into the structural framework of the target compound, the corresponding compound exhibits significant inhibitory activity against fungi.
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- Yingwu Chen
- Laboratory of Pesticidal Design & Synthesis, Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Pesticidal Design & Synthesis, Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Pesticidal Design & Synthesis, Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Pesticidal Design & Synthesis, Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, P. R. China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- Laboratory of Pesticidal Design & Synthesis, Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Pesticidal Design & Synthesis, Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Pesticidal Design & Synthesis, Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023, P. R. China
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Pósa SP, Dargó G, Nagy S, Kisszékelyi P, Garádi Z, Hámori L, Szakács G, Kupai J, Tóth S. Cytotoxicity of cinchona alkaloid organocatalysts against MES-SA and MES-SA/Dx5 multidrug-resistant uterine sarcoma cell lines. Bioorg Med Chem 2022; 67:116855. [PMID: 35640378 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2022.116855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Since the first application of natural quinine as an anti-malarial drug, cinchona alkaloids and their derivatives have been exhaustively studied for their biological activity. In our work, we tested 13 cinchona alkaloid organocatalysts, synthesised from quinine. These derivatives were screened against MES-SA and Dx5 uterine sarcoma cell lines for in vitro anticancer activity and to investigate their potential to overcome P-glycoprotein (P-gp) mediated multidrug resistance (MDR). Decorating quinine with hydrogen-bond donor units, such as thiourea and (thio)squaramide, resulted in decreased half-maximal growth inhibition values on both cell lines (1.3-21 µM) compared to quinine and other cinchona alcohols (47-111 µM). Further cytotoxicity studies conducted in the presence of the P-gp inhibitor tariquidar indicated that several analogues, especially cinchona amines and squaramides, but not thiosquaramide, were expelled from MDR cells by P-gp. Similarly to the established P-gp inhibitor quinine, 6 cinchona analogues were shown to inhibit calcein-AM efflux. Interestingly, quinine and didehydroquinine exhibited a marginally increased toxicity against the multidrug resistant Dx5 cells. Collateral sensitivity of the MDR cell line was more pronounced when the cinchona thiosquaramide was complexed with Cu(II) acetate. Based on the results, cinchona derivatives are good anticancer candidates for further drug development.
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- Szonja Polett Pósa
- Department of Organic Chemistry & Technology, Budapest University of Technology & Economics, Műegyetem rakpart 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary; Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Organic Chemistry & Technology, Budapest University of Technology & Economics, Műegyetem rakpart 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Organic Chemistry & Technology, Budapest University of Technology & Economics, Műegyetem rakpart 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Organic Chemistry & Technology, Budapest University of Technology & Economics, Műegyetem rakpart 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacognosy Semmelweis University, Üllői út. 26, H-1085 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary; Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Organic Chemistry & Technology, Budapest University of Technology & Economics, Műegyetem rakpart 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary.
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
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Zuccato C, Cosenza LC, Zurlo M, Lampronti I, Borgatti M, Scapoli C, Gambari R, Finotti A. Treatment of Erythroid Precursor Cells from β-Thalassemia Patients with Cinchona Alkaloids: Induction of Fetal Hemoglobin Production. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:13433. [PMID: 34948226 PMCID: PMC8706579 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222413433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Revised: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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β-thalassemias are among the most common inherited hemoglobinopathies worldwide and are the result of autosomal mutations in the gene encoding β-globin, causing an absence or low-level production of adult hemoglobin (HbA). Induction of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) is considered to be of key importance for the development of therapeutic protocols for β-thalassemia and novel HbF inducers need to be proposed for pre-clinical development. The main purpose on this study was to analyze Cinchona alkaloids (cinchonidine, quinidine and cinchonine) as natural HbF-inducing agents in human erythroid cells. The analytical methods employed were Reverse Transcription quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) (for quantification of γ-globin mRNA) and High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) (for analysis of the hemoglobin pattern). After an initial analysis using the K562 cell line as an experimental model system, showing induction of hemoglobin and γ-globin mRNA, we verified whether the two more active compounds, cinchonidine and quinidine, were able to induce HbF in erythroid progenitor cells isolated from β-thalassemia patients. The data obtained demonstrate that cinchonidine and quinidine are potent inducers of γ-globin mRNA and HbF in erythroid progenitor cells isolated from nine β-thalassemia patients. In addition, both compounds were found to synergize with the HbF inducer sirolimus for maximal production of HbF. The data obtained strongly indicate that these compounds deserve consideration in the development of pre-clinical approaches for therapeutic protocols of β-thalassemia.
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- Cristina Zuccato
- Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; (C.Z.); (L.C.C.); (M.Z.); (I.L.); (M.B.)
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- Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; (C.Z.); (L.C.C.); (M.Z.); (I.L.); (M.B.)
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- Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; (C.Z.); (L.C.C.); (M.Z.); (I.L.); (M.B.)
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- Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; (C.Z.); (L.C.C.); (M.Z.); (I.L.); (M.B.)
- Research Laboratory “Elio Zago” on the Pharmacologic and Pharmacogenomic Therapy of Thalassemia (Thal-LAB), University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; (C.Z.); (L.C.C.); (M.Z.); (I.L.); (M.B.)
- Research Laboratory “Elio Zago” on the Pharmacologic and Pharmacogenomic Therapy of Thalassemia (Thal-LAB), University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Section of Biology and Evolution, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy;
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- Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; (C.Z.); (L.C.C.); (M.Z.); (I.L.); (M.B.)
- Research Laboratory “Elio Zago” on the Pharmacologic and Pharmacogenomic Therapy of Thalassemia (Thal-LAB), University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
- Interuniversity Consortium for Biotechnology (C.I.B.), 34148 Trieste, Italy
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- Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; (C.Z.); (L.C.C.); (M.Z.); (I.L.); (M.B.)
