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Hieu LT, Hoa NT, Mechler A, Vo QV. The Theoretical and Experimental Insights into the Radical Scavenging Activity of Rubiadin. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:11045-11053. [PMID: 38103025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c06366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Rubiadin (RBD), an anthraquinone derivative, is obtained from Rubia cordifolia, a plant species classified under the Rubiaceae family. Rubiadin has proven beneficial properties, such as anticancer, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, and antidiabetic activity. The antioxidant activity of this molecule was suggested by some experimental results but has not been clearly established thus far. In this study, we employ DFT calculations to comprehensively assess the mechanism and kinetics of the HO•/HOO• radical scavenging activity of this compound in relation to solvents. RBD showed moderate HO• radical scavenging activity, with rate constants of 2.95 × 108 and 1.82 × 1010 M-1 s-1 in lipid and polar media, respectively. In the aqueous solution, the compound exhibited remarkable superoxide anion radical scavenging activity (k = 4.93 × 108 M-1 s-1) but modest HOO• antiradical activity. RBD also showed promising antiradical activity against a variety of radicals (CCl3O•, CCl3OO•, NO2, SO4•-, and N3•), while experimental and computational results confirmed that RBD has moderate activity in DPPH/ABTS•+ assays. Thus, RBD is predicted to be a good, albeit selective, radical scavenger.
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- Le Trung Hieu
- University of Sciences, Hue University, Thua Thien Hue 530000, Vietnam
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- The University of Danang-University of Technology and Education, Danang 550000, Vietnam
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- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia
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- The University of Danang-University of Technology and Education, Danang 550000, Vietnam
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Alizadeh SR, Ebrahimzadeh MA. O-substituted quercetin derivatives: Structural classification, drug design, development, and biological activities, a review. J Mol Struct 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.132392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Ngoc TD, Le TN, Nguyen TVA, Mechler A, Hoa NT, Nam NL, Vo QV. Mechanistic and Kinetic Studies of the Radical Scavenging Activity of 5- O-Methylnorbergenin: Theoretical and Experimental Insights. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:702-707. [PMID: 35029995 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c09196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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5-O-Methylnorbergenin (5-OMB), a natural compound isolated from Rourea harmandiana, is a compound with potential antioxidant activity based on its chemical structure; however, this activity has not been investigated thus far. In this study, the antioxidant activity of 5-OMB was evaluated by experimental and computational methods. 5-OMB exhibited high activity in DPPH (IC50 = 7.25 ± 0.94 μM) and ABTS•+ (IC50 = 4.23 ± 0.12 μM) assays, higher than the reference compound Trolox. The computational results consistently show that 5-OMB is an excellent HOO• radical scavenger (koverall = 8.14 × 108 M-1 s-1) in water at physiological pH, however it only exerts weak activity in lipid medium (koverall = 3.02 × 102 M-1 s-1). The reaction follows the formal hydrogen transfer mechanism in nonpolar solvents, whereas both the sequential proton loss electron transfer and the formal hydrogen transfer pathways contribute to the activity in aqueous solution. There is a good agreement between experimental and computational data, suggesting that 5-OMB is a promising natural radical scavenger in aqueous physiological environment.
