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Hessel E, Ghanta P, Winschel T, Melnyk L, Oyewumi MO. Fabrication of 3D-printed scaffolds loaded with gallium acetylacetonate for potential application in osteoclastic bone resorption. Pharm Dev Technol 2024; 29:339-352. [PMID: 38502579 DOI: 10.1080/10837450.2024.2332459] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
Abstract
We recently reported the potential of a new gallium compound, gallium acetylacetonate (GaAcAc) in combating osteoclastic bone resorption through inhibition of osteoclast differentiation and function. Herein, we focused on 3D-printed polylactic acid scaffolds that were loaded with GaAcAc and investigated the impact of scaffold pretreatment with polydopamine (PDA) or sodium hydroxide (NaOH). We observed a remarkable increase in scaffold hydrophilicity with PDA or NaOH pretreatment while biocompatibility and in vitro degradation were not affected. NaOH-pretreated scaffolds showed the highest amount of GaAcAc loading when compared to other scaffolds (p < 0.05). NaOH-pretreated scaffolds with GaAcAc loading showed effective reduction of osteoclast counts and size. The trend was supported by suppression of key osteoclast differentiation markers such as NFAT2, c-Fos, TRAF6, & TRAP. All GaAcAc-loaded scaffolds, regardless of surface pretreatment, were effective in inhibiting osteoclast function as evidenced by reduction in the number of resorptive pits in bovine cortical bone slices (p < 0.01). The suppression of osteoclast function according to the type of scaffold followed the ranking: GaAcAc loading without surface pretreatment > GaAcAc loading with NaOH pretreatment > GaAcAc loading with PDA pretreatment. Additional studies will be needed to fully elucidate the impact of surface pretreatment on the efficacy and safety of GaAcAc-loaded 3D-printed scaffolds.
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- Evin Hessel
- Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA
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- Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
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- Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA
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- Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA
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- Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA
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Pramanik A, Xu Z, Shamsuddin SH, Khaled YS, Ingram N, Maisey T, Tomlinson D, Coletta PL, Jayne D, Hughes TA, Tyler AII, Millner PA. Affimer Tagged Cubosomes: Targeting of Carcinoembryonic Antigen Expressing Colorectal Cancer Cells Using In Vitro and In Vivo Models. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:11078-11091. [PMID: 35196008 PMCID: PMC9007418 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c21655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Nanomedicines, while having been approved for cancer therapy, present many challenges such as low stability, rapid clearance, and nonspecificity leading to off-target toxicity. Cubosomes are porous lyotropic liquid crystalline nanoparticles that have shown great premise as drug delivery vehicles; however, their behavior in vivo is largely underexplored, hindering clinical translation. Here, we have engineered cubosomes based on the space group Im3m that are loaded with copper acetylacetonate as a model drug, and their surfaces are functionalized for the first time with Affimer proteins via copper-free click chemistry to actively target overexpressed carcinoembryonic antigens on LS174T colorectal cancer cells. Unlike nontargeted cubosomes, Affimer tagged cubosomes showed preferential accumulation in cancer cells compared to normal cells not only in vitro (2D monolayer cell culture and 3D spheroid models) but also in vivo in colorectal cancer mouse xenografts, while exhibiting low nonspecific absorption and toxicity in other vital organs. Cancerous spheroids had maximum cell death compared to noncancerous cells upon targeted delivery. Xenografts subjected to targeted drug-loaded cubosomes showed a 5-7-fold higher drug accumulation in the tumor tissue compared to the liver, kidneys, and other vital organs, a significant decrease in tumor growth, and an increased survival rate compared to the nontargeted group. This work encompasses the first thorough preclinical investigation of Affimer targeted cubosomes as a cancer therapeutic.
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- Arindam Pramanik
- School
of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
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- School
of Food Science and Nutrition, University
of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
- School
of Chemistry and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
- Department
of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, George Town 16150, Malaysia
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- School
of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
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- Leeds Institute
of Medical Research, St James’s University
Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
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- School
of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
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- Biomedical
Health Research Centre, BioScreening Technology Group, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Leeds Institute
of Medical Research, St James’s University
Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
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- Leeds Institute
of Medical Research, St James’s University
Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
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of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
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- School
of Food Science and Nutrition, University
of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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The soil bacterium Streptomyces pactum ATCC 27456 produces a number of polyketide natural products. Among them is NFAT-133, an inhibitor of the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) that suppresses interleukin-2 (IL-2) expression and T cell proliferation. Biosynthetic gene inactivation in the ATCC 27456 strain revealed the ability of this strain to produce other polyketide compounds including analogues of NFAT-133. Consequently, seven new derivatives of NFAT-133, TM-129-TM-135, together with a known compound, panowamycin A, were isolated from the culture broth of S. pactum ATCC 27456 ΔptmTDQ. Their chemical structures were elucidated on the basis of their HRESIMS, 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy, and ECD calculation and spectral data. NFAT-133, TM-132, TM-135, and panowamycin A showed no antibacterial activity or cytotoxicity, but weakly reduced the production of LPS-induced nitric oxide in RAW264.7 cells in a dose-dependent manner. A revised chemical structure of panowamycin A and proposed modes of formation of the new NFAT-133 analogues are also presented.
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- Wei Zhou
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States
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Caffino L, Mottarlini F, Bilel S, Targa G, Tirri M, Maggi C, Marti M, Fumagalli F. Single Exposure to the Cathinones MDPV and α-PVP Alters Molecular Markers of Neuroplasticity in the Adult Mouse Brain. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:7397. [PMID: 34299015 PMCID: PMC8307734 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 05/25/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Synthetic cathinones have gained popularity among young drug users and are widely used in the clandestine market. While the cathinone-induced behavioral profile has been extensively investigated, information on their neuroplastic effects is still rather fragmentary. Accordingly, we have exposed male mice to a single injection of MDPV and α-PVP and sacrificed the animals at different time points (i.e., 30 min, 2 h, and 24 h) to have a rapid readout of the effect of these psychostimulants on neuroplasticity in the frontal lobe and hippocampus, two reward-related brain regions. We found that a single, low dose of MDPV or α-PVP is sufficient to alter the expression of neuroplastic markers in the adult mouse brain. In particular, we found increased expression of the transcription factor Npas4, increased ratio between the vesicular GABA transporter and the vesicular glutamate transporter together with changes in the expression of the neurotrophin Bdnf, confirming the widespread impact of these cathinones on brain plasticity. To sum up, exposure to low dose of cathinones can impair cortical and hippocampal homeostasis, suggesting that abuse of these cathinones at much higher doses, as it occurs in humans, could have an even more profound impact on neuroplasticity.
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- Lucia Caffino
- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy; (L.C.); (F.M.); (G.T.); (C.M.)
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy; (L.C.); (F.M.); (G.T.); (C.M.)
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- Section of Legal Medicine and LTTA Center, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; (S.B.); (M.T.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy; (L.C.); (F.M.); (G.T.); (C.M.)
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- Section of Legal Medicine and LTTA Center, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; (S.B.); (M.T.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy; (L.C.); (F.M.); (G.T.); (C.M.)
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- Section of Legal Medicine and LTTA Center, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy; (S.B.); (M.T.); (M.M.)
- Collaborative Center for the Italian National Early Warning System, Department of Anti-Drug Policies, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy; (L.C.); (F.M.); (G.T.); (C.M.)
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Walloch P, Hansen C, Priegann T, Schade D, Beitz E. Pentafluoro-3-hydroxy-pent-2-en-1-ones Potently Inhibit FNT-Type Lactate Transporters from all Five Human-Pathogenic Plasmodium Species. ChemMedChem 2021; 16:1283-1289. [PMID: 33336890 PMCID: PMC8247949 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202000952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum causes the most severe and prevailing form of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Previously, we identified the plasmodial lactate transporter, PfFNT, a member of the microbial formate-nitrite transporter family, as a novel antimalarial drug target. With the pentafluoro-3-hydroxy-pent-2-en-1-ones, we discovered PfFNT inhibitors that potently kill P. falciparum parasites in vitro. Four additional human-pathogenic Plasmodium species require attention, that is, P. vivax, most prevalent outside of Africa, and the regional P. malariae, P. ovale and P. knowlesi. Herein, we show that the plasmodial FNT variants are highly similar in terms of protein sequence and functionality. The FNTs from all human-pathogenic plasmodia and the rodent malaria parasite were efficiently inhibited by pentafluoro-3-hydroxy-pent-2-en-1-ones. We further established a phenotypic yeast-based FNT inhibitor screen, and found very low compound cytotoxicity and monocarboxylate transporter 1 off-target activity on human cells, particularly of the most potent FNT inhibitor BH267.meta, allowing these compounds to proceed towards animal model malaria studies.
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- Philipp Walloch
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal ChemistryChristian-Albrechts-University of KielGutenbergstr. 7624118KielGermany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal ChemistryChristian-Albrechts-University of KielGutenbergstr. 7624118KielGermany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal ChemistryChristian-Albrechts-University of KielGutenbergstr. 7624118KielGermany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal ChemistryChristian-Albrechts-University of KielGutenbergstr. 7624118KielGermany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal ChemistryChristian-Albrechts-University of KielGutenbergstr. 7624118KielGermany
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Butsch K, Haseloer A, Schmitz S, Ott I, Schur J, Klein A. Fe III, Cu II and Zn II Complexes of the Rigid 9-Oxido-phenalenone Ligand-Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry, and Cytotoxic Properties. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:3976. [PMID: 33921452 PMCID: PMC8070161 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22083976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The three complexes [Fe(opo)3], [Cu(opo)2], and [Zn(opo)2] containing the non-innocent anionic ligand opo- (opo- = 9-oxido-phenalenone, Hopo = 9-hydroxyphenalonone) were synthesised from the corresponding acetylacetonates. [Zn(opo)2] was characterised using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, the paramagnetic [Fe(opo)3] and [Cu(opo)2] by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. While the EPR spectra of [Cu(opo)2] and [Cu(acac)2] in dimethylformamide (DMF) solution are very similar, a rather narrow spectrum was observed for [Fe(opo)3] in tetrahydrofuran (THF) solution in contrast to the very broad spectrum of [Fe(acac)3] in THF (Hacac = acetylacetone, 2,4-pentanedione; acac- = acetylacetonate). The narrow, completely isotropic signal of [Fe(opo)3] disagrees with a metal-centred S = 5/2 spin system that is observed in the solid state. We assume spin-delocalisation to the opo ligand in the sense of an opo- to FeIII electron transfer. All compounds show several electrochemical opo-centred reduction waves in the range of -1 to -3 V vs. the ferrocene/ferrocenium couple. However, for CuII and FeIII the very first one-electron reductions are metal-centred. Electronic absorption in the UV to vis range are due to π-π* transitions in the opo core, giving Hopo and [Zn(opo)2] a yellow to orange colour. The structured bands ranging from 400 to 500 for all compounds are assigned to the lowest energy π-π* transitions. They show markedly higher intensities and slight shifts for the CuII (brown) and FeIII (red) complexes and we assume admixing metal contributions (MLCT for CuII, LMCT for FeIII). For both complexes long-wavelength absorptions assignable to d-d transitions were detected. Detailed spectroelectrochemical experiments confirm both the electrochemical and the optical assignments. Hopo and the complexes [Cu(opo)2], [Zn(opo)2], and [Fe(opo)3] show antiproliferative activities against HT-29 (colon cancer) and MCF-7 (breast cancer) cell lines in the range of a few µM, comparable to cisplatin under the same conditions.