- Research Laboratory “Elio Zago” on the Pharmacologic and Pharmacogenomic Therapy of Thalassemia (Thal-LAB), University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
- Interuniversity Consortium for Biotechnology (C.I.B.), 34148 Trieste, Italy
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Jo YJ, Lee HI, Kim N, Hwang D, Lee J, Lee GR, Hong SE, Lee H, Kwon M, Kim NY, Kim HJ, Park JH, Kang YH, Kim HS, Lee SY, Jeong W. Cinchonine inhibits osteoclast differentiation by regulating TAK1 and AKT, and promotes osteogenesis. J Cell Physiol 2021; 236:1854-1865. [PMID: 32700766 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.29968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 03/09/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Cinchonine (CN) has been known to exert antimalarial, antiplatelet, and antiobesity effects. It was also recently reported to inhibit transforming growth factor β-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) and protein kinase B (AKT) through binding to tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6). However, its role in bone metabolism remains largely unknown. Here, we showed that CN inhibits osteoclast differentiation with decreased expression of nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic 1 (NFATc1), a key determinant of osteoclastogenesis. Immunoblot and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis as well as the reporter assay revealed that CN inhibits nuclear factor-κB and activator protein-1 by regulating TAK1. CN also attenuated the activation of AKT, cyclic AMP response element-binding protein, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator 1β (PGC1β), an essential regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis. Collectively, these results suggested that CN may inhibit TRAF6-mediated TAK1 and AKT activation, which leads to downregulation of NFATc1 and PGC1β resulting in the suppression of osteoclast differentiation. Interestingly, CN not only inhibited the maturation and resorption function of differentiated osteoclasts but also promoted osteoblast differentiation. Furthermore, CN protected lipopolysaccharide- and ovariectomy-induced bone destruction in mouse models, suggesting its therapeutic potential for treating inflammation-induced bone diseases and postmenopausal osteoporosis.
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- You-Jin Jo
- Department of Life Science, Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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Rankovic G, Stankovic V, Zivkovic M, Rankovic B, Laketic D, Potic M, Saranovic M, Rankovic GN. Effects of cinchonine, a Cinchona bark alkaloid, on spontaneous and induced rat ileum contractions. Bratisl Lek Listy 2019; 120:576-580. [PMID: 31379180 DOI: 10.4149/bll_2019_094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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AIM Quinine, a frequently used anti-malaria alkaloid isolated from the Cinchona bark, possesses numerous toxic properties, the majority of which arrive from a dysfunction of the gastrointestinal tract. Similarly, cinchonine, another alkaloid from the Cinchona bark, displays a great potential for treating malaria (especially the resistant forms). METHODS In this work, we aimed to evaluate the effects of cinchonine on spontaneous and induced Wistar rat ileum contractions in order to uncover potential side effects that might arise after its application. RESULTS Cinchonine produced a concentration-dependent spasmolytic activity, which was found to be reversible (i.e. disappeared after tissue wash-up), with an IC50 value of 273 µM. Furthermore, the mechanism of action of cinchonine at IC50 elucidated through experiments with acetylcholine and Ca2+-induced ileum contractions. The applied IC50 concentration of cinchonine statistically significantly prevented the occurrence of contractions after the application of specific agonist. The obtained results are in a range with the effects seen with standard receptor antagonists, i.e. atropine and verapamil. CONCLUSIONS The obtained results showed that cinchonine inhibited both types of induced contractions, suggesting a Ca2+-channels mediated modus operandi (Fig. 4, Ref. 19).
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Karlsson D, Fallarero A, Shinde P, Anju CP, Busygin I, Leino R, Mohan CG, Vuorela P. Chemical modifications of cinchona alkaloids lead to enhanced inhibition of human butyrylcholinesterase. Nat Prod Commun 2014; 9:455-458. [PMID: 24868853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
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Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibitors were identified from a collection containing cinchonine, cinchonidine and synthetic derivatives, and further characterized using cytotoxicity and molecular docking studies. The most active ones were: (10 triple bond)-10,11-dibromo-10,11-dihydrocinchonidine (11), a competitive inhibitor with Ki = 3.45 +/- 0.39 microM, and IC50 BChE = 9.83 +/- 0.30 microM/human (h)BChE = 34.47 +/- 4.63 and O-(trimethylsilyl)cinchonine (15), a mixed inhibitor with Kiuc = 1.73 +/- 0.46 microM and Kic = 0.85 +/- 0.26 microM, and IC50 BChE = 0.56 +/- 0.14 microM/hBChE = 0.24 +/- 0.04. In cytotoxicity experiments, > or = 80% of the cells remained viable when exposed to concentrations of up to 80 microM of both inhibitors in four different cell lines, including neurons. Due to the bulkier trimethylsilyl side group of 15, it covered the active site of hBChE better than 11 with an OH-group while not being able to fit into the active site gorge of hAChE, thus explaining the selectivity of 15 towards hBChE.
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Cheng GG, Cai XH, Zhang BH, Li Y, Gu J, Bao MF, Liu YP, Luo XD. Cinchona alkaloids from Cinchona succirubra and Cinchona ledgeriana. Planta Med 2014; 80:223-230. [PMID: 24452461 DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1360279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Seven new cinchona alkaloids, cinchonanines A-G (1-7), and 29 known alkaloids were isolated from the barks of Cinchona surrirubra and C. ledgeriana collected from Yunnan Province in China. The new structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis. All compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxicity against five human cancer cell lines. Compounds 2, 13, 14, and 15 showed moderate cytotoxicity.
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- Gui-Guang Cheng
- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P. R. China
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- Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P. R. China
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Griffin CE, Hoke JM, Samarakoon U, Duan J, Mu J, Ferdig MT, Warhurst DC, Cooper RA. Mutation in the Plasmodium falciparum CRT protein determines the stereospecific activity of antimalarial cinchona alkaloids. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2012; 56:5356-64. [PMID: 22869567 PMCID: PMC3457399 DOI: 10.1128/aac.05667-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2011] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Cinchona alkaloids are quinoline aminoalcohols that occur as diastereomer pairs, typified by (-)-quinine and (+)-quinidine. The potency of (+)-isomers is greater than the (-)-isomers in vitro and in vivo against Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites. They may act by the inhibition of heme crystallization within the parasite digestive vacuole in a manner similar to chloroquine. Earlier studies showed that a K76I mutation in the digestive vacuole-associated protein, PfCRT (P. falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter), reversed the normal potency order of quinine and quinidine toward P. falciparum. To further explore PfCRT-alkaloid interactions in the malaria parasite, we measured the in vitro susceptibility of eight clonal lines of P. falciparum derived from the 106/1 strain, each containing a unique pfcrt allele, to four Cinchona stereoisomer pairs: quinine and quinidine; cinchonidine and cinchonine; hydroquinine and hydroquinidine; 9-epiquinine and 9-epiquinidine. Stereospecific potency of the Cinchona alkaloids was associated with changes in charge and hydrophobicity of mutable PfCRT amino acids. In isogenic chloroquine-resistant lines, the IC(50) ratio of (-)/(+) CA pairs correlated with side chain hydrophobicity of the position 76 residue. Second-site PfCRT mutations negated the K76I stereospecific effects: charge-change mutations C72R or Q352K/R restored potency patterns similar to the parent K76 line, while V369F increased susceptibility to the alkaloids and nullified stereospecific differences between alkaloid pairs. Interactions between key residues of the PfCRT channel/transporter with (-) and (+) alkaloids are stereospecifically determined, suggesting that PfCRT binding plays an important role in the antimalarial activity of quinine and other Cinchona alkaloids.
