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The genus Claviceps (Clavicipitaceae) is famous for producing ergot alkaloids (EAs) in sclerotia. EAs can cause ergotism, resulting in convulsions and necrosis when ingested, making these compounds a serious concern for food safety. Agroclavine (2), a typical Clavine-type EA, is a causative agent of ergotism and is listed as a compound to be monitored by the European Food Safety Authority. Clavine-type EAs are known to cause cytotoxicity, but the mechanism has not been elucidated. We performed annexin V and PI double-staining followed by flow cytometric analysis to detect apoptosis in HepG2 and PANC-1 cells after exposure to Clavine-type EAs. Clavine-type EAs reduced cell viability and induced apoptosis in both cell lines. We then performed LC-MS analysis of EAs from 41 sclerotia samples of Claviceps collected in Japan. 24 out of 41 sclerotia extracts include peptide-type EAs (ergosine/inine: 4/4', ergotamine: 5, ergocornine/inine: 6/6', α-ergocryptine/inine: 8/8', and ergocristine/inine: 9/9') and 19 sclerotia extracts among 24 sclerotia detected peptide type EAs include Clavine-type EAs (pyroclavine: 1, agroclavine: 2, festuclavine: 3) by LC-MS. We then performed a metabolomic analysis of the EAs in the sclerotia using principal component analysis (PCA). The PCA score plots calculated for EAs suggested the existence of four groups with different EA production patterns. One of the groups was formed by the contribution of Clavine-type EAs. These results suggest that Clavine-type EAs are a family of compounds requiring attention in food safety and livestock production in Japan.
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Claviceps , Alcaloides de Claviceps , Ergotismo , Humanos , Alcaloides de Claviceps/análise , Alcaloides de Claviceps/química , Japão , Claviceps/química , Claviceps/metabolismo , Peptídeos , ApoptoseRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Chimpi, the dried peel of Citrus unshiu or Citrus reticulata, has various pharmacological effects. Chimpi extract was recently shown to affect the skin, including its inhibitory effect against atopic dermatitis. In this study, we analyzed the effects of Chimpi extract on the functional molecule aquaporin-3 (AQP3), which is involved in water transport and cell migration in the skin. METHODS AND RESULTS: Chimpi extract was added to HaCaT human skin keratinocytes, and the AQP3 expression level was analyzed. A wound healing assay was performed to evaluate the effect of Chimpi extract on cell migration. The components of Chimpi extract and fractions obtained by liquid-liquid distribution studies were added to HaCaT cells, and AQP3 expression was analyzed. Chimpi extract significantly increased AQP3 expression in HaCaT cells at both the mRNA and protein levels. Immunocytochemical staining revealed that Chimpi extract also promoted the transfer of AQP3 to the cell membrane. Furthermore, Chimpi extract enhanced cell migration. Hesperidin, narirutin, and nobiletin did not increase AQP3 levels. Although the components contained in the fractions obtained from the chloroform, butanol, and water layer increased AQP3, the active components could not be identified. CONCLUSIONS: These results reveal that Chimpi extract may increase AQP3 levels in keratinocytes and increase the dermal water content. Therefore, Chimpi extract may be effective for the management of dry skin.
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Aquaporina 3 , Citrus , Humanos , Aquaporina 3/genética , Aquaporina 3/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Queratinócitos/metabolismo , Água/metabolismo , Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia , Extratos Vegetais/metabolismoRESUMO
Previously, we established a 1H NMR metabolomics method using reversed-phase solid-phase extraction column (RP-SPEC), and succeeded in distinguishing wild from cultivated samples of Saposhnikoviae radix (SR), and between SR and its substitute, Peucedanum ledebourielloides root (PR). Herein, we performed LC-HR/MS metabolomics using fractions obtained via RP-SPEC to identify characteristic components of SR and PR. One and three characteristic components were respectively found for SR and PR; these components were isolated with their m/z values and retention times as a guide. The characteristic component of SR was identified as 4'-O-ß-D-glucosyl-5-O-methylvisamminol (1), an indicator component used to identify SR in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia. In contrast, the characteristic components of PR were identified as xanthalin (2), 4'-O-ß-D-apiosyl (1 â 6)-ß-D-glucosyl-5-O-methylvisamminol (3), and 3'-O-ß-D-apiosyl (1 â 6)-ß-D-glucosylhamaudol (4) based on spectroscopic data such as 1D- and 2D-NMR, MS, and specific optical rotation. Among them, 4 is a novel compound. For the correlation between the NMR metabolomics results in the present and our previous report, only 1 and 2 were found to correlate with the chemical shifts, and the other compounds had no correlation. As the chemical shifts for compounds 1, 3, and 4 were similar to each other, especially for the aglycone moiety, they could not be distinguished because of the sensitivity and resolution of 1H NMR. Accordingly, combining NMR and LC/MS metabolomics with their different advantages is considered useful for metabolomics of natural products. The series of methods used in our reports could aid in quality evaluations of natural products and surveying of marker components.
