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Ministro A, de Oliveira P, Nunes RJ, Dos Santos Rocha A, Ferreira T, Goyri-O'Neill J, Rosa Santos SC. Assessing Therapeutic Angiogenesis in a Murine Model of Hindlimb Ischemia. J Vis Exp 2019. [PMID: 31233022 DOI: 10.3791/59582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is a serious condition that entails a high risk of lower limb amputation. Despite revascularization being the gold-standard therapy, a considerable number of CLI patients are not suited for either surgical or endovascular revascularization. Angiogenic therapies are emerging as an option for these patients but are currently still under investigation. Before application in humans, those therapies must be tested in animal models and its mechanisms must be clearly understood. An animal model of hindlimb ischemia (HLI) has been developed by the ligation and excision of the distal external iliac and femoral arteries and veins in mice. A comprehensive panel of tests was assembled to assess the effects of ischemia and putative angiogenic therapies at functional, histologic and molecular levels. Laser Doppler was used for the flow measurement and functional assessment of perfusion. Tissue response was evaluated by the analysis of capillary density after staining with the anti-CD31 antibody on histological sections of gastrocnemius muscle and by measurement of collateral vessel density after diaphonization. Expression of angiogenic genes was quantified by RT-PCR targeting selected angiogenic factors exclusively in endothelial cells (ECs) after laser capture microdissection from mice gastrocnemius muscles. These methods were sensitive in identifying differences between ischemic and non-ischemic limbs and between treated and non-treated limbs. This protocol provides a reproducible model of CLI and a framework for testing angiogenic therapies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Augusto Ministro
- Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon School of Medicine of the Universidade de Lisboa; Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte;
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- Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon School of Medicine of the Universidade de Lisboa
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- Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon School of Medicine of the Universidade de Lisboa
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- Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon School of Medicine of the Universidade de Lisboa
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- Nova Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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Santos-Pirath IM, Walter LO, Maioral MF, Neuenfeldt PD, Nunes RJ, Santos-Silva MC. Apoptosis induced by synthetic compounds containing a 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl fragment against lymphoid immature neoplasms. Biochem Cell Biol 2019; 97:630-637. [PMID: 30848929 DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2018-0316] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is an aggressive hematological malignancy originating from the malignant transformation of progenitor T cells at different stages of development. The treatment causes severe adverse effects and is associated with relapses and high morbidity and mortality rates. The present study aimed to evaluate the cytotoxic activity of 28 new compounds containing 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl analogues on hematological neoplastic cells lines. Cytotoxicity screening by the MTT method revealed that compound 1d was the most promising. Cell viability of neoplastic cells decreased in a concentration- and time-dependent manner, with compound 1d not causing hemolysis or reducing peripheral blood mononuclear cells viability, suggesting a selective cytotoxicity. We also suggested that compound 1d induced apoptotic-like cell death with mitochondrial involvement in Jurkat cells.
