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Ren J, Huo R, Liu G, Liu L. New Andrastin-Type Meroterpenoids from the Marine-Derived Fungus Penicillium sp. Mar Drugs 2021; 19:md19040189. [PMID: 33801640 PMCID: PMC8066695 DOI: 10.3390/md19040189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2021] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Three new andrastin-type meroterpenoids penimeroterpenoids A–C (1–3) together with two known analogs (4 and 5) were isolated from the cultures of the marine-derived Penicillium species (sp.). The structures of the new compounds were elucidated on the basis of 1- and 2-dimensional (1D/2D) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopic and mass spectrometric analysis. The absolute configurations of 1–3 were determined by comparison of experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra. Compound 1 showed moderate cytotoxicity against A549, HCT116, and SW480 cell lines.
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- Jinwei Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; (J.R.); (R.H.); (G.L.)
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; (J.R.); (R.H.); (G.L.)
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; (J.R.); (R.H.); (G.L.)
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; (J.R.); (R.H.); (G.L.)
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-10-64806153
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Kollerov V, Shutov A, Kazantsev A, Donova M. Biotransformation of androstenedione and androstadienedione by selected Ascomycota and Zygomycota fungal strains. Phytochemistry 2020; 169:112160. [PMID: 31600654 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2019.112160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 07/08/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Filamentous fungi is a huge phylum of lower eukaryotes with diverse activities towards various substrates, however, their biocatalytic potential towards steroids remains greatly underestimated. In this study, more than forty Ascomycota and Zygomycota fungal strains of 23 different genera were screened for the ability to catalyze structural modifications of 3-oxo-androstane steroids, - androst-4-ene-3,17-dione (AD) and androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione (ADD). Previously unexplored for these purposes strains of Absidia, Acremonium, Beauveria, Cunninghamella, Doratomyces, Drechslera, Fusarium, Gibberella genera were revealed capable of producing in a good yield valuable 7α-, 7β-, 11α- and 14α-hydroxylated derivatives, as well as 17β-reduced and 1(2)-dehydrogenated androstanes. The bioconversion routes of AD and ADD were proposed based on the key intermediates identification and time courses of the bioprocesses. Six ascomycete strains were discovered to provide effective 7β-hydroxylation of ADD which has not been so far reported. The structures of major products and intermediates were confirmed by HPLC, mass-spectrometry (MS), 1H and 13C NMR analyses. The results contribute to the knowledge on the functional diversity of steroid-transforming filamentous fungi. Previously unexplored fungal biocatalysts capable of effective performing structural modification of AD and ADD can be applied for industrial bioprocesses of new generation.
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- Vyacheslav Kollerov
- Federal Research Center «Pushchino Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences», G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Nauki, 5, 142290, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia; Pharmins Ltd., Institutskaya ul, 4, 142290, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
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- Federal Research Center «Pushchino Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences», G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Nauki, 5, 142290, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia; Pharmins Ltd., Institutskaya ul, 4, 142290, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskiye Gori, 1, Chemical Department, Moscow, Russia
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- Federal Research Center «Pushchino Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences», G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Nauki, 5, 142290, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia; Pharmins Ltd., Institutskaya ul, 4, 142290, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
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Singh V, Praveen V, Tripathi D, Haque S, Somvanshi P, Katti SB, Tripathi CKM. Isolation, characterization and antifungal docking studies of wortmannin isolated from Penicillium radicum. Sci Rep 2015; 5:11948. [PMID: 26159770 PMCID: PMC4498184 DOI: 10.1038/srep11948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2014] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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During the search for a potent antifungal drug, a cell-permeable metabolite was isolated from a soil isolate taxonomically identified as Penicillium radicum. The strain was found to be a potent antifungal agent. Production conditions of the active compound were optimized and the active compound was isolated, purified, characterized and identified as a phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor, commonly known as wortmannin (Wtmn). This is very first time we are reporting the production of Wtmn from P. radicum. In addition to its previously discovered anticancer properties, the broad spectrum antifungal property of Wtmn was re-confirmed using various fungal strains. Virtual screening was performed through molecular docking studies against potential antifungal targets, and it was found that Wtmn was predicted to impede the actions of these targets more efficiently than known antifungal compounds such as voriconazole and nikkomycin i.e. 1) mevalonate-5-diphosphate decarboxylase (1FI4), responsible for sterol/isoprenoid biosynthesis; 2) exocyst complex component SEC3 (3A58) where Rho- and phosphoinositide-dependent localization is present and 3) Kre2p/Mnt1p a Golgi alpha1,2-mannosyltransferase (1S4N) involved in the biosynthesis of yeast cell wall glycoproteins). We conclude that Wtmn produced from P. radicum is a promising lead compound which could be potentially used as an efficient antifungal drug in the near future after appropriate structural modifications to reduce toxicity and improve stability.
