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To YC, Pan Y, Yan X, He Y, Lin G. The toxicokinetic and metabolism of structurally diverse pyrrolizidine alkaloids in rats. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2024; 321:117390. [PMID: 37956911 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2023.117390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are a group of phytotoxins present in about 3% of flowering plants worldwide. Ingestion of PA-containing herbal products may lead to hepatotoxicity. Notably, the toxicokinetic (TK) behaviors, especially pyrrole-protein adducts (PPAs) having the same structure but generated from metabolic activation of different PAs, significantly affect the toxicity of structurally diverse PAs, therefore studying them in their pure form is preferable to extracts to stratify toxic potency of different PAs co-existing in herbal extracts. However, previous studies mainly focus on the establishment of TK profiles of the intact PAs, revealing less or no kinetic information on the main PA metabolites (PA N-oxides) and PPAs which mediate PA-induced hepatotoxicity. In this study, PPA was measured as the biomarker of PA exposure and PA-induced toxicity. AIM OF STUDY This study aims to investigate the TK difference between structurally diverse PAs of retronecine-type PAs: retrorsine (RTS) and monocrotaline (MCT), and otonecine-type PA: clivorine (CLI), and their toxicity-related metabolite PPAs and PA N-oxides, the main metabolite of retronecine-type PAs, for the establishment of a more accurate risk assessment of PAs exposure. MATERIALS AND METHODS The TK studies were conducted using rats through intravenous (i.v.) or oral (p.o.) administration of PAs at 20 mg/kg. The main TK parameters of PAs and PA N-oxides were determined from plasma concentration-time profiles, and the kinetic profiles of PPAs were assessed from both plasma and erythrocyte concentration-time profiles. RESULTS MCT demonstrated the slowest but the highest extent of absorption among the three PAs, while RTS demonstrated a similar absorption rate with a lower extent than CLI. For elimination, MCT demonstrated a similar elimination rate as RTS but the lowest extent of elimination among the three PAs, and CLI exhibited significantly faster elimination than MCT and RTS. Moreover, the formation of PA N-oxide, which only occurs in retronecine-type PAs, was remarkably less in MCT-treated rats compared to RTS-treated ones. Of note, the retronecine-type RTS and MCT induced more PPAs via p.o. than i.v. administration route, whereas the otonecine-type CLI showed the opposite trend. CONCLUSION Dramatic TK differences, including not only PAs but also PA N-oxides and the derived protein adduct PPAs, were found among structurally diverse PAs in rats, laying the basis for varied hepatotoxic potencies induced by different PA-containing herbal products. Notably, our findings for the first time uncovered that oral administration of retronecine-type PAs might cause severer toxicity compared with the intravenous route, which warrants further in-depth exploration.
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- Yuen Ching To
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; Ciechanover Institute of Precision and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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He Y, Long Y, Zhang C, Ma J, Ke C, Tang C, Ye Y, Lin G. Dietary alcohol exacerbates the hepatotoxicity induced by pyrrolizidine alkaloids: Hazard from food contamination. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 424:127706. [PMID: 34801312 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are the most common plant-derived toxins with emerging evidence to contaminate soil, water, nearby plants and derived food products. Outbreaks of human poisoning cases, due to the ingestion of PA-contaminated food, have been reported in various countries including Ethiopia. This study first investigated the contamination of PAs in retail honey in Ethiopia. A striking 77% of honey samples (27/30) were found to contain PAs with the content ranging over 1.5-323.4 μg/kg. Notably, these PAs were also found as contaminants in mead, an alcoholic beverage made from local honey, indicating the transfer of PAs from the primarily contaminated honey into mead. Further toxicological examinations revealed that long-term PA exposure caused vasculature damage, fibrosis, and steatosis in mouse livers, and co-exposure to dietary alcohol exacerbated the PA-induced chronic hepatotoxicity. Furthermore, the study revealed that moderate alcohol intake did not affect the initiation mechanism (hepatic cytochrome P450-mediated bioactivation) of PA-induced hepatotoxicity but significantly disturbed hepatic glutathione homeostasis, thereby increasing oxidative stress in mouse liver and enhancing PA-induced hepatotoxicity. Our findings exemplify the carry-over of PA contamination through the food chain. Precautionary interventions are warranted on the hazardous effects of dietary exposure to PAs, particularly with concomitant alcohol consumption.
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- Yisheng He
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, China Academy of Sciences, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, China Academy of Sciences, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, China Academy of Sciences, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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Jeong SH, Choi EY, Kim J, Lee C, Kang J, Cho S, Ko KY. LC-ESI-MS/MS Simultaneous Analysis Method Coupled with Cation-Exchange Solid-Phase Extraction for Determination of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids on Five Kinds of Herbal Medicines. J AOAC Int 2021; 104:1514-1525. [PMID: 34297098 PMCID: PMC8665765 DOI: 10.1093/jaoacint/qsab098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are naturally occurring plant toxins associated with potential hepatic and carcinogenic diseases in humans and animals. The concern over PAs has increased as the consumption of herbal medicines has increased. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to develop and validate a sensitive analytical method to determine 28 PAs in five herbal medicines using liquid chromatography (LC)-electrospray ionization (ESI)-tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). Additionally, this study identified and quantified the amount of PAs in 10 samples of each herbal medicine. METHODS The pretreatment in the proposed LC-MS/MS analysis comprised solvent extraction using 0.05M H2SO4 in 50% methanol and clean-up step using an mixed-mode cationic exchange (MCX)-solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridge. The PA contents in herbal medicines were measured by using the developed method. RESULTS The proposed method had recoveries ranging from 72.5-123.7% for the Atractylodis Rhizoma Alba, 70.6-151.7% for Alba Chrysanthmi Flos, 80.6-130.9% for Leonuri Herba, 70.3-122.9% for Gastrodiae Rhizoma, and 67.1-106.9% for Glycyrrhizae Radix. Even though a few samples showed recoveries in unsatisfactory values, the proposed method indicated entirely sufficient recoveries and precision in most samples. In monitoring results, only Leonuri Herba contained two PAs, which indicated Retrorsine (4/10) of 84.7-120.9 μg/kg and Senkirkine (10/10) of 60.9-170.7 μg/kg. CONCLUSION The results obtained from this study demonstrate that the proposed method is fit for purpose to determine 28 PAs in herbal medicines. Therefore it could serve as a regulatory method capable of being used for controlling the risks of PAs in certain medicinal plants and dietary supplements. HIGHLIGHTS An LC-MS/MS method for the determination of 28 pyrrolizidine alkaloids in herbal medicines was developed and validated through this study. The proposed method is considered as an useful method for monitoring pyroolizidine alkaloids in herbal medicines.