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- I M Santos-Pirath
- Experimental Oncology and Hemopathies Laboratory, Clinical Analysis Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.,Post-Graduation Program in Pharmacy, Health Science Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Experimental Oncology and Hemopathies Laboratory, Clinical Analysis Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.,Post-Graduation Program in Pharmacy, Health Science Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Experimental Oncology and Hemopathies Laboratory, Clinical Analysis Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.,Post-Graduation Program in Pharmacy, Health Science Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Structure and Activity Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.,Post-Graduation Program in Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Catarina, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Structure and Activity Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.,Post-Graduation Program in Chemistry, Federal University of Santa Catarina, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Experimental Oncology and Hemopathies Laboratory, Clinical Analysis Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.,Post-Graduation Program in Pharmacy, Health Science Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, CEP 88040-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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Ministro A, de Oliveira P, Nunes RJ, Dos Santos Rocha A, Correia A, Carvalho T, Rino J, Faísca P, Becker JD, Goyri-O'Neill J, Pina F, Poli E, Silva-Santos B, Pinto F, Mareel M, Serre K, Constantino Rosa Santos S. Low-dose ionizing radiation induces therapeutic neovascularization in a pre-clinical model of hindlimb ischemia. Cardiovasc Res 2018; 113:783-794. [PMID: 28444128 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvx065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Aims We have previously shown that low-dose ionizing radiation (LDIR) induces angiogenesis but there is no evidence that it induces neovascularization in the setting of peripheral arterial disease. Here, we investigated the use of LDIR as an innovative and non-invasive strategy to stimulate therapeutic neovascularization using a model of experimentally induced hindlimb ischemia (HLI). Methods and results After surgical induction of unilateral HLI, both hindlimbs of female C57BL/6 mice were sham-irradiated or irradiated with four daily fractions of 0.3 Gy, in consecutive days and allowed to recover. We demonstrate that LDIR, significantly improved blood perfusion in the murine ischemic limb by stimulating neovascularization, as assessed by laser Doppler flow, capillary density, and collateral vessel formation. LDIR significantly increased the circulating levels of VEGF, PlGF, and G-CSF, as well as the number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) mediating their incorporation to ischemic muscles. These effects were dependent upon LDIR exposition on the ischemic niche (thigh and shank regions). In irradiated ischemic muscles, these effects were independent of the recruitment of monocytes and macrophages. Importantly, LDIR induced a durable and simultaneous up-regulation of a repertoire of pro-angiogenic factors and their receptors in endothelial cells (ECs), as evident in ECs isolated from the irradiated gastrocnemius muscles by laser capture microdissection. This specific mechanism was mediated via vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor signaling, since VEGF receptor inhibition abrogated the LDIR-mediated gene up-regulation and impeded the increase in capillary density. Finally, the vasculature in an irradiated non-ischemic bed was not affected and after 52 week of LDIR exposure no differences in the incidence of morbidity and mortality were seen. Conclusions These findings disclose an innovative, non-invasive strategy to induce therapeutic neovascularization in a mouse model of HLI, emerging as a novel approach in the treatment of critical limb ischemia patients.
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- Augusto Ministro
- Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal.,Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias. Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua Quinta Grande 6, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Nova Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campo Mártires da Pátria 130, 1169-056 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal.,Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisbon, Portugal.,Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
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- University Hospital Ghent, De Pintelaan, 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal.,Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
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Nunes RJ, de Oliveira P, Lages A, Becker JD, Marcelino P, Barroso E, Perdigoto R, Kelly JW, Quintas A, Santos SCR. Transthyretin proteins regulate angiogenesis by conferring different molecular identities to endothelial cells. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:31752-60. [PMID: 24030829 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.469858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) has a high prevalence in Portugal, and the most common form of hereditary amyloidosis is caused by an amyloidogenic variant of transthyretin (TTR) with a substitution of methionine for valine at position 30 (V30M). Until now, the available efficient therapy is liver transplantation, when performed in an early phase of the onset of the disease symptoms. However, transplanted FAP patients have a significantly higher incidence of early hepatic artery thrombosis compared with non-FAP transplanted patients. Because FAP was described as an independent risk factor for early hepatic artery thrombosis, more studies to understand the underlying mechanisms involved in this outcome are of the utmost importance. Knowing that the liver is the major site for TTR production, we investigated the biological effects of TTR proteins in the vasculature and on angiogenesis. In this study, we identified genes differentially expressed in endothelial cells exposed to the WT or V30M tetramer. We found that endothelial cells may acquire different molecular identities when exposed to these proteins, and consequently TTR could regulate angiogenesis. Moreover, we show that V30M decreases endothelial survival by inducing apoptosis, and it inhibits migration. These findings provide new knowledge that may have critical implications in the prevention of early hepatic artery thrombosis in FAP patients after liver transplantation.