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- Carol E. Griffin
- Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
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- Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, USA
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- Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Eck Institute for Global Health, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Pathogen Molecular Biology, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Disease, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
- Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, California, USA
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Skogman ME, Kujala J, Busygin I, Leinob R, Vuorela PM, Fallarero A. Evaluation of antibacterial and anti-biofilm activities of cinchona alkaloid derivatives against Staphylococcus aureus. Nat Prod Commun 2012; 7:1173-1176. [PMID: 23074900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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Bacterial biofilms are resistant to most of the commonly available antibacterial chemotherapies. Thus, an enormous need exists to meet the demands of effective anti-biofilm therapy. In this study, a small library of cinchona alkaloids, including the naturally occurring compounds cinchonidine and cinchonine, as well as various synthetic derivatives and analogues was screened for antibacterial and anti-biofilm activity against the Staphylococcus aureus biofilm producing strain ATCC 25923. Two methods were used to evaluate activity against biofilms, namely crystal violet staining to measure biomass and resazurin assay to measure biofilms viability. Cinchonidine was found to be inactive, whereas a synthetic derivative, 11-triphenylsilyl-10,11-dihydrocinchonidine (11-TPSCD), was effective against planktonic bacteria as well as in preventing biofilm formation at low micromolar concentrations. Higher concentrations were required to eradicate mature biofilms.
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- Malena E Skogman
- Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Biosciences, Abo Akademi University, Artillerigatan 6A, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
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Uchino T, Kawahara N, Sekita S, Satake M, Saito Y, Tokunaga H, Ando M. Potent protecting effects of Catuaba (Anemopaegma mirandum) extracts against hydroperoxide-induced cytotoxicity. Toxicol In Vitro 2005; 18:255-63. [PMID: 15046771 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2003.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2003] [Revised: 08/01/2003] [Accepted: 08/01/2003] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ishigami et al. (Ishigami et al., 1998) reported that squalene monohydroperoxide (SQOOH) induced skin damage in hairless mice. Kohno and Takahashi (Kohno and Takahashi, 1993) reported that SQOOH induced cytotoxicity against Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts. We have already evaluated the efficacy of extracts obtained from Brazilian herbal medicines in protecting the normal human epidermis keratinocytes [NHEK(B)] against the cytotoxicity caused by SQOOH. The EtOAc extract was separated by silica-gel column chromatography into eight fractions. Fractions (Fr) 1,3 and 5 significantly protected rat basophilic leukemia (RBL-2H3) cells from the release of beta-hexosaminidase due to SQOOH. Additionally, Fr5-1 was most effective in a Gunze three-dimensional cultured human skin model (Vitrolife-skin) against the cytotoxicity due to SQOOH and the release of interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-4. The mixture of cinchonains Ia and Ib and the mixture of cinchonains IIa and IIb were isolated from Fr3 and Fr5-1, respectively. The results suggest that the addition of SQOOH caused the reduction in cell viability and the release of beta-hexosaminidase and cytokines as chemical mediators. The extract of Catuaba (Anemopaegma mirandum) prevented these toxic effects with the main active agents suggested to be cinchonains IIa and IIb.
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- T Uchino
- National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan.
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Ruiz-Mesia L, Ruiz-Mesía W, Reina M, Martínez-Diaz R, de Inés C, Guadaño A, González-Coloma A. Bioactive cinchona alkaloids from Remijia peruviana. J Agric Food Chem 2005; 53:1921-6. [PMID: 15769114 DOI: 10.1021/jf048880e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Three known Cinchona alkaloids of the quinine type, quinine (1), cupreine (2), cinchonine (3), and the possible artifact cinchonine-HCl (3-HCl), along with two new ones, acetylcupreine (4) and N-ethylquinine (5), have been isolated from the bark of Remijia peruviana (Rubiaceae). Their stereochemical structures were established by high resolution NMR spectroscopy. Alkaloids 2-4 had antifeedant effects on Leptinotarsa decemlineata with varying potencies. Compound 4 was cytotoxic to both insect Sf9 and mammalian CHO cells after 48 h of incubation, while 3-HCl had stronger and selective cytotoxicity to Sf9. Quinine 1 had a moderate to low effect on Trypanosoma cruzi. Tumoral cells were also affected by these alkaloids, with 4 and 3-HCl being the most cytotoxic to all the cell lines tested. Overall, the 8R, 9S configurations, as in 3 and 3-HCl, as well as the C-6'acetylated alkaloid 4, with an 8S, 9R configuration, showed stronger biological effects.