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- Vineeta Singh
- Microbiology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sitapur Road, Lucknow-226031, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Fermentation Technology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sitapur Road, Lucknow-226031, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Organic Chemistry, CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory, Pune- 411008, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi-110025, India
- Centre for Drug Research, Faculty of Pharmacy, Viikki Biocentre-2, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biotechnology, TERI University, New Delhi-110070, India
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- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sitapur Road, Lucknow-226031, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Fermentation Technology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sitapur Road, Lucknow-226031, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Corona G, Elia C, Casetta B, Diana C, Rosalen S, Bari M, Toffoli G. A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for the simultaneous determination of exemestane and its metabolite 17-dihydroexemestane in human plasma. J Mass Spectrom 2009; 44:920-928. [PMID: 19214962 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A simple and sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method has been developed and validated for the quantitation of exemestane (Exe) and its main metabolite 17-dihydroexemestane (DhExe) in human plasma. The analytes were extracted by protein precipitation with acetonitrile, containing stable 13C-labelled Exe (13C3-Exe) as internal standard, and measured by LC-MS/MS. The best chromatographic separation of the analytes from the interferences was achieved by using a Phenyl column operating under isocratic regime conditions. The total chromatographic runtime was 5.0 min and the elution of Exe and DhExe occurred at 2.5 min and 2.9 min, respectively. Quantitation was performed by employing the positive electrospray ionization (ESI) technique and multiple reaction monitoring mode (MRM). The monitored precursor to product-ion transitions for Exe, DhExe and 13C3-Exe internal standard were m/z 297.0 --> 120.8, m/z 299.1 --> 134.9 and m/z 300.0 --> 123.2, respectively. The lower limit of quantitation (LLOQ) was 0.1 ng/ml for DhExe and 0.2 ng/ml for Exe. The method was linear up to 36-51 ng/ml with r2 > or = 0.998. The intra- and inter-assay precision were < or = 7.7% and 5.1% for Exe and < or = 8.1 and 4.9% for DhExe while deviations from nominal values were in the 1.5-13.2% and - 9.0-5.8% ranges for Exe and DhExe, respectively. The analytical method resulted robust and suitable for pharmacokinetic monitoring of Exe and its main metabolite during adjuvant therapy in patients with breast cancer.
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- Giuseppe Corona
- Division of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Department ofMolecular Biology and Translational Research, National Cancer Institute and Center for Molecular Biomedicine, Aviano (PN), Italy.
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The synthesis of exemestane Aromasin, an irreversible steroidal aromatase inhibitor, specifically labelled with (13)C is reported. The preparation of [(13)C(3)]exemestane was achieved according to an eight-step procedure starting from the commercially available testosterone.
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- Erminia Fontana
- Nerviano Medical Sciences, Viale Pasteur 10, 20014 Nerviano (MI), Italy.
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Lardy H, Marwah A, Zhong W, Moore R, Marwah P, Thompson T, Wilding G. A test of rats' tolerance for 3beta-acetoxyandrosta-1,5-dien-17-one ethylene ketal (ADEK), a new anti-androgen. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2008; 111:60-5. [PMID: 18539452 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2007.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2007] [Accepted: 11/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Following the demonstration that the androgen activity of androsta-5-ene-3beta,17beta-diol (Adiol) is not inhibited by the anti-androgens currently used to treat prostate cancer, we sought agents that would inhibit the androgenic function of Adiol as well as of dihydrotestosterone. The steroid 3beta-acetoxyandrosta-1,5-dien-17-one ethylene ketal (ADEK) met this criterion. Its tolerance was assessed in rats by oral and by subcutaneous administration for four weeks. Neither route of ADEK administration resulted in any behavioral changes. There was no effect on weight gain during the 28 days of steroid intake and no effect on the weight of the kidneys, heart, liver, testes, adrenals or the ventral lobe of the prostate glands. The seminal vesicles of the treated rats were 23-29% and the weights of the anterior prostates of the respective groups were 17-26% smaller than the controls. In contrast, the dorsolateral prostates were increased 26-55% as compared with the controls. There were no detectable changes in the histology of the kidneys, hearts, livers, testes and adrenals of any of the rats, but both groups of ADEK-treated rats had mild atrophic changes in their seminal vesicles and in the ventral lobe of their prostate glands. Both ADEK-treated groups showed focal glandular epithelial hyperplasia in the dorsolateral lobes in comparison with the control group. Orally administered ADEK was rapidly converted to several metabolites, which were nearly completely cleared from the blood within 4h.