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- Katharina Butsch
- Department für Chemie, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität zu Köln, Greinstraße 6, D-50939 Köln, Germany; (K.B.); (A.H.); (S.S.)
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- Department für Chemie, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität zu Köln, Greinstraße 6, D-50939 Köln, Germany; (K.B.); (A.H.); (S.S.)
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- Department für Chemie, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität zu Köln, Greinstraße 6, D-50939 Köln, Germany; (K.B.); (A.H.); (S.S.)
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- Institute of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Beethovenstrasse 55, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany; (I.O.); (J.S.)
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- Institute of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Beethovenstrasse 55, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany; (I.O.); (J.S.)
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- Department für Chemie, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität zu Köln, Greinstraße 6, D-50939 Köln, Germany; (K.B.); (A.H.); (S.S.)
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Wojcieszak J, Kuczyńska K, Zawilska JB. Four Synthetic Cathinones: 3-Chloromethcathinone, 4-Chloromethcathinone, 4-Fluoro-α-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone, and 4-Methoxy-α-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone Produce Changes in the Spontaneous Locomotor Activity and Motor Performance in Mice with Varied Profiles. Neurotox Res 2020; 38:536-551. [PMID: 32506339 PMCID: PMC7334283 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-020-00227-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Two chloromethcathinones, 3-chloromethcathinone (3-CMC) and 4-chloromethcathinone (4-CMC), and two para-substituted α-pyrrolidinophenones, 4-methoxy-α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (4-MeO-PVP) and 4-fluoro-α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (4-F-PVP), represent synthetic cathinones, the second most frequently abused group of new psychoactive substances (NPSs), which has aroused a worldwide health concern in the last decade. Synthetic cathinones act as psychostimulants by elevating extracellular levels of monoaminergic neurotransmitters. This study investigates effects of 3-CMC, 4-CMC, 4-MeO-PVP, and 4-F-PVP on the spontaneous locomotor activity and motor performance of mice. Additionally, neurotoxicity of substituted methcathinones against SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells was evaluated. All test cathinones stimulate in a dose-dependent manner horizontal locomotor activity of mice. Consistently to our prior findings, pyrrovalerones, but not methcathinone derivatives, produce dose-dependent elevation of vertical locomotor activity (rearing behavior). None of the tested compounds decreases the time spent on the accelerating rotarod, pointing to the lack of considerable motor disability in mice after acute exposition. Only 4-MeO-PVP at the high tested dose (20 mg/kg) increases motor performance of mice. Considering that α-pyrrolidinophenones are highly potent and selective DA uptake inhibitors, while chloromethcathinones enhance non-selective DA/5-HT release, we suggest that the increase of vertical locomotor activity and performance on rotarod in mice may serve as a behavioral indicator of the monoaminergic profile of synthetic cathinones. Finally, this study gives first insights into cytotoxicity of both 3-CMC and 4-CMC displayed against SH-SY5Y cells, which emerges and intensifies after prolonged incubation, suggesting the indirect mechanism of action, unrelated to interactions with monoamine transporters.
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- Jakub Wojcieszak
- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Lodz, 90-151, Lodz, Poland.
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Lodz, 90-151, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Lodz, 90-151, Lodz, Poland
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Marusich JA, Gay EA, Watson SL, Blough BE. Synthetic cathinone self-administration in female rats modulates neurotransmitter levels in addiction-related brain regions. Behav Brain Res 2019; 376:112211. [PMID: 31493431 PMCID: PMC6783379 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Synthetic cathinones are used for their stimulant-like properties. Stimulant-induced neurochemical changes are thought to occur at different times in different brain regions and neurotransmitter systems. This study sought to examine the behavioral and neurochemical effects of α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (α-PVP) and mephedrone (4MMC) in female rats. Methods probed the chronology of effects of synthetic cathinone exposure. Female rats were trained to self-administer α-PVP, 4MMC, or saline. Drug exposure ceased after 7 days of autoshaping for half of each drug group; the other half self-administered for another 21 days. Amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, PFC, striatum, and thalamus were extracted, and tissue was analyzed with electrochemical detection and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. Responding was minimal during autoshaping; thus, most infusions were delivered noncontingently in the autoshaping phase. Rats acquired self-administration of α-PVP and 4MMC. Synthetic cathinone administration, and duration of exposure produced several effects on neurotransmitters. α-PVP primarily increased serotonin, 5-hydroxy-3-acetic acid (5-HIAA), norepinephrine, and glutamate in hypothalamus. In contrast, 4MMC decreased serotonin and 5-HIAA in several brain regions. Longer durations of exposure to both synthetic cathinones increased 5-HIAA, norepinephrine, and glutamate in multiple brain regions compared to the short exposure during autoshaping. Notably, both α-PVP and 4MMC produced minimal changes in dopamine levels, suggesting that the dopaminergic effects of these synthetic cathinones are transient. These alterations in neurotransmitter levels indicate that synthetic cathinone use may produce differential neurochemical changes during the transition from use to abuse.
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- Julie A Marusich
- Center for Drug Discovery, RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Rd, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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- Center for Drug Discovery, RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Rd, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Center for Drug Discovery, RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Rd, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Center for Drug Discovery, RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Rd, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Ram H, Kumar Sahu A, Said MS, Banpurkar AG, Gajbhiye JM, Dastager SG. A novel fatty alkene from marine bacteria: A thermo stable biosurfactant and its applications. J Hazard Mater 2019; 380:120868. [PMID: 31319332 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.120868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this study, a novel thermo stable biosurfactants, 1-Pentanonacontene (C95H190) a fatty alkene and 3-Hydroxy-16-methylheptadecanoic acid (C18H36O3) were isolated from a marine isolate SGD-AC-13. Biosurfactants were produced using 1% yeast extract in tap water as production medium at 24 h in flask and 12 h in bioreactor. Using 16S rRNA gene sequence (1515 bp) and BCL card (bioMérieux VITEK®), strain was identified as Bacillus sp. Crude biosurfactant reduced the surface tension of distilled water to 31.32 ± 0.93 mN/m with CMC value of 0.3 mg/ml. Cell free supernatant showed excellent emulsification and oil displacement activity with stability up to 160 °C, pH 6-12 and 50 g/L NaCl conc. Biosurfactants were characterized using FTIR, TLC, HPLC LC-MS and NMR spectroscopy. Cell free supernatant reduced the contact angle of distilled water droplet from 117° to 52.28° and of 2% pesticide from 78.77° to 73.42° while 750 μg/ml of crude biosurfactant reduced from 66.06° to 56.33° for 2% pesticide and recovered 35% ULO and 12% HWCO from the contaminated sand. To our best of knowledge, this is the first report of thermo stable fatty alkene as a biosurfactant and is structurally different from previously reported, with having potential application in agriculture, oil recovery and bioremediation.
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- Hari Ram
- NCIM Resource Center, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411008, India
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- NCIM Resource Center, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411008, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411008, India
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- Division of Organic Chemistry, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411008, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411008, India
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- Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, 411007, India
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- Division of Organic Chemistry, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411008, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411008, India
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- NCIM Resource Center, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411008, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411008, India.
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Liu N, Luo X, Tian Y, Lai D, Zhang L, Lin F, Xu H. The stereoisomeric Bacillus subtilis HN09 metabolite 3,4-dihydroxy-3-methyl-2-pentanone induces disease resistance in Arabidopsis via different signalling pathways. BMC Plant Biol 2019; 19:384. [PMID: 31488058 PMCID: PMC6727425 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1985-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plant immune responses can be induced by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs), but the exact compounds that induce resistance are poorly understood. Here, we identified the novel natural elicitor 3,4-dihydroxy-3-methyl-2-pentanone from the PGPR Bacillus subtilis HN09, which dominates HN09-induced systemic resistance (ISR). RESULTS The HN09 strain, as a rhizobacterium that promotes plant growth, can induce systemic resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana plants against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000, and the underlying role of its metabolite 3,4-dihydroxy-3-methyl-2-pentanone in this induced resistance mechanism was explored in this study. The stereoisomers of 3,4-dihydroxy-3-methyl-2-pentanone exhibited differential bioactivity of resistance induction in A. thaliana. B16, a 1:1 mixture of the threo-isomers (3R,4S) and (3S,4R), was significantly superior to B17, a similar mixture of the erythro-isomers (3R,4R) and (3S,4S). Moreover, B16 induced more expeditious and stronger callose deposition than B17 when challenged with the pathogen DC3000. RT-qPCR and RNA-seq results showed that B16 and B17 induced systemic resistance via JA/ET and SA signalling pathways. B16 and B17 activated different but overlapping signalling pathways, and these compounds have the same chemical structure but subtle differences in stereo configuration. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that 3,4-dihydroxy-3-methyl-2-pentanone is an excellent immune elicitor in plants. This compound is of great importance to the systemic resistance induced by HN09. Its threo-isomers (3R,4S) and (3S,4R) are much better than erythro-isomers (3R,4R) and (3S,4S). This process involves SA and JA/ET signalling pathways.
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- Niu Liu
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources/Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources/Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources/Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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- Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources/Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources/Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources/Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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Nguyen JD, Bremer PT, Ducime A, Creehan KM, Kisby BR, Taffe MA, Janda KD. Active vaccination attenuates the psychostimulant effects of α-PVP and MDPV in rats. Neuropharmacology 2016; 116:1-8. [PMID: 27956054 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 04/11/2016] [Revised: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 12/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Recreational use of substituted cathinones continues to be an emerging public health problem in the United States; cathinone derivatives α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (α-PVP) and 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), which have been linked to human fatalities and show high potential for abuse liability in animal models, are of particular concern. The objective of this study was to develop an immunotherapeutic strategy for attenuating the effects of α-PVP and MDPV in rats, using drug-conjugate vaccines created to generate antibodies with neutralizing capacity. Immunoconjugates (α-PVP-KLH and MDPV-KLH) or the control carrier protein, keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), were administered to groups (N = 12) of male Sprague-Dawley rats on Weeks 0, 2 and 4. Groups were administered α-PVP or MDPV (0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0 mg/kg, i.p.) in acute drug challenges and tested for changes in wheel activity. Increased wheel activity produced by α-PVP or MDPV in the controls was attenuated in the α-PVP-KLH and MDPV-KLH vaccinated groups, respectively. Rectal temperature decreases produced by MDPV in the controls were reduced in duration in the MDPV-KLH vaccine group. A separate group (N = 19) was trained to intravenously self-administer α-PVP (0.05, 0.1 mg/kg/inf) and vaccinated with KLH or α-PVP-KLH, post-acquisition. Self-administration in α-PVP-KLH rats was initially higher than in the KLH rats but then significantly decreased following a final vaccine booster, unlike the stable intake of KLH rats. The data demonstrate that active vaccination provides functional protection against the effects of α-PVP and MDPV, in vivo, and recommend additional development of vaccines as potential therapeutics for mitigating the effects of designer cathinone derivatives.