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- Lastenia Ruiz-Mesia
- Laboratorio de Productos Naturales, Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana, Iquitos, Peru
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Warhurst DC, Craig JC, Adagu IS, Meyer DJ, Lee SY. The relationship of physico-chemical properties and structure to the differential antiplasmodial activity of the cinchona alkaloids. Malar J 2003; 2:26. [PMID: 14505493 PMCID: PMC201021 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-2-26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2003] [Accepted: 09/01/2003] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background The 8-amino and 9-hydroxy substituents of antimalarial cinchona alkaloids have the erythro orientation while their inactive 9-epimers are threo. From the X-ray structures a 90° difference in torsion angle between the N1-H1 and C9-O12 bonds in the two series is believed to be important. In order to kill the malaria parasite, alkaloids must cross the erythrocyte and parasite membranes to accumulate in the acid digestive vacuole where they prevent detoxication of haematin produced during haemoglobin breakdown. Methods Ionization constants, octanol/water distribution and haematin interaction are examined for eight alkaloids to explain the influence of small structural differences on activity. Results Erythro isomers have a high distribution ratio of 55:1 from plasma to the erythrocyte membrane, while for the more basic threo epimers this is only 4.5:1. This gives an increased transfer rate of the erythro drugs into the erythrocyte and thence into the parasite vacuole where their favourable conformation allows interaction with haematin, inhibiting its dimerization strongly (90 ± 7%) and thereby killing the parasite. The threo compounds not only enter more slowly but are then severely restricted from binding to haematin by the gauche alignment of their N1-H1 and C9-O12 bonds. Confirmatory molecular models allowed measurement of angles and bond lengths and computation of the electronic spectrum of a quinine-haematin complex. Conclusion Differences in the antiplasmodial activity of the erythro and threo cinchona alkaloids may therefore be attributed to the cumulative effects of lipid/aqueous distribution ratio and drug-haematin interaction. Possible insights into the mechanism of chloroquine-resistance are discussed.
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- David C Warhurst
- Pathogen Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St., London WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California, CA 94143-00446 USA
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- Pathogen Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St., London WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Pathogen Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St., London WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Pathogen Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel St., London WC1E 7HT, UK
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This study was designed to examine the effect of rutin and cinchonine on the uptake and metabolism of idarubicin (IDA) in the isolated perfused rat lung. IDA (2 mg) was infused for 2 min into the truncus pulmonalis in the presence of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) modulators cinchonine (1 microM) or rutin (6 microM). (Rutin is also known as an aldo-keto reductase inhibitor.) Venous outflow samples were collected up to 60 min, and the concentration of IDA and its primary metabolite idarubicinol (IDOL) were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography) with fluorescence detection. Thereafter, the tissue concentrations of IDA and IDOL were determined in the lung (n = 5 in each group). The estimated mean transit times for IDA in the treatment groups (MTT(cinchonine) = 21.8+/-3.5 min; MTT(rutin) = 20.1+/-5.0 min) were significantly higher than in the control group (11.6+/-2.1 min). Both cinchonine and rutin significantly enhanced the lung tissue concentrations of IDA (1.7- and 2.4-fold), as well as of IDOL (2.1- and 2.4-fold). Cinchonine and rutin also increased the outflow recovery of IDOL 2.6- and 2.7-fold, respectively. The results suggest that uptake kinetics of IDA into the rat lung is partly controlled by a P-gp efflux pump and its inhibition enhances the accumulation of IDA.
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- Olaf Kuhlmann
- Section of Pharmacokinetics, Department of Pharmacology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
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The four naturally occurring cinchona alkaloids were subjected to hydroformylation to create an extra functional group that allows immobilization. Cinchonidine, quinine, and quinidine, could be hydroformylated with virtually complete terminal selectivity, using a rhodium/tetraphosphite catalyst. The cinchonidine aldehyde was reduced to the alcohol and subjected to reductive amination with benzylamine.
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- Marielle Lambers
- DSM Fine Chemicals-Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, P.O. box 18, 6160 MD Geleen, The Netherlands
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Two types of Na(+)-independent Mg(2+) efflux exist in erythrocytes: (1) Mg(2+) efflux in sucrose medium and (2) Mg(2+) efflux in high Cl(-) media such as KCl-, LiCl- or choline Cl-medium. The mechanism of Na(+)-independent Mg(2+) efflux in choline Cl medium was investigated in this study. Non-selective transport by the following transport mechanisms has been excluded: K(+),Cl(-)- and Na(+),K(+),Cl(-)-symport, Na(+)/H(+)-, Na(+)/Mg(2+)-, Na(+)/Ca(2+)- and K(+)(Na(+))/H(+) antiport, Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel and Mg(2+) leak flux. We suggest that, in choline Cl medium, Na(+)-independent Mg(2+) efflux can be performed by non-selective transport via the choline exchanger. This was supported through inhibition of Mg(2+) efflux by hemicholinum-3 (HC-3), dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DoTMA) and cinchona alkaloids, which are inhibitors of the choline exchanger. Increasing concentrations of HC-3 inhibited the efflux of choline and efflux of Mg(2+) to the same degree. The K(d) value for inhibition of [(14)C]choline efflux and for inhibition of Mg(2+) efflux by HC-3 were the same within the experimental error. Inhibition of choline efflux and of Mg(2+) efflux in choline medium occurred as follows: quinine>cinchonine>HC-3>DoTMA. Mg(2+) efflux was reduced to the same degree by these inhibitors as was the [(14)C]choline efflux.
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- H Ebel
- Institut für Klinische Physiologie, Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
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Furusawa S, Nakano S, Wu J, Sakaguchi S, Takayanagi M, Sasaki KI, Satoh S. Apoptosis induced by doxorubicin and cinchonine in P388 multidrug-resistant cells. J Pharm Pharmacol 2001; 53:1029-39. [PMID: 11480538 DOI: 10.1211/0022357011776289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Acquired drug resistance is a major factor in the failure of doxorubicin-based cancer chemotherapy. We determined the ability of cinchonine to reverse doxorubicin drug resistance in a doxorubicin-resistant leukaemia cell line (mouse P388/DOX). A non-cytotoxic concentration of cinchonine (10 microM) increased the sensitivity to doxorubicin of multidrug-resistant P388/DOX cells and significantly enhanced the doxorubicin-induced apoptosis and DNA fragmentation in resistant cells, but had no effect in parent cells. Time-course studies demonstrated that DNA fragmentation was present 24 h after incubation with doxorubicin and cinchonine, indicating that DNA degradation was a preceding event. In cultured cells, cinchonine increased the intracellular accumulation of doxorubicin in the resistant cells in a dose-dependent manner. Using flow cytometry to measure the inhibition of the P-glycoprotein (P-gp) dependent efflux of rhodamine 123, cinchonine was found to be considerably more effective than quinine. The results with cinchonine suggest that there may be quinine derivatives with a similar capacity to inhibit drug transport by P-gp. Additionally, the G2/M phase cell population in resistant cells is increased by doxorubicin/cinchonine treatment. Exposure of resistant cells to 1 microM doxorubicin and 10 microM cinchonine resulted in the expression of Fas (APO-1/CD95) in cells after 6 h. These studies demonstrate that the cell killing effects of doxorubicin and cinchonine in resistant cells
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- S Furusawa
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cancer Research Institute, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan.