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- Henry Lardy
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Enzyme Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53726, United States.
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Yokoyama H, Yamamura Y, Ozeki T, Iga T, Yamada Y. Influence of Mouth Washing Procedures on the Removal of Drug Residues Following Inhalation of Corticosteroids. Biol Pharm Bull 2006; 29:1923-5. [PMID: 16946510 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.29.1923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Mouth washing after inhalation of corticosteroids is effective for prevention of local adverse effects such as hoarseness and oropharyngeal candidiasis. To establish an optimal procedure for such mouth washing, we investigated the removal rates of drug residues remaining on the oropharyngeal mucosa using various mouth washing methods following inhalation. A beclomethasone dipropionate metered dose inhaler (BDP-MDI) (100 microg) and a fluticasone propionate dry powder inhaler (FP-DPI) (100 microg) were used. The effects of different mouth washing methods were evaluated by quantification of drugs in the expectorated rinse solution using an HPLC method. The amounts of BDP recovered in the rinse after gargling and rinsing for 5 s each were 47.1+/-13.6 microg, while they were 42.9+/-9.4 microg after rinsing alone for 10 s and 38.7+/-9.2 microg after gargling alone for 10 s. Under the same conditions, FP amounts were 32.9+/-7.3 microg, 28.9+/-2.4 microg, and 27.1+/-7.9 microg, respectively. In a comparison of washing time, the amounts of BDP recovered were 49.8+/-9.7 microg after gargling and rinsing for 2 s each, 53.5+/-10.2 microg after those for 3 s each, and 47.1+/-13.6 microg after those for 5 s each, while the amounts of FP under the same conditions were 36.4+/-2.4 microg, 33.3+/-6.4 microg, and 32.9+/-7.4 microg, respectively. As for the effect of time lag before mouth washing, the amount of BDP recovered decreased by 65.7% with a lag time of 1 min and by 5.6% after 10 min, while that of FP decreased by 51.1% with a lag time of 1 min and by 7.7% after 10 min. Our results suggest that the amount of drugs removed by mouth washing is significantly associated with the time lag between inhalation and mouth washing. We concluded that immediate gargling and rinsing after inhalation is most useful for the removal of drugs following inhalation of corticosteroids.
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- Haruko Yokoyama
- School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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Mistry N, Ismail IM, Smith MS, Nicholson JK, Lindon JC. Characterisation of impurities in bulk drug batches of fluticasone propionate using directly coupled HPLC-NMR spectroscopy and HPLC-MS. J Pharm Biomed Anal 1997; 16:697-705. [PMID: 9502165 DOI: 10.1016/s0731-7085(97)00103-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 02/06/2023]
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Directly coupled HPLC NMR spectroscopic and HPLC-MS approaches have been used to confirm the identity of four known dimeric impurities in a partially purified batch of fluticasone propionate each at levels of 0.06-0.9% of parent compound based on UV absorption. It is also shown that HPLC NMR spectroscopy of the main drug peak in the 'time-slice' mode of operation, in which the elution of the HPLC peak is sampled a short time intervals, can be used to investigate the purity profile of the single HPLC peak detected by UV absorption. These studies show that HPLC-NMR is of considerable value in rapidly assessing HPLC peak purity and hence will be of benefit in providing additional information to support submission for drug registration to regulatory agencies.
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- N Mistry
- Chemical Analysis Department, GlaxoWellcome Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, UK
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Plumb RS, Gray RD, Jones CM. Use of reduced sorbent bed and disk membrane solid-phase extraction for the analysis of pharmaceutical compounds in biological fluids, with applications in the 96-well format. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl 1997; 694:123-33. [PMID: 9234855 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(97)00105-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Significant improvements in the isolation of pharmaceutical compounds from plasma, serum and urine, have been achieved using ultra low mass sorbent bed and thin disk solid-phase extraction (SPE) material. The use of low sorbent masses or disk SPE material has allowed a significant reduction in solvent usage and extraction times. The reduction in solvent volumes required has allowed elution volumes to be reduced to as low as 30 microl with high and consistent analyte recovery. Several SPE RP-HPLC methods have been developed using these materials, including LC-MS methods. When the chromatographic conditions allow the eluent to be injected directly or injected after dilution with distilled water Empore disks are the extraction media of choice due to the materials low elution volume requirements. When operated in the 96-well microtitre format this micro-extraction provides a very efficient throughput and requires little sample manipulation.