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- Departments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Lazarin-Bidóia D, Desoti VC, Martins SC, Ribeiro FM, Ud Din Z, Rodrigues-Filho E, Ueda-Nakamura T, Nakamura CV, de Oliveira Silva S. Dibenzylideneacetones Are Potent Trypanocidal Compounds That Affect the Trypanosoma cruzi Redox System. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2016; 60:890-903. [PMID: 26596953 PMCID: PMC4750705 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01360-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Despite ongoing efforts, the available treatments for Chagas' disease are still unsatisfactory, especially in the chronic phase of the disease. Our previous study reported the strong trypanocidal activity of the dibenzylideneacetones A3K2A1 and A3K2A3 against Trypanosoma cruzi (Z. Ud Din, T. P. Fill, F. F. de Assis, D. Lazarin-Bidóia, V. Kaplum, F. P. Garcia, C. V. Nakamura, K. T. de Oliveira, and E. Rodrigues-Filho, Bioorg Med Chem 22:1121-1127, 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2013.12.020). In the present study, we investigated the mechanisms of action of these compounds that are involved in parasite death. We showed that A3K2A1 and A3K2A3 induced oxidative stress in the three parasitic forms, especially trypomastigotes, reflected by an increase in oxidant species production and depletion of the endogenous antioxidant system. This oxidative imbalance culminated in damage in essential cell structures of T. cruzi, reflected by lipid peroxidation and DNA fragmentation. Consequently, A3K2A1 and A3K2A3 induced vital alterations in T. cruzi, leading to parasite death through the three pathways, apoptosis, autophagy, and necrosis.
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- Danielle Lazarin-Bidóia
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- LaBioMMi, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- LaBioMMi, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil Departamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil Departamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil Departamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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Molatlhegi RP, Phulukdaree A, Anand K, Gengan RM, Tiloke C, Chuturgoon AA. Cytotoxic Effect of a Novel Synthesized Carbazole Compound on A549 Lung Cancer Cell Line. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0129874. [PMID: 26134408 PMCID: PMC4489925 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Increased death rates due to lung cancer have necessitated the search for potential novel anticancer compounds such as carbazole derivatives. Carbazoles are aromatic heterocyclic compounds with anticancer, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activity. The study investigated the ability of the novel carbazole compound (Z)-4-[9-ethyl-9aH-carbazol-3-yl) amino] pent-3-en-2-one (ECAP) to induce cytotoxicity of lung cancer cells and its mechanism of action. ECAP was synthesized as a yellow powder with melting point of 240-247 °C. The 3-(4,5-dimethythiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT), lipid peroxidation and comet assays were used to assess the cytotoxic effect of the compound on A549 lung cancer cells. Protein expression was determined using western blots, apoptosis was measured by luminometry (caspase-3/7, -8 and -9) assay and flow cytometry was used to measure phosphatidylserine (PS) externalisation. ECAP induced a p53 mediated apoptosis of lung cancer cells due to a significant reduction in the expression of antioxidant defence proteins (Nrf2 and SOD), Hsp70 (p < 0.02) and Bcl-2 (p < 0.0006), thereby up-regulating reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. This resulted in DNA damage (p < 0.0001), up-regulation of Bax expression and caspase activity and induction of apoptosis in lung cancer cells. The results show the anticancer potential of ECAP on lung cancer.
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- Refilwe P. Molatlhegi
- Discipline of Medical Biochemistry, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, RSA
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, RSA
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, RSA
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, RSA
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- Discipline of Medical Biochemistry, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, RSA
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- Discipline of Medical Biochemistry, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, RSA
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El-Tabl AS, Shakdofa MME, Whaba MA. Synthesis, characterization and fungicidal activity of binary and ternary metal(II) complexes derived from 4,4'-((4-nitro-1,2-phenylene) bis(azanylylidene))bis(3-(hydroxyimino)pentan-2-one). Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2015; 136 Pt C:1941-1949. [PMID: 25467689 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2014.10.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Revised: 10/12/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Ternary copper(II) and binary copper(II), nickel(II) and cobalt(II) complexes derived from 4,4'-((4-nitro-1,2-phenylene)bis(azanylylidene))bis(3-(hydroxyimino)pentan-2-one) (H2L) were synthesized and characterized by elemental and thermal analyses, IR, UV-Vis. and (1)H NMR spectroscopy, conductivity and magnetic moments measurements. The analytical and spectral data showed that, the ligand acts as dibasic tetradentate or dibasic hexadentate bonding to the metal ion via the two-imine nitrogen, two nitrogen and/or oximato oxygen atoms of deprotonated oxime groups forming five and/or six rings including the metal ions. The complexes adopt either tetragonal distorted octahedral or square planar geometry around metal ions. The ESR spectra of the solid copper(II) complexes are characteristic to d(9) configuration and having an axial symmetry type of a d(x2-y2) ground state. The g values confirmed the geometry is elongated tetragonal octahedral geometry with considerably ionic or covalent environment. The antifungal biological activity of the prepared compounds was studied using well diffusion method. The obtained results showed that, the ligand is biologically inactive while its metal complexes were more potent fungicides than the ligand and standard antifungal drug (Amphotericin B).
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- Abdou S El-Tabl
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Arts, Khulais, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia; Inorganic Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, P.O. 12311, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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- Inorganic Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, P.O. 12311, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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Watterson LR, Burrows BT, Hernandez RD, Moore KN, Grabenauer M, Marusich JA, Olive MF. Effects of α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone and 4-methyl-N-ethylcathinone, two synthetic cathinones commonly found in second-generation "bath salts," on intracranial self-stimulation thresholds in rats. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2014; 18:pyu014. [PMID: 25522379 PMCID: PMC4368864 DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyu014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Use of synthetic cathinones, which are designer stimulants found in "bath salts," has increased dramatically in recent years. Following governmental bans of methylenedioxypyrovalerone, mephedrone, and methylone, a second generation of synthetic cathinones with unknown abuse liability has emerged as replacements. METHODS Using a discrete trials current intensity threshold intracranial self-stimulation procedure, the present study assessed the effects of 2 common second-generation synthetic cathinones, α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (0.1-5 mg/kg) and 4-methyl-N-ethcathinone (1-100 mg/kg) on brain reward function. Methamphetamine (0.1-3 mg/kg) was also tested for comparison purposes. RESULTS Results revealed both α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone and 4-methyl-N-ethcathinone produced significant intracranial self-stimulation threshold reductions similar to that of methamphetamine. α-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone (1 mg/kg) produced a significant maximal reduction in intracranial self-stimulation thresholds (~19%) most similar to maximal reductions produced by methamphetamine (1 mg/kg, ~20%). Maximal reductions in intracranial self-stimulation thresholds produced by 4-methyl-N-ethcathinone were observed at 30 mg/kg (~15%) and were comparable with those observed with methamphetamine and α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone tested at the 0.3-mg/kg dose (~14%). Additional analysis of the ED50 values from log-transformed data revealed the rank order potency of these drugs as methamphetamine ≈ α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone>4-methyl-N-ethcathinone. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that the newer second-generation synthetic cathinones activate the brain reward circuitry and thus may possess a similar degree of abuse potential as prototypical illicit psychostimulants such as methamphetamine as well as the first generation synthetic cathinone methylenedioxypyrovalerone, as previously reported.
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- Lucas R Watterson
- Arizona State University, Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Area, Tempe, Arizona (Dr Watterson, Mr Burrows, Mr Hernandez, and Dr Olive); Arizona State University Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Tempe, Arizona (Dr Olive); Discovery and Analytical Science, Research Triangle Institute International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (Drs Moore, Grabenauer, and Marusich).
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- Arizona State University, Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Area, Tempe, Arizona (Dr Watterson, Mr Burrows, Mr Hernandez, and Dr Olive); Arizona State University Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Tempe, Arizona (Dr Olive); Discovery and Analytical Science, Research Triangle Institute International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (Drs Moore, Grabenauer, and Marusich)
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- Arizona State University, Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Area, Tempe, Arizona (Dr Watterson, Mr Burrows, Mr Hernandez, and Dr Olive); Arizona State University Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Tempe, Arizona (Dr Olive); Discovery and Analytical Science, Research Triangle Institute International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (Drs Moore, Grabenauer, and Marusich)
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- Arizona State University, Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Area, Tempe, Arizona (Dr Watterson, Mr Burrows, Mr Hernandez, and Dr Olive); Arizona State University Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Tempe, Arizona (Dr Olive); Discovery and Analytical Science, Research Triangle Institute International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (Drs Moore, Grabenauer, and Marusich)
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- Arizona State University, Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Area, Tempe, Arizona (Dr Watterson, Mr Burrows, Mr Hernandez, and Dr Olive); Arizona State University Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Tempe, Arizona (Dr Olive); Discovery and Analytical Science, Research Triangle Institute International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (Drs Moore, Grabenauer, and Marusich)
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- Arizona State University, Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Area, Tempe, Arizona (Dr Watterson, Mr Burrows, Mr Hernandez, and Dr Olive); Arizona State University Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Tempe, Arizona (Dr Olive); Discovery and Analytical Science, Research Triangle Institute International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (Drs Moore, Grabenauer, and Marusich)
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- Arizona State University, Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Area, Tempe, Arizona (Dr Watterson, Mr Burrows, Mr Hernandez, and Dr Olive); Arizona State University Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Tempe, Arizona (Dr Olive); Discovery and Analytical Science, Research Triangle Institute International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (Drs Moore, Grabenauer, and Marusich)
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Kadirvel M, Fanimarvasti F, Forbes S, McBain A, Gardiner JM, Brown GD, Freeman S. Inhibition of quorum sensing and biofilm formation in Vibrio harveyi by 4-fluoro-DPD; a novel potent inhibitor of signalling. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:5000-2. [PMID: 24637781 DOI: 10.1039/c3cc49678c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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] [Indexed: 02/11/2024]
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(S)-4,5-Dihydroxypentane-2,3-dione [(S)-DPD, (1)] is a precursor for , a quorum sensing signalling molecule for inter- and intra-species bacterial communication. The synthesis of its fluoro-analogue, 4-fluoro-5-hydroxypentane-2,3-dione () is reported. An intermediate in this route also enables a new, shorter synthesis of the native (S)-DPD. 4-Fluoro-DPD (2) completely inhibited bioluminescence and bacterial growth of Vibrio harveyi BB170 strain at 12.5 μM and 100 μM, respectively.
