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Gupta N, Bhattacharya S, Dutta A, Tauchen J, Landa P, Urbanová K, Houdková M, Fernández-Cusimamani E, Leuner O. Synthetic polyploidization induces enhanced phytochemical profile and biological activities in Thymus vulgaris L. essential oil. Sci Rep 2024; 14:5608. [PMID: 38454146 PMCID: PMC10920654 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56378-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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Essential oil from Thymus vulgaris L. has valuable therapeutic potential that is highly desired in pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries. Considering these advantages and the rising market demand, induced polyploids were obtained using oryzalin to enhance essential oil yield. However, their therapeutic values were unexplored. So, this study aims to assess the phytochemical content, and antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities of tetraploid and diploid thyme essential oils. Induced tetraploids had 41.11% higher essential oil yield with enhanced thymol and γ-terpinene content than diploid. Tetraploids exhibited higher antibacterial activity against all tested microorganisms. Similarly, in DPPH radical scavenging assay tetraploid essential oil was more potent with half-maximal inhibitory doses (IC50) of 180.03 µg/mL (40.05 µg TE/mg) than diploid with IC50 > 512 µg/mL (12.68 µg TE/mg). Tetraploids exhibited more effective inhibition of in vitro catalytic activity of pro-inflammatory enzyme cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) than diploids at 50 µg/mL concentration. Furthermore, molecular docking revealed higher binding affinity of thymol and γ-terpinene towards tested protein receptors, which explained enhanced bioactivity of tetraploid essential oil. In conclusion, these results suggest that synthetic polyploidization using oryzalin could effectively enhance the quality and quantity of secondary metabolites and can develop more efficient essential oil-based commercial products using this induced genotype.
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- Neha Gupta
- Department of Crop Sciences and Agroforestry, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Suchdol, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agroecology and Crop Production, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Suchdol, Prague 6, 165 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Crop Sciences and Agroforestry, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Suchdol, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Food Science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojova 263, 165 02, Lysolaje, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Sustainable Technologies, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Crop Sciences and Agroforestry, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Suchdol, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Crop Sciences and Agroforestry, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Suchdol, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Crop Sciences and Agroforestry, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00, Suchdol, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Sisa M, Konečný L, Temml V, Carazo A, Mladěnka P, Landa P. SC-560 and mofezolac isosteres as new potent COX-1 selective inhibitors with antiplatelet effect. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2023; 356:e2200549. [PMID: 36772878 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202200549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Selective cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 inhibitors can be employed as potential cardioprotective drugs. Moreover, COX-1 plays a key role in inflammatory processes and its activity is associated with some types of cancer. In this work, we designed and synthesized a set of compounds that structurally mimic the selective COX-1 inhibitors, SC-560 and mofezolac, the central cores of which were replaced either with triazole or benzene rings. The advantage of this approach is a relatively simple synthesis in comparison with the syntheses of parent compounds. The newly synthesized compounds exhibited remarkable activity and selectivity toward COX-1 in the enzymatic in vitro assay. The most potent compound, 10a (IC50 = 3 nM for COX-1 and 850 nM for COX-2), was as active as SC-560 (IC50 = 2.4 nM for COX-1 and 470 nM for COX-2) toward COX-1 and it was even more selective. The in vitro COX-1 enzymatic activity was further confirmed in the cell-based whole-blood antiplatelet assay, where three out of four selected compounds (10a,c,d, and 3b) exerted outstanding IC50 values in the nanomolar range (9-252 nM). Moreover, docking simulations were performed to reveal key interactions within the COX-1 binding pocket. Furthermore, the toxicity of the selected compounds was tested using the normal human kidney HK-2 cell line.
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- Miroslav Sisa
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralové, Charles University, Hradec Kralové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy and Center of Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralové, Charles University, Hradec Kralové, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralové, Charles University, Hradec Kralové, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Malejko J, Godlewska-Żyłkiewicz B, Vanek T, Landa P, Nath J, Dror I, Berkowitz B. Uptake, translocation, weathering and speciation of gold nanoparticles in potato, radish, carrot and lettuce crops. J Hazard Mater 2021; 418:126219. [PMID: 34102370 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Extensive use of nanomaterials in agriculture will inevitably lead to their release to the environment in significant loads. Thus, understanding the fate of nanoparticles in the soil-plant environment, and potential presence and consequent implication of nanoparticles in food and feed products, is required. We study plant uptake of gold nanoparticles from soil, and their distribution, translocation and speciation (in terms of particle size change and release of ionic Au) in the different plant tissues of four important crops (potato, radish, carrot and lettuce). Our new analytical protocol and experiments show the feasibility of determining the presence, concentration and distribution of nanoparticles in different plant parts, which differ from plant to plant. Critically, we identify the evident capacity of plants to break down (or substantially change the properties of) nanoparticles in the rhizosphere prior to uptake, as well as the evident capacity of plants to reorganize ionic metals as nanoparticles in their tissues. This could lead to nanoparticle exposure through consumption of crops.