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- Se Hee Jeong
- National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Herbal Medicine Research Division, Osong-eup, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk 28159, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Herbal Medicine Research Division, Osong-eup, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk 28159, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Herbal Medicine Research Division, Osong-eup, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk 28159, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Herbal Medicine Research Division, Osong-eup, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk 28159, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Herbal Medicine Research Division, Osong-eup, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk 28159, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Herbal Medicine Research Division, Osong-eup, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk 28159, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Herbal Medicine Research Division, Osong-eup, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk 28159, Republic of Korea
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Identification and Simultaneous Determination of the Main Toxical Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in a Compound Prescription of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Qianbai Biyan Tablet. Int J Anal Chem 2021; 2021:5209618. [PMID: 34539789 PMCID: PMC8445730 DOI: 10.1155/2021/5209618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Qianbai biyan tablet (QT) is a compound prescription of traditional Chinese medicine which is used to treat nasal congestion, rhinitis, and nasosinusitis, with Senecio scandens as its main plant material. Several pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) were reported in Senecio scandens and others of Senecio species. Although Senecio scandens is assigned as the legal plant material of QT, whether replaced use of it by other Senecio plants can bring toxicity is unknown because of the lack of quantitative data about toxic PAs between different Senecio species. In the present study, adonifoline, senkirkine, and another PA presumed as emiline have been identified in QT; however, there was no senecionine detected in all tablets. PA contents in QTs varied in different companies and different batches. Adonifoline existed only in Senecio scandens, and senecionine was detected in all eight Senecio plants investigated in the present study. Data showed that replaced use of Senecio scandens with a low level of senecionine by other Senecio plants such as Senecio vulgaris containing a high level of senecionine is advertised to be forbidden. Data of the present study may be used as a reference to make new drug quality regularity and recommendation guideline for the safety of QT.
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Barny LA, Tasca JA, Sanchez HA, Smith CR, Koptur S, Livshultz T, Minbiole KPC. Chemotaxonomic investigation of Apocynaceae for retronecine-type pyrrolizidine alkaloids using HPLC-MS/MS. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2021; 185:112662. [PMID: 33774572 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2021.112662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 01/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Apocynaceae are well known for diverse specialized metabolites that are distributed in a phylogenetically informative manner. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) have been reported sporadically in one lineage in the family, the APSA clade, but few species have been studied to date. We conducted the first systematic survey of Apocynaceae for retronecine-type PAs, sampling leaves from 231 species from 13 of 16 major lineages within the APSA clade using HPLC-MS/MS. We also followed up preliminary evidence for infra-specific variation of PA detectability in Echites umbellatus Jacq. Four precursor ion scans (PREC) were developed for a high-throughput survey for chemicals containing a structural moiety common to many PAs, the retronecine core. We identified with high confidence PAs in 7 of 8 sampled genera of tribe Echiteae, but not in samples from the closely related Odontadenieae and Mesechiteae, confirming the utility of PAs as a taxonomic character in tribal delimitation. Occurrence of PAs in Malouetieae is reported with moderate confidence in Galactophora schomburgkiana Woodson and Eucorymbia alba Stapf, but currently we have low confidence of their presence in Holarrena pubescens Wall. ex G. Don (the one Malouetieae species where they were previously reported), as well as in Holarrena curtisii King & Gamble and in Kibatalia macrophylla (Pierre ex Hua) Woodson. Candidate PAs in some species of Wrightia R. Br. (Wrightieae) and Marsdenia R. Br. (Marsdenieae) are proposed with moderate confidence, but a subset of the compounds in these taxa presenting with a PA-like fragmentation pattern are more likely to be aminobenzoyl glycosides. Candidate PAs are reported in species with predicted (VXXXD) and unexpected (IXXXN) amino acid motifs in their homospermidine synthase-like genes. Detectability of PAs varies among samples of Echites umbellatus and intra-individual plasticity contributes to this variation. Of toxicological importance, novel potential sources of human exposure to pro-toxic PAs were identified in the medicinal plant, Wrightia tinctoria R.Br., and the food plants, Marsdenia glabra Cost. and Echites panduratus A. DC., warranting immediate further research to elucidate the structures of the candidate PAs identified. Method development and limitations are discussed.
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- Lea A Barny
- Department of Chemistry, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 19085, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 19085, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 19085, USA.
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- Department of Biodiversity Earth and Environmental Sciences, Drexel University, PA, 19104, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, 33199, USA.
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- Department of Biodiversity Earth and Environmental Sciences, Drexel University, PA, 19104, USA; Department of Botany, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 19085, USA.
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He Y, Zhu L, Ma J, Wong L, Zhao Z, Ye Y, Fu PP, Lin G. Comprehensive investigation and risk study on pyrrolizidine alkaloid contamination in Chinese retail honey. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 267:115542. [PMID: 33254676 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are common phytotoxins. We performed the first comprehensive investigation on PA contamination in Chinese honeys. LC-MS analysis revealed that 58% of 255 honey samples purchased from 17 regions across Mainland China and Taiwan contained PAs with total content ranging over 0.2-281.1 μg/kg. Monocrotaline (from Crotalaria spp), a PA never found in honey in other regions, together with echimidine (Echium plantagineum) and lycopsamine (from Senecio spp.), were three predominant PAs in PA-contaminated Chinese honeys. Further, PAs present in honeys were found to have geographically distinct pattern, indicating possible control of such contamination in future honey production. Moreover, we proposed a new risk estimation approach, which considered both content and toxic potency of individual PAs in honeys, and found that 12% of the PA-contaminated Chinese honeys tested might pose potential health risk. This study revealed a high prevalence and potential health risk of PA contamination in Chinese honeys.
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- Yisheng He
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines between the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines between the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines between the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines between the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079, United States
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines between the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
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Mädge I, Gehling M, Schöne C, Winterhalter P, These A. Pyrrolizidine alkaloid profiling of four Boraginaceae species from Northern Germany and implications for the analytical scope proposed for monitoring of maximum levels. Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess 2020; 37:1339-1358. [DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2020.1757166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Inga Mädge
- Department Safety in the Food Chain, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department Safety in the Food Chain, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany
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- Department Safety in the Food Chain, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department Safety in the Food Chain, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany
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Determination and Chemical Profiling of Toxic Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Botanical Samples with UPLC–Q-TOFMS. Chromatographia 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10337-019-03785-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Li DP, Chen YL, Jiang HY, Chen Y, Zeng XQ, Xu LL, Ye Y, Ke CQ, Lin G, Wang JY, Gao H. Phosphocreatine attenuates Gynura segetum-induced hepatocyte apoptosis via a SIRT3-SOD2-mitochondrial reactive oxygen species pathway. DRUG DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND THERAPY 2019; 13:2081-2096. [PMID: 31417240 PMCID: PMC6602055 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s203564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Purpose: To investigate the mitochondria-related mechanism of Gynura segetum (GS)-induced apoptosis and the protective effect of phosphocreatine (PCr), a mitochondrial respiration regulator. Methods: First, the mechanism was explored in human hepatocyte cell line. The mitochondrial oxidative stress was determined by fluorescence assay. The level of sirtuin 3 (SIRT3), acetylated superoxide dismutase 2 (Ac-SOD2), SOD2, and apoptosis were detected by Western blotting. Mito-TEMPO and cell lines of viral vector-mediated overexpression of SIRT3 and SIRT3H248Y were used to further verify the mechanism of GS-induced apoptosis. GS-induced liver injury mice models were built by GS through intragastric administration and interfered by PCr through intraperitoneal injection. A total of 30 C57BL/6J mice were assigned to 5 groups and treated with either saline, PCr (100 mg/kg), GS (30 g/kg), or PCr (50 or 100 mg/kg)+GS (30 g/kg). Liver hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining, immunohistochemical analysis, and blood biochemical evaluation were performed. Results: GS induced hepatocyte apoptosis and elevated levels of mitochondrial ROS in L-02 cells. The expression of SIRT3 was decreased. Downregulation of SIRT3 was associated with increased levels of Ac-SOD2, which is the inactivated enzymatic form of SOD2. Conversely, when overexpressing SIRT3 in GS-treated cells, SOD2 activity was restored, and mitochondrial ROS levels and hepatocyte apoptosis declined. Upon administration of PCr to GS-treated cells, they exhibited a significant upregulation of SIRT3 and were protected against apoptosis. In animal experiments, serum ALT level and mitochondrial ROS of the mice treated with GS and 50 mg/kg PCr were significantly attenuated compared with only GS treated. The changes in SIRT3 expression were also consistent with the in vitro results. In addition, immunohistochemical analysis of the mouse liver showed that Ac-SOD2 was decreased in the PCr and GS co-treated group compared with GS treated group. Conclusion: GS caused liver injury by dysregulating mitochondrial ROS generation via a SIRT3-SOD2 pathway. PCr is a potential agent to treat GS-induced liver injury by mitochondrial protection.
