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AIMS: The present work describes the synthesis and the biological evaluation of novel compounds acting as pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) inhibitors. These drugs should become a new therapeutic approach for the treatment of pathologies improved by the control of the blood lactate level. METHODS: Four series of compounds belonging to N-(4-(N-alkyl/aralkylsulfamoyl)phenyl)-2- methylpropanamides and 1,2,4-benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxides were prepared and evaluated as PDK inhibitors. RESULTS: The newly synthesized N-(4-(N-alkyl/aralkylsulfamoyl)phenyl)-2-methylpropanamides structurally related to previously reported reference compounds 4 and 5 were found to be potent PDK inhibitors (i.e. 10d: IC50 = 41 nM). 1,2,4-Benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxides carrying a (methyl/ trifluoromethyl)-propanamide moiety at the 6-position were also designed as conformationally restricted ring-closed analogues of N-(4-(N-alkyl/aralkylsulfamoyl)phenyl)-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanamides. Most of them were found to be less potent than their ring-opened analogues. Interestingly, the best choice of hydrocarbon side chain at the 4-position was the benzyl chain, providing 11c (IC50 = 3.6 µM) belonging to "unsaturated" 1,2,4-benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxides, and 12c (IC50 = 0.5 µM) belonging to "saturated' 1,2,4-benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxides. CONCLUSION: This work showed that ring-closed analogues of N-(4-(N-alkyl/aralkylsulfamoyl) phenyl)- 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanamides were less active as PDK inhibitors than their corresponding ring-opened analogues. However, the introduction of a bulkier substituent at the 4-position of the 1,2,4-benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxide core structure, such as a benzyl or a phenethyl side chain, was allowed, opening the way to the design of new inhibitors with improved PDK inhibitory activity.
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Benzotiadiazinas , Tiazidas , Benzotiadiazinas/química , Benzotiadiazinas/farmacologia , Piruvato Desidrogenase Quinase de Transferência de Acetil , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are a group of neurodegenerative disorders caused by a posttranslational, conformational change in the cellular isoform of the prion protein (PrP(C)) into an infectious, disease-associated form (PrP(Sc)). Increasing evidence supports a role for PrP(C) in the cellular response to oxidative stress. We investigated the effect of oxidative stress mediated by paraquat exposure on SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. A loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and subsequent reduction in ATP production were demonstrated in untransfected SH-SY5Y cells, an effect that was ameliorated by the expression of PrP(C). Cells expressing either PrP-DeltaOct, which lacks the octapeptide repeats, or PrP-DA, in which the N-terminus is tethered to the membrane, showed increased sensitivity to paraquat compared with cells expressing wild-type PrP(C) as shown by reduced viability, loss of their membrane integrity, and reduced mitochondrial bioenergetic measurements. Exposure of prion-infected mouse SMB15S cells to paraquat resulted in a reduction in viability to levels similar to those seen in the untransfected SH-SY5Y cells. However, "curing" the cells with pentosan sulfate restored the viability to the level observed in the SH-SY5Y cells expressing PrP(C). These data would indicate that the molecular mechanism promoting cellular resistance to oxidative stress had been compromised in the infected SMB15S cells, which could be reinstated upon curing. Our study supports the hypothesis that PrP(C) expression protects cells against paraquat-induced oxidative injury, demonstrates the significance of the N-terminal region of the protein in mediating this protective effect, and also shows that the biochemical consequences of prion infection may be reversed with therapeutic intervention.