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- Raquel J Nunes
- From the Angiogenesis Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
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Ministro A, Nunes RJ, Oliveira P, Rocha A, Grillo I, Dinis da Gama A, Constantino S. Abstract 16: Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation Promote Therapeutic Revascularization in Ischemic Tissues. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2013. [DOI: 10.1161/atvb.33.suppl_1.a16] [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: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Lower limb ischemia is a major health problem. Because of the absence of effective treatment in the advanced stages of the disease, amputation is undertaken, even though it is associated to morbidity and mortality. Therefore, novel therapeutic approaches are necessary, aiming at the formation of stable, well-organized and functional blood vessels in ischemic tissues.
Recently, we found that low doses of ionizing radiation (IR) promote angiogenesis and we assessed the hypothesis that they may be therapeutically useful in vascular occlusive disease.
By using a mouse model of hind limb ischemia we quantified the blood flow expressed as a ratio of ischemic to non-ischemic limb perfusion in irradiated and unirradiated mice at different times and our results suggest that, at 15 days post-ischemia, low-dose IR significantly increases perfusion recovery (p=0.00075; n=6 mice per group). Moreover, a statistically significant increase in the capillary density was noted in ischemic irradiated muscles when compared to ischemic unirradiated ones (p=0.00009; n=6 mice per group). On the contrary, no difference was observed when comparing non-ischemic muscles irradiated or not. These results are representative of at least four independent experiments. From an
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microarray data obtained in our lab, we selected the genes whose expression is significantly altered by low doses of IR and that represent the best candidates for a pro-angiogenic response. Their expression was evaluated in endothelial cells isolated from the gastrocnemius muscles from irradiated and unirradiated mice. A laser capture microdissection microscope was used followed by RNA extraction and cDNA synthesis. Several pro-angiogenic genes were preamplified before quantitative RT-PCR analyses. Our results suggest that low-dose IR induces the expression of VERGR1, VEGFR2, FGF2, TGFB2 and ANG2 in endothelial cells isolated from ischemic muscles.
In conclusion, our data have the potential to propose a new strategy for neovascularization using low doses of IR. The use of a hind limb ischemia model in larger animals will be fundamental to firmly establish the benefits and exclude any harmful effects, before considering low-dose IR as a valid tool to be used in contemporary human medicine.
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- Augusto Ministro
- Vascular Surgery Dept, Hosp de Santa Maria, Cntr Hospar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Angiogenesis Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Angiogenesis Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Angiogenesis Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Radiotherapy Dept, Hosp de Santa Maria, Cntr Hospar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal
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Cardozo FTGS, Camelini CM, Cordeiro MNS, Mascarello A, Malagoli BG, Larsen IV, Rossi MJ, Nunes RJ, Braga FC, Brandt CR, Simões CMO. Characterization and cytotoxic activity of sulfated derivatives of polysaccharides from Agaricus brasiliensis. Int J Biol Macromol 2013; 57:265-72. [PMID: 23511057 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Revised: 02/23/2013] [Accepted: 03/09/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
Agaricus brasiliensis cell-wall polysaccharides isolated from fruiting body (FR) and mycelium (MI) and their respective sulfated derivatives (FR-S and MI-S) were chemically characterized using elemental analysis, TLC, FT-IR, NMR, HPLC, and thermal analysis. Cytotoxic activity was evaluated against A549 tumor cells by MTT and sulforhodamine assays. The average molecular weight (Mw) of FR and MI was estimated to be 609 and 310 kDa, respectively. FR-S (127 kDa) and MI-S (86 kDa) had lower Mw, probably due to hydrolysis occurring during the sulfation reaction. FR-S and MI-S presented ~14% sulfur content in elemental analysis. Sulfation of samples was characterized by the appearance of two new absorption bands at 1253 and 810 cm(-1) in the infrared spectra, related to S=O and C-S-O sulfate groups, respectively. Through (1)H and (13)C NMR analysis FR-S was characterized as a (1→6)-(1→3)-β-D-glucan fully sulfated at C-4 and C-6 terminal and partially sulfated at C-6 of (1→3)-β-D-glucan moiety. MI-S was shown to be a (1→3)-β-D-gluco-(1→2)-β-D-mannan, partially sulfated at C-2, C-3, C-4, and C-6, and fully sulfated at C-6 of the terminal residues. The combination of high degree of sulfation and low molecular weight was correlated with the increased cytotoxic activity (48 h of treatment) of both FR-S (EC₅₀=605.6 μg/mL) and MI-S (EC₅₀=342.1 μg/mL) compared to the non-sulfated polysaccharides FR and MI (EC₅₀>1500 μg/mL).