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Lee HE, Choi ES, Jung JY, You MJ, Kim LH, Cho SD. Inhibition of specificity protein 1 by dibenzylideneacetone, a curcumin analogue, induces apoptosis in mucoepidermoid carcinomas and tumor xenografts through Bim and truncated Bid. Oral Oncol 2013; 50:189-95. [PMID: 24309154 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2013.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 10/04/2013] [Revised: 11/13/2013] [Accepted: 11/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Dibenzylideneacetone (DBA), a curcumin analogue that has anti-cancer activity in a variety of tumor cells. In this study, we investigated the apoptotic effects of DBA and its molecular mechanism in human mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) cell lines and tumor xenografts. MATERIAL AND METHODS The apoptotic effects and related molecular mechanisms of DBA on MEC cell lines were evaluated using cell viability assay, DAPI staining, Western blot analysis, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Dual-luciferase Reporter Assay. The anti-tumor activity using in vivo were determined by Nude mouse xenograft assay and histopathological examination. RESULTS DBA decreased cell viability and induced apoptosis in MEC cells. These events were accompanied by inhibition of specificity protein 1 (Sp1). DBA did not induce major changes in Sp1 mRNA and promoter activity. Furthermore, inhibition of protein synthesis by cycloheximide demonstrated that DBA decreased Sp1 protein stability, but DBA did not attenuate phosphorylation of eIF4E. DBA also increased Bim and truncated Bid (t-Bid) via Sp1. Finally, DBA exhibited significant anti-tumor activity in athymic nude mice xenografts bearing MC-3 cells by regulating Sp1, Bim and t-Bid without any systemic toxicity. CONCLUSION These results elucidate a crucial apoptotic mechanism of DBA and suggest that DBA may be a potent anticancer drug candidate for MEC.
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- Heang-Eun Lee
- Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry and Institute of Oral Bioscience, Brain Korea 21 Project, Chonbuk National University, JeonJu 561-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry and Institute of Oral Bioscience, Brain Korea 21 Project, Chonbuk National University, JeonJu 561-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Companion and Laboratory Animal Science, Kongju National University, Yesan 314-701, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Bio-Safety Research Centre, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Life Sciences, Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry and Institute of Oral Bioscience, Brain Korea 21 Project, Chonbuk National University, JeonJu 561-756, Republic of Korea.
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Zilla MK, Qadri M, Pathania AS, Strobel GA, Nalli Y, Kumar S, Guru SK, Bhushan S, Singh SK, Vishwakarma RA, Riyaz-Ul-Hassan S, Ali A. Bioactive metabolites from an endophytic Cryptosporiopsis sp. inhabiting Clidemia hirta. Phytochemistry 2013; 95:291-297. [PMID: 23870821 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2013.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2013] [Revised: 06/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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An endophytic Cryptosporiopsis sp. was isolated from Clidemia hirta and analyzed for its secondary metabolites that lead to the isolation of three bioactive molecules. The compounds were purified from the culture broth of the fungus and their structures were determined by spectroscopic methods as (R)-5-hydroxy-2-methylchroman-4-one (1), 1-(2,6-dihydroxyphenyl)pentan-1-one (2) and (Z)-1-(2-(2-butyryl-3-hydroxyphenoxy)-6-hydroxyphenyl)-3-hydroxybut-2-en-1-one (3). Compound 1 exhibited significant cytotoxic activity against the human leukemia cell line, HL-60 with an IC50 of 4 μg/ml. This compound induced G2 arrest of the HL-60 cell cycle significantly. In addition, out of these compounds, 2 and 3 were active against several bacterial pathogens. Compound 2 was active against Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus with IC50 values varying from 18 to 30 μg/ml, and compound 3 displayed activity against Pseudomonas fluorescens with an IC50 value of 6 μg/ml. Compounds 2 and 3 are novel whereas compound 1 was reported earlier but the stereochemistry of its C-2 methyl is established for the first time.
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- Mahesh K Zilla
- Natural Product Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu 180 001, India
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Wu Y, Huang M, Zhao P, Yang X. Vanadyl acetylacetonate upregulates PPARγ and adiponectin expression in differentiated rat adipocytes. J Biol Inorg Chem 2013; 18:623-31. [PMID: 23737070 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-013-1007-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Accepted: 05/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Vanadium compounds are promising agents in the therapeutic treatment of diabetes mellitus, but their mechanism of action has not been fully elucidated. The current work investigated the effects of vanadyl acetylacetonate, VO(acac)2, on peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and adiponectin, which are important targets of antidiabetic drugs. The experimental results revealed that vanadyl complexes increased the expression and multimerization of adiponectin in differentiated rat adipocytes. VO(acac)2 caused activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and elevation of PPARγ levels. The specific inhibitors SB203580 (p38 MAPK inhibitor) and T0070907 (PPARγ inhibitor) decreased the expression of adiponectin; however, compound C (AMPK inhibitor) did not significantly reduce the expression of adiponectin. In addition, vanadyl complexes induced protein-protein interaction between PPARγ and a vanadium-binding chaperone, heat shock protein 60 kDa. Overall, our results suggest that vanadyl complexes may upregulate PPARγ by suppressing PPARγ degradation, and thus stimulate adiponectin expression and multimerization. The present work has provided new insights into the mechanism of the antidiabetic actions of vanadium compounds.
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- Yaling Wu
- State Key Laboratories of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs and Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, PR China
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van der Linden AM, Wiener S, You YJ, Kim K, Avery L, Sengupta P. The EGL-4 PKG acts with KIN-29 salt-inducible kinase and protein kinase A to regulate chemoreceptor gene expression and sensory behaviors in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 2008; 180:1475-91. [PMID: 18832350 PMCID: PMC2581950 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.094771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 08/01/2008] [Accepted: 09/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The regulation of chemoreceptor (CR) gene expression by environmental signals and internal cues may contribute to the modulation of multiple physiological processes and behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans. We previously showed that KIN-29, a homolog of salt-inducible kinase, acts in sensory neurons to regulate the expression of a subset of CR genes, as well as sensory behaviors. Here we show that the cGMP-dependent protein kinase EGL-4 acts partly in parallel with KIN-29 to regulate CR gene expression. Sensory inputs inhibit both EGL-4 and KIN-29 functions, and KIN-29 function is inhibited in turn by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) activation. EGL-4 and KIN-29 regulate CR gene expression by antagonizing the gene repression functions of the class II HDAC HDA-4 and the MEF-2 transcription factor, and KIN-29, EGL-4, and PKA target distinct residues in HDA-4 to regulate its function and subcellular localization. While KIN-29 acts primarily via MEF-2/HDA-4 to regulate additional sensory signal-regulated physiological processes and behaviors, EGL-4 acts via both MEF-2-dependent and -independent pathways. Our results suggest that integration of complex sensory inputs via multiple signaling pathways allows animals to precisely regulate sensory gene expression, thereby appropriately modulating physiology and behavior.
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Yecheng D, Zhen Y, Yanzhen Y, Xiulian B. Inhibitory activity against plant pathogenic fungi of extracts from Myoporum bontioides A. Gray and indentification of active ingredients. Pest Manag Sci 2008; 64:203-207. [PMID: 18069657 DOI: 10.1002/ps.1491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND In order to understand the bioactivity of Myoporum bontioides A. Gray against plant pathogens and determine its active ingredients, the inhibitory activities of methanol extracts from M. bontioides against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (E. F. Smith) Snyder & Hansen, Pestalotia mangiferae P. Henn., Thielaviopsis paradoxa (De Seynes) v. Hohnel, Colletotrichum musae (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) v. Arx, Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissler, Mycosphaerella sentina (Fr.) Schroter and Sphaceloma fawcettii Jenk. were evaluated using a growth rate method, and the active ingredient was isolated by activity-directed isolation and identified by determination and analysis of IR, (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR and mass spectra and correlative physical constants. RESULTS The results showed that the extracts from stems and leaves of M. bontioides exhibited inhibitory activity against the seven fungi, with > 58% inhibition at 10 g L(-1) after 72 h. The active compound was isolated and identified as (-)-epingaione, and showed inhibitory activity against the above seven fungi. The inhibitory activity against P. mangiferae was the highest, with an EC(50) value of 77 mg L(-1). The EC(50) values against the other six fungi were 147-245 mg L(-1). (-)-Epingaione also inhibited spore germination of F. oxysporum f. sp. niveum, T. paradoxa and S. fawcettii. CONCLUSION (-)-Epingaione demonstrated broad-spectrum inhibitory activity against plant pathogenic fungi and is promising for exploitation as a fungicide.
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- Deng Yecheng
- College of Life Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, People's Republic of China.
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Liu A, Guang H, Zhu L, Du G, Lee SMY, Wang Y. 3D-QSAR analysis of a new type of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 50:726-30. [PMID: 17914643 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-007-0094-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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] [Received: 07/10/2007] [Accepted: 09/03/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors are an important class of medicinal agents used for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. A screening model of AChE inhibitor was used to evaluate the inhibition of a series of phenyl pentenone derivatives. The assay result showed that some compounds displayed higher inhibitory effects. In order to study the relationship between the bioactivities and the structures, 26 compounds with phenyl pentenone scaffold were analyzed. A 3D-QSAR model was constructed using the method of comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA). The results of cross-validated R(2)cv=0.629, non-cross-validated R(2)=0.972, SE=0.331, and F=72.41 indicate that the 3D-model possesses an ability to predict the activities of new inhibitors, and the CoMFA model would be useful for the future design of new AChE inhibitors.
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- AiLin Liu
- Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China
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Williams LAD, Conrad J, Vogler B, Rösner H, Porter RBR, Setzer W, Barton EN, Levy HG, Mika S, Klaiber I, Nkurunziza JP, Kraus W. In vitro anti-proliferation/cytotoxic activity of epingaione and its derivatives on the human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma and TE-671 sarcoma cells. W INDIAN MED J 2007; 56:5-10. [PMID: 17621837] [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: 05/16/2023]
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Epingaione (4-Methyl-1-(5-methyl-2, 3,4,5-tetrahydro-[2,3']bifuranyl-5-yl)-pentan-2-one) was isolated as one of the major lipophilic secondary metabolites from the leaves and stems of Bontia daphnoides L. The compound gave 79.24% and 50.83% anti-proliferation/cytotoxic activity on the human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma and TE-671 sarcoma cells in vitro at 50 pg/mL, respectively. Epingaione was transformed into eleven derivatives under laboratory conditions using ethanol, some gave greater anti-proliferation/cytotoxic activity on the cancer cell lines tested. One of the derivatives (compound 2) with enhanced cytotoxic activity was elucidated as 5'-Ethoxy-5-methyl-5-(4-methyl-2-oxo-pentyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-5'H-[2,3']bifuranyl-2'-one. Both epingaione and compound 2 caused an accumulation of arrested or dead SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma in the m-phase of the cell cycle as revealed by the m-phase specific marker KE 67.
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- L A D Williams
- The University of Hohenheim, Institutes for Bio-organic Chemistry , Garbenstr 30, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany.
