Trypanocidal Activity of Long Chain Diamines  and Aminoalcohols

Legarda-Ceballos, Ana L.; Olmo, Esther del; López‐Abán, Julio; Escarcena, Ricardo; Bustos, Luis A.; Fonseca-Berzal, Cristina; Gómez‐Barrio, Alicia; Dib, Juan Carlos; Feliciano, Arturo San; Muro, Antonio

doi:10.3390/molecules200611554

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“…Thus, numerous studies perform screening experiments with epimastigotes and/or trypomastigotes further approach the selected active compounds in intracellular amastigotes (e.g. Pizzolatti et al., 2003, Molina-Garza et al., 2014, Legarda-Ceballos et al., 2015, Olivera et al., 2015) or in vivo .…”

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Effects of a novel β–lapachone derivative on Trypanosoma cruzi : Parasite death involving apoptosis, autophagy and necrosis

Anjos

Alves

Goncalves

et al. 2016

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistan

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Natural products comprise valuable sources for new antiparasitic drugs. Here we tested the effects of a novel β–lapachone derivative on Trypanosoma cruzi parasite survival and proliferation and used microscopy and cytometry techniques to approach the mechanism(s) underlying parasite death. The selectivity index determination indicate that the compound trypanocidal activity was over ten-fold more cytotoxic to epimastigotes than to macrophages or splenocytes. Scanning electron microscopy analysis revealed that the R72 β–lapachone derivative affected the T. cruzi morphology and surface topography. General plasma membrane waving and blebbing particularly on the cytostome region were observed in the R72-treated parasites. Transmission electron microscopy observations confirmed the surface damage at the cytostome opening vicinity. We also observed ultrastructural evidence of the autophagic mechanism termed macroautophagy. Some of the autophagosomes involved large portions of the parasite cytoplasm and their fusion/confluence may lead to necrotic parasite death. The remarkably enhanced frequency of autophagy triggering was confirmed by quantitating monodansylcadaverine labeling. Some cells displayed evidence of chromatin pycnosis and nuclear fragmentation were detected. This latter phenomenon was also indicated by DAPI staining of R72-treated cells. The apoptotis induction was suggested to take place in circa one-third of the parasites assessed by annexin V labeling measured by flow cytometry. TUNEL staining corroborated the apoptosis induction. Propidium iodide labeling indicate that at least 10% of the R72-treated parasites suffered necrosis within 24 h. The present data indicate that the β–lapachone derivative R72 selectively triggers T. cruzi cell death, involving both apoptosis and autophagy-induced necrosis.

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