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- F T G S Cardozo
- Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC 88.040-900, Brazil
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Oliveira MI, Gonçalves CM, Pinto M, Fabre S, Santos AM, Lee SF, Castro MAA, Nunes RJ, Barbosa RR, Parnes JR, Yu C, Davis SJ, Moreira A, Bismuth G, Carmo AM. CD6 attenuates early and late signaling events, setting thresholds for T-cell activation. Eur J Immunol 2011; 42:195-205. [PMID: 21956609 PMCID: PMC3298641 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [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: 03/26/2010] [Revised: 08/23/2011] [Accepted: 09/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The T lineage glycoprotein CD6 is generally considered to be a costimulator of T-cell activation. Here, we demonstrate that CD6 significantly reduces early and late T-cell responses upon superantigen stimulation or TCR triggering by Abs. Measuring calcium mobilization in single cells responding to superantigen, we found that human T cells expressing rat CD6 react significantly less well compared with T cells not expressing the exogenous receptor. When the cytoplasmic domain of rat CD6 was removed, calcium responses were recovered, indicating that the inhibitory properties of CD6 are attributable to its cytoplasmic domain. Calcium responses, and also late indicators of T-cell activation such as IL-2 release, were also diminished in TCR-activated Jurkat cells expressing human CD6, compared with CD6-deficient cells or cells expressing a cytoplasmic deletion mutant of human CD6. Similarly, calcium signals triggered by anti-CD3 were enhanced in human T lymphocytes following morpholino-mediated suppression of CD6 expression. Finally, the proliferation of T lymphocytes was increased when the CD6-CD166 interaction was blocked with anti-CD166 Abs, but inhibited when anti-CD6 Abs were used. Our data suggest that CD6 is a signaling attenuator whose expression alone, i.e. in the absence of ligand engagement, is sufficient to restrain signaling in T cells.
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- Marta I Oliveira
- Group of Cell Activation and Gene Expression, IBMC-Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal
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Nunes RJ, Castro MAA, Gonçalves CM, Bamberger M, Pereira CF, Bismuth G, Carmo AM. Protein interactions between CD2 and Lck are required for the lipid raft distribution of CD2. J Immunol 2008; 180:988-97. [PMID: 18178839 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.2.988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
In T lymphocytes, lipid rafts are preferred sites for signal transduction initiation and amplification. Many cell membrane receptors, such as the TCR, coreceptors, and accessory molecules associate within these microdomains upon cell activation. However, it is still unclear in most cases whether these receptors interact with rafts through lipid-based amino acid modifications or whether raft insertion is driven by protein-protein interactions. In murine T cells, a significant fraction of CD2 associates with membrane lipid rafts. We have addressed the mechanisms that control the localization of rat CD2 at the plasma membrane, and its redistribution within lipid rafts induced upon activation. Following incubation of rat CD2-expressing cells with radioactive-labeled palmitic acid, or using CD2 mutants with Cys226 and Cys228 replaced by alanine residues, we found no evidence that rat CD2 was subjected to lipid modifications that could favor the translocation to lipid rafts, discarding palmitoylation as the principal mechanism for raft addressing. In contrast, using Jurkat cells expressing different CD2 and Lck mutants, we show that the association of CD2 with the rafts fully correlates with CD2 capacity to bind to Lck. As CD2 physically interacts with both Lck and Fyn, preferentially inside lipid rafts, and reflecting the increase of CD2 in lipid rafts following activation, CD2 can mediate the interaction between the two kinases and the consequent boost in kinase activity in lipid rafts.