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Zhang SQ, Chen GH, Lu WL, Zhang Q. Effects on the bones of vanadyl acetylacetonate by oral administration: a comparison study in diabetic rats. J Bone Miner Metab 2007; 25:293-301. [PMID: 17704994 DOI: 10.1007/s00774-007-0759-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2007] [Accepted: 03/19/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Oral delivery, rather than parenteral administration, would be beneficial for treating diabetic mellitus owing to the need for a long-term regimen. The objectives of this study were to evaluate oral delivery tolerance and the effects on the bone of accumulated vanadium following the long-term administration of vanadyl acetylacetonate (VAC). Normal and diabetic rats were intragastrically administered VAC at a dose of 3 mg vanadium/kg body weight once daily for 35 consecutive days. VAC did not cause any obvious signs of diarrhea, any changes in kidney or liver, or deaths in any group. The phosphate levels in the bone were slightly increased, and the calcium levels in the bone were not obviously changed as compared with those of the rat group not receiving VAC. After administration of VAC, the decreased ultimate strength, trabecular thickness, mineral apposition rate, and plasma osteocalcin in diabetic rats were either improved or normalized, but reduced bone mineral density (BMD) in diabetic rats was not improved. None of the parameters evaluated in normal rats were altered. The results indicate that the oral VAC is tolerated and benefits the diabetic osteopathy of rats, but seems not to influence the bone of normal rats. They also suggest that VAC improves diabetes-related bone disorders, primarily by improving the diabetic state.
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- Shuang-Qing Zhang
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, 38 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China
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Gouinguené SP, Städler E. Oviposition in Delia platura (Diptera, Anthomyiidae): The Role of Volatile and Contact Cues of Bean. J Chem Ecol 2006; 32:1399-413. [PMID: 16718565 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9058-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 09/01/2005] [Revised: 02/16/2006] [Accepted: 02/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The choice of a suitable oviposition site by female insects is essential for survival of their progeny. Both olfactory and contact cues of the oviposition site may mediate this choice. The polyphagous Delia platura (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), a severe agricultural pest of numerous crops, lays eggs in the soil close to germinating seeds. Maggots feed upon the cotyledons. Only little is known about the cues guiding oviposition behavior. In this study, the effects of both olfactory and contact cues of beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) on oviposition of D. platura females were tested. Egg deposition on germinated beans was preferred to egg deposition on ungerminated beans or on beans in different postgerminating developmental stages. Olfactory cues of germinating beans alone stimulated female flies to lay eggs. Additional contact cues of germinating beans seemed to enhance the response, but the difference was not significant. Surface extracts of germinating beans sprayed on surrogate beans showed that both polar and nonpolar substances stimulated oviposition of D. platura flies. Gas chromatography-electroantennographic detection recordings of head space samples of germinating beans showed positive response of females to different compounds. We conclude that olfaction plays a major role when D. platura females are searching for oviposition sites. Volatile compounds released from germinating beans such as 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone, 1-hepten-3-one, 1-octen-3-ol, and 3-octanone should be considered as key compounds that mediate oviposition behavior. The use of different sensory modalities by closely related species of Delia is discussed.
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Meltzer PC, Butler D, Deschamps JR, Madras BK. 1-(4-Methylphenyl)-2-pyrrolidin-1-yl-pentan-1-one (Pyrovalerone) analogues: a promising class of monoamine uptake inhibitors. J Med Chem 2006; 49:1420-32. [PMID: 16480278 PMCID: PMC2602954 DOI: 10.1021/jm050797a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [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] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine are essential for neurotransmission in the mammalian system. These three neurotransmitters have been the focus of considerable research because the modulation of their production and their interaction at monoamine receptors has profound effects upon a multitude of pharmacological outcomes. Our interest has focused on neurotransmitter reuptake mechanisms in a search for medications for cocaine abuse. Herein we describe the synthesis and biological evaluation of an array of 2-aminopentanophenones. This array has yielded selective inhibitors of the dopamine and norepinephrine transporters with little effect upon serotonin trafficking. A subset of compounds had no significant affinity at 5HT1A, 5HT1B, 5HT1C, D1, D2, or D3 receptors. The lead compound, racemic 1-(4-methylphenyl)-2-pyrrolidin-1-yl-pentan-1-one 4a, was resolved into its enantiomers and the S isomer was found to be the most biologically active enantiomer. Among the most potent of these DAT/NET selective compounds are the 1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)- (4u) and the 1-naphthyl- (4t) 2-pyrrolidin-1-yl-pentan-1-one analogues.
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- Peter C Meltzer
- Organix Inc., 240 Salem Street, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, USA.
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Zhang SQ, Zhong XY, Lu WL, Zheng L, Zhang X, Sun F, Fu GY, Zhang Q. Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of the insulin-mimetic agent vanadyl acetylacetonate in non-diabetic and diabetic rats. J Inorg Biochem 2005; 99:1064-75. [PMID: 15833329 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2005.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 09/14/2004] [Revised: 01/27/2005] [Accepted: 01/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The objectives of this study were to evaluate the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of vanadyl acetylacetonate (VAC) in rats. Pharmacodynamic study was carried out using non-diabetic and diabetic rats by subcutaneous (s.c.) and intragastric (i.g.) administrations at single dose or multiple doses. Pharmacokinetic study was performed using non-diabetic rats. Results showed that VAC resulted in a significant decrease of plasma glucose levels in diabetic rats in all dosing levels, and nearly restored hyperglycemic values to normal values after s.c. injection at a single dose of 2, 4, and 8 mg vanadium (V)/kg, or after i.g. administration at multiple doses of 3 and 6 mg V/kg once daily for seven consecutive days, respectively. The VAC could be rapidly absorbed and T(max) values ranged from 0.9 +/- 0.3 h for s.c. injection to 3.0 +/- 0.9 h for i.g. administration. The average absolute bioavailabilities for i.g. administrations at a single dose of 3, 6, and 10 mg V/kg were 34.7%, 28.1%, and 22.8%, respectively. After i.g. administration at a single dose of 10 mg V/kg, the average elimination half-lives obtained from non-diabetic rats were very long ranging from 144.7 +/- 8.7 h in plasma to 657.3 +/- 34.8 h in femur tissue. In conclusion, VAC widely distributed in various tissues and accumulated more in the femur tissue. The time to reach maximal vanadium level after s.c. injection or i.g. administration was not coincident with the time to reach maximal hypoglycemic effect. The accumulated vanadium in bone, kidney or other tissues may gradually release and exert a longer action. In present dosing levels and administration routes, VAC was effective for lowering plasma glucose levels in diabetic rats and could reverse the higher triglyceride and cholesterol levels to the normal ranges. VAC did not influence the insulin levels in plasma and not cause obvious toxic signs like diarrhea.
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- Shuang-Qing Zhang
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Xueyuanlu 38, Beijing 100083, China.
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Yamaki Y, Horii S, Hashimoto T, Sasamoto T, Ushio F, Kamata K, Ibe A. Modified determination method of total bromine in agricultural products by gas chromatography. Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi 2005; 46:124-6. [PMID: 16042300 DOI: 10.3358/shokueishi.46.124] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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In the official method for determination of total bromine in fruit and grain foods, bromine is derivatized with 3-pentanone for GC analysis. Co-existing substances sometimes interfere with measurement of the derivative, though the method is highly selective. In this study, the notification method was modified to reduce impurity peaks by applying 3-hexanone. Samples were alkalized and reduced to ash in an electric furnace. After ashing, samples were oxidized with potassium permanganate solution and derivatized with 3-hexanone. The calibration curve was linear from 0.1 microg/mL up to 5.0 microg/mL. The detection limit (S/N = 10) was 0.1 microg/mL, i.e., 5 microg/g for herb, 2.5 microg/g for grains and 1.0 microg/g for fruits. The recoveries of bromine from fruit, grain foods and herbs added at the levels of 5 to 25 microg/g ranged from 84.2 to 96.9%. The values of relative standard deviation (RSD) were from 1.4 to 6.3%. This method should be useful for routine examination of total bromine in foods.
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- Yumiko Yamaki
- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health: 3-24-1, Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0073, Japan
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Ibarra FR, Armando I, Nowicki S, Carranza A, De Luca Sarobe V, Arrizurieta EE, Barontini M. Dopamine is metabolised by different enzymes along the rat nephron. Pflugers Arch 2005; 450:185-91. [PMID: 15864503 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-005-1386-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 10/18/2004] [Revised: 01/08/2005] [Accepted: 01/27/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to determine the basal levels of dopamine (DA) and to examine the enzymes involved in DA metabolism in different microdissected nephron segments from rat kidneys. Segments were incubated with DA (50 nM) or DA plus monoamine oxidase (MAO) or catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT) inhibitors. Basal DA levels were higher in the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT, 10.8+/-3.7 pg/mm) and in the medullary collecting duct (MCD, 10.9+/-4.0 pg/mm) than in the medullary thick ascending limb of Henle's loop (MTAL, 4.9+/-0.9 pg/mm) (P<0.05). The percentage of exogenously added DA that was not metabolised was similar in both PCT (67+/-13%) and MCD (65+/-5%) and lower in MTAL (35+/-7%), suggesting that MTAL is a major site of DA metabolism. Inhibition of MAO (pargyline 1 mM) significantly increased the basal content of DA and the percentage of the added non-metabolised DA (to 95+/-10%) in PCT but had no effect on MTAL or MCD. Conversely, inhibition of COMT (nitecapone or Ro-41-0960, both 1 mM) slightly increased the basal levels of DA only in MTAL, whereas the percentage of added DA not metabolised rose to 97+/-10% in MTAL and to 91+/-15% in MCD. COMT inhibition had no effect in PCT. In conscious rats pargyline (50 mg/kg) increased urinary DA from 680+/-34 to 1,128+/-158 ng/d/100 g BW (P<0.01) while nitecapone (40 mg/kg) produced a slight non-significant increment. Our results show that DA is present all along the rat nephron and that renal DA is metabolised continuously and predominantly by MAO in proximal segments, and by COMT in the more distal ones.
