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Influence of LAR and VAR on Para-Aminopyridine Antimalarials Targetting Haematin in Chloroquine-Resistance
Antimalarial chloroquine (CQ) prevents haematin detoxication when CQ-base concentrates in the acidic digestive vacuole through protonation of its p-aminopyridine (pAP) basic aro- matic nitrogen and sidechain diethyl-N. CQ export through the variant vacuolar membrane export channel, PFCRT, causes CQ-resistance in Plasmodium falciparum but 3-methyl CQ (sontochin SC), des-ethyl amodiaquine (DAQ) and bis 4-aminoquinoline piperaquine (PQ) are still active. This is determined by changes in drug accumulation ratios in parasite lipid (LAR) and in vacuolar water (VAR). Higher LAR may facilitate drug binding to and blocking PFCRT and also aid haematin in lipid to bind drug. LAR for CQ is only 8.3; VAR is 143,482. More hydrophobic SC has LAR 143; VAR remains 68,523. Similarly DAQ with a phenol sub- stituent has LAR of 40.8, with VAR 89,366. In PQ, basicity of each pAP is reduced by distal piperazine N, allowing very high LAR of 973,492, retaining VAR of 104,378. In another bis quinoline, dichlorquinazine (DCQ), also active but clinically unsatisfactory, each pAP retains basicity, being insulated by a 2-carbon chain from a proximal nitrogen of the single linking piperazine. While LAR of 15,488 is still high, the lowest estimate of VAR approaches 4.9 million. DCQ may be expected to be very highly lysosomotropic and therefore potentially hepatotoxic. In 11 pAP antimalarials a quadratic relationship between logLAR and logRe- sistance Index (RI) was confirmed, while log (LAR/VAR) vs logRI for 12 was linear. Both might be used to predict the utility of structural modifications
Common Phenolic Metabolites of Flavonoids, but Not Their Unmetabolized Precursors, Reduce the Secretion of Vascular Cellular Adhesion Molecules by Human Endothelial Cells
Background: Flavonoids have been implicated in the prevention of cardiovascular disease; however, their mechanisms of action have yet to be elucidated, possibly because most previous in vitro studies have used supraphysiological concentrations of unmetabolized flavonoids, overlooking their more bioavailable phenolic metabolites.
Objective: We aimed to explore the effects of phenolic metabolites and their precursor flavonoids at physiologically achievable concentrations, in isolation and combination, on soluble vascular cellular adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1).
Method: Fourteen phenolic acid metabolites and 6 flavonoids were screened at 1 μM for their relative effects on sVCAM-1 secretion by human umbilical vein endothelial cells stimulated with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). The active metabolites were further studied for their response at different concentrations (0.01 μM–100 μM), structure-activity relationships, and effect on vascular cellular adhesion molecule (VCAM)-1 mRNA expression. In addition, the additive activity of the metabolites and flavonoids was investigated by screening 25 unique mixtures at cumulative equimolar concentrations of 1 μM.
Results: Of the 20 compounds screened at 1 μM, inhibition of sVCAM-1 secretion was elicited by 4 phenolic metabolites, of which protocatechuic acid (PCA) was the most active (−17.2%, P = 0.05). Investigations into their responses at different concentrations showed that PCA significantly reduced sVCAM-1 15.2–36.5% between 1 and 100 μM, protocatechuic acid-3-sulfate and isovanillic acid reduced sVCAM-1 levels 12.2–54.7% between 10 and 100 μM, and protocatechuic acid-4-sulfate and isovanillic acid-3-glucuronide reduced sVCAM-1 secretion 27.6% and 42.8%, respectively, only at 100 μM. PCA demonstrated the strongest protein response and was therefore explored for its effect on VCAM-1 mRNA, where 78.4% inhibition was observed only after treatment with 100 μM PCA. Mixtures of the metabolites showed no activity toward sVCAM-1, suggesting no additive activity at 1 μM.
Conclusions: The present findings suggest that metabolism of flavonoids increases their vascular efficacy, resulting in a diversity of structures of varying bioactivity in human endothelial cells
Correction: Influence of LAR and VAR on Para-Aminopyridine Antimalarials Targetting Haematin in Chloroquine-Resistance
Physicochemical and other parameters for the compounds studied.
<p>Physicochemical and other parameters for the compounds studied.</p
Structures of the German CQ (resochin) replacement sontochin (SC) and PH-203, a highly active <i>p</i>AP recently developed from SC [20].
<p>Structures of the German CQ (resochin) replacement sontochin (SC) and PH-203, a highly active <i>p</i>AP recently developed from SC [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0160091#pone.0160091.ref020" target="_blank">20</a>].</p
2<sup>nd</sup> order polynomial for logRI (y) on Log LAR(x) for 11 <i>p</i>-aminopyridines and one outlier.
<p>2<sup>nd</sup> order polynomial for logRI (y) on Log LAR(x) for 11 <i>p</i>-aminopyridines and one outlier.</p
Methods for Isolating, Identifying, and Quantifying Anthocyanin Metabolites in Clinical Samples
The metabolic fate of anthocyanins
until recently was relatively unknown, primarily as a result of their
instability at physiological pH and a lack of published methods for
isolating and identifying their metabolites from biological samples.
The aim of the present work was to establish methods for the extraction
and quantification of anthocyanin metabolites present in urine, serum,
and fecal samples. 35 commercial and 10 synthetic analytes, including
both known and predicted human and microbial metabolites of anthocyanins,
were obtained as reference standards. HPLC and MS/MS conditions were
optimized for organic modifier, ionic modifier, mobile phase gradient,
flow rate, column type, MS source, and compound dependent parameters.
The impact of sorbent, solvent, acid, preservative, elution, and evaporation
on solid phase extraction (SPE) efficiency was also explored. The
HPLC-MS/MS method validation demonstrated acceptable linearity (<i>R</i><sup>2</sup>, 0.997 ± 0.002) and sensitivity (limits
of detection (LODs): urine, 100 ± 375 nM; serum, 104 ± 358
nM; feces 138 ± 344 nM), and the final SPE methods provided recoveries
of 88.3 ± 17.8% for urine, 86.5 ± 11.1% for serum, and 80.6
± 20.9% for feces. The final methods were applied to clinical
samples derived from an anthocyanin intervention study, where 36 of
the 45 modeled metabolites were detected within urine, plasma, or
fecal samples. The described methods provide suitable versatility
for the identification and quantification of an extensive series of
anthocyanin metabolites for use in future clinical studies exploring
absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination