Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Online ISSN : 1347-5223
Print ISSN : 0009-2363
ISSN-L : 0009-2363
62 巻, 1 号
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  • Cristina Rîmbu, Ramona Danac, Aurel Pui
    2014 年 62 巻 1 号 p. 12-15
    発行日: 2014/01/01
    公開日: 2014/01/01
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    Palladium(II) complexes with Schiff bases ligands derived from salicylaldehyde and amino acids (Ala, Gly, Met, Ser, Val) have been synthesized and characterized by Fourier transform (FT)-IR, UV-Vis and 1H-NMR spectroscopy. The electrospray mass spectrometry (ES-MS) spectrometry confirms the formation of palladium(II) complexes in 1/2 (M/L) molar ratio. All the Pd(II) complexes 1, [Pd(SalAla)2]Cl2; 2, [Pd(SalGly)2]Cl2; 3, [Pd(SalMet)2]Cl2; 4, [Pd(SalSer)2]Cl2; 5, [Pd(SalVal)2]Cl2; have shown antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli.
  • Rodolfo González-Chávez, Roberto Martínez, María Eugenia Torre-Bouscou ...
    2014 年 62 巻 1 号 p. 16-24
    発行日: 2014/01/01
    公開日: 2014/01/01
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    The development of antifungal drugs that inhibit lanosterol 14-α-demethylase (CYP51) via non-covalent ligand interactions is a strategy that is gaining importance. A series of novel tetraindol-4-one derivatives with 1- and 2-(2,4-substituted phenyl) side chains were designed and synthesized based on the structure of CYP51 and fluconazole. The antifungal activities of these derivatives against eight human pathogenic filamentous fungi and yeast strains were evaluated in vitro by measuring the minimal inhibitory concentrations. Nearly all tested compounds 8ag displayed activity against Candida tropicalis, Candida guilliermondii and Candida parapsilosis with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value until 8 µg mL−1, on the other hand compounds 7ag showed activity against Aspergillus fumigatus with a MIC value of 31.25 µg mL−1. A molecular modeling study of the binding interactions between compounds 6, 7d, 8g and the active site of MtCYP51 was conducted based on the computational docking results.
  • Mohammed Ibrahim El-Gamal, Chang-Hyun Oh
    2014 年 62 巻 1 号 p. 25-34
    発行日: 2014/01/01
    公開日: 2014/01/01
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    A series of diarylureas and diarylamides possessing pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine scaffold was designed and synthesized. The in vitro antiproliferative activities of a selected group of the target compounds against NCI-60 cell line panel were tested and compared with Sorafenib and Imatinib as reference compounds. Most of the compounds showed strong and broad-spectrum antiproliferative activities. Compounds IVa, IVb, and IVd with benzamido moiety at position 4 of the pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine nucleus, para-disubstituted phenyl ring at N1-position of pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine scaffold, and urea linker showed strong and broad-spectrum anticancer results with high potencies and efficacies. In addition, the amide derivatives Vb and Vc demonstrated one-digit nanomolar IC50 values over two and one cell line(s), respectively. Amid all the target compounds, compound IVa demonstrated the best results in both one-dose and five-dose testing modes. It showed 109.18% mean % inhibition over the NCI-60 cancer cell line panel at 10 µM concentration, submicromolar 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) values over eight cell lines of eight different cancer types, and high efficacy with total growth inhibition (TGI) and 50% lethal concentration (LC50) values less than 4.22 µM over three colon, ovarian, and prostate cancer cell lines. It showed superior potency and efficacy to Sorafenib and Imatinib over most of the tested cell lines.
  • Shuo-Guo Li, Xiao-Jun Huang, Man-Mei Li, Mei Wang, Rui-Bing Feng, Wei ...
    2014 年 62 巻 1 号 p. 35-44
    発行日: 2014/01/01
    公開日: 2014/01/01
    [早期公開] 公開日: 2013/10/22
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    Eight new bisdesmosidic triterpenoid saponins, clematiunicinosides A–H (18), along with eleven known ones (919), were isolated from the roots of Clematis uncinata. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis and chemical evidence. All the isolated saponins were tested for their cytotoxic activities on human caski cervical cancer (Caski) cells, and compounds 13, 17 and 19 exhibited inhibitory effect on Caski cells.
  • Yuanyuan Jia, Daiying Zuo, Zengqiang Li, Hanmo Liu, Zhengning Dai, Jia ...