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- Fernando R Ibarra
- Laboratorio de Riñón Experimental, Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas A. Lanari, Combatientes de Malvinas, 3150 C1427ARO, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Juang SH, Pan WY, Kuo CC, Liou JP, Hung YM, Chen LT, Hsieh HP, Chang JY. A novel bis-benzylidenecyclopentanone derivative, BPR0Y007, inducing a rapid caspase activation involving upregulation of Fas (CD95/APO-1) and wild-type p53 in human oral epidermoid carcinoma cells. Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 68:293-303. [PMID: 15194001 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2004.03.036] [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: 12/08/2003] [Accepted: 03/23/2004] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BPR0Y007, a bis-benzylidenecyclopentanone derivative (2,5-bis- (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene) cyclopentanone), was identified in our laboratory as a novel antineoplastic agent with a broad spectrum of antitumor activity against many human cancer cells. A previous study showed that BPR0Y007 inhibited DNA topoisomerase I (Top 1) activity and prevented tubulin polymerization. Notably, no cross-resistance with BPR0Y007 was observed in camptothecin-, VP-16- or vincristine-resistant cell lines. In this study, we further investigated the cellular and molecular events underlying the antitumoral function of this compound in human oral epidermoid carcinoma KB cells, focusing on the early cytotoxic effect. Treatment of KB cells with BPR0Y007-induced G(2)/M phase arrest followed by sub-G(1) phase accumulation. Annexin-V-propidium iodide (PI) binding assay and DNA fragmentation assay further indicated that BPR0Y007-induced cell death proceeded through an apoptotic pathway as opposed to via necrosis. This compound produced a time-dependent activation of caspases-3 and -8, however, another caspase-3 initiator, caspase-9, was only marginally activated at later time point. We further demonstrated that the activation of the caspases cascade and nuclear fragmentation was not associated with inactivated Bcl-2 and perturbed mitochondrial membrane potential by BPR0Y007. The finding that BPR0Y007-induced apoptosis through a membrane-mediated mechanism was supported by up-regulated expression of Fas (CD95/APO-1), but not Fas-L. Furthermore, up-regulation of p53 and its affected gene, MDM2, in KB cells was found after BPR0Y007 exposure. Overall, our results demonstrated that the BPR0Y007 could induce an early cytotoxic apoptosis through a caspase-8-dependent but mitochondrial-caspase-9 independent pathway, and involving upregulation of p53.
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- Shin-Hun Juang
- Cancer Cooperative Ward in National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, 7, Chung-Shan Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Osinsky S, Levitin I, Bubnovskaya L, Sigan A, Ganusevich I, Kovelskaya A, Valkovskaya N, Campanella L, Wardman P. Selectivity of effects of redox-active cobalt(III) complexes on tumor tissue. Exp Oncol 2004; 26:140-4. [PMID: 15273664] [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: 04/30/2023]
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AIM To estimate the selectivity of action of cobalt complexes on tumor tissue. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cobalt(III) complexes containing both the tetradentate Schiff-base ligand derived from acetylacetone and ethylenediamine, and compounds of the vitamin PP series or their synthetic analogs, viz. nicotinamide, isonicotinamide or nicotinic acid, as extra (axial) ligands, were tested in vivo on transplanted mice tumors, namely Lewis lung carcinoma (3LL), melanoma B16, and mammary adenocarcinoma Ca755. concentrations of malondialdehyde in tissue extracts were measured by standard biochemical methods. The rate of DNA unwinding was used to detect DNA damage in tumor cells. Level of tumor hypoxia as well as bioenergetic status were estimated using 31P NMR spectroscopy in perchloric acid extracts of tissue. RESULTS A significant and selective increase of malondialdehyde in tumor tissue reflecting activation of lipid peroxidation was found after administration of the complexes. The bioenergetic status in tumor was also selectively affected by the complexes: minimization of signals of high-energy phosphates was observed two hours after injection of the complexes. An increase of the number of DNA single-strand breaks was registered in tumor tissue, supporting the suggestion that the complexes may directly affect DNA. A correlation between the above tumor effects and the structure of axial ligands was demonstrated. CONCLUSION Cobalt(III) complexes affect tumor tissue with a very high level of selectivity; in particular they activate lipid peroxidation, induce DNA single-strand breaks, suppress the bioenergetic status, and enhance hypoxia. It is supposed that the selective action of these complexes on tumor tissue is due to peculiarities of tumor microphysiology, in particular significant tumor hypoxia.
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- Sergey Osinsky
- R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology of National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine.
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Du X, Hou J, Deng H, Gao J, Kang J. Comparative study on fluorescence enhancement and quenching of europium and terbium chelate anions in cationic micelles. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2003; 59:271-277. [PMID: 12685900 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-1425(02)00175-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Fluorescence enhancement and quenching of water soluble chelates of terbium (Tb3+) with Tiron, salicylic acid (SA), 4-sulfonyl salicylic acid (SSA) and acetylacetone (AA) and sparingly soluble chelates of europium (Eu3+) with beta-diketones were comparatively examined in the presence of cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTMAB) and cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC). By the composition of the complexes, surface tension measurements and spectral analysis, the binding mode of chelate anions to the micellar surface of cationic surfactants was discussed in terms of ion-exchange model. Quenching effect of CPC on the fluorescence of association complexes seems to arise from the charge transfer from a fluorescent ligand to pyridinium cation. In the case of the chelates of Eu3+ with beta-diketones, however, pyridinium ion is only capable of overlapping the aromatic ring of beta-diketones to less extent since the poorly soluble charged chelates have a weak affinity for the highly polar surface of pyridinium cationic micelles. Efficient charge transfer between the excited aromatic beta-diketone and pyridinium cation fails to be established. CPC also shows enhanced effect on fluorescence like CTMAB.
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- Xinzhen Du
- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, People's Republic of China.
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BACKGROUND In recent years, several nitrocatechol derivatives (tolcapone, entacapone, and nitecapone) have been developed and found to be highly selective and potent inhibitors of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT). More recently, natriuretic properties were described for two of these compounds (entacapone and nitecapone), although this was not accompanied by enhanced urinary excretion of dopamine. We hypothesized that nitrocatechol derivatives stimulate D1-like dopamine receptors. METHODS Adult male Wistar rats were treated with a nitrocatechol COMT inhibitor (entacapone, tolcapone, or nitecapone, 30 mg/kg, orally), and the urinary excretion of dopamine and sodium was quantitated. The interaction of nitrocatechol derivatives with D1-like receptors was evaluated by their ability to displace [3H]-Sch23390 binding from membranes of rat renal cortex and cAMP production in opossum kidney (OK) cells. RESULTS Urinary excretion of sodium (micromol/h) was markedly increased by all three nitrocatechol derivatives: vehicle, 55.0 +/- 5.6; entacapone, 98.4 +/- 9.3; tolcapone, 97.5 +/- 9.3; and nitecapone, 120.5 +/- 12.6. Pretreatment with the selective D1 antagonist Sch 23390 (60 microg/kg) completely prevented their natriuretic effects. Nitecapone and tolcapone were equipotent (IC50s of 48 and 42 micromol/L) and more potent than entacapone and dopamine (IC50s of 107 and 279 micromol/L) in displacing [3H]-Sch23390 binding. In OK cells, all three nitrocatechol derivatives significantly increased cAMP accumulation and reduced Na(+)/H(+) exchange and Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activities, this being prevented by a blockade of D1-like receptors. CONCLUSION Stimulation of D1-like dopamine receptors and inhibition of Na(+)/H(+) exchange and Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activities by nitrocatechol COMT inhibitors may contribute to natriuresis produced by these compounds.
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- M A Vieira-Coelho
- Institute of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, Porto, Portugal
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Nagy L, Morales RE, Beinborn M, Vattay P, Szabo S. Investigation of gastroprotective compounds at subcellular level in isolated gastric mucosal cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2000; 279:G1201-8. [PMID: 11093942 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.2000.279.6.g1201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We tested the hypothesis that recognized gastroprotective agents exert direct protection against ethanol-induced injury in isolated rat gastric mucosal cells in vitro. If protection exists, we also wanted to identify subcellular targets in the reversible and/or irreversible stages of cell injury. Ethanol-induced cell injury was quantified by measuring plasma membrane leakage (trypan blue exclusion and lactate dehydrogenase release), mitochondrial integrity (succinic dehydrogenase), and nuclear damage (ethidium bromide-DNA fluorescence). Initial cell viability and responsiveness were estimated by the effects of carbachol, carbachol + atropine, or 16,16-dimethyl-PGE(2) on chief cell pepsinogen secretion. Enriched parietal cells were stimulated by histamine, carbachol, or histamine + IBMX. Preincubation of cells with PG, sucrose octasulfate, or the sulfhydryl compounds N-acetylcysteine, taurine, or cysteamine increased cell resistance </=21% against ethanol. Similar protection was found with low histamine concentrations, but a higher concentration aggravated ethanol toxicity. Other naturally occurring or synthetic gastroprotective agents offered partial protection or aggravated ethanol-induced cell injury. Only a few in vivo gastroprotective agents demonstrated in vitro direct cytoprotection, which involved mainly the reversible stage of cell injury (e.g., plasma membrane changes) and, less often, irreversible (e.g., mitochondrial and nuclear) damage. Our findings also indicate that a major part of the beneficial effect of gastroprotective agents is expressed at the tissue level.
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- Chemical Pathology Research Division, Departments of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Cell fate in Dictyostelium development depends on intrinsic differences between cells, dating from their growth period, and on cell interactions occurring during development. We have sought for a mechanism linking these two influences on cell fate. First, we confirmed earlier work showing that the vegetative differences are biases, not commitments, since cells that are stalky-biased when developed with one partner are sporey with another. Then we tested the idea that these biases operate by modulating the sensitivity of cells to the signals controlling cell fate during development. Cells grown without glucose are stalky-biased when developed with cells grown with glucose. We find, using monolayer culture conditions, that they are more sensitive to each of the stalk-inducing signals, DIFs 1-3. Mixing experiments show that this bias is a cell-intrinsic property. Cells initiating development early in the cell cycle are stalky compared to those initiating development later in the cycle. Likewise, they are more sensitive to DIF-1. Assays of standard markers for prestalk and prespore cell differentiation reveal similar differences in DIF-1 sensitivity between biased cells; DIF-1 dechlorinase (an early prestalk cell marker enzyme) behaves in a consistent manner. We propose that cell-fate biases are manifest as differences in sensitivity to DIF.
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- C R Thompson
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, England
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Marchetti E, Dumuis A, Bockaert J, Soumireu-Mourat B, Roman FS. Differential modulation of the 5-HT(4) receptor agonists and antagonist on rat learning and memory. Neuropharmacology 2000; 39:2017-27. [PMID: 10963745 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(00)00038-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 11/19/2022]
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Recent data suggest that activation of 5-HT(4) receptors may modulate cognitive processes such as learning and memory. In the present study, the effects of two potent and selective 5-HT(4) agonists, RS 17017 [1-(4-amino-5-chloro-2-methoxyphenyl)-5- (piperidin-1-yl)-1-pentanone hydrochloride] and RS 67333 [1(4-amino-5-chloro-2-methoxyphenyl)-3- (1-n-butyl-4-piperidinyl)-1-propanone], were studied in an olfactory associative discrimination task. The implication of 5-HT(4) receptors in the associative discriminative task was suggested by the following observation. Injection of a selective 5-HT(4) receptor antagonist RS 67532 [1-(4-amino-5-chloro-2-(3, 5-dimethoxybenzyloxyphenyl)-5-(1-piperidinyl)-1-pentanone; 1 mg/kg: i.p.] before the third training session induced a consistent deficit in associative memory during the following training sessions. This deficit was absent when the antagonist was injected together with either a specific hydrophilic 5-HT(4) (RS 17017, 1 mg/kg) or a specific hydrophobic (RS 67333, 1 mg/kg) 5-HT(4) receptor agonist. RS 67333 was more potent than RS 17017. This difference in potency certainly reflects a difference in their capacity to enter into the brain. This is also likely to be the reason why, injected alone, the hydrophobic 5-HT(4) agonist (RS 67333) but not the hydrophilic 5-HT(4) agonist (RS 17017) improved learning and memory performance.