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Neurônios/efeitos dos fármacos , Fármacos Neuroprotetores/farmacologia , Oxidantes/intoxicação , Estresse Oxidativo , Paraquat/intoxicação , Príons/farmacologia , Trifosfato de Adenosina/antagonistas & inibidores , Animais , Linhagem Celular , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Resistência a Medicamentos , Metabolismo Energético/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Potencial da Membrana Mitocondrial/efeitos dos fármacos , Camundongos , Mitocôndrias/efeitos dos fármacos , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Neurônios/metabolismo , Poliéster Sulfúrico de Pentosana/farmacologia , Príons/genética , Isoformas de Proteínas/genética , Isoformas de Proteínas/farmacologia , Scrapie/metabolismo , Scrapie/patologia , Scrapie/fisiopatologia , TransfecçãoRESUMO
We propose a multi-dimensional strategy, associating immunodetection to a protein fractionating two-dimensional liquid chromatography tool, for serological characterization of microbial antigens. The originality of such immunoproteomic approaches resides in their application in large-scale studies for rapid serotyping of micro-organisms, evaluation of immunomes and could be proposed in the development and monitoring of vaccines.
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Antígenos de Bactérias/análise , Antígenos de Bactérias/imunologia , Bacillus subtilis/imunologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/análise , Proteínas de Bactérias/imunologia , Proteômica , Western Blotting , Cromatografia Líquida , Eletroforese em Gel de Poliacrilamida , Técnicas Imunológicas , Microscopia/métodos , Proteoma/análise , Sorotipagem , Análise Espectral , Espectrometria de Massas em TandemRESUMO
Bacterial vaginoses are frequent in women, most of them involving Gardnerella vaginalis. In more than 50% of the cases, usual antibiotic treatments are not capable of eliminating completely the infection, leading to recurrent vaginosis. In addition to the appearance of antibiotic resistance, recurrence can be due to the development of a biofilm by G. vaginalis. In vitro experiments on G. vaginalis biofilms showed that the biofilm protected bacteria from the antibiotic clindamycin. Also, recombinant human lysozyme (rhLys) was able to both degrade biofilms and prevent their formation. This degradation effect persisted whenever other vaginal commensal or pathogenic microorganisms were added to the culture and on each tested clinical biofilm-producing strain of G. vaginalis. The co-administration of rhLys and clindamycin or metronidazole improved both antibiotics' efficiency and lysozyme-driven biofilm degradation. The comparison of both clindamycin and metronidazole antibacterial spectra showed that metronidazole was preferable to treat vaginosis. This suggests that human lysozyme could be added as an anti-biofilm cotreatment to vaginal antibiotherapy, preferably metronidazole, against Gardnerella vaginalis infection in vivo. [Int Microbiol 19(2): 101-107 (2016)].
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Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Biofilmes/efeitos dos fármacos , Gardnerella vaginalis/efeitos dos fármacos , Muramidase/uso terapêutico , Vaginose Bacteriana/tratamento farmacológico , Feminino , HumanosRESUMO
During preclinical stage of prion diseases, secondary lymphoid organs seem to play an important role in prion amplification prior the invasion of the associated peripheral nervous system. In mice, it was shown that the relative positioning of follicular dendritic cells (FDC) and sympathetic nervous system (SNS) affects the velocity of neuroinvasion following scrapie inoculation. In this study, we checked if scrapie infection, by oral or intraperitoneal route, could influence this neuroimmune interface between FDC and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) positive neural fibres within Peyer's patches (PP) and spleen of the C57BL/6 mouse strain. We concluded that, in vivo, scrapie 139A and ME7 strains do not modify FDC-SNS neuroimmune interface. However, age seems to alter this neuroimmune interface and thus could influence the neuroinvasion in prion pathogenesis.