    2014 年 62 巻 1 号 p. 45-53
    発行日: 2014/01/01
    公開日: 2014/01/01
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    Doxorubicin (DOX) is a widely used antitumor drug whose application is seriously limited by its cardiotoxicity. Mitochondria-mediated cardiomyocyte apoptosis plays a critical role in DOX-induced cardiotoxicity (DIC). The aim of the present study was to investigate the protective effect of astragaloside IV (3-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-6-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-cycloastragenol, AS-IV), a pure saponin isolated from Astragalus membranaceus, against DOX-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis in primary cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Immunocytochemistry and Microculture Tetrazolium (MTT) assays showed that AS-IV significantly reduced DOX-induced cardiomyocyte loss. Additionally, AS-IV markedly ameliorated DOX-caused cardiomyocyte dysfunction via restoring the beating cell ratio and beating rate in cardiomyocytes. Furthermore, AS-IV substantially reduced the mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase-MB isoenzyme (CK-MB) and cytochrome c (CytC) release, and restored the reduced ATP level, succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) and ATP synthase activities induced by DOX, suggesting that AS-IV significantly attenuated DOX-induced mitochondrial damage and dysfunction. It was further observed that DOX-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis, as qualitatively evaluated by Hoechst 33258 staining and accurately quantified by flow cytometry, was markedly inhibited by AS-IV. Western blot analysis manifested that AS-IV significantly inhibited the activation of mitochondrial apoptotic pathway (MAP) via inducing the phosphorylation of Akt and Bad. Furthermore, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor 2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-1(4H)-benzopyran-4-one hydrochloride (LY294002) remarkably inhibited the anti-apoptotic effect of AS-IV. Moreover, AS-IV didn’t compromise the antitumor activity of DOX. Taken together, our findings indicate that AS-IV ameliorates DIC, and this beneficial effect appears to be dependent on the activation of the PI3K/Akt pathway. Thus, AS-IV may hold promise as an efficient cardioprotective agent against DIC.
  • Yasunori Miyazaki, Kaoru Miyawaki, Tomonobu Uchino, Yoshiyuki Kagawa
    2014 年 62 巻 1 号 p. 54-57
    発行日: 2014/01/01
    公開日: 2014/01/01
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    We introduced the application of a planetary centrifugal mixer to dispensing powdered medicines to prevent from individual variation in the skills of pharmacists with a manual blending. The blending performance of the mixer was explored in terms of four operational variables, namely, operation speed (400–1000 rpm), operation time (10–60 s), charging rate in vessel (20–50%), and size of vessel (35, 58, 125, 550 mL), using colored lactose and crystalline lactose as the principle model medicine and diluent, respectively. The blending degree was assessed by image analysis, so the extent of uniformity was expressed as the relative standard deviation of the color difference signal Cb value of YCrCb color space. Application of the mixer to blending three commercial medicines with diluents was carried out. Sufficient blending was achieved at 10 s using a 20% charging rate and 35 mL vessel irrespective of operation speed. As the charging rate was increased, a higher operation speed was needed to obtain uniform blending. A larger sized vessel also required a higher operation speed. Uniform blending was achieved in all of the mixtures of colored lactose and crystalline lactose at the weight ratio of 1 : 9–9 : 1. In the application studies using Adona®, Anginal® and Neophylline® powder, the blending performance of the mixer was equivalent to that of the manual blending method, showing relative standard deviations of 2.2–3.3% and 1.8–3.8%, respectively. These results revealed that the planetary centrifugal mixer was suitable for blending powdered medicine.
  • Hiroki Kitayama, Yuki Takechi, Nobutake Tamai, Hitoshi Matsuki, Chikak ...
    2014 年 62 巻 1 号 p. 58-63
    発行日: 2014/01/01
    公開日: 2014/01/01
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    By combination of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and fluorescence spectroscopy of 6-propionyl-2-(dimethylamino)naphthalene (Prodan), we elucidated the thermotropic phase behavior of hydrogenated soybean phosphatidylcholine (HSPC)–cholesterol binary liposome membrane which has similar lipid composition to Doxil®, the widely used liposome product in treatment of various tumors. We found that the characteristic points at cholesterol mole fraction (Xch)=0.023 and 0.077 correspond to the hexagonal lattice, in which cholesterol molecules are considered to be regularly distributed in all regions of HSPC lipid bilayer with 1 : 42 and 1 : 12 units, respectively, as static averaged structures. Apparent endothermic peak disappeared at Xch=0.40 in the DSC thermograms, indicating the existence of single liquid ordered phase at Xch>0.40. In addition, fluorescence measurements of Prodan and its lauroyl derivative in poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-modified liposomes indicated that PEG modification has a negligible effect on the phase behavior of HSPC–cholesterol binary liposome membrane. These results may provide useful information in developing novel liposome products whose stability and encapsulated drug release are controlled.