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- Dong-Ping Li
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research & Natural Products Chemistry Department, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Pudong, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research & Natural Products Chemistry Department, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Pudong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.,Evidance-based Medicine Center of Fudan University , Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.,Evidance-based Medicine Center of Fudan University , Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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New otonecine-type pyrrolizidine alkaloid from Petasites japonicus. J Nat Med 2019; 73:602-607. [PMID: 30784002 DOI: 10.1007/s11418-019-01285-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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One new otonecine-type pyrrolizidine alkaloid secopetasitenine (1), along with petasitenine (fukinotoxine, 2), neopetasitenine (3), and senkirkine (4), was isolated from the whole plant of Petasites japonicus. The structure of 1 was determined by spectroscopic analyses and chemical conversion from the known alkaloid petasitenine (2).
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Zhu L, Wang Z, Wong L, He Y, Zhao Z, Ye Y, Fu PP, Lin G. Contamination of hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in retail honey in China. Food Control 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2017.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Li N, Zhang F, Lian W, Wang H, Zheng J, Lin G. Immunoassay approach for diagnosis of exposure to pyrrolizidine alkaloids. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS & ECOTOXICOLOGY REVIEWS 2017; 35:127-139. [PMID: 28506107 DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2017.1328828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Numerous pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) poisoning cases have been documented worldwide. Protein covalent binding with reactive metabolites generated from metabolic activation of PAs to form pyrrole-protein adducts is suggested to be a primary mechanism of PA-induced toxicities. The present study aimed to develop antibodies for diagnosis of PA exposure. Polyclonal antibodies were raised in rabbits and proven to specifically recognize pyrrole-protein adducts regardless of amino acid residues modified by the reactive metabolites of PAs. The developed antibodies were successfully applied to detect pyrrole-protein adducts in blood samples obtained from PA-treated rats and exhibited a potential for the clinical diagnosis of PA exposure.
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- Na Li
- a School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR
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- b Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutics of Guizhou Province , Guizhou Medical University , Guiyang , Guizhou , China
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- a School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR
- c Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines between The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai , China
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- d Wuya College of Innovation , Shenyang Pharmaceutical University , Shenyang , Liaoning , China
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- b Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutics of Guizhou Province , Guizhou Medical University , Guiyang , Guizhou , China
- d Wuya College of Innovation , Shenyang Pharmaceutical University , Shenyang , Liaoning , China
- e Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics , University of Washington , Seattle , Washington , USA
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- a School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR
- c Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines between The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai , China
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Yang M, Ruan J, Gao H, Li N, Ma J, Xue J, Ye Y, Fu PPC, Wang J, Lin G. First evidence of pyrrolizidine alkaloid N-oxide-induced hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome in humans. Arch Toxicol 2017; 91:3913-3925. [PMID: 28620673 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-017-2013-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are among the most potent phytotoxins widely distributed in plant species around the world. PA is one of the major causes responsible for the development of hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (HSOS) and exerts hepatotoxicity via metabolic activation to form the reactive metabolites, which bind with cellular proteins to generate pyrrole-protein adducts, leading to hepatotoxicity. PA N-oxides coexist with their corresponding PAs in plants with varied quantities, sometimes even higher than that of PAs, but the toxicity of PA N-oxides remains unclear. The current study unequivocally identified PA N-oxides as the sole or predominant form of PAs in 18 Gynura segetum herbal samples ingested by patients with liver damage. For the first time, PA N-oxides were recorded to induce HSOS in human. PA N-oxide-induced hepatotoxicity was further confirmed on mice orally dosed of herbal extract containing 170 μmol PA N-oxides/kg/day, with its hepatotoxicity similar to but potency much lower than the corresponding PAs. Furthermore, toxicokinetic study after a single oral dose of senecionine N-oxide (55 μmol/kg) on rats revealed the toxic mechanism that PA N-oxides induced hepatotoxicity via their biotransformation to the corresponding PAs followed by the metabolic activation to form pyrrole-protein adducts. The remarkable differences in toxicokinetic profiles of PAs and PA N-oxides were found and attributed to their significantly different hepatotoxic potency. The findings of PA N-oxide-induced hepatotoxicity in humans and rodents suggested that the contents of both PAs and PA N-oxides present in herbs and foods should be regulated and controlled in use.
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- Mengbi Yang
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, Hong Kong
- Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines Between Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, Hong Kong
- Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines Between Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, Hong Kong
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, Hong Kong
- Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines Between Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, Hong Kong
- Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines Between Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines Between Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Natural Products Chemistry Department, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, Hong Kong.
- Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines Between Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
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Fu PP. Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids: Metabolic Activation Pathways Leading to Liver Tumor Initiation. Chem Res Toxicol 2016; 30:81-93. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Peter P. Fu
- National Center for Toxicological
Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, United States
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Lakshmanan H, Raman J, Pandian A, Kuppamuthu K, Nanjian R, Sabaratam V, Naidu M. Aqueous extract of Senecio candicans DC induce liver and kidney damage in a sub-chronic oral toxicity study in Wistar rats. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2016; 79:25-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2016.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2015] [Revised: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A novel ultra-performance liquid chromatography hyphenated with quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry method for rapid estimation of total toxic retronecine-type of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in herbs without requiring corresponding standards. Food Chem 2016; 194:1320-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.11.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Revised: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 11/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Chen P, Wang Y, Chen L, Jiang W, Niu Y, Shao Q, Gao L, Zhao Q, Yan L, Wang S. Comparison of the anti-inflammatory active constituents and hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in two Senecio plants and their preparations by LC–UV and LC–MS. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2015; 115:260-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2015.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Revised: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Schenk A, Siewert B, Toff S, Drewe J. UPLC TOF MS for sensitive quantification of naturally occurring pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Petasites hybridus extract (Ze 339). J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2015; 997:23-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2015.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Revised: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Schulz M, Meins J, Diemert S, Zagermann-Muncke P, Goebel R, Schrenk D, Schubert-Zsilavecz M, Abdel-Tawab M. Detection of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in German licensed herbal medicinal teas. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2015; 22:648-656. [PMID: 26055130 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2015.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Because of the hepatotoxic, mutagenic, and cancerogenic effects of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) recommends not to exceed a daily PA intake of 0.007 µg/kg body weight (0.42 µg/60 kg adult). In a recent study conducted by the BfR, up to 5647 µg PA/kg dried herbal material were detected in tea products marketed as food. PURPOSE The present study aimed at elucidating whether medicinal teas licensed or registered as medicinal products contain PAs as well. STUDY DESIGN One hundred sixty-nine different commercially available medicinal teas, i.e. 19 nettle (Urtica dioica L.), 12 fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.), 14 chamomile (Matricaria recutita L.), 11 melissa (Melissa officinalis L.) and 4 peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) teas as well as 109 tea mixtures were analyzed for the presence of 23 commercially available PAs. METHOD LC/MS was used for the determination of the PAs RESULTS In general, the total PA contents ranging 0-5668 µg/kg. Thirty percent of the tested single-ingredient tea products and 56.9% of the tested medicinal tea mixtures were found to contain PA concentrations above the limit of quantification (LOQ) of 10 µg/kg. In 11 medicinal teas PA contents >300 µg/kg dry herb were determined thus exceeding the recommended limit for PA intake by BfR. In addition three products of the investigated tea mixtures revealed extremely high PA contents of 4227, 5137, and 5668 µg/kg. Generally, single-ingredient tea products contained much less or even no detectable amounts of PAs when compared to the tea mixtures. PAs in the range between 13 and 1080 µg/kg were also detected in five analyzed aqueous herbal infusions of the medicinal tea mixture products with the highest PA content. Two out of the five investigated herbal infusions exceeded the recommended BfR limit for PA intake. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates clearly that also medicinal teas licensed as medicinal products may partly contain high amounts of PAs exceeding current recommendations. For that reason manufacturers are advised to carry out more rigorous quality control tests devoted to the detection of PAs. This is very important to minimize PAs in medicinal teas accounting for possible additional exposure of the consumer to PAs from other food sources (e.g. honey).
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- M Schulz
- Drug Commission of German Pharmacists (AMK), Jaegerstrasse 49/50, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Central Laboratory of German Pharmacists, Carl-Mannich-Strasse 20, 65760 Eschborn, Germany
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- Drug Commission of German Pharmacists (AMK), Jaegerstrasse 49/50, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Drug Commission of German Pharmacists (AMK), Jaegerstrasse 49/50, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Drug Commission of German Pharmacists (AMK), Jaegerstrasse 49/50, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Strasse, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Central Laboratory of German Pharmacists, Carl-Mannich-Strasse 20, 65760 Eschborn, Germany; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue Strasse 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Central Laboratory of German Pharmacists, Carl-Mannich-Strasse 20, 65760 Eschborn, Germany.
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Ruan J, Gao H, Li N, Xue J, Chen J, Ke C, Ye Y, Fu PPC, Zheng J, Wang J, Lin G. Blood Pyrrole-Protein Adducts--A Biomarker of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid-Induced Liver Injury in Humans. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS & ECOTOXICOLOGY REVIEWS 2015; 33:404-421. [PMID: 26398275 DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2015.1096882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) induce liver injury (PA-ILI) and is very likely to contribute significantly to drug-induced liver injury (DILI). In this study we used a newly developed ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole-mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS)-based method to detect and quantitate blood pyrrole-protein adducts in DILI patients. Among the 46 suspected DILI patients, 15 were identified as PA-ILI by the identification of PA-containing herbs exposed. Blood pyrrole-protein adducts were detected in all PA-ILI patients (100%). These results confirm that PA-ILI is one of the major causes of DILI and that blood pyrrole-protein adducts quantitated by the newly developed UHPLC-MS method can serve as a specific biomarker of PA-ILI.
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- Jianqing Ruan
- a School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR , Hong Kong
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- b Division of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital , Fudan University , Shanghai , P. R. China
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- a School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR , Hong Kong
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- a School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR , Hong Kong
- c Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines between Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica , Chinese Academy of Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR , Hong Kong
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- b Division of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital , Fudan University , Shanghai , P. R. China
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- c Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines between Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica , Chinese Academy of Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR , Hong Kong
- d State Key Laboratory of Drug Research & Natural Products Chemistry Department, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica , Chinese Academy of Sciences , P. R. China
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- c Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines between Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica , Chinese Academy of Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR , Hong Kong
- d State Key Laboratory of Drug Research & Natural Products Chemistry Department, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica , Chinese Academy of Sciences , P. R. China
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- e National Center for Toxicological Research , Jefferson , Arkansas , USA
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- f Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics , University of Washington , Washington , USA
- g Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design & Discovery of Ministry of Education , Shenyang Pharmaceutical University , Shenyang , China
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- b Division of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital , Fudan University , Shanghai , P. R. China
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- a School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR , Hong Kong
- c Joint Research Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines between Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica , Chinese Academy of Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong SAR , Hong Kong
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Ruan J, Yang M, Fu P, Ye Y, Lin G. Metabolic Activation of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids: Insights into the Structural and Enzymatic Basis. Chem Res Toxicol 2014; 27:1030-9. [DOI: 10.1021/tx500071q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jianqing Ruan
- School
of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China
- Joint Research
Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines
between Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong SAR, P.R. China
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China
- Joint Research
Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines
between Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong SAR, P.R. China
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- National Center
for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, United States
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- Joint Research
Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines
between Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong SAR, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research & Natural Products Chemistry Department, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhang Jiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong, Shanghai 201203, P.R. China
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China
- Joint Research
Laboratory for Promoting Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicines
between Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong SAR, P.R. China
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Diversity of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in the Boraginaceae Structures, Distribution, and Biological Properties. DIVERSITY-BASEL 2014. [DOI: 10.3390/d6020188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Among the diversity of secondary metabolites which are produced by plants as means of defence against herbivores and microbes, pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are common in Boraginaceae, Asteraceae and some other plant families. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are infamous as toxic compounds which can alkylate DNA und thus cause mutations and even cancer in herbivores and humans. Almost all genera of the family Boraginaceae synthesize and store this type of alkaloids. This review reports the available information on the present status (literature up to early 2014) of the pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the Boraginaceae and summarizes the topics structure, distribution, chemistry, chemotaxonomic significance, and biological properties.
