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J Nat Prod ; 84(4): 1198-1202, 2021 04 23.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33606529

ABSTRACT

Five new quinolizidine alkaloids were isolated from the leaves of Cylicomorpha solmstii (Urb.) Urb. (Caricaceae) and named cylicomorphins A-E (1-5). They all are ester derivatives of the same basic quinolizidine skeleton bearing hydroxy, methyl, and ethanoic acid substituents. Their structures were mainly established by NMR spectroscopy, and the absolute configuration is proposed on the basis of VCD data and Mosher ester derivatization. Compound 5 displayed cytotoxicity in the 10 µM range against an HCT-116 cell line.


Subject(s)
Alkaloids/pharmacology , Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacology , Caricaceae/chemistry , Quinolizidines/pharmacology , Alkaloids/isolation & purification , Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/isolation & purification , Cameroon , HCT116 Cells , Humans , Molecular Structure , Phytochemicals/isolation & purification , Phytochemicals/pharmacology , Plant Leaves/chemistry , Quinolizidines/isolation & purification
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Sci Rep ; 10(1): 3074, 2020 02 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32080277

ABSTRACT

The proteolytic fraction (P1G10) from Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis, displays gastric protective and healing activities in different skin lesions in mice and human. In an excisional model, this fraction accelerates resolution of lesions and modulates inflammatory mediators. Based on these data, we assessed its anti-inflammatory activity in murine colitis model, induced by 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS) adopted by its physiopathological similarity with human colitis. Twenty four hours after colitis induction followed by three days of treatment, P1G10 at 0.3 and 3.0 mg/Kg induced 30% increase in body weight (p < 0.0001) and ~80% reduction in colon macroscopic damage score (p < 0.05) compared to the untreated TNBS-induced colitis group. Histological analyses showed that 0.3 mg/Kg P1G10 reduced the inflammatory profile and tissue damage (47%, p < 0.05) when it was proteolytically active. Compared to TNBS group, 0.3 mg/Kg P1G10 reduced MPO activity (80%, p < 0.01), MCP-1 (47%, p < 0.05) and TNF-α (50%, no significant) and increased IL-10 (330%, p < 0.001) levels in the supernatant of colonic tissue homogenate. P1G10 treatment also reduced COX-2 expression (60%, p < 0.05) and metalloprotease-2 activity (39%, p < 0.05) while increased globet cell density (140%, p < 0.01), that contributes to mucus layer protection in colonic tissue. Taken together, these findings suggest that low doses of active P1G10 promotes lesion resolution, at least in part by its anti-inflammatory activity, in TNBS-colitis model.


Subject(s)
Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology , Colitis/chemically induced , Colitis/pathology , Latex/chemistry , Proteolysis , Animals , Caricaceae/chemistry , Colitis/enzymology , Colon/drug effects , Colon/pathology , Cyclooxygenase 2/metabolism , Cytokines/metabolism , Disease Models, Animal , Hexosaminidases/metabolism , Humans , Inflammation Mediators/metabolism , Matrix Metalloproteinase 2/metabolism , Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/metabolism , Mice , Peroxidase/metabolism , Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid , Weight Loss/drug effects
3.
J Chem Inf Model ; 53(10): 2689-700, 2013 Oct 28.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24032548

ABSTRACT

Aroma in Vasconcellea pubescens fruit is determined by esters, which are the products of catalysis by alcohol acyltransferase (VpAAT1). VpAAT1 protein structure displayed the conserved HxxxD motif facing the solvent channel in the center of the structure. To gain insight into the role of these catalytic residues, kinetic and site-directed mutagenesis studies were carried out in VpAAT1 protein. Based on dead-end inhibition studies, the kinetic could be described in terms of a ternary complex mechanism with the H166 residue as the catalytic base. Kinetic results showed the lowest Km value for hexanoyl-CoA. Additionally, the most favorable predicted substrate orientation was observed for hexanoyl-CoA, showing a coincidence between kinetic studies and molecular docking analysis. Substitutions H166A, D170A, D170N, and D170E were evaluated in silico. The solvent channel in all mutant structures was lost, showing large differences with the native structure. Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations were able to describe unfavored energies for the interaction of the mutant proteins with different alcohols and acyl-CoAs. Additionally, in vitro site-directed mutagenesis of H166 and D170 in VpAAT1 induced a loss of activity, confirming the functional role of both residues for the activity, H166 being directly involved in catalysis.


Subject(s)
Acyl Coenzyme A/chemistry , Acyltransferases/chemistry , Caricaceae/enzymology , Fruit/enzymology , Molecular Dynamics Simulation , Plant Proteins/chemistry , Acyltransferases/genetics , Amino Acid Motifs , Biocatalysis , Caricaceae/chemistry , Catalytic Domain , Enzyme Assays , Escherichia coli/genetics , Escherichia coli/metabolism , Fruit/chemistry , Kinetics , Molecular Docking Simulation , Mutagenesis, Site-Directed , Plant Proteins/genetics , Recombinant Proteins/chemistry , Recombinant Proteins/genetics , Thermodynamics
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Planta ; 236(5): 1471-84, 2012 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22790602