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- E Marchetti
- Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des Comportements, UMR 6562 CNRS, Université de Provence, IBHOP, Traverse Charles Susini, 13388, Marseille, Cedex 13, France.
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Vainikka T, Heikkilä L, Toivonen HJ, Rämö J, Hyytinen TA, Mattila SP. The effect of nitecapone on early graft function in experimental single lung transplantation. SCAND CARDIOVASC J 2000; 34:415-20. [PMID: 10983677 DOI: 10.1080/14017430050196261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Nitecapone is an antioxidant molecule which has been shown to protect the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury. We investigated whether a similar effect could be detected on lung graft preservation in a porcine model of single lung transplantation. Donors received either nitecapone or placebo in a modified Euro-Collins pulmonary flush solution. After cold storage for 19 h the left lung was transplanted. Patients in the nitecapone group received a nitecapone infusion during the graft reperfusion. A right-side heart bypass was used to measure flow distribution and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) in the recipient's transplanted and native lungs, respectively. Pulmonary vein blood samples were analyzed for blood gases, free radical trapping capacity and diene conjugates. PVR was high in the transplanted lung, which received only 20% of the blood flow. Oxygen tension in the transplanted lung was low (2.3-26.7 kPa). Nitecapone treatment increased the plasma free radical trapping capacity threefold. In spite of this increase in antioxidative capacity nitecapone could not protect the lung against ischemia-reperfusion injury when pulmonary hemodynamics, gas exchange or plasma diene conjugates were used as measures of lung graft function.
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- T Vainikka
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
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Kubohara Y. Effects of differentiation-inducing factors of Dictyostelium discoideum on human leukemia K562 cells: DIF-3 is the most potent anti-leukemic agent. Eur J Pharmacol 1999; 381:57-62. [PMID: 10528134 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(99)00548-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 11/18/2022]
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DIF-1 (differentiation-inducing factor-1; 1-(3,5-dichloro-2, 6-dihydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)hexan-1-one) is a putative morphogen that induces stalk cell formation in the cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum. It has been previously reported that DIF-1 exhibits anti-tumor activity in mammalian cells. In this study, we examined the effects of six DIF analogues on DNA synthesis, cell growth, erythroid differentiation, and cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in human leukemia K562 cells. The DIF analogues used here were DIF-1, DIF-2 (which has pentanone in place of hexanone), DIF-3 (dechlorinated form of DIF-1), 2-MIDIF-1 (2-methoxy isomer of DIF-1), DMPH (dechlorinated form of DIF-3), and THPH (4-hydroxy substitution of DMPH). DIF-3 proved to be the most potent anti-leukemic agent among them, and the order of potency for causing growth inhibition, erythroid induction, and increases in [Ca2+]iTHPH in all the categories tested. The present results suggest new routes for the development of more potent and effective anti-tumor agents.
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- Y Kubohara
- Department of Molecular Physiology, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation (IMCR), Gunma University, Showa-machi 3-39-15, Maebashi, Japan.
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OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that antithrombotic plasma-activated protein C plays a defensive antithrombotic role during coronary ischemia and postischemic reperfusion. METHODS AND RESULTS We evaluated protein C activation during cardiopulmonary bypass and coronary reperfusion in 20 patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery. During cardiopulmonary bypass and during the 10 minutes after aortic unclamping, the plasma levels of protein C (mean +/- standard error of the mean) decreased from 123% +/- 7% to 74% +/- 5% of normal mean. In contrast, the levels of activated protein C in plasma increased from 122% +/- 8% to 159% +/- 21%, and the activated protein C/protein C ratio increased from 1.04 +/- 0.08 to 2.29 +/- 0. 31 (P =.006, 2-tailed Wilcoxon signed rank test). Patients were stratified on the basis of the increase in activated protein C in the coronary sinus plasma at 10 minutes after reperfusion by means of the arbitrary value of 1.5 for the activated protein C/protein C ratio. Within 24 hours, the patients with low increases in activated protein C (ratio < 1.5, n = 8) had a significantly (P <.05) lower cardiac output and mean pulmonary artery pressure, as well as a higher systemic vascular resistance, than patients (n = 11) with high increases in activated protein C (ratio > 1.5). The rapid increase in activated protein C during the first 10 minutes after aortic unclamping indicated protein C activation in the reperfused vascular beds. CONCLUSIONS The antithrombotic protein C pathway was significantly activated during cardiopulmonary bypass mainly during the minutes after aortic unclamping in the ischemic vascular beds. Suboptimal protein C activation during ischemia may impair the postischemic recovery of human heart and circulation.
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- J Petäjä
- Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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BACKGROUND To study the effect of nitecapone, a novel antioxidant, on cardiac neutrophil activation during cardiopulmonary bypass in patients. METHODS In a double-blind, placebo controlled trial, 30 male patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting were randomly assigned to control (crystalloid cardioplegia, n = 15) and nitecapone groups (cardioplegia supplemented with nitecapone, n = 15). Leukocyte differential counts, neutrophil and monocyte CD11b and L-selectin expressions and neutrophil hydrogen peroxide production were measured in blood samples parallelly obtained from the coronary sinus and aorta before cardiopulmonary bypass and at 1, 5, and 10 min after aortic declamping. Myocardial myeloperoxidase activity was analyzed in biopsies taken at 1, 5, and 10 min after declamping. RESULTS Transcoronary neutrophil difference (i.e., aorta--sinus coronarius) at 1 min after aortic declamping was significantly lower in nitecapone-treated patients (0.41 [-0.42-0.98] x 10(9) cells/l) than in controls (0.68 [-0.28-2.47] x 10(9) cells/l; P = 0.032). At 5 min after aortic declamping, significant transcoronary reduction of neutrophil hydrogen peroxide production and CD11b expression were observed in controls but not in nitecapone patients. At 24 h postoperatively, left ventricular stroke volume was better in nitecapone-treated patients (94 [51-118] ml) than controls (66 [40-104] ml; P= 0.018). Data are median [range]. CONCLUSION Nitecapone added to cardioplegia solution reduces cardiac neutrophil accumulation and transcoronary neutrophil activation during clinical cardiopulmonary bypass. Reflected by better left ventricular stroke volume, nitecapone treatment may be an additional way of reducing the deleterious effects of neutrophil activation during cardiopulmonary bypass.
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- E J Pesonen
- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Aluminum is a neurotoxic agent; however, little information has been obtained regarding its molecular cytotoxicity and the effects on the stability of biological membranes. This is mainly due to the ill-defined chemical speciation of the metal compounds. For this reason, the present study used aluminum acetylacetonate, (Al(acac)3), a neutral, chemically well-defined, hydrolytically stable and lipophilic compound. To understand the molecular mechanism of its interaction with cell membranes, Al(acac)3 was incubated with human erythrocytes, isolated toad skin and molecular models of biomembranes. The latter consisted of multilayers of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and dimyristoyphosphatidylethanolamine (DMPE), representative of phospholipid classes located in the outer and inner monolayers of the human erythrocyte membrane, respectively. The results showed that Al(acac)3 interacted with the erythrocyte membrane modifying its normal discoid morphology to both echinocytic and stomatocytic shapes. This finding indicates that the Al complex was inserted in both the outer and inner layers of the red cell membrane, a conclusion supported by X-ray diffraction analyses of DMPC and DMPE bilayers. Electrophysiological measurements performed on toad skin revealed a significant decrease in the potential difference and short-circuit current responses after application of Al(acac)3, effects interpreted to reflect inhibition of the active transport of ions. Al(acac)3 was active on both surfaces of the skin suggesting that the membrane was permeated by the metal complex. It is concluded that Al(acac)3 both alters the molecular structure of the lipid bilayer, thereby modifying the biophysical properties of the cell membrane, and changes its physiological properties.
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- M Suwalsky
- Faculty of Chemical Sciences, University of Concepción, Chile.
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The formation of the beta pleated configuration of the amyloid peptide fragment 25-35 in aqueous solution, has been studied using thioflavin-T fluorescence as an indicator of such folding. Both phosphate and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) enhance the formation of aggregated beta-sheets. This phosphate-induced aggregation is greater in the presence of aluminum sulfate in a dose dependent manner. In the absence of ATP or phosphate, aluminum salts do not promote aggregation. It is proposed that a particulate aluminum phosphate complex may form critical nuclei upon whose surface the amyloid peptide can change its configuration. This capacity for seeding may be a relevant factor in the formation of insoluble proteinaceous materials such as amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles found in Alzheimer's disease.
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- S C Bondy
- Department of Community & Environmental Medicine, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Irvine 92697-1820, USA
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Vento AE, Rämö OJ, Nemlander AT, Ahotupa M, Nissinen E, Holopainen A, Mattila SP. Nitecapone inhibits myeloperoxidase in vitro and enhances functional performance after 8 h of ischemia in experimental heart transplantation. Res Exp Med (Berl) 1999; 198:299-306. [PMID: 10369086 DOI: 10.1007/s004330050113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Nitecapone (NC) has been shown to have beneficial effects on the functional recovery of rat hearts in Langendorff-preparation. The present study was executed to evaluate the effect of NC on preservation of grafts in heart transplantation and the role of NC in the inhibition of granulocyte infiltration. Donor hearts were perfused and stored at +4 degrees C for 8 h in either Ringer solution in the control-group (C-group, n = 26) or in NC (50 microM) added Ringer solution (NC-group, n = 18). The heterotopic heart transplantation was performed. The rats in both groups were killed at either 10 min or 60 min after release of the aortic clamp and tissue samples were obtained for antioxidative capacity, myeloperoxidase activity, and lipid peroxidation measurements. In vitro studies were performed using sodium azide or nitecapone to inhibit myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity of isolated human leukocytes. A total of 61% of the grafts began to beat in the NC-group, compared to 46% in the control group. Using an arbitrary scale of functional performance, only 33% (4/12) of the grafts were classified as well functioning in the control group, compared to 82% (9/11) in the NC-group (P<0.05). MPO activity was equal in both groups after 10 min but significantly lower after 60 min in the NC-group as compared to the control group (P<0.05). In vitro studies demonstrated that NC inhibits 50% of purified MPO activity at a concentration of 10 microM. NC did not significantly affect lipid peroxidation or the preservation of endogenous antioxidants. Since NC inhibited myeloperoxidase both in vitro and in vivo, it seems that the positive effects of NC on graft preservation may be mediated via the inhibition of granulocyte infiltration.