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Bretanha LC, Piovezan M, Sako AFV, Pizzolatti MG, Micke GA. Strategy for a Fast and Simple Method for Trace Determination of Senecionine and Senecionine N-Oxide in Honey Using LVI in HPLC-MS/MS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.4236/ajac.2014.510076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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These A, Bodi D, Ronczka S, Lahrssen-Wiederholt M, Preiss-Weigert A. Structural screening by multiple reaction monitoring as a new approach for tandem mass spectrometry: presented for the determination of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in plants. Anal Bioanal Chem 2013; 405:9375-83. [PMID: 24114465 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-7365-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Revised: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In tandem mass spectrometry the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode is normally used for targeted analysis but this mode also has the potential to screen for structural similarities of analytes. On the basis of the fact that in general similar molecular structures result in similar fragments or losses of neutrals, this approach was used for pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) screening but could also be easily adapted to screen for other compound classes. PA are plant toxins of which several hundred individual compounds have been identified. Our MRM screening approach uses the structural relation and similar core structure of all PA which results in a common and thus predictable mass spectrometric fragmentation behaviour. On this basis a method was developed which screens for PA structures by MRM transitions and allows the detection of each individual PA down to a low microgram per kilogram concentration range. The approach was applied to investigate plants from the families of Asteraceae (several species of Senecio and Eupatorium), Boraginaceae (Echium, Cynoglossum, Borago and Anchusa officinalis as well as Heliotropium europaeum) and Fabaceae (Crotalaria incana) for a complete qualitative and quantitative PA characterisation. All analytes that were detected as possible PA by MRM screening were further investigated by recording product ion spectra. Analytes which exhibited a typical PA fragmentation pattern were either confirmed as PA or otherwise deleted as false positive signals (false positive rate was below 10 %). Sum formulas of confirmed PA were determined by additional measurements applying high resolution mass spectrometry. In that way 121 unknown PA were identified and for the first time complete PA profiles of different PA plants were delivered.
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- Anja These
- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department Safety in the Food Chain, Max-Dohrn-Strasse 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany,
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Tu M, Sun S, Wang K, Peng X, Wang R, Li L, Zeng S, Zhou H, Jiang H. Organic cation transporter 1 mediates the uptake of monocrotaline and plays an important role in its hepatotoxicity. Toxicology 2013; 311:225-30. [PMID: 23831208 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2013.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2013] [Revised: 06/02/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Monocrotaline (MCT) is a kind of toxic retronecine-type pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) from plants of Crotalaria, which can be bio-activated by cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes in liver and then induce hepatotoxicity. Since CYPs are localized in the endoplasmic reticulum, the influx of MCT to the liver is the key step for its hepatotoxicity. The objective of the present study was to investigate the role of organic cation transporter 1 (OCT1), a transporter mainly expressed in liver, in the uptake of MCT and in hepatotoxicity induced by MCT. The results revealed that MCT markedly inhibited the uptake of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP(+)), an OCT1 substrate, in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells stably expressing human OCT1 (MDCK-hOCT1) with the IC50 of 5.52±0.56μM. The uptake of MCT was significantly higher in MDCK-hOCT1 cells than in MDCK-mock cells, and MCT uptake in MDCK-hOCT1 cells followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics with the Km and Vmax values of 25.0±6.7μM and 266±64pmol/mg protein/min, respectively. Moreover, the OCT1 inhibitors, such as quinidine, d-tetrahydropalmatine (d-THP), obviously inhibited the uptake of MCT in MDCK-hOCT1 cells and isolated rat primary hepatocytes, and attenuated the viability reduction and LDH release of the primary cultured rat hepatocytes caused by MCT. In conclusion, OCT1 mediates the hepatic uptake of MCT and may play an important role in MCT induced-hepatotoxicity.
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- Meijuan Tu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Drug Metabolism, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, PR China
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Di Lorenzo C, Dell’agli M, Badea M, Dima L, Colombo E, Sangiovanni E, Restani P, Bosisio E. Plant Food Supplements with Anti-Inflammatory Properties: A Systematic Review (II). Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2013; 53:507-16. [DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2012.691916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Nagano H, Hanai R, Yamada H, Matsushima M, Miura Y, Hoya T, Ozawa M, Fujiwara M, Kodama H, Torihata A, Onuki H, Nezu Y, Kawai S, Yamazaki M, Hirota H, Saito Y, Tori M, Ohsaki A, Gong X, Kuroda C. Chemical and genetic study of Ligularia duciformis and related species in Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces of China. Chem Biodivers 2012; 9:789-805. [PMID: 22492496 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201100240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The chemical constituents of the root extracts and the evolutionarily neutral DNA base sequences were studied for 28 samples of Ligularia duciformis, L. kongkalingensis, and L. nelumbifolia collected in Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces of China. The samples could be classified into four chemotypes (1-4). Sesquiterpenoids having eremophilane and oplopane skeletons were isolated from two (Chemotype 1) and three (Chemotype 2) samples, respectively. Two new oplopane derivatives were isolated and their structures were determined. In 18 samples, phenylpropenoids were the major components (Chemotype 3). In five samples, neither phenylpropenoids nor sesquiterpenoids were found (Chemotype 4). Despite this large chemical variety, no correlation was found between the chemotype and the morphological criteria of species identification. The analysis of the evolutionarily neutral DNA regions also indicated that the samples were not separated into distinct clades and that introgression was extensive.
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- Hajime Nagano
- Department of Chemistry, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Ruan J, Li N, Xia Q, Fu PP, Peng S, Ye Y, Lin G. Characteristic ion clusters as determinants for the identification of pyrrolizidine alkaloid N-oxides in pyrrolizidine alkaloid-containing natural products using HPLC-MS analysis. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2012; 47:331-337. [PMID: 22431459 DOI: 10.1002/jms.2969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA)-containing plants are widely distributed in the world. PAs are hepatotoxic, affecting livestock and humans. PA N-oxides are often present together with PAs in plants and also exhibit hepatotoxicity but with less potency. HPLC-MS is generally used to analyze PA-containing herbs, although PA references are unavailable in most cases. However, to date, without reference standards, HPLC-MS methodology cannot distinguish PA N-oxides from PAs because they both produce the same characteristic ions in mass spectra. In the present study, the mass spectra of 10 PA N-oxides and the corresponding PAs were systemically investigated using HPLC-MS to define the characteristic mass fragment ions specific to PAs and PA N-oxides. Mass spectra of toxic retronecine-type PA N-oxides exhibited two characteristic ion clusters at m/z 118-120 and 136-138. These ion clusters were produced by three unique fragmentation pathways of PA N-oxides and were not found in their corresponding PAs. Similarly, the nontoxic platynecine-type PA N-oxides also fragmented via three similar pathways to form two characteristic ion clusters at m/z 120-122 and 138-140. Further application of using these characteristic ion clusters allowed successful and rapid identification of PAs and PA N-oxides in two PA-containing herbal plants. Our results demonstrated, for the first time, that these characteristic ion clusters are unique determinants to discriminate PA N-oxides from PAs even without the availability of reference samples. Our findings provide a novel and specific method to differentiate PA N-oxides from PAs in PA-containing natural products, which is crucial for the assessment of their intoxication.
