The chemical analysis of the sponge Dysidea avara afforded the known sesquiterpene quinone avarone, along with its reduced form avarol. To further explore the role of the thiazinoquinone scaffold as an antiplasmodial, antileishmanial and antischistosomal agent, we converted the quinone avarone into the thiazinoquinone derivative thiazoavarone. The semisynthetic compound, as well as the natural metabolites avarone and avarol, were pharmacologically investigated in order to assess their antiparasitic properties against sexual and asexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum, larval and adult developmental stages of Schistosomamansoni (eggs included), and also against promastigotes and amastigotes of Leishmania infantum and Leishmania tropica. Furthermore, in depth computational studies including density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed. A toxic semiquinone radical species which can be produced starting both from quinone- and hydroquinone-based compounds could mediate the anti-parasitic effects of the tested compounds.

Investigating the antiparasitic potential of the marine sesquiterpene avarone, its reduced form avarol, and the novel semisynthetic thiazinoquinone analogue thiazoavarone / Imperatore, Concetta; Gimmelli, Roberto; Persico, Marco; Casertano, Marcello; Guidi, Alessandra; Saccoccia, Fulvio; Ruberti, Giovina; Luciano, Paolo; Aiello, Anna; Parapini, Silvia; Avunduk, Sibel; Basilico, Nicoletta; Fattorusso, Caterina; Menna, Marialuisa. - In: MARINE DRUGS. - ISSN 1660-3397. - 18:2(2020), p. 112. [10.3390/md18020112]

Investigating the antiparasitic potential of the marine sesquiterpene avarone, its reduced form avarol, and the novel semisynthetic thiazinoquinone analogue thiazoavarone

Concetta Imperatore
Co-primo
;
Marco Persico
Co-primo
;
Marcello Casertano;Alessandra Guidi;Paolo Luciano;Anna Aiello;Caterina Fattorusso
Penultimo
;
Marialuisa Menna
Ultimo
2020

Abstract

The chemical analysis of the sponge Dysidea avara afforded the known sesquiterpene quinone avarone, along with its reduced form avarol. To further explore the role of the thiazinoquinone scaffold as an antiplasmodial, antileishmanial and antischistosomal agent, we converted the quinone avarone into the thiazinoquinone derivative thiazoavarone. The semisynthetic compound, as well as the natural metabolites avarone and avarol, were pharmacologically investigated in order to assess their antiparasitic properties against sexual and asexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum, larval and adult developmental stages of Schistosomamansoni (eggs included), and also against promastigotes and amastigotes of Leishmania infantum and Leishmania tropica. Furthermore, in depth computational studies including density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed. A toxic semiquinone radical species which can be produced starting both from quinone- and hydroquinone-based compounds could mediate the anti-parasitic effects of the tested compounds.
2020
Investigating the antiparasitic potential of the marine sesquiterpene avarone, its reduced form avarol, and the novel semisynthetic thiazinoquinone analogue thiazoavarone / Imperatore, Concetta; Gimmelli, Roberto; Persico, Marco; Casertano, Marcello; Guidi, Alessandra; Saccoccia, Fulvio; Ruberti, Giovina; Luciano, Paolo; Aiello, Anna; Parapini, Silvia; Avunduk, Sibel; Basilico, Nicoletta; Fattorusso, Caterina; Menna, Marialuisa. - In: MARINE DRUGS. - ISSN 1660-3397. - 18:2(2020), p. 112. [10.3390/md18020112]
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