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- Raquel J Nunes
- Group of Cell Activation and Gene Expression, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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Castro MAA, Oliveira MI, Nunes RJ, Fabre S, Barbosa R, Peixoto A, Brown MH, Parnes JR, Bismuth G, Moreira A, Rocha B, Carmo AM. Extracellular isoforms of CD6 generated by alternative splicing regulate targeting of CD6 to the immunological synapse. J Immunol 2007; 178:4351-61. [PMID: 17371992 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.7.4351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
The great majority of mammalian genes yield multiple transcripts arising from differential mRNA processing, but in very few instances have alternative forms been assigned distinct functional properties. We have cloned and characterized a new isoform of the accessory molecule CD6 that lacks the CD166 binding domain and is expressed in rat and human primary cells. The novel isoform, CD6Deltad3, results from exon 5 skipping and consequently lacks the third scavenger receptor cysteine-rich (SRCR) domain of CD6. Differential expression of the SRCR domain 3 resulted in a remarkable functional difference: whereas full-length CD6 targeted to the immunological synapse, CD6Deltad3 was unable to localize at the T cell:APC interface during Ag presentation. Analysis of expression of CD6 variants showed that, while being more frequent in coexpression with full-length CD6, the CD6Deltad3 isoform constituted the sole species in a small percentage of T cells. In the rat thymus, CD6Deltad3 is less represented in double-positive thymocytes but is detectable in nearly 50% of single-positive CD4 or CD8 thymocytes, suggesting that CD6 switching between full-length and Deltad3 isoforms may be involved in thymic selection. Strikingly, CD6Deltad3 is markedly up-regulated upon activation of T lymphocytes, partially substituting full-length CD6, as evaluated by RT-PCR analysis at the single-cell level, by immunoblotting, and by flow cytometry using Abs recognizing SRCR domains 1 and 3 of human CD6. This elegant mechanism controlling the expression of the CD166 binding domain may help regulate signaling delivered by CD6, through different types of extracellular engagement.
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MESH Headings
- Activated-Leukocyte Cell Adhesion Molecule/metabolism
- Alternative Splicing
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/chemistry
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/analysis
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Humans
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Protein Isoforms/analysis
- Protein Isoforms/genetics
- Protein Isoforms/metabolism
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Rats
- Receptors, Scavenger/metabolism
- Sequence Deletion
- T-Lymphocytes/chemistry
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
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- Mónica A A Castro
- Group of Cell Activation and Gene Expression, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Affiliation(s)
- Raquel J Nunes
- Group of Cell Activation and Gene Expression, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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Castro MAA, Nunes RJ, Oliveira MI, Tavares PA, Simões C, Parnes JR, Moreira A, Carmo AM. OX52 is the rat homologue of CD6: evidence for an effector function in the regulation of CD5 phosphorylation. J Leukoc Biol 2003; 73:183-90. [PMID: 12525577 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0902437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
The MRC OX52 monoclonal antibody is a marker of rat T lymphocytes. We have cloned by polymerase chain reaction the rat homologue of CD6, and fluorescein-activated cell sorter analysis and immunoprecipitations using OX52 in COS7 cells transfected with rat CD6 cDNA showed that CD6 is the cell-surface molecule recognized by OX52. Immunoprecipitation analysis showed that CD6 coprecipitated with CD5, which in turn, was coprecipitated equivalently with CD2, CD6, and the T cell receptor (TCR), but the fraction of CD5 associated with CD6 was highly phosphorylated in kinase assays, in marked contrast with the low level of phosphorylation of CD5 associated with TCR or CD2. Examination of protein kinases associating with these antigens showed that paradoxically, CD2 coprecipitated the highest amount of Lck and Fyn. CD6 also associated with Lck, Fyn, and ZAP-70, although at lower levels but additionally coprecipitated the Tec family kinase Itk, which is absent from CD2, CD5, and TCR complexes. Lck together with Itk was the best combination of kinases, effectively phosphorylating synthetic peptides corresponding to a cytoplasmic sequence of CD5. Overall, our results suggest that CD6 has an important role in the regulation of CD5 tyrosine phosphorylation, probably as a result of its unique feature of associating with kinases of different families.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/physiology