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- J Malejko
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, K. Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, K. Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojova 263, 165 02 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojova 263, 165 02 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Panatto D, Landa P, Amicizia D, Lai PL, Lecini E, Bechini A, Bonanni P, Boccalini S. Anti-meningococcal B vaccination in Italian adolescents: a cost-effective health opportunity. Eur J Public Health 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Invasive disease due to Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) is a serious public health problem even in developed countries, owing to its high lethality rate (8-15%) and the invalidating sequelae suffered by many (up to 60%) survivors. As the microorganism is transmitted via the airborne route, the only available weapon in the fight against Nm invasive disease is vaccination. Our aim was to carry out an HTA to evaluate the costs and benefits of anti-meningococcal B (MenB) vaccination with Trumenba® in adolescents in Italy, while also considering the impact of this new vaccination strategy on organizational and ethics aspects.
Methods
A lifetime Markov model was developed. MenB vaccination with the two-dose schedule of Trumenba® in adolescents was compared with 'non-vaccination'. Two perspectives were considered: the National Health Service (NHS) and society. Three disease phases were defined: acute, post-acute and long-term. Epidemiological, economic and health utilities data were taken from Italian and international literature. The analysis was conducted by means of Microsoft Excel 2010®.
Results
Our study indicated that vaccinating adolescents (11th year of life) with Trumenba® was cost-effective with an ICER = € 7,912/QALY from the NHS perspective and € 7,758/QALY from the perspective of society. Vaccinating adolescents reduces the number of cases of disease due to meningococcus B in one of the periods of highest incidence of the disease, resulting in significant economic and health savings.
Conclusions
This is the first study to evaluate the overall impact of free MenB vaccination in adolescents both in Italy and in the international setting. Although cases of invasive disease due to meningococcus B are few, if the overall impact of the disease is adequately considered, it becomes clear that including anti-meningococcal B vaccination into the immunization program for adolescents is strongly recommended from the health and economic standpoints.
Key messages
Free, large-scale MenB vaccination is key to strengthening the global fight against invasive meningococcal disease. Anti-meningococcal B vaccination in adolescents is a cost-effective health opportunity.
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- D Panatto
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Economics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Boccalini S, Bechini A, Sartor G, Paolini D, Innocenti M, Bonanni P, Panatto D, Lai PL, Zangrillo F, Marchini F, Lecini E, Iovine M, Amicizia D, Landa P. [Health Technology Assessment of meningococcal B vaccine (Trumenba ®) in adolescent in Italy]. J Prev Med Hyg 2019; 60:E1-E94. [PMID: 32047867 PMCID: PMC7007189 DOI: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2019.60.3s2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- S Boccalini
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Firenze
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Firenze
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Firenze
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Firenze
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Firenze
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Firenze
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Genova
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Genova
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Genova
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Genova
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Genova
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Genova
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi di Genova
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- Dipartimento di Economia, Università degli Studi di Genova
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Syslová E, Landa P, Navrátilová M, Stuchlíková LR, Matoušková P, Skálová L, Szotáková B, Vaněk T, Podlipná R. Ivermectin biotransformation and impact on transcriptome in Arabidopsis thaliana. Chemosphere 2019; 234:528-535. [PMID: 31229714 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.06.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Veterinary drugs enter the environment in many ways and may affect non-target organisms, including plants. The present project was focused on the biotransformation of ivermectin (IVM), one of the mostly used anthelmintics, in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Our results certified the ability of plants to uptake IVM by roots and translocate it to the aboveground parts. Using UHPLC-MS/MS, six metabolites in roots and only the parent drug in rosettes were found after 24- and 72-h incubation of A. thaliana with IVM. The metabolites were formed only via hydroxylation and demethylation, with no IVM conjugates detected. Although IVM did not induce changes in the activity of antioxidant enzymes in A. thaliana rosettes, the expression of genes was significantly affected. Surprisingly, a higher number of transcripts, 300 and 438, respectively, was dysregulated in the rosettes than in roots. The significantly affected genes play role in response to salt, osmotic and water deprivation stress, in response to pathogens and in ion homeostasis. We hypothesize that the above described changes in gene transcription in A. thaliana resulted from disrupted ionic homeostasis caused by certain ionophore properties of IVM. Our results underlined the negative impact of IVM presence in the environment.