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For most potent antimalarial activity, the cinchona alkaloids appear to require certain electronic features, particularly a sufficiently acidic hydroxyl proton and an electric field direction pointing from the aliphatic nitrogen atom towards the quinoline ring. These observations are the result of an analysis of molecular electronic properties of eight cinchona alkaloids and an in vivo metabolite calculated using ab initio 3-21G quantum chemical methods in relation to their in vitro IC50 values against chloroquine-sensitive and chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum parasites. The purpose is to provide a profile of the electronic characteristics necessary for potent antimalarial activity for use in the design of new antimalarial agents and to gain insight into the mechanistic path for antimalarial activity. Distinguishing features of the weakly active epiquinine and epiquinidine include a higher dipole moment, a different direction of the electric field, a greater intrinsic nucleophilicity, lower acidity of the hydroxyl proton, a lesser electron affinity of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals, and a higher proton affinity than the active cinchona alkaloids. A moderately potent quinine metabolite possesses some, but not all, of the same electronic features as the most potent cinchona alkaloids. Both the positioning of the hydroxyl and aliphatic amine groups and their electronic features appear to play a crucial role for antimalarial potency of the cinchona alkaloids, most likely by controlling the ability of these groups to form effective intermolecular hydrogen bonds.
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- J M Karle
- Department of Pharmacology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307, USA.
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Shah BH, Nawaz Z, Virani SS, Ali IQ, Saeed SA, Gilani AH. The inhibitory effect of cinchonine on human platelet aggregation due to blockade of calcium influx. Biochem Pharmacol 1998; 56:955-60. [PMID: 9776305 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(98)00094-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The Cinchona bark contains alkaloids like quinine, quinidine, cinchonine and cinchonidine. These agents are effective antimalarial drugs and have been used clinically in malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Previous studies show that quinine and quinidine exert effects on cardiovascular system. This study was conducted to examine the effect of cinchonine on human platelet aggregation. The results show that cinchonine inhibited platelet aggregation mediated by platelet agonists, epinephrine (200 microM), ADP (4.3 microM), platelet activating factor (PAF; 800 nM) and collagen (638 nM) but had no effect on arachidonic acid (AA; 0.75 mM). Cinchonine was most effective in inhibiting aggregation induced by platelet activating factor and epinephrine with IC50 values of 125 and 180 microM respectively, however, higher concentrations of cinchonine were required to inhibit aggregation mediated by ADP or collagen (IC50; 300 microM). Pretreatment of platelets with cinchonine inhibited aggregation caused by Ca2+ ionophore, A-23187 (6 microM), in a dose-dependent manner (IC50; 300 microM) indicating an inhibitory effect on Ca2+-signaling cascade. This was supported by measuring [Ca2+]i in platelets loaded with Fura-2AM where cinchonine inhibited the rise in cytosolic Ca2+ mediated by A-23187 (6 microM) or collagen (638 nM). Results show that cinchonine (20 microM) also inhibited aggregation when platelets were pretreated with protein kinase C (PKC) activator, phorbol myristate acetate (PMA; 0.1 microM) in combination with low doses of platelet activating factor (80 nM). Cinchonine, however, had no effect on AA-induced platelet aggregation and thromboxane A2 (TXA2) synthesis in platelets. These results suggest that antiplatelet effects of cinchonine are mediated mainly through inhibition of Ca2+-influx and protein kinase C pathways in platelets.
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- B H Shah
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
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Genne P, Duchamp O, Solary E, Magnette J, Belon JP, Chauffert B. Cinchonine per os: efficient circumvention of P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance. Anticancer Drug Des 1995; 10:103-18. [PMID: 7710633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We have previously suggested that quinine and cinchonine could be good candidates for the clinical circumvention of multidrug resistance (MDR) in haematological malignancies because of their tolerance and their retained efficacy in serum. We have also shown that cinchonine was more efficient than quinine as an anti-MDR agent in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo after parenteral administration. Here, we report that cinchonine administered per os (po) is much more active than quinine po in circumventing MDR in rats bearing resistant colon tumours. The pharmacokinetics of cinchonine and quinine administered po in rat are shown to be very different. Cinchonine demonstrates a greater absolute bioavailability than quinine (44% versus 30%, respectively). Its serum concentration correlates with the anti-MDR activity measured ex vivo and in vivo. Cinchonine administered po does not significantly modify the pharmacokinetics of intravenous doxorubicin (DXR). However, cinchonine induces a significant increase of DXR uptake in organs which express the mdr1 gene (liver, kidney, lung). When associated with VAD (vincristine, adriamycin, dexamethasone) combined therapy in rats, cinchonine does not significantly increase the toxicity of the cytotoxic drugs. Based on these experimental data, a phase I clinical trial is currently in progress to test the tolerance of this potent MDR-reversing agent administered po.
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- P Genne
- Research Group on Digestive Tumours, INSERM U252, Faculty of Medecine, Dijon, France
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BACKGROUND Previously described were three patients with quinine-dependent antibodies to neutrophils, platelets, and red cells who had episodic pancytopenia and renal failure. The nature of the antibody-drug-neutrophil interactions was investigated with sera from these patients. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Sera from all three patients were tested against neutrophils in flow cytometry in the presence of several compounds related to quinine. IgG and Fab and F(ab')2 fragments were prepared from the serum of one patient and tested against neutrophils in flow cytometry and immunoprecipitation in the presence of quinine and related compounds. RESULTS In flow cytometry, sera from all three patients plus quinidine reacted with neutrophils. Sera from Patients 1 and 3 reacted with neutrophils in the presence of cinchonidine (desmethoxy-quinine) and serum from Patient 3 also reacted with neutrophils in the presence of cinchonine (desmethoxy-quinidine). None of the sera reacted with neutrophils in the presence of chloroquine or primaquine. Serum from Patient 3 plus quinolinic acid, a tryptophan metabolite, reacted with neutrophils, but sera from the other two patients did not. Patient 3 serum plus tryptophan or another tryptophan metabolite, quinalidic acid, did not react with neutrophils. IgG from Patient 3 serum reacted with neutrophils in flow cytometry in the presence of quinine, quinidine, cinchonidine, cinchonine, and quinolinic acid. F(ab')2 fragments plus quinine or cinchonidine also reacted with neutrophils, but Fab fragments plus quinine did not. In the presence of quinine, Patient 3 IgG immunoprecipitated the 85- and 60-kDa molecules and F(ab')2 fragments immunoprecipitated the 85-kDa molecule. Patient 3 serum plus quinidine, cinchonidine, cinchonine, and quinolinic acid immunoprecipitated the 130- and 85-kDa molecules, but not the 60-kDa molecule. CONCLUSION Quinine-dependent neutrophil antibodies often react with neutrophils in the presence of quinidine and related compounds. These reactions were mediated by the F(ab')2 domain of IgG.
