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Marine Drugs, Volume 21, Issue 3

2023 March - 64 articles

Cover Story: The chemical space of polyarsenicals inspired by the arsenicin A–C metabolites from the New Caledonian sponge Echinochalina bargibanti has been enriched with synthetic dialkyl adamantane and thio-noradamantane analogs, including the identification of the scarce metabolite arsenicin D. Three arsenicin A-related compounds were selectively produced and evaluated for antitumor activity on glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs), a promising therapeutic target in glioblastoma treatment. These compounds inhibited the growth of nine GSC lines more potently than the FDA-approved anti-leukemic arsenic trioxide, with GI50 values in the submicromolar range, under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions, and presented high selectivity toward non-tumor cell lines. The diethyl and dipropyl analogs, which present favorable physicochemical and ADME predicted parameters, showed the most promising results. View this paper
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Articles (64)

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,952 Views
26 Pages

Multiomic Approach for Bioprospection: Investigation of Toxins and Peptides of Brazilian Sea Anemone Bunodosoma caissarum

  • Maria Eduarda Mazzi Esquinca,
  • Claudia Neves Correa,
  • Gabriel Marques de Barros,
  • Horácio Montenegro and
  • Leandro Mantovani de Castro

22 March 2023

Sea anemones are sessile invertebrates of the phylum Cnidaria and their survival and evolutive success are highly related to the ability to produce and quickly inoculate venom, with the presence of potent toxins. In this study, a multi-omics approach...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,955 Views
16 Pages

Tetrodotoxin Decreases the Contractility of Mesenteric Arteries, Revealing the Contribution of Voltage-Gated Na+ Channels in Vascular Tone Regulation

  • Joohee Park,
  • Coralyne Proux,
  • William Ehanno,
  • Léa Réthoré,
  • Emilie Vessières,
  • Jennifer Bourreau,
  • Julie Favre,
  • Gilles Kauffenstein,
  • César Mattei and
  • Christian Legros
  • + 3 authors

22 March 2023

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) poisoning through the consumption of contaminated fish leads to lethal symptoms, including severe hypotension. This TTX-induced hypotension is likely due to the downfall of peripheral arterial resistance through direct or indirect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,750 Views
11 Pages

Antibacterial Indole Diketopiperazine Alkaloids from the Deep-Sea Cold Seep-Derived Fungus Aspergillus chevalieri

  • Li-Hong Yan,
  • Feng-Yu Du,
  • Xiao-Ming Li,
  • Sui-Qun Yang,
  • Bin-Gui Wang and
  • Xin Li

22 March 2023

A large body of fungal secondary metabolites has been discovered to exhibit potent antibacterial activities with distinctive mechanisms and has the potential to be an untapped resource for drug discovery. Here, we describe the isolation and character...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,787 Views
21 Pages

New Hybrid Phenalenone Dimer, Highly Conjugated Dihydroxylated C28 Steroid and Azaphilone from the Culture Extract of a Marine Sponge-Associated Fungus, Talaromyces pinophilus KUFA 1767

  • Fátima P. Machado,
  • Inês C. Rodrigues,
  • Aikaterini Georgopolou,
  • Luís Gales,
  • José A. Pereira,
  • Paulo M. Costa,
  • Sharad Mistry,
  • Salar Hafez Ghoran,
  • Artur M. S. Silva and
  • Anake Kijjoa
  • + 2 authors

21 March 2023

An undescribed hybrid phenalenone dimer, talaropinophilone (3), an unreported azaphilone, 7-epi-pinazaphilone B (4), an unreported phthalide dimer, talaropinophilide (6), and an undescribed 9R,15S-dihydroxy-ergosta-4,6,8 (14)-tetraen-3-one (7) were i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
7,248 Views
29 Pages

Marine-Derived Compounds Applied in Cardiovascular Diseases: Submerged Medicinal Industry

  • Wasim Akram,
  • Mohd Rihan,
  • Sakeel Ahmed,
  • Swamita Arora,
  • Sameer Ahmad and
  • Rahul Vashishth

21 March 2023

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are among the most impactful illnesses globally. Currently, the available therapeutic option has several side effects, including hypotension, bradycardia, arrhythmia, and alteration in different ion concentrations. Rece...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,705 Views
17 Pages

Recombinant Analogs of Sea Anemone Kunitz-Type Peptides Influence P2X7 Receptor Activity in Neuro-2a Cells

  • Evgeny A. Pislyagin,
  • Ekaterina S. Menchinskaya,
  • Irina N. Gladkikh,
  • Aleksandra N. Kvetkina,
  • Oksana V. Sintsova,
  • Darya V. Popkova,
  • Sergei A. Kozlovskiy,
  • Tatiana Y. Gorpenchenko,
  • Galina N. Likhatskaya and
  • Elena V. Leychenko
  • + 6 authors

20 March 2023

Purinergic P2X7 receptors (P2X7) have now been proven to play an important role and represent an important therapeutic target in many pathological conditions including neurodegeneration. Here, we investigated the impact of peptides on purinergic sign...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,217 Views
13 Pages

Semi-Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 25(R)-26-Acetoxy-3β,5α-Dihydroxycholest-6-One

  • Mireguli Maimaitiming,
  • Ling Lv,
  • Xuetao Zhang,
  • Shuli Xia,
  • Xin Li,
  • Pingyuan Wang,
  • Zhiqing Liu and
  • Chang-Yun Wang

20 March 2023

Previously, we identified a series of steroids (1–6) that showed potent anti-virus activities against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), with IC50 values ranging from 3.23 to 0.19 µM. In this work, we first semi-synthesized and characteri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,643 Views
16 Pages

Bioconversion of Cheese Whey and Food By-Products by Phaeodactylum tricornutum into Fucoxanthin and n-3 Lc-PUFA through a Biorefinery Approach

  • Giovanni Luca Russo,
  • Antonio Luca Langellotti,
  • Vito Verardo,
  • Beatriz Martín-García,
  • Maria Oliviero,
  • Marco Baselice,
  • Prospero Di Pierro,
  • Angela Sorrentino,
  • Sharon Viscardi and
  • Paolo Masi
  • + 2 authors

19 March 2023

This study investigates the potential of utilizing three food wastes: cheese whey (CW), beet molasses (BM), and corn steep liquor (CSL) as alternative nutrient sources for the cultivation of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, a promising source of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
183 Citations
12,003 Views
17 Pages

Alginate-Based Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

  • Nima Farshidfar,
  • Siavash Iravani and
  • Rajender S. Varma

18 March 2023

Today, with the salient advancements of modern and smart technologies related to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (TE-RM), the use of sustainable and biodegradable materials with biocompatibility and cost-effective advantages have been in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,880 Views
17 Pages

Fatty Acids in Waste Tissues: The Nutraceutical Value of Gonads and Livers from the Moroccan Hypophthalmichthys molitrix and Cyprinus carpio Fishes

  • Giuseppina Tommonaro,
  • Debora Paris,
  • Giulia Guerriero,
  • Fatima-Zahra Majdoubi,
  • Gaetano Grieco,
  • Carmine Iodice,
  • Lucio Caso,
  • Anouar Ouizgane,
  • Aziz El Moujtahid and
  • Annabella Tramice
  • + 4 authors

17 March 2023

Fishes are an important component of human nutrition, mainly acting as source of essential fatty acids in the prevention of cardiovascular disorders. The increase in their consumption has led to a growth of fishes waste; therefore, the disposal and r...

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