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Apiaceae/química , Apiaceae/classificação , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/química , Extratos Vegetais/química , Raízes de Plantas/química , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Cumarínicos , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Espectrometria de Massas , Metabolômica/métodos , Extração em Fase SólidaRESUMO
1H NMR-based metabolomics has been applied in research on food, herbal medicine, and natural products. Although excellent results were reported, samples were directly extracted with a deuterated solvent (e.g., methanol-d4 or D2O) in most reports. As primary metabolites account for most of the results, data for secondary metabolites are partially reflected. Consequently, secondary metabolites tend to be excluded from factor loading analysis, serving as a significant unfavorable feature of 1H NMR-based metabolomics when investigating biologically active or functional components in natural products and health foods. Reversed-phase solid-phase extraction column (RP-SPEC) was applied for sample preparation in 1H NMR-based metabolomics to overcome this feature. The methanol extract from Saposhnikoviae radix (SR), an important crude drug, was fractionated with RP-SPEC into 5% methanol-eluting fractions, and the remaining fraction was collected. Each fraction was subjected to 1H NMR-based metabolomics and compared to results from conventional 1H NMR-based metabolomics. Based on principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares projections to latent structures discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), the 5% methanol fraction and conventional method reflected the amount of saccharides such as sucrose on the PC1/PLS1 axes, and wild and cultivated samples were discriminated along those axes. The remaining fraction clearly distinguished SR from Peucedanum ledebourielloides root. The compounds responsible for this discrimination were deemed falcarindiol derivatives and other unidentified secondary metabolites from the s-plot on PLS-DA. The secondary metabolites from original plants were, therefore, presumed to be concentrated in the remaining fraction by RP-SPEC treatment and strongly reflected the species differences. The developed series is considered effective to perform quality evaluation of crude drugs and natural products.
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Apiaceae/química , Misturas Complexas/química , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Metabolômica/métodos , Raízes de Plantas/química , Extração em Fase Sólida/métodos , Espectroscopia de Prótons por Ressonância MagnéticaRESUMO
Coptidis rhizome (CR) is a widely used herbal medicine that contains protoberberine-type alkaloids. CR extract exhibits various pharmacologic activities. A previous study reported the isolation of Rhodococcus sp. strain BD7100 as a berberine (BBR)-utilizing bacterium, and the BBR-degradation pathway has been investigated. When we incubated strain BD7100 cells with CR extract, the number of viable cells declined with the degradation of components in the CR extract, and the culture broth exhibited antibacterial activity against strain BD7100. These results suggest that CR extract cultured in the presence of strain BD7100 contains one or more antibacterial agents. In this study, we isolated coptirhoquinone A (1) from CR extract incubated with strain BD7100 in Luria-Bertani (LB) medium, and the structure was elucidated using NMR and MS analysis. We also report the total synthesis and antimicrobial activities of 1 against bacteria, fungi, and Pythium sp.
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Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/farmacologia , Rhodococcus/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Rhodococcus/metabolismo , Antibacterianos/química , Antifúngicos/farmacologia , Antiprotozoários/farmacologia , Berberina/metabolismo , Coptis chinensis , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/química , Fungos/efeitos dos fármacos , Extratos Vegetais/química , Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia , Pythium/efeitos dos fármacos , Quinonas/química , Quinonas/isolamento & purificação , Quinonas/farmacologia , Rhodococcus/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
This research examined the production of fungal metabolites as a biological response to Kampo medicines. Shimbu-to (SMB) is a Kampo medicine composed of five herbal components: peony root (Shakuyaku), ginger (Shokyo), processed aconite root (Bushi), Poria sclerotium (Bukuryo), and Atractylodes lancea rhizomes (Sojutsu). High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis of the fungus Aspergillus nidulans CBS 112.46 incubated in potato dextrose broth supplemented with SMB extract revealed emericellin (2) as the major peak and new xanthone analogues 24-hydroxyshamixanthone (1), shamixanthone (3), epishamixanthone (4), pre-shamixanthone (5), and variecoxanthone A (6) as minor peaks. The structure of 1 was determined by detailed analysis of 1D-NMR, 2D-NMR, and MS data. The results suggest that SMB extract regulates the biosynthesis of emericellin and its analogues in A. nidulans. Further investigations revealed that glucose induces the biosynthesis of emericellin and its analogues in A. nidulans in a concentration-dependent manner.