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- D F Stroncek
- American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Paul, Minnesota
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You X, Mulchinski EA, Agarwal AK. Protection of carbon tetrachloride hepatotoxicity by cinchona alkaloids. Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol 1994; 84:223-32. [PMID: 8091007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Elevated serum enzymes were observed due to all four cinchona alkaloids in male Sprague-Dawley rats after four day treatment. Only a slight effect on bile flow and excretion of phenolphthalein glucuronide in bile was noted. Animals treated with cinchona alkaloid for four days and then receiving CCl4 showed a partial protection against CCl4 induced hepatotoxicity. The levels of serum enzymes were lowered as compared to animals treated with CCl4 alone. Bile flow and excretion of phenolphthalein glucuronide in bile showed a trend of restoration towards control levels. All four cinchona alkaloids probably inhibit microsomal enzymes, thereby, inhibiting the bioactivation of CCl4 and hence reducing the toxicity.
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- X You
- Department of Sciences, John Jay College of CUNY, NY 10019
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Genne P, Duchamp O, Solary E, Pinard D, Belon JP, Dimanche-Boitrel MT, Chauffert B. Comparative effects of quinine and cinchonine in reversing multidrug resistance on human leukemic cell line K562/ADM. Leukemia 1994; 8:160-4. [PMID: 8289482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We have previously suggested that quinine and cinchonine could be good candidates for clinical circumvention of multidrug resistance (MDR) in hematological malignancies because of their tolerance and their retained efficacy in serum. In the present study, we have used the well-characterized multidrug resistant human leukemic cell line K562/ADM to compare the effect in vitro of quinine and cinchonine on doxorubicin, mitoxantrone, and vincristine uptake and cytotoxicity. In serum-free medium, quinine induced a dose-dependent increase of doxorubicin uptake reaching about 200% at 40 microM, while it had a slight and no effect on mitoxantrone and vincristine uptake respectively. In the same conditions, cinchonine induced a rapid and significant increase in the accumulation of the three drugs, reaching a plateau phase between 5 and 10 microM. Quinine and cinchonine induced both potentiation of doxorubicin, vincristine and mitoxantrone cytotoxicity in K562/ADM cells. However, quinine reached a plateau phase at 10 microM, while cinchonine had a maximal effect at 5 microM and was significantly more potent at low concentrations. When diluted in plasma, cinchonine was less bound to proteins than quinine. The free fraction of alkaloids was 37-55% for cinchonine and 20-30% for quinine. Cinchonine-induced enhancement of vincristine cellular accumulation was little modified by plasma proteins. When incubated in whole blood, the fraction of cinchonine trapped in red blood cells was rapidly and completely exchangeable with plasma. We conclude that cinchonine is a stronger inhibitor of MDR than quinine.
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- P Genne
- INSERM U252, Faculty of Medecine, Dijon, France
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Mulchinski EA, Rao SS, Agarwal AK. Comparative in vitro renal damage due to stereoisomeric cinchona alkaloids. Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol 1994; 83:103-12. [PMID: 8165364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cinchona alkaloids significantly diminished the ability of renal cortical slices to accumulate organic cations and organic anions in vitro. Stereoisomeric differences exist in the inhibition of the accumulation of p-amino hippurate and tetraethyl ammonium. Oxygen consumption in renal cortical slices was inhibited by all four cinchona alkaloids. Cinchonine/cinchonidine were stronger inhibitors of the in vitro oxygen consumption than quinine/quinidine. Common antimalarial drug chloroquine inhibited the organic anion and cation accumulation much higher concentration than primaquine. Renal cortical slice oxygen consumption was also inhibited at much higher concentration by chloroquine than primaquine. The results indicate adverse renal effects in vitro but the significance of these findings in vivo is to be further examined.
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- E A Mulchinski
- Department of Sciences, John Jay College of CUNY, NY 10019
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Pelassy C, Aussel C. Effect of Cinchona bark alkaloids and chloroquine on phospholipid synthesis. K+ channel blockers specifically enhance the activity of the serine base exchange enzyme system in Jurkat T cells. Pharmacology 1993; 47:28-35. [PMID: 8337232 DOI: 10.1159/000139075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The effects of quinine, quinidine, cinchonine, cinchonidine and chloroquine on phospolipid synthesis in the Jurkat T cell line have been compared. It was found that the two potassium channel blockers, quinine and quinidine, markedly enhanced phosphatidylserine synthesis and strongly decreased both phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis. The inhibition of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine synthesis was due to the inhibition of the uptake of [3H]choline or [3H]ethanolamine, respectively, by the cells. This effect was also observed when using either cinchonine, cinchonidine and chloroquine. In contrast, these three drugs were unable to modify phosphatidylserine synthesis, indicating that the K+ channel blockers, quinine and quinidine, specifically interfere with the synthesis of this phospholipid.