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- Jianqing Ruan
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Lin G, Wang JY, Li N, Li M, Gao H, Ji Y, Zhang F, Wang H, Zhou Y, Ye Y, Xu HX, Zheng J. Hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome associated with consumption of Gynura segetum. J Hepatol 2011; 54:666-73. [PMID: 21146894 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2010] [Revised: 06/29/2010] [Accepted: 07/28/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS One major cause of hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (HSOS) is the intake of pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA)-containing products. Over 8000 PA-induced HSOS cases have been reported worldwide and at least 51 among them were suspected to be attributed to exposure to the Chinese medicine 'Tusanqi'. PA-induced hepatotoxicity involves cytochrome P450-mediated metabolic activation of PAs to electrophilic pyrrolic metabolites which react with macromolecules, such as proteins. However, no studies have found such protein adduction in HSOS patients. We report one HSOS case confirmed by liver biopsy, where the patient claimed taking 'Tusanqi' as self-medication. METHODS The herb was analyzed by HPLC-MS, and its induced hepatotoxicity in rats was assessed by monitoring the alteration of serum ALT level and liver morphology. Blood pyrrole-protein adducts were determined by UPLC-MS. RESULTS The herb the patient consumed was identified as Gynura segetum, an erroneous substitute of non-PA-containing Sedum aizoon, called 'Tusanqi'. Hepatotoxic PAs senecionine and seneciphylline were detected in G. segetum. In the PA-exposed patient, serum pyrrole-protein adducts were detected by a newly developed analytical approach. The animal study showed a good correlation of liver injury with the ingestion of G. segetum. CONCLUSIONS For the first time, serum pyrrole-protein adducts were unequivocally detected in a PA-induced HSOS patient, and such adducts show a potential to be developed as a biomarker for the assessment of PA-induced HSOS. Similar to the well-known case of aristolochic acid-poisoning, the observed HSOS was confirmed to arise from the consumption of PA-containing G. segetum, an erroneous substitute of non-PA-containing S. aizoon.
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- Ge Lin
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong.
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Mei N, Guo L, Fu PP, Fuscoe JC, Luan Y, Chen T. Metabolism, genotoxicity, and carcinogenicity of comfrey. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART B, CRITICAL REVIEWS 2010; 13:509-26. [PMID: 21170807 PMCID: PMC5894094 DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2010.509013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Comfrey has been consumed by humans as a vegetable and a tea and used as an herbal medicine for more than 2000 years. Comfrey, however, produces hepatotoxicity in livestock and humans and carcinogenicity in experimental animals. Comfrey contains as many as 14 pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA), including 7-acetylintermedine, 7-acetyllycopsamine, echimidine, intermedine, lasiocarpine, lycopsamine, myoscorpine, symlandine, symphytine, and symviridine. The mechanisms underlying comfrey-induced genotoxicity and carcinogenicity are still not fully understood. The available evidence suggests that the active metabolites of PA in comfrey interact with DNA in liver endothelial cells and hepatocytes, resulting in DNA damage, mutation induction, and cancer development. Genotoxicities attributed to comfrey and riddelliine (a representative genotoxic PA and a proven rodent mutagen and carcinogen) are discussed in this review. Both of these compounds induced similar profiles of 6,7-dihydro-7-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-5H-pyrrolizine (DHP)-derived DNA adducts and similar mutation spectra. Further, the two agents share common mechanisms of drug metabolism and carcinogenesis. Overall, comfrey is mutagenic in liver, and PA contained in comfrey appear to be responsible for comfrey-induced toxicity and tumor induction.
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- Nan Mei
- Division of Genetic and Reproductive Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, USA.
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A new approach for simultaneous screening and quantification of toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in some potential pyrrolizidine alkaloid-containing plants by using ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2010; 681:33-40. [PMID: 21035600 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2010.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2010] [Revised: 09/06/2010] [Accepted: 09/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A rapid, but sensitive and selective method for simultaneous screening and quantification of toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) by ultra performance liquid-chromatography (UPLC) coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) on a tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer (TQ-MS) is described. This was accomplished by incorporating the precursor ion scan (PIS) acquisition and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) acquisition in the same UPLC-MS/MS run. Notably, the developed PIS approach for detecting two pairs of characteristic product ions at m/z 120/138 or 168/150, allowed specific identification of toxic retronecine and otonecine types PAs. This PIS method is highly sensitive with over 10-fold sensitivity improvement upon previously published LC-MS method. Moreover, this new approach is suitable for high sample throughput and was applied to the screening and quantifying toxic PAs in 22 samples collected from seven Parasenecio species and four Senecio species. In addition, coupling the MRM with PIS approach generated quantitative results equivalent to those obtained by conventional MRM-only approach. This coupled MRM with PIS approach could provide both qualitative and quantitative results without the need of repetitive analyses.
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Crews C, Berthiller F, Krska R. Update on analytical methods for toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Anal Bioanal Chem 2009; 396:327-38. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-3092-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2009] [Revised: 08/20/2009] [Accepted: 08/21/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Liu F, Wan SY, Jiang Z, Li SFY, Ong ES, Osorio JCC. Determination of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in comfrey by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Talanta 2009; 80:916-23. [PMID: 19836573 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2009.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2009] [Revised: 08/13/2009] [Accepted: 08/14/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Symphytum officinale L. (comfrey) is a medicinal plant commonly used in decoctions and aliments. Besides therapeutic bioactive compounds present in the herb, it is found to contain hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), such as lycopsamine and others. In the present study, PAs such as lycopsamine, echimidine and lasiocarpine were determined using electrospray liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) with the method precision (relative standard deviation, RSD) <10%. Detection of lycopsamine, symviridine and their N-oxides could be confirmed with a newly developed method based on HPLC ion-trap and orbitrap MS with electrospray ionization interface. With LC-MS, quantitative analysis of lycopsamine in the botanical extract was carried out. The effect of extraction solvent was optimized by sonication and methanol: H(2)O (50:50) was selected. Then a rapid method based on pressurized hot water extraction (PHWE) was employed for the extraction of lycopsamine from comfrey followed by the comparison with heating under reflux with the RSD ranging from 2.49% to 19.32%. Our results showed a higher extraction efficiency for heating under reflux compared with PHWE. It was proposed that the lower extraction efficiency for PHWE was attributable to dissolved nitrogen from air which caused the reduction in the solubility of lycopsamine in the compressed hot solvent. In this study, quantitative analysis of PAs in comfrey was demonstrated. In addition, it was found that the use of subcritical water for extractions depended on the physical properties of the dissolved solutes and their tendency to degrade under the chosen extraction conditions.
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- Feng Liu
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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Crews C, Driffield M, Berthiller F, Krska R. Loss of pyrrolizidine alkaloids on decomposition of ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) as measured by LC-TOF-MS. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2009; 57:3669-3673. [PMID: 19348474 DOI: 10.1021/jf900226c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The decomposition of toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) on storage in waste bags has been evaluated by a new time-of-flight mass spectrometric detection method. The method makes progress in meeting the clear need for modern analytical methods for pyrrolizidine alkaloids and for studies into factors affecting the stability of the toxins in the uprooted plant, which might still be accessible to animals. The experiments demonstrated a rapid decomposition of the toxins in ragwort stored in bags, from 340 mg/kg to less than 40 mg/kg in four weeks and virtually complete loss after 10 weeks. The information obtained can guide effective ragwort removal procedures to safeguard grazing animals.
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- Colin Crews
- Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK.