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Células Dendríticas Foliculares/patologia , Nódulos Linfáticos Agregados/patologia , Scrapie/patologia , Baço/patologia , Sistema Nervoso Simpático/patologia , Animais , Células Dendríticas Foliculares/metabolismo , Injeções Intraperitoneais , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Microscopia Confocal , Proteína Proteolipídica de Mielina/metabolismo , Fibras Nervosas/metabolismo , Fibras Nervosas/patologia , Rede Nervosa/metabolismo , Rede Nervosa/patologia , Proteínas PrPSc/metabolismo , Proteínas/metabolismo , Estatística como Assunto , Tirosina 3-Mono-Oxigenase/metabolismoRESUMO
Bacterial vaginoses are frequent in women, most of them involving Gardnerella vaginalis. In more than 50% of the cases, usual antibiotic treatments are not capable of eliminating completely the infection, leading to recurrent vaginosis. In addition to the appearance of antibiotic resistance, recurrence can be due to the development of a biofilm by G. vaginalis. In vitro experiments on G. vaginalis biofilms showed that the biofilm protected bacteria from the antibiotic clindamycin. Also, recombinant human lysozyme (rhLys) was able to both degrade biofilms and prevent their formation. This degradation effect persisted whenever other vaginal commensal or pathogenic microorganisms were added to the culture and on each tested clinical biofilm-producing strain of G. vaginalis. The co-administration of rhLys and clindamycin or metronidazole improved both antibiotics efficiency and lysozyme-driven biofilm degradation. The comparison of both clindamycin and metronidazole antibacterial spectra showed that metronidazole was preferable to treat vaginosis. This suggests that human lysozyme could be added as an anti-biofilm cotreatment to vaginal antibiotherapy, preferably metronidazole, against Gardnerella vaginalis infection in vivo (AU)
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Humanos , Feminino , Gardnerella vaginalis/isolamento & purificação , Vaginose Bacteriana/microbiologia , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Muramidase/uso terapêutico , Infecções por Bactérias Gram-Positivas/tratamento farmacológico , Quimioterapia Combinada/métodos , Clindamicina/uso terapêutico , Metronidazol/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
We are confronted daily to unknown microorganisms that have yet to be characterized, detected, and/or analyzed. We propose, in this study, a multidimensional strategy using polyclonal antibodies, consisting of a novel proteomic tool, the ProteomeLab PF2D, coupled to immunological techniques and mass spectrometry (i-PF2D-MS/MS). To evaluate this strategy, we have applied it to Bacillus subtilis, considered here as our unknown bacterial model.
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Antígenos de Bactérias/análise , Bacillus subtilis/imunologia , Espectrometria de Massas/métodos , Proteômica/métodos , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Anticorpos Antibacterianos/imunologia , Anticorpos Antibacterianos/ultraestrutura , Bacillus subtilis/ultraestrutura , Western Blotting , Interações Hidrofóbicas e Hidrofílicas , Soros Imunes , Ponto Isoelétrico , Microscopia Eletrônica , Dados de Sequência MolecularRESUMO
During preclinical stages of cattle orally infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the responsible agent is confined to ileal Peyer's patches (IPP), namely in nerve fibers and in lymph follicles, before reaching the peripheral and central nervous systems. No infectivity has been reported in other bovine lymphoid organs, including jejunal Peyer's patches (JPP). To determine the potential sites for prion neuroinvasion in IPP, we analyzed the mucosal innervation and the interface between nerve fibers and follicular dendritic cells (FDC), two dramatic influences on neuroinvasion. Bovine IPP were studied at three ages, viz., newborn calves, calves less than 12 months old, and bovines older than 24 months, and the parameters obtained were compared with those of JPP. No differences in innervation patterns between IPP and JPP were found. The major difference observed was that, in calves of less than 12 months, IPP were the major mucosal-associated lymphoid organ that possessed a large number of follicles with extended FDC networks. Using a panel of antibodies, we showed that PP in 24-month-old bovines were highly innervated at various strategic sites assumed to be involved in the invasion and replication of the BSE pathogen: the suprafollicular dome, T cell area, and germinal centers. In PP in calves of less than 12 months old, no nerve fibers positive for the neurofilament markers NF-L (70 kDa) and NF-H (200 kDa) were observed in contact with FDC. Thus, in view of the proportion of these protein subunits present in neurofilaments, the innervation of the germinal centers can be said to be an age-dependent dynamic process. This variation in innervation might influence the path of neuroinvasion and, thus, the susceptibility of bovines to the BSE agent.