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- Eliška Syslová
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Rozvojová 313, 165 02, Lysolaje, Praha 6, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Rozvojová 313, 165 02, Lysolaje, Praha 6, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Rozvojová 313, 165 02, Lysolaje, Praha 6, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Rozvojová 313, 165 02, Lysolaje, Praha 6, Czech Republic.
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Hošek J, Leláková V, Bobál P, Pížová H, Gazdová M, Malaník M, Jakubczyk K, Veselý O, Landa P, Temml V, Schuster D, Prachyawarakorn V, Pailee P, Ren G, Zpurný F, Oravec M, Šmejkal K. Prenylated Stilbenoids Affect Inflammation by Inhibiting the NF-κB/AP-1 Signaling Pathway and Cyclooxygenases and Lipoxygenase. J Nat Prod 2019; 82:1839-1848. [PMID: 31268709 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Stilbenoids are important components of foods (e.g., peanuts, grapes, various edible berries), beverages (wine, white tea), and medicinal plants. Many publications have described the anti-inflammatory potential of stilbenoids, including the widely known trans-resveratrol and its analogues. However, comparatively little information is available regarding the activity of their prenylated derivatives. One new prenylated stilbenoid (2) was isolated from Artocarpus altilis and characterized structurally based on 1D and 2D NMR analysis and HRMS. Three other prenylated stilbenoids were prepared synthetically (9-11). Their antiphlogistic potential was determined by testing them together with known natural prenylated stilbenoids from Macaranga siamensis and Artocarpus heterophyllus in both cell-free and cell assays. The inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) was also shown by simulated molecular docking for the most active stilbenoids in order to elucidate the mode of interaction between these compounds and the enzyme. Their effects on the pro-inflammatory nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) and the activator protein 1 (AP-1) signaling pathway were also analyzed. The THP1-XBlue-MD2-CD14 cell line was used as a model for determining their anti-inflammatory potential, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation of Toll-like receptor 4 induced a signaling cascade leading to the activation of NF-κB/AP-1. The ability of prenylated stilbenoids to attenuate the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) was further evaluated using LPS-stimulated THP-1 macrophages.
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany , Czech Academy of Sciences , Rozvojová 263 , 16502 Prague , Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany , Czech Academy of Sciences , Rozvojová 263 , 16502 Prague , Czech Republic
- Department of Quality of Agricultural Products, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources , Czech University of Life Sciences Prague , Kamýcká 129 , 16521 Prague 6-Suchdol , Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany , Czech Academy of Sciences , Rozvojová 263 , 16502 Prague , Czech Republic
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- Department of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI) , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 80-82 , 6020 Innsbruck , Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry , Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg , Strubergasse 21 , 2020 Salzburg , Austria
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- Chulabhorn Research Institute , Kamphaeng Phet 6 Road , Laksi, Bangkok 10210 , Thailand
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- Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine , Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Nanchang 330004 , People's Republic of China
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- Botanical Garden Teplice , J. Suka 1388/18 , 41501 Teplice , Czech Republic
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- Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Bělidla 986/4a , 60300 Brno , Czech Republic
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Leláková V, Šmejkal K, Jakubczyk K, Veselý O, Landa P, Václavík J, Bobáľ P, Pížová H, Temml V, Steinacher T, Schuster D, Granica S, Hanáková Z, Hošek J. Parallel in vitro and in silico investigations into anti-inflammatory effects of non-prenylated stilbenoids. Food Chem 2019; 285:431-440. [PMID: 30797367 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.01.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Revised: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Stilbenoids represent a large group of bioactive compounds, which occur in food and medicinal plants. Twenty-five stilbenoids were screened in vitro for their ability to inhibit COX-1, COX-2 and 5-LOX. Piceatannol and pinostilbene showed activity comparable to the zileuton and ibuprofen, respectively. The anti-inflammatory potential of stilbenoids was further evaluated using THP-1 human monocytic leukemia cell line. Tests of the cytotoxicity on the THP-1 and HCT116 cell lines showed very low toxic effects. The tested stilbenoids were evaluated for their ability to attenuate the LPS-stimulated activation of NF-κB/AP-1. Most of the tested substances reduced the activity of NF-κB/AP-1 and later attenuated the expression of TNF-α. The effects of selected stilbenoids were further investigated on inflammatory signaling pathways. Non-prenylated stilbenoids regulated attenuation of NF-ĸB/AP-1 activity upstream by inhibiting the phosphorylation of MAPKs. A docking study used to in silico analyze the tested compounds confirmed their interaction with NF-ĸB, COX-2 and 5-LOX.