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Qi X, Wu B, Cheng Y, Qu H. Simultaneous characterization of pyrrolizidine alkaloids and N-oxides in Gynura segetum by liquid chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2009; 23:291-302. [PMID: 19072862 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Gynura segetum (Lour.) Merr. (Jusanqi) is a traditional herbal product used for hemostasis and detumescence in Chinese folk medicine. However, its hepatic toxicity should not be ignored. In this study, pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) and their corresponding N-oxides (PANOs) were extracted from the whole plant of G. segetum and analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to ion trap mass spectrometry (ITMS). Identification of eluted peaks as PANOs was indicated by virtue of their MS and MS(n) analysis, in addition to the [M+H](+) adduct ion, characteristically showed a significant (usually 100% abundance) dimer adduct [2M+H](+) that is not observed in the MS of the parent PAs. A total of 20 compounds were identified or tentatively characterized based on their mass spectra and possible biosynthetic pathways, of which three PAs and one PANO, namely seneciphylline, senecionine, seneciphylline and seneciphyllinine N-oxide, were unequivocally characterized, while other PAs and PANOs were tentatively assigned. Sixteen constituents were reported for the first time from G. segetum and tetrahydrosenecionine has not been previously reported as a natural product. Our results are the first comprehensive analysis of PAs and PANOs in G. segetum constituents and will be helpful for the quality control of the herb of G. segetum and its related preparations.
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- Xueyong Qi
- Pharmaceutical Informatics Institute, Zhejiang University (Zijingang Campus), Hangzhou 310058, P.R. China
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Zhang F, Wang CH, Wang W, Chen LX, Ma HY, Zhang CF, Zhang M, Bligh SWA, Wang ZT. Quantitative analysis by HPLC-MS2 of the pyrrolizidine alkaloid adonifoline in Senecio scandens. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS : PCA 2008; 19:25-31. [PMID: 17879229 DOI: 10.1002/pca.1009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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A quantitative method using HPLC-MS(2) has been developed for the determination of adonifoline, one of the retronecine-type hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in Senecio scandens Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don., a traditional Chinese herb. Using an orthogonal design test, a simple and rapid sample extraction method was developed. HPLC analysis was conducted using a C(18) column as stationary phase and a mixture of acetonitrile and aqueous formic acid as mobile phase. Good linearity for adonifoline was found in the concentration range 0.12-4.18 microg/mL, and the HPLC-MS/MS method was shown to be appropriate, in terms of sensitivity, precision and reproducibility. The quantities of adonifoline in extracts of 18 plant samples from different collection sources and from different parts (flowers, leaves, thick stems, slim stems and roots) of S. scandens were determined using the newly developed HPLC/MS(2) analysis.
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- Fang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Standardisation of Chinese Medicines of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, People's Republic of China
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Li SL, Lin G, Fu PP, Chan CL, Li M, Jiang ZH, Zhao ZZ. Identification of five hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in a commonly used traditional Chinese medicinal herb, Herba Senecionis scandentis (Qianliguang). RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2008; 22:591-602. [PMID: 18220326 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Senecio scandens Buch.-Ham is a plant source for a commonly used traditional Chinese medicinal (TCM) herb Qianliguang. A TCM herbal proprietary product containing Qianliguang as the major herb for the treatment of sinusitis has been used in China for several decades, and has also been exported to other regions and countries worldwide. In the present study, the aqueous extract of S. scandens collected in the Shanxi Province of China was determined, for the first time, to contain hepatotoxic and tumorigenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) by using high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometric (HPLC/MS) analysis in various scanning modes. A total of nine toxic and two non-toxic PAs were detected in the aqueous extract of S. scandens, of which six PAs, namely neoplatyphylline, senecionine, senecionine N-oxide, seneciphylline, seneciphylline N-oxide and senkirkine, were unequivocally characterized, while other PAs were tentatively assigned as jacobine, jacozine N-oxide (or erucifoline N-oxide), 7-tigloylplatynecine, usaramine and an isomer of yamataimine. The estimated total content of toxic PAs in S. scandens was 10.82 microg/g herb, which was significantly higher than that (> or =1 microg/g herb) recommended by Belgium and Germany not to be used clinically. Among the PAs definitively identified, senecionine, seneciphylline, and senkirkine are known tumorigens capable of inducing liver tumors in experimental animals, while seneciphylline N-oxide and senecionine N-oxide are probably tumorigenic due to their potential conversion into seneciphylline and senecionine via metabolic reduction in the body. Thus, the current finding of the presence of toxic/tumorigenic PAs in S. scandens challenges the safety of using this TCM herb and its proprietary products.
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- Song-Lin Li
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong SAR
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Lin G, Tang J, Liu XQ, Jiang Y, Zheng J. Deacetylclivorine: A Gender-Selective Metabolite of Clivorine Formed in Female Sprague-Dawley Rat Liver Microsomes. Drug Metab Dispos 2007; 35:607-13. [PMID: 17237157 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.106.014100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Clivorine, a naturally occurring pyrrolizidine alkaloid, causes liver toxicity via its metabolic activation to generate toxic metabolite (pyrrolic ester). Female Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats are reported to be less susceptible to clivorine intoxication than male SD rats. However, the biochemical mechanism causing such gender difference is largely unknown. The present study investigated hepatic microsomal metabolism of clivorine in female rats to delineate the mechanism of the gender difference. Two pathways, which directly metabolize clivorine, were observed. First, the metabolic activation to produce the toxic pyrrolic ester followed by formations of bound pyrroles, dehydroretronecine, 7-glutathionyldehydroretronecine, and clivoric acid were found in female rats, and CYP3A1/2 isozymes were identified to catalyze the metabolic activation. Compared with male rats ( approximately 21%), the metabolic activation in female rats was significantly lower ( approximately 4%) possibly because of significantly lower CYP3A1/2 levels expressed in female rats. Second, a direct hydrolysis to generate the novel female rat-specific metabolite deacetylclivorine was shown as the predominant pathway ( approximately 16% clivorine metabolism) in female rat liver microsomes and was determined to be mediated by microsomal hydrolase A. Furthermore, when the metabolic activation was completely inhibited by ketoconazole, the amount of deacetylclivorine formed in a 1-h incubation significantly increased from 19.44 +/- 3.00 to 54.87 +/- 9.30 nmol/mg protein, suggesting that the two pathways compete with each other. Therefore, the lower susceptibility of female SD rats to clivorine intoxication is suggested to be caused by the significantly higher extent of the direct hydrolysis and a lower degree of the metabolic activation.
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- Ge Lin
- Department of Pharmacology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, SAR.