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- C Pelassy
- INSERM U343, Faculté de Médecine, Nice, France
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Karle JM, Karle IL, Gerena L, Milhous WK. Stereochemical evaluation of the relative activities of the cinchona alkaloids against Plasmodium falciparum. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1992; 36:1538-44. [PMID: 1510452 PMCID: PMC191617 DOI: 10.1128/aac.36.7.1538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Quinine and quinidine were over 100 times more active than 9-epiquinine and 9-epiquinidine against chloroquine-sensitive Plasmodium falciparum and over 10 times more active against chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum. Since the only structural difference between quinine, quinidine, 9-epiquinine, and 9-epiquinidine is their three-dimensional configuration, the three-dimensional structures of these four alkaloids were examined in order to explain the large difference in relative activities between the 9-epi alkaloids and quinine and quinidine. The crystal structure of 9-epiquinidine hydrochloride monohydrate was determined by X-ray diffraction and was compared with the crystal structures of quinine, quinidine sulfate dihydrate, and 9-epiquinine hydrochloride dihydrate. The crystallographic parameters for 9-epiquinidine hydrochloride monohydrate were as follows: chemical formula, C20H25N2O2+.Cl-.H2O; M(r), 378.9; symmetry of unit cell, orthorhombic; space group, P2(1)2(1)2(1); parameters of unit cell, a was 7.042 +/- 0.001 A (1 A = 0.1 nm), b was 9.082 +/- 0.001 A, c was 31.007 +/- 0.005 A; the volume of unit cell was 1,983.1 +/- 0.6 A3; number of molecules per unit cell was 4; the calculated density was 1.27 g cm-3; the source of radiation was Cu K alpha (lambda = 1.54178 A); mu (absorption coefficient) was 18.82 cm-1; F(000) (sum of atomic scattering factors at zero scattering angle) was 808; room temperature was used; final R (residual index) was 5.72% for 1,501 reflections with magnitude of F(o) greater than 3 sigma (F). The intramolecular distance from N-1 to O-12 in 9-epiquinidine and 9-epiquinine, although shorter than the corresponding distance in quinine and quinidine, was similar to those of other active amino alcohol antimalarial agents. In all four alkaloids, both the hydroxyl and amine groups formed intermolecular hydrogen bonds, showing the potential for forming hydrogen bonds with cellular constituents. However, the positioning of the N+-1--H-N1 and O-12--H-O12 groups relative to each other was quite different in the 9-epi alkaloids versus quinidine. This difference in positioning may determine the relative strengths, of the formation of hydrogen bonds with cellular constituents important to antimalarial activity and, therefore, may determine the relative strength of antimalarial activity.
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- J M Karle
- Department of Pharmacology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100
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Genne P, Dimanche-Boitrel MT, Mauvernay RY, Gutierrez G, Duchamp O, Petit JM, Martin F, Chauffert B. Cinchonine, a potent efflux inhibitor to circumvent anthracycline resistance in vivo. Cancer Res 1992; 52:2797-801. [PMID: 1581892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Circumvention of multidrug resistance is a new field of investigation in cancer chemotherapy, and safe and potent multidrug resistance inhibitors are needed for clinical use. We investigated several analogues of quinine for their ability to increase anthracycline uptake in resistant cancer cells. Cinchonine was the most potent inhibitor of anthracycline resistance in vitro, and its activity was little altered by serum proteins. Serum from rats treated with i.v. cinchonine produced greater uptake of doxorubicin in cancer cells (DHD/K12/PROb rat colon cells and K562/ADM human leukemic cells) than did serum from quinine-treated rats (ex vivo assay). Cinchonine was more effective than quinine in reducing tumor mass and increasing the survival of rats inoculated i.p. with DHD/K12/PROb cells and treated i.p. with deoxydoxorubicin. Moreover, the acute toxicity of cinchonine in rats and mice was lower than that of other quinine-related compounds. The lower toxicity and greater potentiation of in vivo anthracycline activity produced by cinchonine are favorable characteristics for its use as an anti-multidrug resistance agent in future clinical trials.
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- P Genne
- Research Group on Digestive Tumors, INSERM U.252, Faculty of Medicine, University of Dijon, France
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Prinz A. [Discovery of the cardiac effectiveness of cinchona bark and its alkaloids]. Wien Klin Wochenschr 1990; 102:721-3. [PMID: 2281676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The cardiac side effects of chinchona bark were discovered very soon after its introduction to the materia medica of academic medicine towards the end of the 17th century (Georg Ernst Stahl, 1660-1734). Therapeutically these effects were utilized sporadically as early as in the first half of the 18th century (Gerhard van Swieten, 1700-1772; John Wall, 1708-1776; William Saunders, 1743-1817). Purified quinine became a standard component of cardiac therapy in the 2nd half of the 19th century (Ludwig Traube, 1818-1876; Johann Oppolzer, 1808-1871; Karel Frederik Wenckebach, 1864-1940). In 1918 quinidine was introduced by Walter Frey (1884-1972) as the common alkaloid of chinchona bark and is still used in rhythmology today.
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- A Prinz
- Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Universität Wien
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We have compared the in-vitro interactions of quinine and cinchonine, two alkaloids from cinchona bark, with human neutrophil functions. Although these molecules are structurally similar, they induced a quantitatively different depressive effect on neutrophil chemotaxis and oxidative response. Quinine produced the strongest effect at concentrations as low as 10 mg/l, which may be achievable in serum during therapeutic use of this compound. The depression induced by cinchonine was noticeable only at 100 mg/l. Chemotaxis was decreased by about 25% (formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine) or 39% (serum) for quinine (100 mg/l) only if a constant concentration of the drug was maintained during the assay while cinchonine had no effect on this PMN function. The greatest impairment was observed for the PMN oxidative burst: this was dose-dependent whatever the stimulus used (phorbol-myristate-acetate or opsonized zymosan). After 30 min incubation in the presence of the drugs, the zymosan-induced chemiluminescence response was decreased by 96% and by 67% with quinine, 100 and 10 mg/l, respectively, and by 62% with cinchonine 100 mg/l. The myeloperoxidase-mediated iodination of PMN was reduced by 100% and 46% with quinine, 100 and 10 mg/l, respectively, whereas cinchonine decreased this function by about 95% at 100 mg/l and 14% at 10 mg/l. Superoxide anion generation was impaired by 94% (quinine 100 mg/l) or 45% (cinchonine 100 mg/l). The relevance to the clinical situation and the possible mechanisms of such effects are discussed.