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- R S Plumb
- Bioanalysis and Drug Metabolism Department, GlaxoWellcome Research and Development, Greenford, Middlesex, UK
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Omura S, Inokoshi J, Uchida R, Shiomi K, Masuma R, Kawakubo T, Tanaka H, Iwai Y, Kosemura S, Yamamura S. Andrastins A-C, new protein farnesyltransferase inhibitors produced by Penicillium sp. FO-3929. I. Producing strain, fermentation, isolation, and biological activities. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1996; 49:414-7. [PMID: 8682716 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.49.414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 02/01/2023]
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New protein farnesyltransferase inhibitors, andrastins A-C, have been discovered in the cultured broth of Penicillium sp. FO-3929. Andrastins extracted from broth supernatant were purified by silica gel chromatography, ODS chromatography and HPLC. The IC50 of andrastins A, B, and C against protein farnesyltransferase were 24.9, 47.1, and 13.3 microM, respectively.
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- S Omura
- Research Center for Biological Function, Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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Thelen M, Wymann MP, Langen H. Wortmannin binds specifically to 1-phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase while inhibiting guanine nucleotide-binding protein-coupled receptor signaling in neutrophil leukocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:4960-4. [PMID: 8197165 PMCID: PMC43909 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.11.4960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [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: 01/29/2023] Open
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Wortmannin (WT) and its derivative 17-hydroxywortmannin (HWT) inhibit at nanomolar concentrations superoxide formation and exocytosis in neutrophils stimulated with chemotactic agonists. Treatment of neutrophils with radiolabeled [3H]HWT resulted in specific and saturable binding that paralleled the inhibition of the respiratory burst. Both half-maximal binding and half-maximal inhibition were observed at 5 nM, and > 90% of maximal binding and inhibition was observed at 20 nM HWT. Fluorography of subcellular fractions that were separated on NaDodSO4/PAGE showed that [3H]HWT binds covalently to a 110-kDa cytosolic protein. The WT-binding protein was purified from human neutrophils and bovine brain homogenates by column chromatography. The pure protein was eluted from gel filtration columns with an apparent molecular mass of 200 kDa and showed a heterodimeric structure on Coomassie-stained NaDodSO4/PAGE. In addition to the 110 kDa wortmannin binding protein an equally intense band was seen migrating at 85 kDa. This band was identified on Western blots as p85 alpha, the regulatory subunit of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase (ATP:1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol 3-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.137). The purified protein contained PI 3-kinase activity that was enriched > 20,000-fold from human neutrophil cytosol during preparation. The data impose a key role for PI 3-kinase-mediated signal transduction through guanine nucleotide-binding protein-coupled receptors and suggest that 3-phosphorylated inositol phospholipids are important second messengers for immediate responses in neutrophils. Furthermore, the results show that WT is a powerful and selective tool to study the function of PI 3-kinase.
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- M Thelen
- Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland
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Nakanishi S, Kakita S, Takahashi I, Kawahara K, Tsukuda E, Sano T, Yamada K, Yoshida M, Kase H, Matsuda Y. Wortmannin, a microbial product inhibitor of myosin light chain kinase. J Biol Chem 1992; 267:2157-63. [PMID: 1733924] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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We have found that a fungal strain, Talaromyces wortmannin KY12420, produces a potent inhibitor of smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase (MLCK). This active product, designated as MS-54, was isolated and purified from the culture broth of the fungus and identified as wortmannin. The inhibition of MLCK by wortmannin was prevented by a high concentration of ATP. The activity of the catalytic domain, which was disclosed by partial tryptic digestion, was also inhibited by wortmannin. These results suggest that wortmannin acts at or near to the catalytic site of the enzyme. It was shown clearly by kinetic analyses, preincubation studies, and dialysis experiments that the inhibitory action of wortmannin on MLCK was irreversible. Under the condition of preincubation for 3 min, 0.3 microM wortmannin inhibited the activity of MLCK, while 10 microM wortmannin had no effect on the activities of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, cGMP-dependent protein kinase, and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, and had little effect on protein kinase C activity. These data expressed clearly the marked selectivity of the compound for MLCK. Furthermore, wortmannin also inhibited both the phosphorylation of myosin light chain and the contraction in rat thoracic aorta stimulated with KCl, which indicates the effectiveness of the compound in the cellular level as an MLCK inhibitor.