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Mroczek T, Ndjoko-Ioset K, Głowniak K, Miętkiewicz-Capała A, Hostettmann K. Investigation of Symphytum cordatum alkaloids by liquid–liquid partitioning, thin-layer chromatography and liquid chromatography–ion-trap mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2006.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Gorman BA, Barnett NW, Bos R. Detection of pyrrolizidine alkaloids using flow analysis with both acidic potassium permanganate and tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) chemiluminescence. Anal Chim Acta 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2004.11.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mroczek T, Baj S, Chrobok A, Glowniak K. Screening for pyrrolizidine alkaloids in plant materials by electron ionization RP-HPLC-MS with thermabeam interface. Biomed Chromatogr 2005; 18:745-51. [PMID: 15386579 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Plant samples from leaves of Cerinthe minor, Cynoglossum clandestinum, Echium tuberculatum (as well roots), Eritrichium rupestre, Lithospermum purpureo-coerulem, Nonnea lutea, Nonnea setosa, Onosma stellulatum and Cynoglossum amabile were screened for toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) with a newly elaborated procedure comprising gradient HPLC with diode array (DAD) and thermabeam electron impact mass spectrometry (EI-MS). Dried plant material was extracted with boiling 1% tartaric acid in methanol for 2 h on an electric basket and crude extracts purified with cation-exchange solid phase extraction (CE-SPE). Purified extracts containing alkaloids were separated on Zorbax SB RP18 stationary phase in gradient of 0.1% formic acid in methanol. The flow rate was 0.25 mL/min and was suitable both for DAD and EI MS detections. Applied gradient procedure permitted quite sufficient separation of PAs in various plant extracts. On the basis of EI MS spectra, toxic PAs with unsaturated 1,2-double bond in the necine moiety were found in all plant materials and in nine of them (excluding only Cynoglossum amabile) for the fi rst time. They included the following types of structures: 9- and 7-viridifloryl-retronecine monoesters, 9-angeloyl-7-viridifloryl-retronecine, 9-angeloyl-retronecine diester, 9-viridifloryl-retronecine saturated ester, 7-angeloyl-9-viridifloryl-retronecine, 7-angeloyl-9-echimidinyl-retronecine, trachelanthamine and others. Selected ion monitoring (SIM) chromatograms at m/z 119, 120 and 136 together with analysis of UV spectra from DAD detector can be applied in rapid screening for toxic PAs in new plant extracts but to obtain detailed structural information (molecular weight and stereochemistry) more expensive hyphenation is required. Consumption of all analysed plants should be avoided as carcinogenic and hepatotoxic properties of the alkaloids detected are expected.
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- Tomasz Mroczek
- Department of Pharmacognosy with Medicinal Plants Laboratory, Medical University, 1 Chod6kiźSt, 20-093 Lublin, Poland.
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Fu PP, Xia Q, Lin G, Chou MW. Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids—Genotoxicity, Metabolism Enzymes, Metabolic Activation, and Mechanisms. Drug Metab Rev 2004; 36:1-55. [PMID: 15072438 DOI: 10.1081/dmr-120028426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 364] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloid-containing plants are widely distributed in the world and are probably the most common poisonous plants affecting livestock, wildlife, and humans. Because of their abundance and potent toxicities, the mechanisms by which pyrrolizidine alkaloids induce genotoxicities, particularly carcinogenicity, were extensively studied for several decades but not exclusively elucidated until recently. To date, the pyrrolizidine alkaloid-induced genotoxicities were revealed to be elicited by the hepatic metabolism of these naturally occurring toxins. In this review, we present updated information on the metabolism, metabolizing enzymes, and the mechanisms by which pyrrolizidine alkaloids exert genotoxicity and tumorigenicity.
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- Peter P Fu
- National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079, USA.
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Pyrrolizidine poisoning in humans is regarded by most clinical toxicologists as of little relevance. However, a number of individual case studies in the West and some severe cases of mass poisoning by contaminated grains have led to increased interest in these alkaloids. The increasing use of herbal remedies, some of which contain toxic pyrrolizidines, suggests that the incidence of pyrrolizidine poisoning is likely to increase. In this review the authors describe the chemistry and metabolism of pyrrolizidine alkaloids, the salient features of pyrrolizidine poisoning, and the methods available for detection of these compounds in human fluids.
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- M J Stewart
- Indigenous Toxicology Unit, Department of Chemical Pathology, South African Institute for Medical Research, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Fabre N, Claparols C, Richelme S, Angelin ML, Fourasté I, Moulis C. Direct characterization of isoquinoline alkaloids in a crude plant extract by ion-pair liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry: example of Eschscholtzia californica. J Chromatogr A 2000; 904:35-46. [PMID: 11209899 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)00919-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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An ion-pair HPLC-ESI-MS-MS method has been developed for the direct and rapid characterization of isoquinoline alkaloids in a crudely purified extract of the aerial parts of Eschscholtzia californica (Papaveraceae). This plant was chosen because of its increasing use in pharmaceutical industries and because its well known alkaloid composition allows the optimization of the experimental procedure through an on-line analytical sequence. Thus, 14 isoquinoline alkaloids of different types were detected and characterized. The identities of these compounds were confirmed unambigously by their fragmentation and UV spectra obtained by LC-diode-array detection. Various experiments including tandem mass spectrometry and in-orifice collision induced dissociation were performed and prove that MS-MS is a very efficient technique to identify these compounds. An explanation for each isoquinoline alkaloid type MS-MS fragmentation pattern is proposed and indicates similar neutral and/or radical losses. The order of the fragmentation depended on the type of compound but the lost fragments were similar.
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- N Fabre
- Laboratoire Pharmacophores Redox, Phytochimie et Radiobiologie, Université Paul Sabatier, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques, Toulouse, France.
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Herbal medication has gathered increasing recognition in recent years with regard to both treatment options and health hazards. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids have been associated with substantial toxicity after their ingestion as tea and in the setting of contaminated cereals have led to endemic outbreaks in Jamaica, India and Afghanistan. In Western Europe, comfrey has been applied for inflammatory disorders such as arthritis, thrombophlebitis and gout and as a treatment for diarrhoea. Only recently was the use of comfrey leaves recognized as a substantial health hazard with hepatic toxicity in humans and carcinogenic potential in rodents. These effects are most likely due to various hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids such as lasiocarpine and symphytine, and their related N-oxides. The mechanisms by which toxicity and mutagenicity are conveyed are still not fully understood, but seem to be mediated through a toxic mechanism related to the biotransformation of alkaloids by hepatic microsomal enzymes. This produces highly reactive pyrroles which act as powerful alkylating agents. The main liver injury caused by comfrey (Symphytum officinale) is veno-occlusive disease, a non-thrombotic obliteration of small hepatic veins leading to cirrhosis and eventually liver failure. Patients may present with either acute or chronic clinical signs with portal hypertension, hepatomegaly and abdominal pain as the main features. Therapeutic approaches include avoiding intake and, if hepatic failure is imminent, liver transplantation. In view of the known serious hazards and the ban on distributing comfrey in Germany and Canada, it is difficult to understand why comfrey is still freely available in the United States.
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- F Stickel
- Department of Medicine I, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Krankenhausstrasse 12, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
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Impressive progress has been made in the technology and application of combined liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) in the past decennium. From a technique, that could only be used by a specialist, it has developed into a routinely applicable technique. LC-MS has become the method-of-choice of analytical support in many stages of drug development within pharmaceutical industries and has found its way into environmental, biochemical and other laboratories. This paper provides a perspective on the current technology, principles and applications of LC-MS.
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- W M Niessen
- Hyphen MassSpec Consultancy, Leiden, The Netherlands
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