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- Veronika Leláková
- Department of Natural Drugs, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého třída 1946/1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého třída 1946/1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Natural Drugs, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého třída 1946/1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojová 263, 16502 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojová 263, 16502 Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Quality of Agricultural Products, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcka129, 165 21 Prague 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojová 263, 16502 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Natural Drugs, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého třída 1946/1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého třída 1946/1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemical Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého třída 1946/1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Strubergasse 21, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacognosy and Molecular Basis of Phytotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Natural Drugs, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého třída 1946/1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého třída 1946/1, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic
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Syslová E, Landa P, Stuchlíková LR, Matoušková P, Skálová L, Szotáková B, Navrátilová M, Vaněk T, Podlipná R. Metabolism of the anthelmintic drug fenbendazole in Arabidopsis thaliana and its effect on transcriptome and proteome. Chemosphere 2019; 218:662-669. [PMID: 30502705 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.11.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Fenbendazole, a broad spectrum anthelmintic used especially in veterinary medicine, may impact non-target organisms in the environment. Nevertheless, information about the effects of fenbendazole in plants is limited. We investigated the biotransformation of fenbendazole and the effect of fenbendazole and its metabolites on gene expression in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. High-sensitive UHPLC coupled with tandem mass spectrometry, RNA-microarray analysis together with qPCR verification and nanoLC-MS proteome analysis were used in this study. Twelve fenbendazole metabolites were identified in the roots and leaves of A. thaliana plants. Hydroxylation, S-oxidation and glycosylation represent the main fenbendazole biotransformation pathways. Exposure of A. thaliana plants to 5 μM fenbendazole for 24 and 72 h significantly affected gene and protein expression. The changes in transcriptome were more pronounced in the leaves than in roots, protein expression was more greatly affected in the roots at a shorter period of exposure (24 h) and in leaf rosettes over a longer period (72 h). Up-regulated (>2-fold change, p < 0.1) proteins are involved in various biological processes (electron transport, energy generating pathways, signal transduction, transport), and in response to stresses (e.g. catalase, superoxide dismutase, cytochromes P450, UDP-glycosyltransferases). Some of the proteins which were up-regulated after fenbendazole-exposure probably participate in fenbendazole biotransformation (e.g. cytochromes P450, UDP-glucosyltransferases). Finally, fenbendazole in plants significantly affects many physiological and metabolic processes and thus the contamination of ecosystems by manure containing this anthelmintic should be restricted.
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- Eliška Syslová
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Rozvojová 313, 165 02, Praha 6 - Lysolaje, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Rozvojová 313, 165 02, Praha 6 - Lysolaje, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Rozvojová 313, 165 02, Praha 6 - Lysolaje, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Science, Rozvojová 313, 165 02, Praha 6 - Lysolaje, Czech Republic.
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Hošek J, Leláková V, Jabubczyk K, Landa P, Stammer T, Temml V, Schuster D, Šmejkal K. Influence of the structure of prenylated and non-prenylated stilbenoids on the NF-κB/AP-1 signalling pathway and cyclooxygenases/lipoxygenase inhibition. Am J Transl Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1608324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- J Hošek
- Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Natural Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy,? University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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Hanáková Z, Hošek J, Kutil Z, Temml V, Landa P, Vaněk T, Schuster D, Dall'Acqua S, Cvačka J, Polanský O, Šmejkal K. Anti-inflammatory Activity of Natural Geranylated Flavonoids: Cyclooxygenase and Lipoxygenase Inhibitory Properties and Proteomic Analysis. J Nat Prod 2017; 80:999-1006. [PMID: 28322565 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b01011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Geranyl flavones have been studied as compounds that potentially can be developed as anti-inflammatory agents. A series of natural geranylated flavanones was isolated from Paulownia tomentosa fruits, and these compounds were studied for their anti-inflammatory activity and possible mechanism of action. Two new compounds were characterized [paulownione C (17) and tomentodiplacone O (20)], and all of the isolated derivatives were assayed for their ability to inhibit cyclooxygenases (COX-1 and COX-2) and 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX). The compounds tested showed variable degrees of activity, with several of them showing activity comparable to or greater than the standards used in COX-1, COX-2, and 5-LOX assays. However, only the compound tomentodiplacone O (20) showed more selectivity against COX-2 versus COX-1 when compared with ibuprofen. The ability of the test compounds to interact with the above-mentioned enzymes was supported by docking studies, which revealed the possible incorporation of selected test substances into the active sites of these enzymes. Furthermore, one of the COX/LOX dual inhibitors, diplacone (14) (a major geranylated flavanone of P. tomentosa), was studied in vitro to obtain a proteomic overview of its effect on inflammation in LPS-treated THP-1 macrophages, supporting its previously observed anti-inflammatory activity and revealing the mechanism of its anti-inflammatory effect.