  • Atsushi Fujihira, Nobuaki Shimizu
    2014 年 62 巻 1 号 p. 64-71
    発行日: 2014/01/01
    公開日: 2014/01/01
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    We evaluated the effects of internal phase and receptor solution pH on the rate of drug release from water-in-oil emulsions using methylene blue as a model drug. The water-in-oil emulsions were prepared using an aqueous solution of methylene blue, squalene, and a non-ionic-lipophilic surfactant. The methylene blue release rate was strongly dependent on both internal phase and receptor solution pH. Methylene blue dissolved in squalene in the presence of a surfactant. The water–squalene distribution of methylene blue changed with pH, whereas its ionic state did not. The pH dependence of the methylene blue release rate may have been due to this distribution change. We also investigated the pH dependence in terms of the mobility of water molecules using time-domain NMR. The mobility of water in water-in-oil emulsions was also dependent on the internal phase pH. Water-in-oil emulsions that showed high water mobility also released drug more rapidly. These results suggest that methylene blue is released from the water-in-oil emulsion through a reverse micelle mechanism. Methylene blue moves from the internal phase to a soluble reverse micelle of the surfactant, diffuses through the oil phase within this reverse micelle, and is transferred to the receptor solution. It appeared that the reverse micelles could diffuse in oil more freely than water droplets of the water-in-oil emulsion because the micelles were much smaller than the droplets. We found that the drug release rate from a water-in-oil emulsion comprising squalene and a non-ionic surfactant could be controlled by pH optimization.
  • Aoi Miyamoto, Yuko Kitaichi, Kazuo Uchikura
    2014 年 62 巻 1 号 p. 72-76
    発行日: 2014/01/01
    公開日: 2014/01/01
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    Laboratory tests of the decomposition of corticosteroids during activated sludge processing were investigated. Corticosteroid standards were added to activated sludge, and aliquots were regularly taken for analysis. The corticosteroids were extracted from the samples using a solid-phase extraction method and analyzed LC-MS. Ten types of corticosteroids were measured and roughly classified into three groups: 1) prednisolone, triamcinolone, betamethasone, prednisolone acetate, and hydrocortisone acetate, which decomposed within 4 h; 2) flunisolide, betamethasone valerate, and budesonide of which more than 50% remained after 4 h, but almost all of which decomposed within 24 h; and 3) triamcinolone acetonide, and fluocinolone acetonide of which more than 50% remained after 24 h. The decomposed ratio was correlated with each corticosteroid’s Log P, especially groups 2) and 3).
  • Yuko Kawasaki, Mitsuhiro Sekiguchi, Masashi Kawasaki, Yutaka Hirakura
    2014 年 62 巻 1 号 p. 77-83
    発行日: 2014/01/01
    公開日: 2014/01/01
    [早期公開] 公開日: 2013/10/29
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    Bisphosphonates (BPs) are the drug of choice for treating bone diseases such as osteoporosis, Paget’s disease, and metastatic bone disease. BPs with nitrogen-containing side chains (N-BPs) are known to act as inhibitors for farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase (FPPS), a key enzyme in the mevalonate pathway. In this study, we evaluated the effect of different side chains on the binding affinity of BPs to human FPPS using calorimetric techniques. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to determine the thermal unfolding of FPPS in the presence of BPs. The addition of a series of clinically available BPs increased the structural stability of human FPPS by preferential binding, as indicated by an increase in the FPPS unfolding temperature. The magnitude of the increase was correlated with in vivo antiresorptive efficacy, suggesting that the stabilization of FPPS underlies the inhibitory effect of the BPs. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) experiments were performed to evaluate the binding thermodynamics of BPs against human FPPS. Analysis of the binding energetics revealed that over 30 years of optimization practiced by different pharmaceutical companies has enhanced the enthalpic contribution as well as binding affinity of BPs. The larger enthalpic contribution observed for newer, more potent BPs derives from both improved hydrogen bonding interactions and shape complementarity based on comparisons of our results with available structure information.
  • Chisato Mukai, Yasuhito Takahashi, Kumiko Ogawa, Yujiro Hayashi, Fuyuh ...
    2014 年 62 巻 1 号 p. 84-87
    発行日: 2014/01/01
    公開日: 2014/01/01
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    The [RhCl(CO)2]2-catalyzed [2+2+1] cycloaddition of bis(allene)s, which have a substituent at the allenic terminus, produced the 8-substituted bicyclo[5.3.0]deca-1(10),6-dien-9-one frameworks. The synthesis of 8,10-dimethylbicyclo[5.3.0]deca-1(10),6-dien-9-one could also be achieved from the bis(1,1,3-trisubstituted-allene).
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