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- J el Benna
- INSERM U. 294, CHU Xavier Bichat, Paris, France
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Haab J, Roth HJ. [Liposomes as drug carriers for cinchona alkaloids and as a model for the interaction of cinchona alkaloids with erythrocytes]. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 1988; 321:451-5. [PMID: 3223803 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.19883210805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Druilhe P, Brandicourt O, Chongsuphajaisiddhi T, Berthe J. Activity of a combination of three cinchona bark alkaloids against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1988; 32:250-4. [PMID: 3284455 PMCID: PMC172144 DOI: 10.1128/aac.32.2.250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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In vitro studies with quinine, quinidine, cinchonine, and cinchonidine showed that despite a similarity of chemical structure, the effectiveness of these cinchona bark alkaloids against several culture lines of Plasmodium falciparum varied widely. Depending on the strain tested, quinidine and cinchonine were 1 to 10 and 1 to 5 times, respectively, more active than quinine. A combination made of equal parts of quinine, quinidine, and cinchonine was found to have several interesting features; it had activity similar to that of quinine against quinine-susceptible strains but was found to be 2 to 10 times more effective against strains resistant to quinine and had a more consistent effect than any of the alkaloids used singly. The potentiation was found to depend mainly on the presence of cinchonine in the mixtures studied. Synergism was also confirmed in a study of 25 P. falciparum strains isolated from Thai patients. Combinations of cinchona bark alkaloids could thus be of interest in areas where P. falciparum is becoming less susceptible to quinine.
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- P Druilhe
- Département de Médecine Tropicale, Hôpital de la Salpetrière, Paris, France
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Summers WK, Allen RE, Pitts FN. Does physostigmine reverse quinidine delirium? West J Med 1981; 135:411-4. [PMID: 7340135 PMCID: PMC1273277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Small LD, Rosenberg H, Nwangwu PU, Holcslaw TL, Stohs SJ. Partial synthesis of 6'-hydroxycinchonine and its antiarrhythmic activity in mice. J Med Chem 1979; 22:1014-6. [PMID: 490533 DOI: 10.1021/jm00194a027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The synthesis of 6'-hydroxycinchonine [8R,9S)-cinchonan-6',9-diol] was achieved by demethylating quinidine with boron tribromide in dichloromethane at -75 degrees C. The antiarrhythmic activities of 6'-hydroxycinchonine and quinidine were compared following the infusion of aconitine into the tail veins of mice to induce arrhythmias. Comparative ED50 and LD50 studies for quinidine and 6'-hydroxycinchonine revealed equivalent antiarrhythmic potencies for the two drugs but a smaller acute toxicity for 6'-hydroxycinchonine.
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Nwangwu PU, Holcslaw TL, Rosenberg H, Small LD, Stohs SJ. The antiarrhythmic activities of 6'-hydroxycinchonine, 6'-benzyloxycinchonine and 6'-allyloxycinchonine compared with quinidine in mice. J Pharm Pharmacol 1979; 31:488-9. [PMID: 38328 DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.1979.tb13566.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Sottile MI, Rytel MW. Application of counterimmunoelectrophoresis in the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae in clinical isolates. J Clin Microbiol 1975; 2:173-7. [PMID: 240871 PMCID: PMC274166 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.2.3.173-177.1975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The use of counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) as a diagnostic tool in infectious diseases is becoming more widespread. This study was undertaken to determine the possible use of CIE in the more rapid identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae in clinical isolates. Typing sera were obtained from the Statens Seruminstitut, Denmark. Sixty-seven out of 68 pneumococcal isolates that were optochin sensitive and bile soluble were typed by CIE. One isolate was nontypable even after mouse passage. An additional three isolates that were optochin resistant were considered to be pneumococci on the basis of the bile solubility test and their typability by CIE. Seventy-seven alpha-streptococci were tested for the presence of cross-reacting capsular antigens. Fifty-three alpha-streptococci showed no cross-reactions using the omniserum. Precipitin bands were obtained with the omniserum with 10 of the isolates, but these did not react with type-specific antisera. However, 14 isolates did react with the type-specific pneumococcal antisera. The sensitivity of the test was increased by sonicating whole-cell suspensions before electrophoresis was carried out. Mueller-Hinton broths were inoculated with presumptive pneumococcal colonies that formed the predominant or only colony type on primary blood agar plates. These cultures required a 4-h incubation period with an initial inoculum of 10(6) viable organisms/ml before a precipitin band could be detected. Precipitin bands were observed in 54 out of 56 (97%) broth cultures of pneumococci that had been incubated for 4 h at 37 C. These data suggest that CIE could be a useful tool in the identification of S. pneumoniae isolated from clinical specimens.
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ARORA RB, DANDIYA PC. A study of the chemical configuration responsible for the antiveratrinic activity of cinchona alkaloids and cupreines. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1956; 118:230-8. [PMID: 13368061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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AGARWAL SL, ARORA RB, DANDIYA PC, SINGH KP. A study on the chemical structure of cinchona alkaloids and cupreines responsible for its negative inotropic action in isolated amphibian and mammalian hearts. Indian J Med Res 1956; 44:645-8. [PMID: 13385007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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RAYMOND-HAMET. [Have cinchonamine and aricine an effect on infection of mice by Plasmodium berghei Wincke and Lips?]. C R Seances Soc Biol Fil 1956; 150:1883-5. [PMID: 13427259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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ARORA RB. The antiveratrinic action of cinchona alkaloids, cupreines and synthetic anti-malarial drugs. Indian J Med Res 1955; 43:311-20. [PMID: 13242161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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YAMAGUCHI H. The effect of Cinchona alkaloids on parasites of frog. Jpn J Pharmacol 1954; 4:12-21. [PMID: 13232841 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.4.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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DE JONGH DK, VAN PROOSDIJ-HARTZEMA EG. Studies on cinchona-alkaloids and related compounds. I. Antimalarial activity. Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther 1954; 98:270-2. [PMID: 13198311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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VAN PROOSDIJ-HARTZEMA EG, DE JONGH DK. Studies on cinchona-alkaloids and related compounds. II. Oxytocic experiments. Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther 1954; 98:320-3. [PMID: 13198317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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BARANGER P, FILER MK. [Comparative effects of cinchona alkaloids, modern synthetic remedies and some mineral or simple organic derivatives on Plasmodium gallinaceum]. Acta Trop 1954; 11:153-8. [PMID: 13197126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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DE JONGH DK, VAN PROOSDIJ-HARTZEMA EG, KNOPPERS AT. Oxytocic action of cinchona alkaloids. Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther 1951; 88:84-93. [PMID: 14934343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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