- CD2 Antigens
- CD5 Antigens/metabolism
- COS Cells
- Cloning, Molecular
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phosphorylation
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Lew
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
- Signal Transduction
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
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- Mónica A A Castro
- Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
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Castro MAA, Tavares PA, Almeida MS, Nunes RJ, Wright MD, Mason D, Moreira A, Carmo AM. CD2 physically associates with CD5 in rat T lymphocytes with the involvement of both extracellular and intracellular domains. Eur J Immunol 2002; 32:1509-18. [PMID: 11981840 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200205)32:5<1509::aid-immu1509>3.0.co;2-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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T lymphocytes can be activated and induced to proliferate through stimulation of the CD2 glycoprotein with functional combinations of CD2 antibodies. However, this mechanism of signal transduction via CD2 is still not fully understood. We have investigated which molecules on the T cell surface preferentially associate in Cis with CD2 and may regulate its signaling properties. Though a quantification method we found that CD5 represents the antigen capable of co-precipitating a larger proportion of CD2. Using co-capping assays and immunoprecipitations from cell lysates, we show that an association between CD2 and CD5 can be found in rat thymocytes, T lymphocytes and in a thymoma cell line. Possibly, this interaction is a direct one, since CD2 and CD5 transiently expressed in Cos7 cells co-precipitate each other. Furthermore, using CD2 chimeric proteins containing different domains of CD2, expressed in Cos7 cells as well as in stably transfected Jurkat cells, we show that the interaction between CD2 and CD5 is held at both the intra- and extracellular levels, but does not involve the transmembrane domain. The fact that both the extracellular and the cytoplasmic domains of CD2 interact with CD5 suggests a specific and tight association between the two molecules, possibly relevant for the fine-tuning of signal transduction in T lymphocytes.
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Eleven chalcones were prepared and tested as antinociceptive agents using the writhing test in mice. Some compounds, given intraperitoneally, caused potent and dose-related antinociception, being several times more active than some reference drugs. The results evidenced that some physico-chemical parameters are involved in the pharmacological activity. 3,4-Dichlorochalcone (2) was the most effective compound, and was also studied in another model of pain in mice, the formalin test. Here it inhibited only the inflammatory pain (second phase), being equipotent to the reference drugs.
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- R Corrêa
- Núcleo de Investigações Químico-Farmacêuticas (NIQFAR)/CCS, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI), 88302-202, Itajaí-SC, Brazil
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Humeres E, Nunes RJ, Machado VG, Gasques MD, Machado C. Ion-dipole S(N)2 reaction in acetone-water mixtures. Electrostatic and specific solute-solvent interactions. J Org Chem 2001; 66:1163-70. [PMID: 11312943 DOI: 10.1021/jo0012501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The rate constants of the S(N)2 reaction of sodium 4-nitrophenoxide (1) and iodomethane were determined by UV-visible spectrophotometry in acetone-water mixtures at 25, 30, and 35 degrees C. The rate-Xwater (mole fraction of water) profile shows that the reaction depends strongly on the medium. The fastest rate constant was obtained in pure acetone, and a minimum occurred at Xwater= 0.4, whereas the observed second-order rate constants increases again in the water-rich region. In pure acetone, in the presence of dicyclohexano-[18]-crown-6, increases linearly with the concentration of the crown ether as a result of the complexation of the sodium ion (KS = 104.8 M) of the ion-pair and the increase