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- Thuc Dinh Ngoc
- Department of Science and Technology Management, Hong Duc University, Thanh Hoa 40000, Vietnam
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- Institute of Marine Biochemistry (IMBC), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Caugiay, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.,Graduate University of Science and Technology (GUST), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Caugiay, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
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- University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Caugiay, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, La Trobe University, La Trobe, Victoria 3086, Australia
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- The University of Danang - University of Technology and Education, Danang 550000, Vietnam
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- The University of Danang - University of Technology and Education, Danang 550000, Vietnam
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- The University of Danang - University of Technology and Education, Danang 550000, Vietnam
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Biasutto L, Mattarei A, Paradisi C. Synthesis and Testing of Novel Isomeric Mitochondriotropic Derivatives of Resveratrol and Quercetin. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2275:141-160. [PMID: 34118036 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1262-0_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Resveratrol and quercetin are among the most studied plant polyphenols, and have many health-promoting actions. Strategies to accumulate them into mitochondria may be of therapeutic relevance, since these compounds are redox active and are well known to impact mitochondria and mitochondrial proteins. We report here the procedures to synthesize mitochondria-targeted resveratrol and quercetin derivatives; the synthetic strategies reported are however expected to be adaptable to other polyphenols with similar reactivity at the phenolic hydroxyls. Mitochondrial targeting can be achieved by conjugation with triphenylphosphonium , a lipophilic cation; this was linked via a butyl spacer forming an ether bond with one of the phenolic oxygens. The first step toward the synthesis of all mitochondriotropic derivatives described in this work is the production of a regiospecific -(4-O-chlorobutyl) derivative. Triphenylphosphonium (P+Ph3I-) is then introduced through two consecutive nucleophilic substitution steps: -Cl → -I → -P+Ph3I-. Pure mono-substituted chlorobutyl regioisomers are obtained by purification from the reaction mixture in the case of resveratrol , while specific protection strategies are required for quercetin to favor alkylation of one specific hydroxyl.Functionalization of the remaining hydroxyls can be exploited to modulate the physicochemical properties of the derivatives (i.e., water solubility, affinity for cell membranes); we report here synthetic protocols to obtain acetylated and methylated analogs.A brief description of some methods to assess the accumulation of the derivatives in mitochondria is also given; the proposed techniques are the use of a TPP +-selective electrode (with isolated rat liver mitochondria ) and fluorescence microscopy (with cultured cells).
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- Lucia Biasutto
- CNR Institute of Neurosciences, Padova, Italy. .,Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Sassi N, Mattarei A, Espina V, Liotta L, Zoratti M, Paradisi C, Biasutto L. Potential anti-cancer activity of 7- O -pentyl quercetin: Efficient, membrane-targeted kinase inhibition and pro-oxidant effect. Pharmacol Res 2017; 124:9-19. [DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2017.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Revised: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Zielonka J, Sikora A, Hardy M, Ouari O, Vasquez-Vivar J, Cheng G, Lopez M, Kalyanaraman B. Mitochondria-Targeted Triphenylphosphonium-Based Compounds: Syntheses, Mechanisms of Action, and Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications. Chem Rev 2017; 117:10043-10120. [PMID: 28654243 PMCID: PMC5611849 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 909] [Impact Index Per Article: 129.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Mitochondria are recognized as one of the most important targets for new drug design in cancer, cardiovascular, and neurological diseases. Currently, the most effective way to deliver drugs specifically to mitochondria is by covalent linking a lipophilic cation such as an alkyltriphenylphosphonium moiety to a pharmacophore of interest. Other delocalized lipophilic cations, such as rhodamine, natural and synthetic mitochondria-targeting peptides, and nanoparticle vehicles, have also been used for mitochondrial delivery of small molecules. Depending on the approach used, and the cell and mitochondrial membrane potentials, more than 1000-fold higher mitochondrial concentration can be achieved. Mitochondrial targeting has been developed to study mitochondrial physiology and dysfunction and the interaction between mitochondria and other subcellular organelles and for treatment of a variety of diseases such as neurodegeneration and cancer. In this Review, we discuss efforts to target small-molecule compounds to mitochondria for probing mitochondria function, as diagnostic tools and potential therapeutics. We describe the physicochemical basis for mitochondrial accumulation of lipophilic cations, synthetic chemistry strategies to target compounds to mitochondria, mitochondrial probes, and sensors, and examples of mitochondrial targeting of bioactive compounds. Finally, we review published attempts to apply mitochondria-targeted agents for the treatment of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Jacek Zielonka
- Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
- Free Radical Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
- Cancer Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
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- Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, ul. Wroblewskiego 15, 93-590 Lodz, Poland
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, UMR 7273, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, UMR 7273, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
- Free Radical Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
- Free Radical Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
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- Translational Biomedical Research Group, Biotechnology Laboratories, Cardiovascular Foundation of Colombia, Carrera 5a No. 6-33, Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia, 681003
- Graduate Program of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Universidad del Valle, Calle 4B No. 36-00, Cali, Colombia, 760032
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
- Free Radical Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
- Cancer Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
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Imai K, Nakanishi I, Ohkubo K, Ohba Y, Arai T, Mizuno M, Fukuzumi S, Matsumoto KI, Fukuhara K. Synthesis of methylated quercetin analogues for enhancement of radical-scavenging activity. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra02329d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Methylation of the catechol moiety of quercetin resulted in the enhancement of its radical-scavenging activity.
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- Kohei Imai
- School of Pharmacy
- Showa University
- Shinagawa-ku
- Japan
- Quantitative RedOx Sensing Team (QRST)
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- Quantitative RedOx Sensing Team (QRST)
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences for Radiation Damages
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS)
- National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST)
- Inage-ku
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- Quantitative RedOx Sensing Team (QRST)
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences for Radiation Damages
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS)
- National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST)
- Inage-ku
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- School of Pharmacy
- Showa University
- Shinagawa-ku
- Japan
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- School of Pharmacy
- Showa University
- Shinagawa-ku
- Japan
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- School of Pharmacy
- Showa University
- Shinagawa-ku
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science
- Ewha Womans University
- Seoul 120-750
- Korea
- Faculty of Science and Technology
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- Quantitative RedOx Sensing Team (QRST)
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences for Radiation Damages
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS)
- National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST)
- Inage-ku
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Biasutto L, Mattarei A, Paradisi C. Synthesis and testing of novel isomeric mitochondriotropic derivatives of resveratrol and quercetin. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1265:161-179. [PMID: 25634275 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2288-8_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
We report here the synthetic procedures to obtain mitochondria-targeted resveratrol and quercetin derivatives. These two compounds were selected among plant polyphenols because both are well studied and have many health-promoting actions. The synthetic strategies reported here are however expected to be adaptable to other polyphenols with similar reactivity at the phenolic hydroxyls.Mitochondrial targeting can be achieved by incorporating in the molecule an "electrophoretic" membrane-permeant, triphenylphosphonium cation. We have generally chosen to link it via a butyl spacer forming an ether bond with one of the phenolic oxygens. The first step toward the synthesis of all mitochondriotropic derivatives described in this work is the production of a regiospecific -(4-O-chlorobutyl) derivative. Triphenylphosphonium (P(+)Ph3I(-)) is then introduced through two consecutive nucleophilic substitution steps: -Cl→-I→-P(+)Ph3I(-). Pure mono-substituted chlorobutyl regioisomers are obtained by purification from the reaction mixture in the case of resveratrol, while specific protection strategies are required for quercetin to favor alkylation of one specific hydroxyl.Physicochemical properties of the derivatives (i.e., water solubility, affinity for cell membranes) can be furthermore modulated by functionalization of the remaining hydroxyls; we report here synthetic protocols to obtain acetylated and methylated analogs.We also briefly describe how to assess mitochondrial accumulation of the derivatives; the proposed techniques are the use of a TPP(+)-selective electrode (with isolated rat liver mitochondria) and fluorescence microscopy (with cultured cells).
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- Lucia Biasutto
- CNR Institute of Neurosciences, Viale G. Colombo 3, 35121, Padova, Italy,
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Sassi N, Biasutto L, Mattarei A, Carraro M, Giorgio V, Citta A, Bernardi P, Garbisa S, Szabò I, Paradisi C, Zoratti M. Cytotoxicity of a mitochondriotropic quercetin derivative: Mechanisms. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:1095-106. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2011] [Revised: 02/15/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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