ABSTRACT

Vasconcellea quercifolia (Caricaceae) latex contains several cysteine endopeptidases with high proteolytic activity. Cysteine endopeptidases are the main active compounds used by the plant as a defense mechanism. A proteolytic preparation from V. quercifolia ("oak leaved papaya") latex was purified by cation exchange chromatography. From SDS-PAGE and blotting of the selected fractions, the N-terminal amino acid sequences of polypeptides were determined by Edman's degradation. The analysis by peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) of the enzymes allowed their characterization and confirmed the presence of seven different cysteine proteinases in the latex of V. quercifolia. Moreover, the comparison between the tryptic maps with those deposited in databases using the MASCOT tool showed that none of the isolated proteases matched with another plant protease. Notably, a propeptidase was detected in the plant latex, which is being the first report in this sense. Furthermore, the cDNA of one of the cysteine proteases that is expressed in the latex of V. quercifolia was cloned and sequenced. The consensus sequence was aligned using the ClustalX web server, which allowed detecting a high degree of identity with cysteine proteases of the Caricaceae family and establishing the evolutionary relationship between them. We also observed a high conservation degree for those amino acid residues which are essential for the catalytic activity and tridimensional structure of the plant proteases belonging to the subfamily C1A. The PMF analysis strongly suggests that the sequence obtained corresponds to the VQ-III peptidase.


Subject(s)
Caricaceae/chemistry , Latex/metabolism , Peptide Hydrolases/chemistry , Peptide Hydrolases/metabolism , Amino Acid Sequence , Base Sequence , Caricaceae/metabolism , Cloning, Molecular , Conserved Sequence , Cysteine Proteases/chemistry , Cysteine Proteases/genetics , Cysteine Proteases/metabolism , Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel , Models, Molecular , Molecular Sequence Data , Peptide Hydrolases/isolation & purification , Peptide Mapping , Phylogeny , Plant Proteins/analysis , Plant Proteins/chemistry , Plant Proteins/metabolism , Protein Structure, Tertiary , Proteolysis
5.
J Agric Food Chem ; 58(20): 11027-35, 2010 Oct 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20873836

ABSTRACT

A new proteolytic preparation from Vasconcellea quercifolia ("oak leaved papaya") latex containing several cysteine endopeptidases with high proteolytic activity has been obtained. The specific activity of the new enzymatic preparation (VQ) was higher than that of Carica papaya latex. VQ was able to coagulate milk and to hydrolyze caseins and then could be used to produce cheeses and/or casein hydrolysates. Ion exchange chromatography of VQ allowed the isolation of a new protease, named quercifoliain I, homogeneous when analyzed by SDS-PAGE, IEF and MALDI-TOF-MS. Molecular mass was 24195 Da, and its isoelectric point was >9.3. The N-terminal sequence was determined (YPESVDWRQ). Insulin B-chain cleavage showed higher specificity than that of papain and was restricted to glycyl and alanyl residues at P1' position. The tryptic peptide mass fingerprint of quercifoliain I analyzed with the MASCOT search tool did not find a match with papain or any other plant cysteine proteases.


Subject(s)
Caricaceae/enzymology , Cysteine Endopeptidases/chemistry , Cysteine Endopeptidases/isolation & purification , Latex/chemistry , Plant Proteins/chemistry , Plant Proteins/isolation & purification , Amino Acid Sequence , Biocatalysis , Caricaceae/chemistry , Caricaceae/genetics , Cysteine Endopeptidases/genetics , Cysteine Endopeptidases/metabolism , Enzyme Stability , Insulin/chemistry , Insulin/metabolism , Isoelectric Point , Molecular Sequence Data , Plant Proteins/genetics , Plant Proteins/metabolism , Substrate Specificity
6.
Phytochemistry ; 60(8): 873-82, 2002 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12150815

ABSTRACT

Leaf and stem material of Passiflora edulis (Passifloraceae) contains the new cyanogenic glycosides (2R)-beta-D-allopyranosyloxy-2-phenylacetonitrile (1a) and (2S)-beta-D-allopyranosyloxy-2-phenylacetonitrile (1b), along with smaller amounts of (2R)-prunasin (2a), sambunigrin (2b), and the alloside of benzyl alcohol (4); the major cyanogens of the fruits are (2R)-prunasin (2a) and (2S)-sambunigrin (2b). The major cyanogenic glycoside of Carica papaya (Caricaceae) is 2a; only small amounts of 2b also are present. We were not able to confirm the presence of a cyclopentenoid cyanogenic glycoside, tetraphyllin B, in Carica papaya leaf and stem materials. In detailed 1H NMR studies of 1a/b and 2a/b, differences in higher order effects in glucosides and allosides proved to be valuable for assignment of structures in this series. The diagnostic chemical shifts of cyanogenic methine and anomeric protons in 1a/b are sensitive to anisotropic environmental effects. The assignment of C-2 stereochemistry of 1a/b was made in analogy to previous assignments in the glucoside series and was supported by GLC analysis of the TMS ethers.


Subject(s)
Caricaceae/chemistry , Glycosides/isolation & purification , Passifloraceae/chemistry , Chromatography, Thin Layer , Electrophoresis, Capillary , Glycosides/chemistry , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Mass Spectrometry , Molecular Structure
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