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- S Nakanishi
- Tokyo Research Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., Japan
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An isolate of Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht, emend. Synd. et Hans. N17B isolated from a grassy area in Lakselv, Norway (Arctic region) produced a toxin in culture when grown on rice in the laboratory. This new toxin, which was given the trivial name of H-1 (indicating hemorrhagic factor), caused toxic effects in rats, including food refusal, weight loss, hemorrhage in the stomach, intestines, heart, and thymus, and finally death. The UV spectrum of H-1 showed 210, 254, and 292 nm as absorption maxima. The infrared spectrum showed carbonyl groups at 1,675 and 1,750 cm-1 and an ether group at 1,215 cm-1. H-1 does not fluoresce under short- or long-wavelength UV light and exists as fluffy, white crystals that turn yellow when subjected to basic reagents such as ammonium hydroxide or tetraethylenepentamine. Elemental and accurate mass determinations in both electron impact and positive chemical ionization indicate an empirical formula of C23H24O8. Its mass spectra (electron impact, chemical ionization, and fast atom bombardment [FAB]) show a molecular ion of 428 and major fragments at m/z+ 386, 368, 355, and 295. H-1 was found to be identical to the antibiotic called wortmannin which is produced by Penicillium wortmannii and Myrothecium roridum. This is the first report of the synthesis of wortmannin by species of the genus Fusarium.
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- H K Abbas
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108
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Raeside JI, Renaud RL. Identification of 3 beta-hydroxy-5,7-androstadien-17-one as a secretory product of the fetal horse gonad in vivo and in vitro. J Endocrinol 1985; 107:415-9. [PMID: 4067494 DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1070415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Isolation of 3 beta-hydroxy-5,7-androstadien-17-one, as a major component of steroids extracted from vein blood of the fetal gonads of the horse, supports the proposed role for the compound as a precursor for equilin formation in the placenta of the mare. The 5,7-diene was extracted from blood collected from gonadal veins of fetal ovaries and testes in situ, and from a fetal testis connected to an artery in the neck region of the mare. Perfusion of fetal gonads in the laboratory was carried out to allow longer periods of collection. In addition, isolated cell preparations from a fetal testis were incubated for 4-8 h in tissue culture to investigate steroid secretion in vitro. Final purification of neutral steroids in the extracts was carried out by high performance liquid chromatography, and identification was made by u.v. and mass spectrometry. The presence of 3 beta-hydroxy-5,7-androstadien-17-one in extracts from all sources provided evidence for its secretion in vivo and in vitro. Other 5,7-dienes, which were less polar than the C19 compound, were noted in extracts of media but not identified. These data support the view that a 5,7-diene pathway is involved in the biosynthesis of 3 beta-hydroxy-5,7-androstadien-17-one in the fetal horse gonad.
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Tait AD, Santikarn S, Allen WR. Identification of 3 beta-hydroxy-5,7-pregnadien-20-one and 3 beta-hydroxy-5,7-androstadien-17-one as endogenous steroids in the fetal horse gonad. J Endocrinol 1983; 99:87-92. [PMID: 6631309 DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.0990087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The 5,7-dienes, 3 beta-hydroxy-5,7-pregnadien-20-one and 3 beta-hydroxy-5,7-androstadien-17-one were extracted from fetal horse gonads and purified by solvent partition, thin-layer chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography. The isolated steroids were identified by comparison with the synthetic steroids using ultraviolet and mass spectroscopy and by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy. The identification of these compounds as endogenous steroids, together with the data on their biosynthesis reported previously, support the proposal that in the fetal horse gonad there is a 5,7-diene pathway biosynthesizing 3 beta-hydroxy-5,7-androstadien-17-one, which is the proposed precursor for equilin in the placenta.
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Abstract
The microbial degradation of cholic acid by Pseudomonas sp. N.C.I.B. 10590 was studied, and two major products were isolated and identified as 7 alpha, 12 beta-dihydroxyandrosta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione and 7 alpha, 12 alpha-dihydroxy-3-oxopregna-1,4-diene-20-carboxylic acid. Four minor products were isolated and evidence is given for the following structures: 7 alpha, 12 alpha-dihydroxyandrosta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione, 12 beta-hydroxyandrosta-1,4,6-triene-3,17-dione, 7 alpha, 12 beta, 17 beta-trihydroxyandrosta-1,4-dien-3-one and 7 alpha, 12 alpha-dihydroxy-3-oxopregn-4-ene-20-carboxylic acid. The significance of the production of the steroid products is discussed, along with the possible enzymic mechanisms responsible for their production.
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