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Risk assessment of Soulatrolide and Mammea (A/BA+A/BB) coumarins from Calophyllum brasiliense by a toxicogenomic and toxicological approach.
Gomez-Verjan, J C; Estrella-Parra, E; Vazquez-Martinez, E R; Gonzalez-Sanchez, I; Guerrero-Magos, G; Mendoza-Villanueva, D; Isus, L; Alfaro, A; Cerbón-Cervantes, M; Aloy, P; Reyes-Chilpa, R.
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  • Gomez-Verjan JC; Departamento de Productos Naturales, Instituto de Química, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: carlosverjan@comunidad.unam.mx.
  • Estrella-Parra E; Departamento de Productos Naturales, Instituto de Química, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Vazquez-Martinez ER; Unidad de Investigacion en Reproduccion Humana, Instituto Nacional de Perinatologia-Facultad de Química, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Gonzalez-Sanchez I; Departamento de Productos Naturales, Instituto de Química, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Guerrero-Magos G; Laboratorio de Fitofarmacología, Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM, México City, Mexico.
  • Mendoza-Villanueva D; Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, USA.
  • Isus L; Joint IRB-BSC-CRG Program in Computational Biology, Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
  • Alfaro A; Unidad de Medicina Genómica, Facultad de Medicina, UNAM/Hospital General de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
  • Cerbón-Cervantes M; Unidad de Investigacion en Reproduccion Humana, Instituto Nacional de Perinatologia-Facultad de Química, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Aloy P; Joint IRB-BSC-CRG Program in Computational Biology, Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
  • Reyes-Chilpa R; Departamento de Productos Naturales, Instituto de Química, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: chilpa@unam.mx.
Food Chem Toxicol ; 91: 117-29, 2016 May.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26995226
Calophyllum brasiliense (Calophyllaceae) is a tropical rain forest tree distributed in Central and South America. It is an important source of tetracyclic dipyrano coumarins (Soulatrolide) and Mammea type coumarins. Soulatrolide is a potent inhibitor of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and displays activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Meanwhile, Mammea A/BA and A/BB, pure or as a mixture, are highly active against several human leukemia cell lines, Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania amazonensis. Nevertheless, there are few studies evaluating their safety profile. In the present work we performed toxicogenomic and toxicological analysis for both type of compounds. Soulatrolide, and the Mammea A/BA + A/BB mixture (2.1) were slightly toxic accordingly to Lorke assay classification (DL50 > 3000 mg/kg). After a short-term administration (100 mg/kg/daily, orally, 1 week) liver toxicogenomic analysis revealed 46 up and 72 downregulated genes for Mammea coumarins, and 665 up and 1077 downregulated genes for Soulatrolide. Gene enrichment analysis identified transcripts involved in drug metabolism for both compounds. In addition, network analysis through protein-protein interactions, tissue evaluation by TUNEL assay, and histological examination revealed no tissue damage on liver, kidney and spleen after treatments. Our results indicate that both type of coumarins displayed a safety profile, supporting their use in further preclinical studies to determine its therapeutic potential.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Cumarínicos / Calophyllum / Toxicogenética Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Food Chem Toxicol Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Cumarínicos / Calophyllum / Toxicogenética Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Food Chem Toxicol Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Reino Unido