in the effective concentration of free 4-nitrophenoxide ion, which was assumed to be the only reactive species. Ion-pairing was also detected at Xwater= 0.65 with a dissociation constant Kd = 7.82 x 10(-4) M(-1). The solvatochromic behaviors of 2,6-diphenyl-4-(2,4,6-triphenyl-1-pyridinio)-1-phenoxide (2), 4-[(1-methyl-4(1H)-pyridinylidene)ethylidene]-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-one (3), and 1-methyl-8-oxy-quinolinium betaine (4) were investigated in the entire range of acetone-water mixtures. The dyes presented an increasing order of hydrophilicity compatible with their chemical structure, i.e., 2 < 3 < 4. Kinetic parameters for the methylation of 1 and the ET values of the dyes show a linear correlation of the polarity in the region of Xwater = 1.0-0.40 for 3 and 4, and it was observed that the more hydrophilic the dye the better the correlation coefficient, because of the structural similarity with 1. The activation parameter-Xwater profile shows extrema at Xwater < 0.4, reflecting an important change in the structure of the solvent that is responsible for the changes in the solvation of the reactive species including ion-pairs. These results suggest that the addition of water to acetone reduces abruptly the rate of substitution due to the preferential solvation (PS) of the phenoxide ion by the hydrogen-bonding donor (HBD) solvent. Nevertheless, the real second-order rate constant is "masked" by the association involving Na+ and 4-nitrophenoxide that extends even to water-rich mixtures. A model, based on the assumption that the free-energy terms involved in the second-order rate constant and the dissociation constant of the ion-pair have two components, is invoked to explain the kinetic data. One of the components depends on electrostatic interactions for which the main variable is the dielectric constant of the solvent mixture, and the other depends on the specific solute-solvent interactions, expressed by the activity coefficients of transfer of the species involved. The model indicates that in the range of Xwater = 1.0-0.40 the interactions are exclusively electrostatic, while for the rest of the acetone-rich region they are specific with a large contribution of the 4-nitrophenoxide ion.
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- E Humeres
- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
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Stiz DS, Souza MM, Golin V, Neto RA, Corrêa R, Nunes RJ, Yunes RA, Cechinel-Filho V. Antinociceptive properties of N-aryl-glutaramic acids and N-aryl-glutarimides. Pharmazie 2000; 55:942-4. [PMID: 11189873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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This study describes the antinociceptive activity of some N-aryl-glutaramic acids and N-aryl-glutarimides in writhing and formalin tests, two classical models of pain in mice. These compounds show high activity, being more active than acetyl salycilic acid, acetaminophen and indomethacin, used as standard drugs for comparison. The introduction of different substituent groups in the aromatic ring caused a significant change in activity. The results obtained here are promising from a pharmacological point of view, since these simple compounds might be used as models to obtain new and potent analgesic drugs.
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- D S Stiz
- Núcleo de Investigações Químico-Farmacêuticas (NIQFAR)/CCS, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI), Itajaí-SC, Brasil
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Andricopulo AD, Müller LA, Filho VC, Cani GS, Roos JF, Corrêa R, Santos AR, Nunes RJ, Yunes RA. Analgesic activity of cyclic imides: 1,8-naphthalimide and 1,4,5,8-naphthalenediimide derivatives. Farmaco 2000; 55:319-21. [PMID: 10966165 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-827x(00)00027-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In early studies, we have reported the synthesis and biological activities of several cyclic imides. The present study describes the analgesic activity of 1,8-naphthalimide and 1,4,5,8-naphthalenediimide derivatives in a standard murine model of analgesia. The pharmacological results show that all compounds studied, given intraperitoneally, produced significant inhibition of acetic acid-induced abdominal constrictions. At the ID50 (micromol/kg) level, these cyclic imide derivatives were about 40-270-fold more potent in this assay than aspirin and acetaminophen, two well-known and widely used analgesics. These results extend previous studies on the analgesic activity of cyclic imides.