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- A E Vento
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
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Reul BA, Amin SS, Buchet JP, Ongemba LN, Crans DC, Brichard SM. Effects of vanadium complexes with organic ligands on glucose metabolism: a comparison study in diabetic rats. Br J Pharmacol 1999; 126:467-77. [PMID: 10077240 PMCID: PMC1565819 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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1. Vanadium compounds can mimic actions of insulin through alternative signalling pathways. The effects of three organic vanadium compounds were studied in non-ketotic, streptozotocin-diabetic rats: vanadyl acetylacetonate (VAc), vanadyl 3-ethylacetylacetonate (VEt), and bis(maltolato)oxovanadium (VM). A simple inorganic vanadium salt, vanadyl sulphate (VS) was also studied. 2. Oral administration of the three organic vanadium compounds (125 mg vanadium element 1(-1) in drinking fluids) for up to 3 months induced a faster and larger fall in glycemia (VAc being the most potent) than VS. Glucosuria and tolerance to a glucose load were improved accordingly. 3. Activities and mRNA levels of key glycolytic enzymes (glucokinase and L-type pyruvate kinase) which are suppressed in the diabetic liver, were restored by vanadium treatment. The organic forms showed greater efficacy than VS, especially VAc. 4. VAc rats exhibited the highest levels of plasma or tissue vanadium, most likely due to a greater intestinal absorption. However, VAc retained its potency when given as a single i.p. injection to diabetic rats. Moreover, there was no relationship between plasma or tissue vanadium levels and any parameters of glucose homeostasis and hepatic glucose metabolism. Thus, these data suggest that differences in potency between compounds are due to differences in their insulin-like properties. 5. There was no marked toxicity observed on hepatic or renal function. However, diarrhoea occurred in 50% of rats chronically treated with VS, but not in those receiving the organic compounds. 6. In conclusion, organic vanadium compounds, in particular VAc, correct the hyperglycemia and impaired hepatic glycolysis of diabetic rats more safely and potently than VS. This is not simply due to improved intestinal absorption, indicating more potent insulin-like properties.
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- B A Reul
- Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, UCL 5530 AV Hippocrate 55, Brussels, Belgium
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Léger G, Gjedde A, Kuwabara H, Guttman M, Cumming P. Effect of catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibition on brain uptake of [18F]fluorodopa: implications for compartmental modelling and clinical usefulness. Synapse 1998; 30:351-61. [PMID: 9826227 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2396(199812)30:4<351::aid-syn2>3.0.co;2-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 11/08/2022]
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The efficacy of levo-DOPA in the treatment of Parkinson's disease is potentiated by blockade of its peripheral metabolism with inhibitors of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT). Some COMT inhibitors may act entirely in the periphery (nitecapone, OR-462), while others may also have some activity in brain (entacapone, OR-611). We used positron emission tomography (PET) to test the effects of these two COMT inhibitors on the plasma kinetics and brain metabolism of the levo-DOPA analog 6-[18F]fluoro-L-dopa (FDOPA) in cynomolgus monkeys, employing a compartmental model for the assay of DOPA decarboxylase activity in living brain. Four monkeys each underwent two PET scans in the baseline condition, one PET scan after treatment with OR-462 (15 mg/kg, i.v.), and one PET scan after treatment with OR-611 (15 mg/kg, i.v.). Pharmacokinetic analysis of FDOPA metabolism in plasma indicated that these compounds blocked peripheral COMT activity by 80% for at least 60 minutes. Both COMT inhibitors increased the net availability of FDOPA in circulation, and increased the ratio of the radioactivity concentrations in striatum and occipital cortex, suggesting that [18F]fluorodopamine synthesis in striatum was potentiated. However, OR-611 treatment reduced the unidirectional (K1D) and net (Ki) blood-brain clearances of FDOPA, and also inhibited the rate of decarboxylation (k3D) of FDOPA in striatum. These observations suggest that high doses of OR-611 may partially antagonize the cerebral utilization of levo-DOPA. We used the present data to test the sensitivity of the compartmental model to the physiological constraint that the blood-brain permeabilities of the O-methylated plasma metabolite and FDOPA have a fixed ratio. In the groups with COMT inhibition, the estimates of k3D were insensitive to the magnitude of the permeability ratio. In the control group, the estimate of k3D increased by 40% as the magnitude of the constrained permeability ratio increased in the range of published estimates.
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- G Léger
- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada
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The recruitment of G protein-coupled receptors from the cytoplasm to the plasma membrane generally is believed to be a constitutive process. We show here by the use of both confocal microscopy and subcellular fractionation that, for at least one such receptor, this recruitment is regulated and not constitutive. Cells from a proximal tubular-like cell line, LLCPK1 cells, were incubated with either a D1 agonist, a dopamine precursor, or an inhibitor of dopamine metabolism to increase dopamine availability in the cell. Each of the three procedures led to a rapid translocation of dopamine D1 receptors from the cytosol to the plasma membrane.
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- H Brismar
- Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institutet, Astrid Lindgrens Children's Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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Kiersztan A, Jarzyna R, Bryła J. Inhibitory effect of vanadium compounds on glutamate dehydrogenase activity in mitochondria and hepatocytes isolated from rabbit liver. Pharmacol Toxicol 1998; 82:167-72. [PMID: 9584329 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1998.tb01419.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The effect of orthovanadate, vanadyl sulphate and vanadyl acetylacetonate on glutamate dehydrogenase activity was studied in liver mitochondria and isolated hepatocytes of rabbit. In permeabilized mitochondria with free access of substrates and drugs to glutamate dehydrogenase, orthovanadate and vanadyl sulphate at 200 microM concentrations decreased both glutamate synthesis and glutamate deamination by 80 and 50%, respectively, while vanadyl acetylacetonate was less potent. In view of kinetic data obtained at various ammonium concentrations, orthovanadate appeared to be a competitive inhibitor (Ki = 40 +/- 3 microM), while vanadyl sulphate was a non-competitive one (Ki = 147 +/- 10 microM). In contrast to orthovanadate, vanadyl sulphate augmented the inhibitory action of increased above 0.5 mM 2-oxoglutarate concentrations. All these effects on the enzyme activity were partially reversed in the presence of L-leucine and ADP, which are allosteric activators of glutamate dehydrogenase. Moreover, all compounds studied suppressed both glutamate formation and glutamate deamination in isolated hepatocytes incubated under various metabolic conditions, as concluded from decreased rates of glutamate and urea synthesis, respectively. In view of these observations it seems likely that vanadium-containing compounds may be potent inhibitors of glutamate metabolism in liver.
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- A Kiersztan
- Institute of Biochemistry, Warsaw University, Poland
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Varadarajan A, Utekar SS, Malve SP. Synthesis, structural characterization and antimicrobial studies of 2,4-pentanedione derivatives. Part I. Acta Pol Pharm 1998; 55:137-41. [PMID: 9673154] [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: 02/08/2023]
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The title compounds have been synthesized in good yields by the interaction of 2,3,4-pentanetrione-3-oxime with ethanedithioamide in 1:1, 1:2, and 2:2 mole proportions. The structures of these compounds have been elucidated from its physico-chemical and spectral data and by correlation with well-known products. Preliminary screening of these compounds for biological activity against several microorganisms has indicated that they are selective growth inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in particular.
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- A Varadarajan
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Mumbai, India
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Terry AV, Buccafusco JJ, Jackson WJ, Prendergast MA, Fontana DJ, Wong EH, Bonhaus DW, Weller P, Eglen RM. Enhanced delayed matching performance in younger and older macaques administered the 5-HT4 receptor agonist, RS 17017. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1998; 135:407-15. [PMID: 9539266 DOI: 10.1007/s002130050529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Recent evidence indicates that the 5-HT4 subtype of serotonin receptor may modulate central cholinergic activity in regions of the mammalian CNS important to memory such as the frontal cortex, hippocampus and amygdala. These receptors could represent targets for drugs designed for the symptomatic therapy of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other disorders of memory. In the present study, the binding activity of RS 17017 (previously described as a selective 5-HT4 agonist) was assessed across a number of neurotransmitter receptors and binding sites, pharmacokinetic data were obtained, and the compound was evaluated in macaques for mnemonic effects via a computer-assisted delayed matching-to-sample task (DMTS). Binding data confirmed the 5-HT4 selectivity of the compound, while pharmacokinetic results revealed low oral bioavailability, but a large volume of distribution of the compound. Significant and reproducible improvements in DMTS accuracy were observed after oral administration of the compound across a dose-effect series in both younger and older monkeys. The results suggest that RS 17017 offers a potential for memory enhancement in disorders involving cognitive decline, and are consistent with a role for central 5-HT4 receptors in memory. Improvements in DMTS performance in aged monkeys may have particular implications for neurodegenerative conditions such as AD, whereas positive results in the younger monkeys indicate that RS 17017 (or similar compounds) may have additional potential in the therapeutics of memory disorders not necessarily associated with advanced age.
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- A V Terry
- University of Georgia Clinical Pharmacy Program, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912, USA
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Ohyashiki T, Suzuki S, Satoh E, Uemori Y. A marked stimulation of Fe2+-initiated lipid peroxidation in phospholipid liposomes by a lipophilic aluminum complex, aluminum acetylacetonate. Biochim Biophys Acta 1998; 1389:141-9. [PMID: 9461255] [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: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
In the present study, the efficacy of a lipophilic Al complex, aluminum acetylacetonate, as a stimulator of Fe2+-initiated lipid peroxidation in phospholipid liposomes was examined, and results were compared with those from the liposomes treated with AlCl3. The extent of lipid peroxidation was assessed by the formation of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS). The results indicated that the stimulatory effect of Al complex on Fe2+-initiated lipid peroxidation in phosphatidylcholine liposomes was more effective than that of AlCl3 under the same conditions. The concentration dependence of Al complex on TBARS production showed that the concentration of the complex required to induce half-maximal stimulation of TBARS production was 43 microM. In contrast, the stimulatory effect of AlCl3 was not observed until the AlCl3 concentration is increased above 300 microM. In addition, it was found that there is a linear relationship between the TBARS values and the residual amounts of Fe2+ at an earlier stage (within 2 min after the addition of Fe2+) of the lipid peroxidation in PC liposomes with different concentrations of Al complex, suggesting that Fe2+ oxidation process is closely related to the stimulatory effect of Al complex. The stimulatory effect of Al complex upon the lipid peroxidation completely disappeared by treatment of Al complex-treated liposomes with Triton X-100. The results of fluorescence anisotropy measurements using 12-(9-anthroyloxy)stearic acid-labeled liposomes suggested that treatment of the liposomes with Al complex caused a decrease in their lipid fluidity. Furthermore, it was found that there is a correlation between the extents of the fluorescence anisotropy and the Fe2+ oxidation parameters in the liposomes with different concentrations of Al complex. From these results, it is suggested that the Al effect on Fe2+-initiated lipid peroxidation in the phospholipid liposomes is markedly enhanced by incorporation of Al complex into the liposomal membranes and that an acceleration of Fe2+ oxidation due to a strengthened packing between the acyl chains in the lipid layer may be one possible mechanism for the occurrence of a marked stimulatory effect of Al complex on Fe2+ initiated lipid peroxidation.
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- T Ohyashiki
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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