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Abd LS, Salman SM, Alwan AH, Hasan AH, Faraj FL. New pyrazole derivatives and investigate their toxic effect in Hella and RD cancer cells lines. Rese Jour of Pharm and Technol 2020; 13:436. [DOI: 10.5958/0974-360x.2020.00085.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Bagheri E, Saremi K, Hajiaghaalipour F, Faraj FL, Ali HM, Abdulla MA, Khaing SL, Salehen NA. Synthesis of Novel Derivatives of Quinazoline Schiff base Compound Promotes Epithelial Wound Healing. Curr Pharm Des 2019; 24:1395-1404. [PMID: 29384057 DOI: 10.2174/1381612824666180130124308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 01/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Quinazoline is an aromatic bicyclic compound exhibiting several pharmaceutical and biological activities. This study was conducted to investigate the potential wound healing properties of Synthetic Quinazoline Compound (SQC) on experimental rats. The toxicity of SQC was determined by MTT cell proliferation assay. The healing effect of SQC was assessed by in vitro wound healing scratch assay on the skin fibroblast cells (BJ-5ta) and in vivo wound healing experiment of low and high dose of SQC on adult Sprague-Dawley rats compared with negative (gum acacia) and positive control (Intrasite-gel). Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E), Masson's Trichrome (MT) staining and immunohistochemistry analysis were performed to evaluate the histopathological alterations and proteins expression of Bax and Hsp70 on the wound tissue after 10 days. In addition, levels of antioxidant enzymes (catalase, glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase), and malondialdehyde (MDA) were measured in wound tissue homogenates. The SQC significantly enhanced BJ-5ta cell proliferation and accelerated the percentage of wound closure, with less scarring, increased fibroblast and collagen fibers and less inflammatory cells compared with the negative control. The compound also increases endogenous enzymes and decline lipid peroxidation in wound homogenate.
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- Elham Bagheri
- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Faeq Ghaidan A, Lafta Faraj F, Saad Abdulghany Z. Synthesis, Characterization and Cytotoxic Activity of new Indole Schiff Bases Derived from 2-(5-Chloro-3,3-Dimethyl-1,3-Dihydro-Indol-2-Ylidene)-Malonaldehyde with Aniline Substituted. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.13005/ojc/340119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sukumaran SD, Faraj FL, Lee VS, Othman R, Buckle MJC. 2-Aryl-3-(arylideneamino)-1,2-dihydroquinazoline-4(3 H)-ones as inhibitors of cholinesterases and self-induced β-amyloid (Aβ) aggregation: biological evaluations and mechanistic insights from molecular dynamics simulations. RSC Adv 2018; 8:7818-7831. [PMID: 35539141 PMCID: PMC9078462 DOI: 10.1039/c7ra11872d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
A series of 2-aryl-3-(arylideneamino)-1,2-dihydroquinazoline-4(3H)-ones were evaluated as inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) and self-induced β-amyloid (Aβ) aggregation. All the compounds were found to inhibit both forms of cholinesterase (IC50 in the range 4-32 μM) with some selectivity for BuChE. Most of the compounds also showed self-induced Aβ aggregation inhibitory activities, which were comparable or higher than those obtained for reference compounds, curcumin and myricetin. Docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation experiments suggested that the compounds are able to disrupt the dimer form of Aβ.
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- Sri Devi Sukumaran
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia +60-3-7967-4959
- Drug Design and Development Research Group (DDDRG), University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Diyala Diyala Governorate Iraq
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- Drug Design and Development Research Group (DDDRG), University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia +60 163208906
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia +60-3-7967-4959
- Drug Design and Development Research Group (DDDRG), University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia +60-3-7967-4959
- Drug Design and Development Research Group (DDDRG), University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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Hajiaghaalipour F, Bagheri E, Lafta Faraj F, Abdulla MA, Abdul Majid N. Underlying mechanism for the modulation of apoptosis induced by a new benzoindole derivative on HT-29 colon cancer cells. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra03875e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
DBID compound induced LDH leakage in HT-29 cells when compared to untreated cells.