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- A D Andricopulo
- Department of Chemistry, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
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Andricopulo AD, Yunes RA, Cechinel Filho V, Nunes RJ, Frazer JW, Cordes EH. Development of a predictive statistical model for the analgesic activity of a family of imides. Pharmazie 1999; 54:698-704. [PMID: 10522274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) studies were done with a family of cyclic imides. Promising efforts to create a QSAR model with substantial predictive power for the design of novel cyclic imides with improved analgesic activity are reported.
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- A D Andricopulo
- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil
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Andricopulo AD, Willain-Filho A, Corrêa R, Santos AR, Nunes RJ, Yunes RA, Cechinel-Filho V. Analgesic activity of 3,4-dichloromaleimides: structure-activity relationships. Pharmazie 1998; 53:493-4. [PMID: 9699226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- A D Andricopulo
- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis-SC, Brazil
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Cechinel Filho V, Corrêa R, Vaz Z, Calixto JB, Nunes RJ, Pinheiro TR, Andricopulo AD, Yunes RA. Further studies on analgesic activity of cyclic imides. Farmaco 1998; 53:55-7. [PMID: 9543727 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-827x(97)00006-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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As part of our research programme to obtain pharmacologically active compounds structurally related to cyclic imides, we have synthesized different compounds and examined their analgesic activities using the abdominal constriction test in mice. The results showed that some of the compounds studied, given intraperitoneally, exhibited graded and significant analgesia against acetic acid-induced abdominal constriction, being several times more potent than aspirin and paracetamol, two standard drugs used for comparison.
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- V Cechinel Filho
- Núcleo de Investigações Químico-Farmacêuticas (NIQFAR)/FAQFAR, Universidade do Vale do Itají (UNIVALI), Brazil
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Cechinel Filho V, Miguel OG, Nunes RJ, Calixto JB, Yunes RA. Antispasmodic activity of xanthoxyline derivatives: structure-activity relationships. J Pharm Sci 1995; 84:473-5. [PMID: 7629739 DOI: 10.1002/jps.2600840416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The antispasmodic activity of several xanthoxyline derivatives against acetylcholine-induced contraction of the guinea pig ileum was evaluated in vitro. The acetophenones with two methoxyl groups, mainly in the 3,4 positions, exhibited potent antispasmodic activity. Modification of the hydroxyl group in xanthoxyline by the introduction of benzoyl, acetyl, or tosyl groups produced inactive compounds, whereas the introduction of benzyl or p-methoxybenzyl groups furnished compounds that were four- to eight-fold more potent than xanthoxyline. In marked contrast, the introduction of a methyl group gave a compound that caused contractant activity. Modification of the carbonyl group of xanthoxyline lead to inactive compounds, whereas the condensation of xanthoxyline with benzaldehydes gave chalkones that were about fivefold more potent than xanthoxyline. The introduction of benzyl and styrene groups, on the basis of the similarity with papaverine, improves the antispasmodic action of the xanthoxyline derivates. Our results suggest that the methoxyl and carbonyl groups are critical structural points for the antispasmodic activity of xanthoxyline derivatives. The hydroxyl group improves antispasmodic activity, but is not fundamental to its manifestation.
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- V Cechinel Filho
- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Cechinel Filho V, Pinheiro T, Nunes RJ, Yunes RA, Cruz AB, Moretto E. Antibacterial activity of N-phenylmaleimides, N-phenylsuccinimides and related compounds. Structure-activity relationships. Farmaco 1994; 49:675-7. [PMID: 7826477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The antibacterial activity of several phyllanthimide analogs were investigated by the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Method (MIC) against E. coli and S. aureus. It was found that maleimides were approximately 30 times more active than succinimides indicating that the cyclic imido double bond is an important factor related to the activity. Electron-donor and electron-withdrawing substituents in the aromatic ring of N-phenylmaleimides decrease the activity of these compounds indicating the possibility of steric effects. The distance between the aromatic and the imido rings when separated by methylene groups does not affect the antibacterial activity.
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- V Cechinel Filho
- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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