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences , 16502 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences , 16502 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences , 16502 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua , 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Mass Spectrometry Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences , CZ-16610 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Veterinary Research Institute , CZ-62100 Brno, Czech Republic
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Mazari K, Landa P, Přerostová S, Müller K, Vaňková R, Soudek P, Vaněk T. Thorium impact on tobacco root transcriptome. J Hazard Mater 2017; 325:163-169. [PMID: 27931000 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.11.064] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Thorium is natural actinide metal with potential use in nuclear energetics. Contamination by thorium, originated from mining activities or spills, represents environmental risk due to its radioactivity and chemical toxicity. A promising approach for cleaning of contaminated areas is phytoremediation, which need to be based, however, on detail understanding of the thorium effects on plants. In this study we investigated transcriptomic response of tobacco roots exposed to 200μM thorium for one week. Thorium application resulted in up-regulation of 152 and down-regulation of 100 genes (p-value <0.01, fold change ≥2). The stimulated genes were involved in components of jasmonic acid and salicylic acid signaling pathways and various abiotic (e.g. oxidative stress) and biotic stress (e.g. pathogens, wounding) responsive genes. Further, up-regulation of phosphate starvation genes and down-regulation of genes involved in phytic acid biosynthesis indicated that thorium disturbed phosphate uptake or signaling. Also expression of iron responsive genes was influenced. Negative regulation of several aquaporins indicated disturbance of water homeostasis. Genes potentially involved in thorium transport could be zinc-induced facilitator ZIF2, plant cadmium resistance PCR2, and ABC transporter ABCG40. This study provides the first insight at the processes in plants exposed to thorium.
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- Kateřina Mazari
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, v.v.i., Rozvojová 263, 165 02 Prague 6, Lysolaje, Czechia; Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Praha 6, Suchdol, 165 21, Czechia
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, v.v.i., Rozvojová 263, 165 02 Prague 6, Lysolaje, Czechia
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- Laboratory of Hormonal Regulations in Plants, Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, v.v.i., Rozvojová 263, 165 02 Prague 6, Lysolaje, Czechia; Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 5, 128 44 Prague 2, Czechia
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- Laboratory of Hormonal Regulations in Plants, Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, v.v.i., Rozvojová 263, 165 02 Prague 6, Lysolaje, Czechia
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- Laboratory of Hormonal Regulations in Plants, Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, v.v.i., Rozvojová 263, 165 02 Prague 6, Lysolaje, Czechia
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, v.v.i., Rozvojová 263, 165 02 Prague 6, Lysolaje, Czechia
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, v.v.i., Rozvojová 263, 165 02 Prague 6, Lysolaje, Czechia.
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Pastorkova E, Zakova T, Landa P, Novakova J, Vadlejch J, Kokoska L. Growth inhibitory effect of grape phenolics against wine spoilage yeasts and acetic acid bacteria. Int J Food Microbiol 2013; 161:209-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2012] [Revised: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Hošek J, Bartos M, Chudík S, Dall'Acqua S, Innocenti G, Kartal M, Kokoška L, Kollár P, Kutil Z, Landa P, Marek R, Závalová V, Žemlička M, Šmejkal K. Natural compound cudraflavone B shows promising anti-inflammatory properties in vitro. J Nat Prod 2011; 74:614-619. [PMID: 21319773 DOI: 10.1021/np100638h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Cudraflavone B (1) is a prenylated flavonoid found in large amounts in the roots of Morus alba, a plant used as a herbal remedy for its reputed anti-inflammatory properties. The present study shows that this compound causes a significant inhibition of inflammatory mediators in selected in vitro models. Thus, 1 was identified as a potent inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) gene expression and secretion by blocking the translocation of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) from the cytoplasm to the nucleus in macrophages derived from a THP-1 human monocyte cell line. The NF-κB activity reduction resulted in the inhibition of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) gene expression. Compound 1 acts as a COX-2 and COX-1 inhibitor with higher selectivity toward COX-2 than indomethacin. Pretreatment of cells by 1 shifted the peak in an regulatory gene zinc-finger protein 36 (ZFP36) expression assay. This natural product has noticeable anti-inflammatory properties, suggesting that 1 potentially could be used for development as a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug lead.
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- Jan Hošek
- Department of Natural Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého 1-3, Brno, 612 42, Czech Republic.
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