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- Department of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Medicine
- University of Malaya
- Kuala Lumpur
- Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- University of Malaya
- Kuala Lumpur
- Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences
- Faculty of Medicine
- University of Malaya
- Kuala Lumpur
- Malaysia
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- Institute of Biological Sciences
- Faculty of Science
- University of Malaya
- Kuala Lumpur
- Malaysia
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- Fadhil Lafta Faraj
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of ScienceUniversity of Diyala Diyala Iraq
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- Center for Natural Products and Drug ResearchUniversity of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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- Department of Molecular MedicineUniversity of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
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Zahedifard M, Faraj FL, Paydar M, Looi CY, Hasandarvish P, Hajrezaie M, Kamalidehghan B, Majid NA, Khalifa SAM, Ali HM, Abdulla MA, El-Seedi HR. Synthesis of Apoptotic New Quinazolinone-Based Compound and Identification of its Underlying Mitochondrial Signalling Pathway in Breast Cancer Cells. Curr Pharm Des 2016; 21:3417-26. [PMID: 25808938 DOI: 10.2174/1381612821666150326104952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The anti-carcinogenic effect of the new quinazolinone compound, named MMD, was tested on MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line. The synthesis of quinazolinone-based compounds attracted strong attention over the past few decades as an alternative mean to produce analogues of natural products. Quinazolinone compounds sharing the main principal core structures are currently introduced in the clinical trials and pharmaceutical markets as anti-cancer agents. Thus, it is of high clinical interest to identify a new drug that could be used to control the growth and expansion of cancer cells. Quinazolinone is a metabolite derivative resulting from the conjugation of 2-aminobenzoyhydrazide and 5-methoxy-2- hydroxybenzaldehyde based on condensation reactions. In the present study, we analysed the influence of MMD on breast cancer adenoma cell morphology, cell cycle arrest, DNA fragmentation, cytochrome c release and caspases activity. MCF-7 is a type of cell line representing the breast cancer adenoma cells that can be expanded and differentiated in culture. Using different in vitro strategies and specific antibodies, we demonstrate a novel role for MMD in the inhibition of cell proliferation and initiation of the programmed cell death. MMD was found to increase cytochrome c release from the mitochondria to the cytosol and this effect was enhanced over time with effective IC50 value of 5.85 ± 0.71 μg/mL detected in a 72-hours treatment. Additionally, MMD induced cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase and caused DNA fragmentation with obvious activation of caspase-9 and caspases-3/7. Our results demonstrate a novel role of MMD as an anti-proliferative agent and imply the involvement of mitochondrial intrinsic pathway in the observed apoptosis.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Experimental Hematology, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; Division of Pharmacognosy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, Box 574, SE-75 123, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Zahedifard M, Faraj FL, Paydar M, Yeng Looi C, Hajrezaei M, Hasanpourghadi M, Kamalidehghan B, Abdul Majid N, Mohd Ali H, Ameen Abdulla M. Synthesis, characterization and apoptotic activity of quinazolinone Schiff base derivatives toward MCF-7 cells via intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis pathways. Sci Rep 2015; 5:11544. [PMID: 26108872 PMCID: PMC4479988 DOI: 10.1038/srep11544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Accepted: 05/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The current study investigated the cytotoxic effect of 3-(5-chloro-2-hydroxybenzylideneamino)-2-(5-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydroquinazolin-41(H)-one (A) and 3-(5-nitro-2-hydroxybenzylideneamino)-2-(5-nitro-2-hydroxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one (B) on MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, MCF-10A and WRL-68 cells. The mechanism involved in apoptosis was assessed to evaluate the possible pathways induced by compound A and B. MTT assay results using A and B showed significant inhibition of MCF-7 cell viability, with IC50 values of 3. 27 ± 0.171 and 4.36 ± 0.219 μg/mL, respectively, after a 72 hour treatment period. Compound A and B did not demonstrate significant cytotoxic effects towards MDA-MB-231, WRL-68 and MCF-10A cells. Acute toxicity tests also revealed an absence of toxic effects on mice. Fluorescent microscopic studies confirmed distinct morphological changes (membrane blebbing and chromosome condensation) corresponding to typical apoptotic features in treated MCF-7 cells. Using Cellomics High Content Screening (HCS), we found that compound A and B could trigger the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria to the cytosol. The release of cytochrome c activated the expression of caspases-9 and then stimulated downstream executioner caspase-3/7. In addition, caspase-8 showed remarkable activity, followed by inhibition of NF-κB activation in A-and B-treated MCF-7 cells. The results indicated that A and B could induce apoptosis via a mechanism that involves either extrinsic or intrinsic pathways.
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- Maryam Zahedifard
- Institute of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Institute of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Institute of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Faraj FL, Zahedifard M, Paydar M, Looi CY, Abdul Majid N, Ali HM, Ahmad N, Gwaram NS, Abdulla MA. Synthesis, characterization, and anticancer activity of new quinazoline derivatives against MCF-7 cells. ScientificWorldJournal 2014; 2014:212096. [PMID: 25548779 PMCID: PMC4274848 DOI: 10.1155/2014/212096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Revised: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Two new synthesized and characterized quinazoline Schiff bases 1 and 2 were investigated for anticancer activity against MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line. Compounds 1 and 2 demonstrated a remarkable antiproliferative effect, with an IC50 value of 6.246×10(-6) mol/L and 5.910×10(-6) mol/L, respectively, after 72 hours of treatment. Most apoptosis morphological features in treated MCF-7 cells were observed by AO/PI staining. The results of cell cycle analysis indicate that compounds did not induce S and M phase arrest in cell after 24 hours of treatment. Furthermore, MCF-7 cells treated with 1 and 2 subjected to apoptosis death, as exhibited by perturbation of mitochondrial membrane potential and cytochrome c release as well as increase in ROS formation. We also found activation of caspases-3/7, -8, and -9 in compounds 1 and 2. Moreover, inhibition of NF-κB translocation in MCF-7 cells treated by compound 1 significantly exhibited the association of extrinsic apoptosis pathway. Acute toxicity results demonstrated the nontoxic nature of the compounds in mice. Our results showed significant activity towards MCF-7 cells via either intrinsic or extrinsic mitochondrial pathway and are potential candidate for further in vivo and clinical breast cancer studies.
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- Fadhil Lafta Faraj
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Diyala, Diyala Governorate, Iraq
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Faraj FL, Khaledi H, Morimoto Y, Itoh S, Olmstead MM, Ali HM. A Tetradentate β‐Diiminato Ligand Containing Phenolate Substituents: Flexivalent Coordination to Mn
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II. Eur J Inorg Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201402745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Fadhil Lafta Faraj
- Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, http://www.kimia.um.edu.my
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Diyala Diyala, Iraq
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, http://www.kimia.um.edu.my
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- Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2‐1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565‐0871, Japan
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- Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2‐1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565‐0871, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, http://www.kimia.um.edu.my
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