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Aspergillus nidulans/metabolismo , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/farmacologia , Xantonas/metabolismo , Aspergillus nidulans/efeitos dos fármacos , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Medicina Kampo , Conformação Molecular , Xantonas/química , Xantonas/isolamento & purificaçãoRESUMO
To construct a model formula to evaluate the thermogenetic effect of ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) from the ingredient information, we established transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1)-stimulating activity prediction models by using a partial least-squares projections to latent structures (PLS) regression analysis in which the ingredient data from liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) and the stimulating activity values for TRPV1 receptor were used as explanatory and objective variables, respectively. By optimizing the peak extraction condition of the LC-HRMS data and the data preprocessing parameters of the PLS regression analysis, we succeeded in the construction of a TRPV1-stimulating activity prediction model with high precision ability. We then searched for the components responsible for the TRPV1-stimulating activity by analyzing the loading plot and s-plot of the model, and we identified [6]-gingerol (1) and hexahydrocurcumin (3) as TRPV1-stimulating activity components.
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Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia , Canais de Cátion TRPV/análise , Zingiber officinale/química , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Manipulação de Alimentos , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Análise dos Mínimos Quadrados , Espectrometria de Massas , Canais de Cátion TRPV/metabolismoRESUMO
Protoberberine alkaloids, including berberine, palmatine, and berberrubine, are produced by medicinal plants and are known to have various pharmacological effects. We isolated two berberine-utilizing bacteria, Sphingobium sp. strain BD3100 and Rhodococcus sp. strain BD7100, from soil collected at a natural medicine factory. BD3100 had the unique ability to utilize berberine or palmatine as the sole carbon and energy source. BD3100 produced demethyleneberberine in berberine-supplemented medium. In a resting-cell incubation with berberine, BD3100 produced 11-hydroxyberberine; the structure of 11-hydroxyberberine was determined by detailed analysis of NMR and MS spectroscopic data. α-Naphthoflavone, miconazole, and ketoconazole, which are known inhibitors of cytochrome P450, interfered with BD3100 metabolism of berberine in resting cells. Inhibition by miconazole led to the production of a new compound, 11-hydroxydemethyleneberberine. In a resting-cell incubation with palmatine, BD3100 generated 11-hydroxypalmatine. This work represents the first report of the isolation and characterization of novel berberine-utilizing aerobic bacteria for the production of 11-hydroxylation derivatives of berberine and palmatine.
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Alcaloides de Berberina/química , Alcaloides de Berberina/metabolismo , Inibidores das Enzimas do Citocromo P-450/farmacologia , Sphingomonadaceae/metabolismo , Benzoflavonas/química , Berberina/análogos & derivados , Berberina/química , Berberina/metabolismo , Alcaloides de Berberina/farmacologia , Inibidores das Enzimas do Citocromo P-450/química , Hidroxilação , Japão , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Estrutura Molecular , Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Biomolecular , Plantas Medicinais/química , Sphingomonadaceae/genéticaRESUMO
A new amino acid-sesquiterpene adduct, isoheleproline (1), was isolated from the roots of Inula helenium (elecampane), together with four known sesquiterpene lactones (2-5). The planar configuration of 1 was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data analysis, and the relative configuration of 1 was determined by performing a detailed analysis of NOESY correlations and comparing its physicochemical data with the D- and L-proline adducts of 2 obtained by Michael addition. This is the first report of a new amino acid-sesquiterpene adduct from Inula plants.