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Envelhecimento , Encefalopatia Espongiforme Bovina/transmissão , Íleo/inervação , Jejuno/inervação , Nódulos Linfáticos Agregados/inervação , Príons , Envelhecimento/imunologia , Envelhecimento/metabolismo , Envelhecimento/patologia , Animais , Bovinos , Células Dendríticas Foliculares/imunologia , Células Dendríticas Foliculares/metabolismo , Células Dendríticas Foliculares/patologia , Encefalopatia Espongiforme Bovina/imunologia , Encefalopatia Espongiforme Bovina/patologia , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Centro Germinativo/metabolismo , Centro Germinativo/patologia , Íleo/imunologia , Íleo/metabolismo , Imuno-Histoquímica , Jejuno/imunologia , Jejuno/metabolismo , Jejuno/patologia , Fibras Nervosas/imunologia , Fibras Nervosas/metabolismo , Fibras Nervosas/patologia , Proteínas de Neurofilamentos/biossíntese , Proteínas de Neurofilamentos/imunologia , Nódulos Linfáticos Agregados/metabolismo , Nódulos Linfáticos Agregados/patologia , Príons/imunologia , Príons/metabolismoRESUMO
A synthetic peptide corresponding to the 106-126 amyloidogenic region of the cellular human prion protein (PrP(c)) is useful for in vitro study of prion-induced neuronal cell death. The aim of the present work was to examine the implication of the cellular prion protein in the toxicity mechanism induced by PrP 106-126. The effect of PrP 106-126 was investigated both on human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells and on SH-SY5Y overexpressing murine cellular prions (wtPrP). We show by metabolic assay tests and ATP assays that PrP(c) expression does not modulate the toxicity of the prion peptide. Moreover, we investigated the effect of this peptide on an established non neuronal model, rabbit kidney epithelial A74 cells that express a doxycycline-inducible murine PrP(c) gene. We show for the first time that the prion peptide 106-126 does not exert any toxic effect on this cell line in the presence or absence of doxycycline. Our results show that the PrP 106-126-induced cell alteration is independent of PrP(c) expression. Rather, it seems to act via an interaction with lipidic components of the plasma membrane as strengthened by our results showing the differential susceptibility of neuronal and non neuronal cell lines that significantly differ by their membrane fatty acid composition.
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Sistema Nervoso Central/metabolismo , Células Epiteliais/metabolismo , Lipídeos de Membrana/metabolismo , Neurônios/metabolismo , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/toxicidade , Doenças Priônicas/metabolismo , Príons/toxicidade , Animais , Morte Celular/fisiologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Membrana Celular/química , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Sistema Nervoso Central/patologia , Sistema Nervoso Central/fisiopatologia , Resistência a Medicamentos/fisiologia , Células Epiteliais/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Epiteliais/patologia , Humanos , Lipídeos de Membrana/química , Camundongos , Degeneração Neural/metabolismo , Degeneração Neural/fisiopatologia , Neurônios/efeitos dos fármacos , Neurônios/patologia , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/metabolismo , Proteínas PrPC/genética , Proteínas PrPC/metabolismo , Doenças Priônicas/fisiopatologia , Príons/metabolismo , Coelhos , Transfecção , Transgenes/genéticaRESUMO
Immuno-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is an extremely sensitive detection method, combining the specificity of antibody detection and the sensitivity of PCR. We have developed an immuno-quantitative PCR (iqPCR), exploiting real-time PCR technology, in order to improve this immuno-detection method and make it quantitative. To illustrate the advantages of iqPCR, we have compared it with a conventional enzyme linked immuno sorbent assay (ELISA) technique in experiments aimed at detecting the cellular and the resistant form of prion protein in bovine brain extract. The iqPCR technique proved to be more sensitive than ELISA, so it could be a technique of choice for the diagnosis of infected animals both at an ante mortem and post-mortem stage.