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Inula/química , Sesquiterpenos/química , Lactonas/química , Raízes de Plantas/químicaRESUMO
Nine known compounds: trans-cinnamic acid, catechin, syringin, epicatechin, symplocoside, kaempferol 3-O-rhamnoside 7-O-glucoside, isovitexin 2-O-rhamnoside, herbacetin 7-O-glucoside, and pollenitin B and a new flavonoid glycoside, characterized as herbacetin 7-O-neohesperidoside (1) on the basis of spectroscopic analysis and chemical evidence, were isolated from a traditional crude drug, "Ephedra herb extract". Compound 1 had no effects on HGF-induced motility, whereas herbacetin, which is an aglycone of 1, significantly inhibited it.
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Benzoatos , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Ephedra/química , Extratos Vegetais/química , Benzoatos/química , Benzoatos/isolamento & purificação , Benzoatos/farmacologia , Fator de Crescimento de Hepatócito/farmacologia , Humanos , Medicina KampoRESUMO
A new pyrrolidine alkaloid codonopsinol C (1), and pyrrolidine alkaloidal glycoside, codonopiloside A (2), were isolated from the roots of Codonopsis pilosula, along with four known pyrrolidine alkaloids, codonopsinol A (3), codonopsinol B (4), codonopyrrolidium B (5), and radicamine A (6). The structures of the new compounds were established by acid hydrolysis and spectroscopic methods. We describe those structures in this paper.
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Alcaloides/análise , Codonopsis/química , Glicosídeos/análise , Extratos Vegetais/análise , Pirrolidinas/análise , Alcaloides/isolamento & purificação , Glicosídeos/isolamento & purificação , Hidrólise , Extratos Vegetais/isolamento & purificação , Raízes de Plantas/química , Pirrolidinas/isolamento & purificaçãoRESUMO
Shatavari-a famous Ayurveda materia medica used mainly as a tonic for women-is distributed in health food products all over the world. The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India identifies the botanical origin of shatavari as the tuberous root of Asparagus racemosus. We recently investigated by DNA analysis the botanical origin of shatavari products on the Japanese market. The results suggested that their botanical origin was Asparagus; however, species identification was difficult. In this study, we analyzed steroidal saponins, including those specific to this plant, in these products and confirmed their origin as A. racemosus. Next, alkaloid analyses of an authentic A. racemosus plant and these products were performed, because several papers have reported the isolation of a pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepine alkaloid, asparagamine A, from this plant. Our results suggest that neither plant material nor products contained asparagamine A. It has been pointed out that Stemona plants are sometimes mistaken for shatavari, because their tuberous roots have a similar shape to that of A. racemosus, and pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepine alkaloids are thought to be Stemona-specific. These data strongly suggest that A. racemosus does not contain asparagamine A, and that previous isolation of asparagamine A from materials claimed as originating from A. racemosus was likely caused by misidentification of Stemona plants as A. racemosus.
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Asparagus/química , Compostos Heterocíclicos de 4 ou mais Anéis/análise , Extratos Vegetais/química , Stemonaceae/química , Índia , AyurvedaRESUMO
We isolated a new illegal sildenafil analogue named mutaprodenafil from a dietary supplement for erectile dysfunction (ED) and proposed that it is an aildenafil derivative containing an imidazole moiety. We subsequently synthesized mutaprodenafil from a thioaildenafil and authenticated its structure.
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Contaminação de Medicamentos , Disfunção Erétil/tratamento farmacológico , Imidazóis/análise , Imidazóis/química , Inibidores da Fosfodiesterase 5/análise , Inibidores da Fosfodiesterase 5/química , Suplementos Nutricionais/análise , Humanos , Imidazóis/síntese química , Imidazóis/farmacologia , Masculino , Estrutura Molecular , Inibidores da Fosfodiesterase 5/síntese química , Inibidores da Fosfodiesterase 5/farmacologia , Piperazinas/química , Purinas/química , Citrato de Sildenafila , Sulfonas/químicaRESUMO
Three triterpenyl esters, codonopilates A-C (1-3), were isolated from Codonopsis pilosula, along with fourteen known compounds. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic investigations.
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Codonopsis/química , Ésteres/química , Ésteres/isolamento & purificação , Triterpenos/química , Triterpenos/isolamento & purificação , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Estrutura Molecular , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização por ElectrosprayRESUMO
In a screen searching for new bioactive agents, a new indoloditerpene, penijanthine A (1), was isolated from Penicillium janthinellum IFM 55557. The structure of 1 was established on the basis of spectroscopic and chemical investigation, as well as detailed comparison with the spectroscopic and physico-chemical data of paxilline (2), which was isolated along with 1.